Comparison

Benshi 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

Benshi

This app transforms your photos into vintage film prints with a sophisticated darkroom engine. Explore a vast array of looks, film stocks, and lens profiles to create unique images. It also offers video editing with a cinematic feel and a special mode for creating short silent films.

Highlights
  • Advanced photo darkroom engine
  • 90,000+ photo combinations
  • Deep Japanese cultural effects
  • RAW capture and re-development
  • Cinematic video editing
  • Silent film creation mode
  • AI-generated captions
Features
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A retro film camera for the iPhone era. Benshi turns every photo into a piece of film. Portrait mode is the heart of the app — your darkroom in your pocket. Landscape mode turns into a small cinema for video, when you want it. Benshi (弁士) is named after the silent-film narrators of 1920s Japan, who gave voice to silent movies. The app gives that same voice to your photos. THE PHOTO ENGINE A real darkroom recreated at the pixel level. Five Metal shaders simulate silver-halide grain, the H&D characteristic curve, wavelength-separated halation, reciprocity failure, and 16-bit half-float color. Not a filter chain — actual physical simulation. Choose from 70 looks across 7 categories (Mood · People · Nature · City · Digital · Japan · Masters), then dial in 32 film stocks, 5 developers, and 8 lens profiles. About 90,000 combinations — every photo can become something different. LENS SIMULATION (rare beyond film-only apps) Most film apps stop at the film. Benshi also simulates the lens. Body × Lens × Film × Developer — swirly Helios bokeh, dreamy Summilux glow, thoriated amber cast, flat cine glass. 8 profiles from 28mm to 85mm, each with its own optical character, plus two cinema lenses for video. MANUAL CONTROLS & PRESETS Shoot like a rangefinder: continuous AF, spot metering, MF punch-in focus, AEB exposure bracketing, an intervalometer, and 7 white-balance presets. Save any setup as a camera preset and recall it in one tap, or build and name your own film × developer × look as a custom recipe (Pro). DEEP JAPANESE CULTURE (no other app does this) • Half-frame mode — two shutter presses become one diptych, like the 1963 Olympus Pen • Postcard (絵葉書) export — horizontal 1.48:1 with 罫線 lines and a vermilion 印鑑 date stamp • Ghost photo (心霊写真) — 1970s Japanese summer ghost-story-book mood • Slow-develop mode — recreates the "wait for develop" feeling of disposable cameras • 7 era presets (Showa 1965-74 / 1975-84 / 1985-88 / Heisei early / mid / late / Reiwa) • 3 Japanese era date stamps (和暦 / 印鑑 / typewriter / LED90s) • 12 camera skins (5 base + 7 Japanese era cameras: Half-Frame 63 · Bubble 88 · Showa Disposable 27 · Expo 70 · Heisei Digicam 01 · etc) RAW + RE-DEVELOP Automatic DNG capture on supported devices. Re-develop the same negative with different film, developer, lens, and effects — without losing the original. EXIF data preserved. LANDSCAPE FOR VIDEO Turn your iPhone sideways and Benshi becomes a small cinema. 16 video looks at 1080p (8 base + 4 Showa retro + 4 Japanese cinema), manual dial and grip, stop trick, ghost mode, iris transitions, film leader countdown, intertitle cards, procedural piano BGM. Cinema-style lens profiles (cineVintage50 / cineDreamy50) for that anamorphic feeling. STORY MODE Record 3 short clips and Benshi assembles a vertical 9:16 silent film with AI benshi captions in 4 title styles — ready to share. Free to use; only the watermark differs. PRICING • Lifetime $14.99 — pay once, no subscription drama • Monthly $4.99 with 7-day free trial • Family Sharing supported The free tier includes 22 of 70 looks, 4 video looks, RAW capture, and Story Mode (with watermark). Try Pro free for 7 days. AUTO-RENEWING SUBSCRIPTION INFO • Benshi Pro Monthly — $4.99/month with a 7-day free trial. Payment charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. • Subscription auto-renews at the same price unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. • Manage or cancel: Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. • Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when purchasing a subscription. TERMS Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://windgksh.github.io/ibouCamera-policy/ CONTACT admin@ibou.ai

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

Benshi4 screens
Lenyes Vision4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lenyes Vision at none against Benshi's 2. Lenyes Vision also leads on iOS requirement (15 vs 17.0). Benshi's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Benshi sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. 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 Benshi against 5.0 for Lenyes Vision. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Benshi ships an update fortnightly, Lenyes Vision every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Benshi versus Lenyes Vision: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBenshiLenyes Vision
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB296 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIbouAIShenzhen Xinzhiyue Technology Co.Ltd.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Benshi

Subscriptions1
  • Benshi Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
One-time1
  • Benshi Pro Lifetime$14.99
None

Lenyes Vision

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Benshi free?
Benshi 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, Benshi or Lenyes Vision?
Benshi and Lenyes Vision are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Benshi or Lenyes Vision have ads?
Neither Benshi nor Lenyes Vision shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Benshi or Lenyes Vision?
Benshi ships an update fortnightly, and Lenyes Vision every 6 weeks. Most recently, Benshi was updated on October 11, 2026 and Lenyes Vision on October 25, 2026.

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