Comparison

Animenizer vs AnyLens

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

Head to head
About

Animenizer

Features
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Turn your photos and videos into stunning anime-style art! No prompt messages are necessary. Animenizer is an AI-powered creative tool that transforms everyday moments into cinematic anime scenes. Simply upload your photo or video, choose the style best suited for people or landscapes, and let the AI automatically generate beautiful results. Key Features β€’ Convert photos and videos to anime-style images β€’ Choose from two styles: "Portrait" and "Landscape" β€’ High-quality, fast processing β€’ Save converted images to your device Recommended Use Cases β€’ Arranging travel photos and landscape videos β€’ Turning selfies and portrait videos into animated works β€’ As social media icons and posting materials β€’ Creative activities and short animated movie productions

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AnyLens

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Blur the background like a fast lens, or let your photo paint itself like a masterpiece. AnyLens gives you nine optical lenses and six brushes, all live in the camera. Go beyond colour filters: choose what stays sharp, and the light around it falls into soft bokeh, hearts or stars. Or press the shutter and watch the lines draw themselves and the colour fill in, starting where you tapped. NINE LENSES β€’ Aperture: turn the f-stop dial and the background melts away. Stop down and the bokeh turns hexagonal, the way light passes real aperture blades. β€’ Bokeh Shapes: points of light in the background bloom into hearts, stars, circles or hexagons. β€’ Sweet Spot: a crisp centre with edges that swirl. β€’ Miniature: real streets look like a tabletop model. β€’ Zoom Burst: streaks rush outward from your subject. β€’ Spin: the scene whirls around the point you choose. β€’ Panning: your subject holds still while the background streaks past. β€’ Mist: a soft haze settles over the scene. β€’ Prism: light splits into rainbow fringes. AIM WHERE YOU WANT β€’ Auto finds what stands out in the frame. β€’ Face locks onto faces. β€’ Subject finds the person or object you tap and keeps its outline sharp. β€’ Manual: tap or drag the focus anywhere, and pinch to set how much stays sharp. COLOUR AND FILM Lay one of nine colour looks over any lens: Plain, 4 PM, Dinner Table, Night Walk, Clear, Late Summer, B&W Diary, Film 400 and Disposable, with their own grain, glow and light leaks. Add the orange date stamp of a film camera. The look colours the bokeh too, and goes into the photo you save. LET THE PHOTO DRAW ITSELF Six brushes, each one a picture you'll want to post: β€’ Comic: clean ink lines and flat, cel-shaded colour, like a comic panel. β€’ Pencil Sketch: graphite contours and hatching on paper. β€’ Watercolor: soft washes that bleed at the edges. β€’ After Van Gogh: The Starry Night. β€’ After Hokusai: The Great Wave off Kanagawa. β€’ After Munch: The Scream. Every brush previews live in the viewfinder. Press the shutter and the picture draws itself from where you tapped: the lines first, then the colour. Paintings end up in a frame. Save the finished picture, or the whole drawing process as a video. CAMERA OR LIBRARY Use the front or back camera, or open any photo from your library in the editor and give it a new lens or a new brush. ON YOUR DEVICE Every effect is processed on your iPhone. Your photos are never uploaded. No account, no subscription. WHAT IT ISN'T AnyLens is not an AI image generator. It doesn't invent anything that wasn't in your photo, and it doesn't upload your photos anywhere.

Screenshots

Animenizer4 screens
AnyLens4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: AnyLens at every 2 weeks against Animenizer's every 2 months. Animenizer's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Animenizer ships an update every 2 months, AnyLens every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Animenizer versus AnyLens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimenizerAnyLens
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.6 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size79 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMasahiro TakahashiReleCompany

In-app purchases

None

Animenizer

No in-app purchases

None

AnyLens

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Animenizer free?
Animenizer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AnyLens free?
AnyLens is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Animenizer or AnyLens have ads?
Neither Animenizer nor AnyLens shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Animenizer or AnyLens?
Animenizer ships an update every 2 months, and AnyLens every 2 weeks. Most recently, Animenizer was updated on October 28, 2026 and AnyLens on October 31, 2026.

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