Comparison

Wizard Mirror vs Lens

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

Head to head
About

Wizard Mirror

Transform your device into an interactive magic mirror with fun, silly, and surprising visual filters. Explore effects like stretching, swirling, and pixelating for imaginative play. This app offers pure, ad-free fun for all ages.

Highlights
  • Interactive magic mirror
  • Fun visual filters
  • Child-friendly effects
  • Stretch, swirl, sparkle effects
  • Shuffle button for surprises
  • No ads, accounts, or tracking
Features
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Turn your camera into a magical mirror filled with fun, silly, and surprising effects. It's a perfect toy for toddlers, or anyone who loves to play. Wizard Mirror transforms your device into an interactive “magic mirror” with delightful, child-friendly visual filters. Stretch, swirl, sparkle, mirror, pixelate, crystallize, and discover brand-new combinations and surprises every time you tap the shuffle button! No ads. No accounts. No tracking. Just pure, imaginative fun.

About

Lens

Features
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Lens lets you shoot photos and videos with real-time visual effects directly inside the camera. Choose a look, see it instantly, and capture the final result without moving to a separate editor. Lens is built for creators, visual experimenters, and anyone who wants a more expressive camera on iPhone. Fully free to use All camera effects, photo and video capture features are currently available without subscriptions or paywalls. Create, record, and share without limitations. What you can do with Lens: • Shoot with real-time visual effects • Record video with effects applied during capture • Take photos with the active look • Preview the result immediately after shooting • Save or instantly share your content to Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Telegram and other social platforms Built for social sharing Share in seconds without extra editing. Live effects while you shoot Lens applies visual effects in real time instead of adding them later in post-production. This makes the creative process faster, more direct, and more fun. Depth-based effects on supported devices On compatible devices, Lens uses scene depth to power spatial visual effects. Selected looks react to foreground and background separation for more dimensional results. Built with a fast rendering pipeline Lens is designed for smooth real-time performance, responsive controls, and fast switching between styles while shooting photos and videos. Designed for creative capture Use Lens for: • Short-form videos • Social content • Stylized portraits • Experimental clips • Visual studies and artistic shooting Fast camera workflow 1. Open Lens 2. Choose an effect 3. Shoot photo or video 4. Preview the result 5. Save or share instantly Key features • Real-time camera effects • Photo and video capture • Instant preview after shooting • Effect intensity control • Smooth zoom workflow • Depth-based effects on supported devices • Fast save and share flow Device support Some features may vary depending on your device. Depth-based effects require supported hardware. Privacy Lens uses camera, microphone, photo library, and speech recognition permissions only for app functionality.

Screenshots

Wizard Mirror3 screens
Lens4 screens

Verdict

The call

Wizard Mirror and Lens are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Wizard Mirror versus Lens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWizard MirrorLens
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChase WesthoffVladislav Poliakov

In-app purchases

None

Wizard Mirror

No in-app purchases

None

Lens

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wizard Mirror free?
Wizard Mirror is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lens free?
Lens is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Wizard Mirror or Lens have ads?
Neither Wizard Mirror nor Lens shows ads.

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