tink vs Liquid Lens
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
tink
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tink is a creative playground for photos and videos—part studio, part AR toybox, part organizer. Everything runs on-device. No internet required. HIGHLIGHTS - Video Manipulator: datamosh, Nishika 3D, pixel sort, VHS-style looks, and more. - Cutouts + Stickers: turn moments into stickers, GIFs, and shareable assets. - Clipping: trim and rearrange scenes with a focused workflow. - Depth + 3D (Pro): generate depth maps and export a 3D mesh. - Pro exports: 4K + no watermark/branding and an ad-free experience. CAMERA + AR - Capture from camera or import from your library - AR experiments and interactive scenes - Quick tools for “make something cool” moments FREE TOOLS - Basic cutout, crop/rotate - Sticker maker (single) + GIF maker (basic) - Inventory + collections - Basic exports up to 1080p PRO (optional subscription) - No ads - No watermark / branding on exports - 4K exports - AI Labs: Depth maps + 3D Mesh, Text Removal, Upscale, Face Restore, Vectorize - Studio cutout quality + advanced workflows and batch-style tools Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://tinkapp.netlify.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://tinkapp.netlify.app/privacy
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: tink at Free against Liquid Lens's $2.99. tink also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.5). Liquid Lens's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and device support.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
tink is free to download; Liquid Lens costs $2.99 up front. tink sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Liquid Lens asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | tink | Liquid Lens |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Daily |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 301 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeffrey Asante | Sydney Bryn |
In-app purchases
tink
- tink pro monthly3 Days trial$11.991 Month
- tink pro yearly3 Days trial$99.991 Year
Liquid Lens
No in-app purchases









