Comparison

Arshes vs Purevue

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

Head to head
About

Arshes

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Arshes is a camera app — and a platform where users create and publish effects and filters. Effects are shader programs written in Slang, transforming your camera feed in real time with total freedom. Filters are presets of familiar color grading parameters: exposure, white balance, contrast, and more. Combine effects and filters published by other users, and capture photos and videos of every kind. FEATURES • Community Effects & Filters — Browse and use effects and filters published by other users, and favorite the ones you love. • Live Effect Camera — Apply effects and filters to your camera feed in real time, and capture photos and videos with the look baked in. • Create Effects — Write your own effects in the Slang shader language right on your device, with live camera preview. • Create Filters — Build your own color grades: exposure, white balance, contrast, HSL color mixer, and more. • Publish — Put your effects and filters out there for everyone to shoot with. • Gallery — Browse and manage captured photos and videos, with effect parameters saved and restorable. • Remote Editor — Edit effect code from your computer using "arshes-cli". • Widgets — Quick access from your home screen. • Camera tools — Tap to focus, manual white balance, grid, level, and histogram. Display P3 and HEIF support.

About

Purevue

Features
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A photo. A thought. Nothing more. Purevue is a place to add a short memo to your photos and simply keep them. Not a diary. Not an album. A quiet space to frame the fragments of thought that come before words. ◆ A moment, in a word. Pick a photo from your camera roll. Add a memo in 40 characters. That's it. We don't ask for more. ◆ Room for 40 characters. Not 140. Not 500. Just 40. A constraint that creates the perfect space for a fleeting thought. When words don't come, AI gently suggests. ◆ Stack them, group them. Drag photos together to naturally group them. No folders. No tags. No categories needed. ◆ Your words, lined up. Photos and memos in a quiet grid. Just browse. That's enough to bring back how you felt. — What Purevue doesn't do — ・No notifications ・No prompts ・No forced organization A quiet place for photos and notes.

Screenshots

Arshes4 screens
Purevue4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Purevue at 18.2 against Arshes's 26.1. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Arshes versus Purevue: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArshesPurevue
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.118.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKei HasegawaTai Matono

In-app purchases

None

Arshes

No in-app purchases

None

Purevue

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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