Blink vs Reeled VHS Filter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blink
Instantly send photos and short video clips to your contacts using your camera. This app focuses on speed and simplicity, allowing you to point, shoot, and message without complex editing. It prioritizes user privacy by not storing any photos or contact data.
- Point and shoot messaging
- Record 10-second video clips
- Front and back camera flip
- Pinch to zoom and tap to focus
- Left-handed camera layout option
- Supports Lock Screen/Action Button
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Blink puts the people you care about right inside the Camera. Point. Shoot — straight to Messages. That's it. Few more tricks up its sleeve: - Flip between front and back camera - Pinch and zoom, tap to focus - Long-press a contact to record and send 10-second video clips - Switch to left-handed camera layout - Hide and shorten names, view landscape - Supports Lock Screen or Action Button Blink doesn't save your photos — they live in Messages if you choose to send them. No contact storage, no data collection. Just fast, simple camera messaging. Blink is free. Enjoy.
Reeled VHS Filter
Add vintage VHS effects to your photos and videos. Customize filter settings and export your creations as either an image or a video file. Enjoy a completely ad-free and tracking-free experience with no in-app purchases required.
- Apply VHS-like filters
- Customize filter parameters
- Export as video
- Export as image
- Ad-free experience
- No tracking
- No payments
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Apply VHS-like filters to your photos! Customize filter parameters, then simply choose whether to export a video or image. No ads, no tracking, no payments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Blink at monthly against Reeled VHS Filter's every 2 months. Reeled VHS Filter's advantage is iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Blink against 5.0 for Reeled VHS Filter. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Blink ships an update monthly, Reeled VHS Filter every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blink | Reeled VHS Filter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Priidu Zilmer | Justin Xin |
In-app purchases
Blink
No in-app purchases
Reeled VHS Filter
No in-app purchases
