Comparison

CH3 Camcorder vs Lenyes Vision

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

Head to head
About

CH3 Camcorder

This app transforms your phone into a 1990s VHS camcorder, capturing footage in real-time with authentic vintage effects. It offers a suite of adjustable parameters to simulate the entire VHS signal chain, from visual distortions to audio processing. Recordings are stored in an in-app library with VCR-style playback and can be saved or shared.

Highlights
  • Real-time VHS recording
  • Authentic 90s camcorder look
  • 25 adjustable VHS signal parameters
  • VHS timestamp burn-in
  • VCR-style playback library
  • No account or tracking required
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Feeling nostalgic? CH3 turns your phone into a 1990s camcorder. Everything runs in real-time. What you see in the viewfinder is what you record. No post-processing, no filters applied after the fact. THE CAMERA 4:3 aspect ratio. 24fps. Low resolution. Portrait orientation with a landscape crop, just like holding a real camcorder. The on-screen display is rendered inside the viewfinder, just like the real thing. THE EFFECTS 25 adjustable parameters that simulate every stage of the VHS signal chain: - Chromatic aberration, chroma smear, and chroma delay - Tracking distortion and head-switch noise - Scanlines, interlace combing, and scanline drift - Film grain, tape warp, and glitch - Bloom, vignette, soft focus, and luma ringing - Brightness, contrast, saturation, warmth, and split-tone color grading - VHS timestamp burn-in and night vision - VHS audio processing: low-pass filter, wow/flutter, tape hiss, and saturation THE PRESETS Built-in presets to get you started. Pro users can create and share their own. Presets sync across devices via iCloud. THE TAPES All recordings are saved to an in-app tape library with VCR-style playback controls: play, pause, fast-forward, and rewind. Save tapes directly to your photo library or share them. PRIVACY Remember when apps didn't know your name, your location, and what you had for breakfast? Good times. No account. No sign-up. No analytics. No tracking. No ads. No data collection. No third-party SDKs. No internet required. The only permissions CH3 asks for are camera and microphone, because it's a camera. Your recordings never leave your device unless you share them yourself. That's it. UPGRADE TO PRO No subscriptions. No nonsense. One payment and it's yours forever. - Unlimited recording duration - No watermark - Full preset editor - Combine multiple tapes into one - Custom preset sharing - iCloud preset sync

About

Lenyes Vision

Create cinematic video content with intelligent camera movements, time travel effects, and professional color grading. This app offers real-time viewfinder previews, manual exposure controls, and subject tracking for stable, professional-looking footage.

Highlights
  • Real-time 4K 60fps viewfinder preview
  • Built-in cinematic filters and LUTs
  • Manual ISO, shutter speed, and focus control
  • Intelligent subject tracking and focus lock
  • Bluetooth wireless remote control for shooting and gimbal angle
Features
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Lenyes Vision - A cinematic creation App paired with a handheld gimbal stabilizer, making every frame look like a movie scene. Supports a variety of creative shooting features such as intelligent camera movement, time travel, and cinematic proportion shooting. "Main function: 1. Movie-level real-time viewfinder preview, supporting 4K 60fps high frame rate recording and Log gray film mode; 2. Built-in cinematic texture filters and stylized LUTs, allowing for color adjustment immediately after shooting without the need for post-production. 3. Supports dual-mode shooting of photos and videos. During shooting, you can manually adjust ISO, shutter speed, focus and exposure compensation. 4. Intelligent subject tracking and locking focus, real-time tracking of portraits, pets or moving objects, with always clear and stable images; 5. It supports Bluetooth wireless remote control connection, allowing for remote control of shooting start and stop as well as the Angle of the gimbal, making it easy to achieve single-person creation.

Screenshots

CH3 Camcorder4 screens
Lenyes Vision4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lenyes Vision at none against CH3 Camcorder's 1. CH3 Camcorder's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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. CH3 Camcorder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lenyes Vision asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CH3 Camcorder against 5.0 for Lenyes Vision. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CH3 Camcorder ships an update every 3 days, Lenyes Vision every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CH3 Camcorder versus Lenyes Vision: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCH3 CamcorderLenyes Vision
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB296 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlan KahnShenzhen Xinzhiyue Technology Co.Ltd.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CH3 Camcorder

One-time1
  • CH3 Camcorder Pro$1.99
None

Lenyes Vision

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CH3 Camcorder free?
CH3 Camcorder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lenyes Vision free?
Lenyes Vision is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CH3 Camcorder or Lenyes Vision?
CH3 Camcorder and Lenyes Vision are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do CH3 Camcorder or Lenyes Vision have ads?
Neither CH3 Camcorder nor Lenyes Vision shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CH3 Camcorder or Lenyes Vision?
CH3 Camcorder ships an update every 3 days, and Lenyes Vision every 6 weeks. Most recently, CH3 Camcorder was updated on October 9, 2026 and Lenyes Vision on October 31, 2026.

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