REFRAXA vs TEXT TIME
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
TEXT TIME
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TEXT TIME turns your iPhone into a 3D title studio. Type anything — a name, a price, a hook — and watch it become a cinematic 3D title with real materials, studio lighting and glow. Then export it with TRUE TRANSPARENCY and drop it straight onto your editing timeline. No After Effects. No Blender. No render farm. Just your phone. WORKS ON iPHONE AND MAC The same app, the same subscription — on your iPhone and on any Apple silicon Mac. Make titles on the couch, or right next to your timeline. REAL TRANSPARENT EXPORTS • ProRes 4444 .MOV with a true alpha channel — the professional standard • Works in Premiere Pro, Final Cut, DaVinci Resolve, After Effects and CapCut for desktop • Green-screen MP4 for phone editors — one-tap chroma key in CapCut mobile • Every export saves straight to your Photos SIX CINEMATIC MATERIALS Plastic, metal, stone, liquid, hologram and glass — with real PBR textures and HDRI studio lighting. Pick your colors, dial in the glow. MOTION THAT SELLS • Reveal presets: rise, drop, slide, zoom — with adjustable bounce • Letter cascade — letters pop in one by one • Seamless loops: spin, sway, pulse, drift — loop forever on a timeline • 16:9 and 9:16, up to 60 fps FULL ARABIC SUPPORT — دعم كامل للعربية Type Arabic and it just works: proper letter joining, right-to-left cascades, beautiful Amiri typeface. Almost no title tool does this. MADE BY AN EDITOR, FOR EDITORS — SUBSCRIPTION INFO — TEXT TIME Unlimited: unlimited exports via auto-renewable subscription (weekly, monthly, or yearly). Payment is charged to your Apple Account; subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings. Privacy Policy: https://ruyavisuals.com/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: TEXT TIME at 3 against REFRAXA's 1. TEXT TIME also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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 and TEXT TIME sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | REFRAXA | TEXT TIME |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DANIEL GUY CIRALDO | Sami Isa |
In-app purchases
REFRAXA
- REFRAXA Pro$9.99
TEXT TIME
- Weekly Unlimited$4.997 Days
- Monthly Unlimited$7.991 Month
- Yearly Unlimited$59.991 Year









