Lens vs PixelThat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lens
Easily search for images using multiple reverse image search engines and keywords. Find visual content across the web, manage your search history, and save favorite images. Offers a free tier with daily limits and a premium upgrade for unlimited access.
- Multiple reverse image search engines
- Keyword search functionality
- Direct image links
- Search history management
- Save favorite images
- Unlimited searches (premium)
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This innovative application is designed to enhance your image search experience. With its powerful features, users can easily search for images using multiple reverse image search engines, including popular tools for identifying photos across the web. The app also supports keyword searches and provides direct links to images, making it a versatile solution for finding visual content. Users can manage their search history and save favorite images for quick access. The free version includes a limit of three searches per day. By upgrading to the premium version, users unlock unlimited searches and gain access to additional tools, including more advanced reverse image search engines, offering even more ways to explore and discover content. This application contains auto-renewable subscriptions and In-App Purchases 1 week - Weekly - $4.99 1 month - Monthly - $12.99 1 year - Yearly - $39.99 Lifetime - $59.99 Privacy Policy Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jx8Kyno6YgEzC_Ts9lUaHEcEB2VRJQLueISkWbI0C_E/edit?usp=sharing Terms of Use Link: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Please note that our product is independently developed and is not directly related to the Google brand. We are a third-party developer creating our own software.
PixelThat
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PixelThat turns a photo into crisp pixel art or ASCII art, right on your iPhone. Point it at a picture and it does the work a pixel artist would do: it finds the face and frames it the way an avatar is framed, lifts the subject off the background so the edges stay clean, and flattens the colours to a small, deliberate palette chosen from the picture itself, with faces weighted so skin tones survive. Only then does it lay down the pixels. Everything runs on your device. There is no account, no upload and no queue. The app contains no networking code at all, so it works with the network switched off. ASCII ART MODE • Switch the same photo to characters: classic, colour, blocks, Braille dots or your own words • Choose how many characters across, and add grain and glow for a film look • Copy it as text, save it as a picture, or make it move as a short looping video AVATARS THAT FIND THE FACE • Auto framing puts the head where an avatar's head belongs • Or drag the selection box yourself: move it, pinch it, tap to jump • Square, rounded or circle, with a 1 to 4 pixel frame in any colour BACKGROUNDS ON YOUR TERMS • Transparent, a flat colour, a two-colour gradient, a pixel-art blue sky with clouds, or keep the photo • On-device subject cutout with a threshold, grow and shrink, and a live preview when it needs a nudge PALETTES WORTH KEEPING • A palette built from your own picture, in CIELAB, with faces weighted • Paste your own hex colours • Floyd-Steinberg and ordered 2x2, 4x4 and 8x8 dithering FINE CONTROL WHEN YOU WANT IT • Sizes from 8 to 256 pixels, or any width from 4 to 512, with the common sizes previewed side by side • Auto levels, ink edges and outlines • Contrast, saturation, brightness and gamma • Fine zoom, pan and mirror • Hold to compare with your photo, with undo and redo RECENTS THAT REMEMBER Every picture you keep is filed with the settings that made it. Tap it later to put those settings on a different photo, which is how you make a set of avatars that match. EXPORT Save the enlarged copy to Photos, which is what most sites want for an avatar, or share both the real pixels and the enlargement. PRIVACY PixelThat collects nothing. No account, no analytics, no advertising identifier, no tracking and no network requests of any kind.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PixelThat at none against Lens's 9. PixelThat also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Lens sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. PixelThat asks for nothing beyond the download.
Lens ships an update fortnightly, PixelThat every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lens | PixelThat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (141 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 8.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 141 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Samantha Diaz | Mohammed Shehada |
In-app purchases
Lens
- Weekly$4.997 Days
- Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Weekly$5.997 Days
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- Weekly$6.997 Days
- Weekly3 Days trial2 variants$6.997 Days
- Monthly$12.991 Month
- Yearly$39.991 Year
- Lifetime$59.99
PixelThat
No in-app purchases









