Lightbloop vs Lumisan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Lightbloop
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Lightbloop is a dreamy drawing toy for making glowing color echoes, soft afterimages, and playful visual trips. Draw with your finger and watch simple strokes bloom into luminous trails. Freeze a layer, keep drawing above it, open Dream Lab to tune the mood, or shake your device to randomize the whole trip. When the canvas lands somewhere strange and pretty, save the visible artwork to Photos.
Lumisan
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Turn photos and illustrations into something that glows. Lumisan reads the brightness, edges, and saturation in your image to find where the light should live โ then blends in a soft glow, sparkling patterns, or holographic color shifts. From a subtle highlight to a full holographic wash, it's built for real photos and artwork, not just neon stickers. Everything is processed on your device. Nothing is ever uploaded. Five simple steps get you there: Style โ Area โ Light โ Finish โ Save. STYLE โ 30 ready-made presets, one tap away โ Save your favorite settings as a My Style and reuse them on any image AREA โ CHOOSE WHERE IT GLOWS โ Auto-detect highlights, edges, and saturation โ Pick a color with the eyedropper and glow only that color (up to 4 colors) โ Invert the selection to glow everything except what you picked LIGHT โ Adjust glow amount, spread, and color to taste โ 50 pro-level parameters covering spread width, core sharpness, light rays, and background darkening โ Full custom glow color PATTERNS โ Prism โ rainbow light bending through your image โ Holo & Glitter โ rainbow, ice, lattice, sparkle, and stardust, in hearts, stars, and more โ Halftone โ dots, lines, and grids for a printed-poster look FINISH โ Frames: none, even border, instant-photo style, or circle โ Paper textures: plain, aged, or canvas โ Add a signature in 5 fonts EDIT WITH CONFIDENCE โ Undo/redo up to 64 steps โ Auto-saves your progress โ pick up right where you left off โ Import directly from any app's share sheet EXPORT โ Original, 2048, 1440, 1080, or custom size โ Re-rendered at your chosen resolution, so fine patterns and glitter never get crushed โ Save straight to Photos or share anywhere Great for: โ Eye-catching posts for Instagram and TikTok โ Turning fan art or portraits into something special โ Giving photos a poster or zine-style finish Every preset and the full editing/saving flow are free to try. Lumisan PRO (a one-time purchase โ no subscription) unlocks all 50 detail parameters, full custom glow colors, colors 2โ4 for masking, signatures, My Styles, and your last 30 edits.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lightbloop at none against Lumisan's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Lumisan sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Lightbloop asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Lightbloop | Lumisan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | โ | Daily |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 โ better | 17.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcin Denisiewicz | Yuma Satoi |
In-app purchases
Lightbloop
No in-app purchases
Lumisan
- PRO, one payment$7.99








