Comparison

Fever.Dream vs Liquid Lens

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

Head to head
About

Fever.Dream

Transform your camera into a tool for creating hypnotic visual effects in real-time. Apply audio-reactive distortions and mix effects seamlessly to capture and share unique psychedelic creations.

Highlights
  • Audio-reactive visual effects
  • Real-time video processing
  • Record and share creations
  • Intuitive effect mixing
  • Premium effects collection
  • Front and back camera support
Features
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FEVER DREAM - Transform Your Reality Turn your camera into a portal of hypnotic visual chaos. FEVER DREAM delivers real-time video effects that pulse, distort, and dance to every beat of your world. IMMERSIVE VISUAL EXPERIENCE - Audio-reactive effects that respond to music and ambient sound - Real-time processing with zero lag - Record and share your psychedelic creations - Intuitive crossfader for seamless effect mixing PREMIUM EFFECTS COLLECTION - HYPNOTIST: CRT waves with strobing hypnotic patterns - BAD TV: Infinite feedback loops and vintage static glitches - STROBE: RGB channel separation with audio-reactive flashing - CONVERGENCE: Chromatic aberration with extreme displacement FEATURES - Front and back camera support - Photo and video capture modes - Gallery for managing your creations - Professional-grade Metal shader processing - Clean, intuitive interface designed for creators Whether you're at a concert, party, or just exploring artistic expression, FEVER DREAM transforms ordinary moments into extraordinary visual experiences. Perfect for musicians, VJs, content creators, and anyone who sees the world differently. Privacy Policy: https://feverdreaminteractive.github.io/fever-dream-privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Liquid Lens

Transform your phone's camera into a live effects studio. Apply real-time distortions, color grades, and glitches directly in the viewfinder. Edit existing photos with the same powerful tools.

Highlights
  • Real-time camera effects
  • Distortion and color grading
  • Stackable effects
  • Adjustable effect intensity
  • Edit existing photos
  • Exposure control
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Liquid Lens is a camera built around one idea: layer effects live, save the look, shoot it again in one tap. Most camera apps make you pick a single filter. Liquid Lens lets you stack chromatic aberration, film grain, warped glass, and a hand-tuned gradient map all at once — and watch it composite in real time on your screen before you ever press the shutter. When you land on a combination you love, save it as a named preset and it's one tap away forever. No rebuilding your look shot by shot. EVERYTHING RUNS ON YOUR DEVICE Every effect is a custom Metal shader running locally through your GPU. Nothing is uploaded, nothing routes through a server — your photos and video never leave your phone. That also means zero lag between moving a slider and seeing the result on screen. LAYER YOUR EFFECTS, LIVE Combine any number of effects at once and see the composited result in the viewfinder in real time — not a preview render, not a "processing" screen. What you see is what gets captured, at full 48MP resolution. SAVE YOUR LOOK AS A ONE-TAP PRESET Dial in a stack of effects exactly how you want it, then save it and name it. Every slider value, every palette choice, and your warp level are stored together. Tap a saved Look and your entire stack snaps back instantly — no more re-dragging six sliders to match a look you had yesterday. EDIT PHOTOS FROM YOUR LIBRARY, TOO Effects aren't just for new shots. Pull any photo from your camera roll into the same live editor — same sliders, same presets, same Metal pipeline — and apply your layered look to photos you already have. 20+ EFFECTS TO STACK Color grading: Chromatic Aberration — edge-weighted RGB split Halation — warm highlight bloom Hyper — saturation that pushes color while crushing shadows Pink & Glow — a two-part beauty grade (faded-film color shift + dreamy highlight bloom) Blacks — shadow crush Oil Slick — drifting thin-film iridescence on highlights Solar — Sabattier tone-inversion on highlights Gradient Maps — 10 cinematic color-grade palettes (Sunset, Vapor, Ocean, Neon, Aurora, Ice, Acid, Rose, Noir, Matcha) Texture & distortion: Grain — animated film grain Sharpen Zoom Blur — radial motion blur from center Mesh — live 3D wireframe displacement Chrome — liquid-metal relief effect Polar — polar coordinate warp Trails — light trail smearing Ripple — animated water rings Fractal — reeded shower-glass refraction Marble — flowing ink/marble domain warp Warp — 4-level reverse-fisheye distortion, tap to cycle BUILT FOR ACTUALLY TAKING PHOTOS Full-resolution capture Photo and video capture, front and back camera Drag-to-adjust exposure control (-2 to +2 EV), right on the live preview Three aspect ratios: 4:5, 5:7 and 9:16 Flash for back camera, simulated screen-flash for front camera selfies Built-in gallery for everything you shoot in-app ONE PRICE, NOTHING ELSE TO BUY $2.99, once. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads, no account required.

Screenshots

Fever.Dream4 screens
Liquid Lens4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Fever.Dream at Free against Liquid Lens's $2.99. Fever.Dream also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.5). Liquid Lens's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume, ads 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

Fever.Dream is free to download; Liquid Lens costs $2.99 up front. Fever.Dream sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Liquid Lens asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Liquid Lens holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fever.Dream ships an update every 5 days, Liquid Lens daily. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Fever.Dream versus Liquid Lens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFever.DreamLiquid Lens
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings34 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyan ClaytonSydney Bryn

Customer experience

Fever.Dream

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Liquid Lens

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Fever.Dream

Subscriptions1
  • Fever Dream Premium Effects1 Month trial$1.991 Month
None

Liquid Lens

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fever.Dream free?
Fever.Dream is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Liquid Lens free?
Liquid Lens costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fever.Dream or Liquid Lens?
Liquid Lens is rated higher. Fever.Dream averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Liquid Lens averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Fever.Dream or Liquid Lens have ads?
Neither Fever.Dream nor Liquid Lens shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fever.Dream or Liquid Lens?
Fever.Dream ships an update every 5 days, and Liquid Lens daily. Most recently, Fever.Dream was updated on October 24, 2026 and Liquid Lens on October 24, 2026.

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