Comparison

Light Spirit vs Rake Plus

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

Head to head
About

Light Spirit

Features
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Light Spirit is a professional portrait relighting tool that adds natural, soft lighting to your face after taking a photo β€” easily achieve a radiant, healthy look. 【Core Features】 β€’ Smart Face Detection: Automatically detects the face area for precise relighting β€’ Draggable Light Source: Move the light with your finger to adjust the lighting direction β€’ Multiple Light Shapes: Point light and ring light for different scenarios β€’ Rich Light Colors: Six presets β€” Cool White, Warm Yellow, Daylight, Warm Orange, Soft Pink, Ice Blue β€’ Adjustable Brightness: Slider for precise control, natural results without overexposure 【Three Lighting Modes】 β€’ Face Light: Brightens only the face, background stays untouched β€’ Environment Light: Softly brightens both face and background (Pro) β€’ Atmosphere Light: Adds colored tones for a unique lighting style (Pro) 【Pro Features】 β€’ Custom RGB color picker β€” choose any light color β€’ Environment & Atmosphere lighting modes β€’ Export HD photos without watermark 【How to Use】 1. Take a new photo or import from your album 2. Drag the light source to where you need it 3. Adjust brightness, color, and shape 4. Export and save to your album Whether it's a selfie, ID photo, or everyday portrait, Light Spirit helps you improve facial lighting effortlessly β€” say goodbye to dull skin and hello to naturally radiant photos. About Pro Membership Auto-Renewable Subscription: Subscription Period: 1 month (Monthly Pro), 12 months (Annual Pro). Lifetime Purchase: Lifetime Pro Member. One-time purchase, valid forever. Subscription Price: Subject to iAP check-out screen, e.g., Monthly Pro is $3.99/month, Annual Pro is $12.99/year. Payment: Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Cancellation: To cancel renewal, please manually turn off the auto-renewal feature in iTunes/Apple ID settings at least 24 hours before the current subscription period expires. Renewal: Your iTunes account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Privacy Policy: https://my.feishu.cn/wiki/G5o0wMIaViveQlkcmJ1cI9utnHc?from=from_copylink Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Rake Plus

Features
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Change the light, the air and the focus of a photo after you took it. Rake Plus reads how far away every part of your picture is and works from that, the way a real lamp, real fog and a real lens would. Four tools, all on your device. Portrait photos carry the depth your iPhone measured when it took them. Any other photo works too: Rake Plus estimates its depth on your device. CLEAR β€” take the haze out Haze, smog and smoke thicken with distance. Clear measures how much haze lies at each distance in your photo and removes it by distance: far hills and skylines come back, and the foreground is left alone. Strength sets how much; Protect keeps the far distance and the sky from turning grainy. RELIGHT β€” move the light Drag a lamp across the picture and watch the light wrap around a face and cast real shadows. β€’ Five looks in one tap: Rembrandt, Butterfly, Split, Softbox and Flash, a flash on the camera. β€’ Three lights like a studio: key, fill and rim. β€’ Drag a light to move it; pinch to pull it toward you or push it behind your subject. β€’ Power in stops, depth, size for crisp or soft shadows, warmth, and shadows on or off. β€’ Original sets how much of the photo's own light to keep. AIR β€” fog, mist and shafts of light Fill the scene with fog that thickens with distance, so your subject stays clear while the background fades. Add a sun, and the fog catches its light: trees, windows and your subject block it, and the light falls through the gaps in shafts. β€’ Density, where the fog starts, glow and warmth. β€’ For the sun: power, depth, size, warmth and how strongly the beams show. LENS β€” move the focus after the shot Tap where the photo should be sharp. Everything else blurs the way a real lens would: the farther from the focus, the softer, with your subject's edges kept clean. On Portrait photos of people, the outline your iPhone saved keeps the blur off the hair. β€’ Aperture, and how deep the sharp zone is. β€’ The character of the blur: round or bladed, an anamorphic oval, cat's-eye discs at the edges, and the swirl of old portrait lenses. β€’ Glow: how brightly lights spread into discs. TOGETHER The tools stack in order: haze removed first, then your light, then the air, then the lens the whole scene is seen through. Hold Compare at any time to see the photo as it was shot, and undo or redo any change. Save to Photos adds the result at full resolution as an edit of the original, which Photos can revert, depth and all. IN PHOTOS TOO Rake Plus is also in the Photos app: open a photo, tap Edit, then the β‹― menu, Extensions, Rake Plus. A photo you edited with Rake Plus opens there with its settings, so you can change them later. RAKE PLUS PRO β€” four more tools, Live Photos, borders and Recipes, one purchase An optional one-time in-app purchase. Try every Pro tool and a Live Photo merge on your own photos in the app first; the purchase is needed to save or share, and to use them inside Photos. β€’ WINDOW: sun through blinds, panes or leaves, bending over your subject and shading the wall behind. β€’ WEATHER: rain or snow through the scene, hidden behind your subject, fading the distance. β€’ GRADE: colour your subject and the distance apart, with no mask to draw. β€’ MOTION: a short looping clip from the still β€” a push-in, a sway or a Vertigo zoom. β€’ LIVE PHOTOS: merge the three seconds into one picture: smooth water, passers-by taken out, or light trails. β€’ BORDERS: white or black, with the camera and its settings written underneath. β€’ RECIPES: save an edit, every tool as you set it, and put it on other photos in one tap. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything happens on your device, including estimating depth. Photos come in through the system picker, or from Photos when you edit there, without access to the rest of your library, and nothing is uploaded: there is no server to upload to. No account, no credits, no subscription, no ads. TIPS β€’ Portrait-mode photos work best. In Photos, they are the ones with the Ζ’ depth control under Edit.

Screenshots

Light Spirit3 screens
Rake Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Light Spirit at daily against Rake Plus's every 8 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Light Spirit sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Rake Plus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Light Spirit ships an update daily, Rake Plus every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
Light Spirit versus Rake Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLight SpiritRake Plus
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily β€” betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS17.617.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size2 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer河灯 柴Pablo Miranda

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Light Spirit

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$19.99
1 purchases

Rake Plus

One-time1
  • Rake Plus Pro$7.99

Questions

Is Light Spirit free?
Light Spirit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rake Plus free?
Rake Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Light Spirit or Rake Plus have ads?
Neither Light Spirit nor Rake Plus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Light Spirit or Rake Plus?
Light Spirit ships an update daily, and Rake Plus every 8 days. Most recently, Light Spirit was updated on October 31, 2026 and Rake Plus on November 1, 2026.

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