Bleach Bypass vs Residue*
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bleach Bypass
Apply vintage camera effects to your photos and videos in real-time. Enhance your content with a variety of filters and editing tools. Unlock all premium features with a subscription.
- Live camera effects
- Photo editing
- Video editing
- Digicam filters
- Premium effects and filters
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Live Camera Effects & Photo/Video Editing Premium Subscription Unlock all premium effects and presets, plus higher-quality video exports, with our subscription. Monthly: $2.99/month Yearly: $14.99/year Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Residue*
This app allows you to create a visual record of your life by curating photos, music, movies, and other experiences. It focuses on personal reflection rather than social performance, making it easy to add and arrange moments.
- Curate photos, music, movies, and shows
- Create a visual record of life moments
- Focus on personal reflection, not social performance
- Effortless design for quick additions
- No feeds, followers, or likes
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Your life, curated like art // Residue is where you build the artifacts of who you are: the photos, songs, movies, shows, books, and little moments that defined each month. // Journaling asks you to write. Residue asks you to curate. Turn the things you loved, noticed, and experienced into a visual record of your life. It’s something closer to art-making than homework. // No feeds. No followers. No likes. Residue isn't asking you to perform your life for anyone. It's just yours. // Effortless by design, Residue fits into your life instead of demanding time from it. Add a moment and arrange it in seconds, not sit-down sessions. // Remember how life feels by curating what mattered.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Residue* at none against Bleach Bypass's 2. Residue* also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 85%). Bleach Bypass's advantage is ratings volume (283 vs 20) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Bleach Bypass sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Residue* asks for nothing beyond the download.
Residue* holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bleach Bypass has 283 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Bleach Bypass's written reviews are positive against 100% of Residue*'s.
Bleach Bypass ships an update every 11 days, Residue* every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bleach Bypass | Residue* |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (283 ratings) | 5.0 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 283 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | EDIS ALI AKGUN | Logarithm LLC |
Customer experience
Bleach Bypass
Residue*
Bugs and requests
Bleach Bypass
Reported bugs
2 issues- Pic/video upload freezing
- Compatibility issues with iOS 17
Requested features
2 requests- Add ability to upload pics/videos to edit
- Fix issues with pic/video uploads
Residue*
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bleach Bypass
- All access$2.991 Month
- All access$14.991 Year
Residue*
No in-app purchases
