Comparison

ChromaLens vs Slow Spatial

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

Head to head
About

ChromaLens

This camera app enhances color perception, revealing subtle details and patterns in your environment. It offers real-time video recording and image processing with advanced color remapping for artistic or analytical purposes.

Highlights
  • Live camera color enhancement
  • Real-time color-remapped video recording
  • Process saved videos and high-resolution stills
  • Advanced color remapping technology
  • Built-in presets and responsive sliders
  • Customizable color pre-processing filters
  • In-app image library
Features
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Transform how you see color. Reveal faint or hard-to-see details in the world around you using just your phone or tablet camera. ChromaLens is a camera app for iOS that acts as a “magnifying glass” for color, making subtle hue differences and contrasts more visible. Using the live camera on your iPhone or iPad, it lets you explore color relationships as you move freely through your environment. Unlike a typical image filter, ChromaLens uses advanced color remapping that adapts to the color relationships within each image or video. Rather than applying preset styles, it responds to the environment, revealing subtle patterns and unexpected details even in familiar scenes. Whether you're conducting visual analysis or simply curious about how color behaves in the world around you, ChromaLens offers an intuitive way to explore beyond ordinary perception. Record color-remapped video in real time. Already captured footage? ChromaLens lets you process saved videos too. Working with still images? ChromaLens captures and loads high-resolution stills and lets you apply the same color transformations from the video pipeline. ChromaLens’ rich, intuitive user interface makes it an ideal choice for color exploration in the field. Novice users can quickly see meaningful results thanks to its native Apple camera feel, built-in presets and responsive color sliders. Advanced users will appreciate a wide range of professional features, including color pre-processing filters, multiple process modes and color spaces, custom presets, in-app image library, and more. ChromaLens supports a wide range of uses, including: * Field documentation of faded or weathered subjects, such as rock art, murals, and historical surfaces * Artistic and experimental photography and filmmaking * Everyday exploration of color in natural and built environments Inspired by Jon Harman’s DStretch software, ChromaLens implements a modern, Metal-accelerated version of the decorrelation stretch technique developed for scientific image analysis in the 1990s. After the 7-day free trial, a one-time purchase is required to unlock continued access to all app features.

About

Slow Spatial

Create stunning slow-motion videos or timelapses from your iPhone's spatial videos. Enhance details with machine learning and add motion blur for immersive 3D playback. Processing is done on your device and saved directly to your Photos App.

Highlights
  • Spatial video to slow-motion conversion
  • Spatial video to timelapse conversion
  • Up to 8x smooth slow motion
  • Frame interpolation
  • ML-enhanced detail
  • Optional motion blur
  • Preserves 3D spatial format
Features
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Slow Spatial transforms your iPhone's spatial video capabilities into slow-motion content OR timelapses. Apply up to 8x smooth slow motion with frame interpolation, ML-enhanced detail, and optional motion blur — preserving full 3D spatial format for immersive playback on Apple Vision Pro. Processing takes place on the iPhone and is saved to the Photos App for easy sharing.

Screenshots

ChromaLens4 screens
Slow Spatial4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ChromaLens at 100% against Slow Spatial's 0%. ChromaLens also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and iOS requirement (18.4 vs 26.2). Slow Spatial's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On update cadence, 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

ChromaLens is free to download; Slow Spatial costs $1.99 up front. ChromaLens sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Slow Spatial asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChromaLens ships an update every 9 days, Slow Spatial weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ChromaLens versus Slow Spatial: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChromaLensSlow Spatial
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.4 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size189 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid GordonMatthew Fisher

Customer experience

ChromaLens

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Slow Spatial

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ChromaLens

One-time2
  • ChromaLens 7-Day Free TrialFree
  • Unlock ChromaLens$19.99
None

Slow Spatial

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ChromaLens free?
ChromaLens is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Slow Spatial free?
Slow Spatial costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do ChromaLens or Slow Spatial have ads?
Neither ChromaLens nor Slow Spatial shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChromaLens or Slow Spatial?
ChromaLens ships an update every 9 days, and Slow Spatial weekly. Most recently, ChromaLens was updated on September 26, 2026 and Slow Spatial on October 10, 2026.

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