Comparison

tink vs Liquid Lens

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

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About

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

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

Liquid Lens4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
tink versus Liquid Lens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametertinkLiquid Lens
PriceFree — 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 purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Paid
Devices—iPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size301 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeffrey AsanteSydney Bryn

In-app purchases

2 purchases

tink

Subscriptions2
  • tink pro monthly3 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • tink pro yearly3 Days trial$99.991 Year
None

Liquid Lens

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is tink free?
tink is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Liquid Lens free?
Liquid Lens costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.

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