Diff vs REFRAXA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Diff
Transform everyday motion into dynamic visual art by simply pointing your camera and recording. Explore various scenes and adjust settings to create unique, live visual effects.
- Motion to visual art conversion
- Live visual effects
- Camera recording
- Scene selection
- Adjustable settings
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Diff turns motion into live visual art — point the camera at anything moving and tap record. Try different scenes and the Settings sliders.
REFRAXA
Transform your photos and videos into stunning symmetrical art with a variety of mirrored effects. Apply live camera filters or edit existing media, with instant, watermark-free exports. This app offers a unique optical approach to creative visual transformations.
- 17 distinct mirroring effects
- Edit photos and videos
- Live camera effects
- Record video with effects
- Watermark-free exports
- No account or cloud required
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Turn your photos into hypnotic, symmetrical art. Pick any picture from your library and REFRAXA folds it into a living mandala - mirrors, kaleidoscopes, tiles, and prisms, rendered instantly as you flip between styles. - 17 distinct effects: mirrors, kaleidoscopes, prisms, tiles, wedges, and rotors - Edit any photo or video from your library - no length cap on video - Or go live: the camera shows the effect in the viewfinder as you shoot - Record video with the effect baked in - perfect for Reels, TikTok & Stories - Every export is archived beside your untouched original, inside the app - One-tap export, instant save. No account, no login, no cloud. - No AI, just optics: every pixel comes from your photo, and nothing you shoot ever leaves your phone Free to use. Upgrade to REFRAXA Pro once ($9.99, no subscription) for unlimited, watermark-free exports forever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Diff at none against REFRAXA's 1. 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. REFRAXA sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Diff asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Diff against 5.0 for REFRAXA. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
| Parameter | Diff | REFRAXA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Karsten Englander | DANIEL GUY CIRALDO |
Customer experience
Diff
REFRAXA
In-app purchases
Diff
No in-app purchases
REFRAXA
- REFRAXA Pro$9.99
