Irisly vs Hardlight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Irisly
Analyze your eye color using your iPhone's camera sensor for accurate results. Get detailed information about your iris, including unique features, with privacy-focused processing that stays on your device. Optionally create artistic portraits of your iris.
- Accurate eye color measurement from camera sensor
- Detailed iris analysis (shades, halos)
- Privacy-focused on-device processing
- Voice guidance and haptics for easy capture
- Automatic shutter for sharp images
- Optional AI iris art portraits
Read full descriptionHide full description
Find out your true eye color, measured from your iPhone's camera sensor, not guessed. Free and private: the photo and the color analysis stay on your iPhone. No account, no subscription, no ads, no trackers. WHAT YOU GET • Your eye color, named, plus the shades that make it up • Details like a golden halo around the pupil, when your iris has one • An honest answer: if the photo isn't good enough to be sure, Irisly tells you instead of guessing • Your full-resolution photo and the measured iris, saved exactly as captured EASY TO CAPTURE Voice guidance and haptics place your eye in the frame, even with the phone held up to a mirror. The shutter fires by itself once the image is sharp and steady. Front or back camera, your choice. IRIS ART (optional) Turn your iris into an artistic portrait that keeps your measured colors. You pay per render, with tokens bought in the app: no subscription. For that render only, your photo goes to our servers during the computation and is not kept. Take a close look at your eyes. Download Irisly and see your real color. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Hardlight
Access a vast library of video editing assets, including overlays, textures, effects, and transitions. New content is added weekly, with at least one free asset per drop. A pro subscription unlocks unlimited access and a commercial-use license.
- Weekly asset drops
- Overlays, textures, effects, transitions
- Free asset included weekly
- Pro subscription for unlimited access
- Commercial-use license
- Compatible with popular editing apps
Read full descriptionHide full description
Easily import all downloaded assets into your favorite editing apps, fully compatible with CapCut, VN, InShot, Alight Motion and more. FRESH DROPS EVERY WEEK. • New overlays, textures, effects, and transitions. • Every drop includes at least one free asset. PRO SUBSCRIPTION • Unlimited access to the entire library • Commercial-use license included Note: Free assets remain available without a subscription. COMMERCIAL LICENSE Use them in client work, social content, ads, music videos, films, and other commercial or personal projects. Supercharge your editing. Whether you're a filmmaker or a daily content creator, our assets deliver instant cinematic quality. Build aesthetic reels from a deep library of vintage film looks, gritty film grain, paper textures, and organic light leaks. Enhance your cuts with pro-level video effects and seamless visual effects. Hardlight packs every video overlay, green screen footage, texture, transition, and template into one app, bringing an industry-standard blackmagic finish directly to your mobile device. Terms of Use: https://whiterecord.pro/hardlight/terms-of-use.html Privacy Policy: https://whiterecord.pro/hardlight/privacy-policy.html
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Irisly at every 4 days against Hardlight's every 11 days. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Irisly sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Hardlight sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Irisly against 5.0 for Hardlight. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Irisly ships an update every 4 days, Hardlight every 11 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.
| Parameter | Irisly | Hardlight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Valentin Martin | Anatoly Makaruk |
Customer experience
Irisly
Hardlight
In-app purchases
Irisly
- 1 render$2.99
- 5 renders$8.99
- 12 renders$17.99
Show 1 moreShow fewer
- 30 renders$34.99
Hardlight
- Weekly Pro$1.997 Days
- Yearly Pro$6.991 Year









