Comparison

CINEFLARES vs RecceBoard

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

CINEFLARES

Discover and compare professional lens tests to find the perfect lens for your filmmaking. Explore an interactive library of lens flares and find inspiration for your next visual project. Unlock the full library with a subscription.

Highlights
  • Interactive lens test library
  • Compare lens flares
  • Motion controlled environment
  • Discover new lenses
  • Filmmaking inspiration
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The lens database for creative people. CINEFLARES helps you find the perfect lens to express your unique visual ideas and inspire your filmmaking process. Join CINEFLARES for free and explore your interactive lens test library, offering you access to the largest lens testing platform with more than 115 lens sets*. Compare professionally shot lens flares in a unique motion controlled environment and discover new lenses in a mesmerizing beautiful way. *Access to the full library requires CINEFLARES PRO subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

RecceBoard

Features
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A recce board for directors, cinematographers. Previz made simple. Walk a location, film the shots you're thinking of, and push them around until the order feels right. Then press play and watch the whole thing as a film. The camera opens already framed to the board's format, and the lens buttons are labelled in millimetres — the real focal length, so it means the same on any iPhone. Stop recording and you're in the trim. Next takes you back to the camera for the following shot. Shots sit where you put them, and the order of the film is the arrangement: left to right, top to bottom, the way a page reads. Move a shot and you've changed the cut. Record a voice-over over the whole thing or over a single shot, and lay music underneath. Export the film as a video or the board as a contact-sheet PDF, with your frame lines burned in. Boards sync through your own iCloud account, so you can start on the phone at the location and finish on the Mac. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac. Share a board with a six-character code. Nothing is collected — no analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs. One purchase, no subscription. Want it to do something it doesn't yet? mail@carlooppermann.com

Screenshots

CINEFLARES4 screens
RecceBoard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: RecceBoard at weekly against CINEFLARES's every 5 weeks. CINEFLARES's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CINEFLARES sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month and RecceBoard sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CINEFLARES ships an update every 5 weeks, RecceBoard weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CINEFLARES versus RecceBoard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCINEFLARESRecceBoard
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTruelens Productions IncCarlo Oppermann

In-app purchases

2 purchases

CINEFLARES

Subscriptions2
  • Cineflares PRO Monthly$29.991 Month
  • Cineflares PRO Yearly$59.991 Year
2 purchases

RecceBoard

One-time2
  • 7-Day TrialFree
  • RecceBoard$8.99

Questions

Is CINEFLARES free?
CINEFLARES is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RecceBoard free?
RecceBoard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CINEFLARES or RecceBoard have ads?
Neither CINEFLARES nor RecceBoard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CINEFLARES or RecceBoard?
CINEFLARES ships an update every 5 weeks, and RecceBoard weekly. Most recently, CINEFLARES was updated on October 15, 2026 and RecceBoard on October 24, 2026.

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