strix! vs PictOrb Movable Lens Camera

strix turns a photo into a stream of colour. Drag across the image and the pixels behind your subject stretch out and melt away, while the subject itself stays sharp. It finds the subject on its own. No masking, no lasso, no cutting it out by hand. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick a photo — recent shots appear right inside the app, or take a new one 2. Drag across it. The direction you drag is the direction the pixels flow 3. Share it, or save it to your photos Drag in a straight line, or switch to curve and draw the path yourself. Pull the effect out from both sides at once. Press and hold the eye to check the original at any time. TUNE IT Seven sliders, if you want them: strength, wave, wave cycles, jitter, fade, chromatic aberration, and start offset. Or ignore all of it and just drag. YOUR PHOTOS STAY YOURS strix has no account, no server, and no analytics. Every pixel is processed on your iPhone's GPU, and subject detection runs on device too. Your photos are never uploaded anywhere. We could not look at them if we wanted to. STRIX PRO strix is free, and shows a full-screen ad when you export your image. strix Pro removes those ads for a single payment. It is not a subscription — buy it once and restore it any time with the same Apple Account.

Flip part of a scene. Break it into pixels. Bend it like light through glass. PictOrb places a movable optical lens over the live camera view, transforming the scene wherever you put it. Choose a round Orb or a rounded, rotatable Cube. Drag from anywhere in the preview to move the lens, pinch anywhere to resize it, and rotate Cube with two fingers. Use the vertical slider to zoom only the scene inside the lens; its shape and position stay put. The available zoom-out range adapts to the framing and lens position. Touch and hold to adjust focus and exposure. See every change live, then capture a high-resolution silent photo or 1080p video at 30 fps. Import a photo or video and add a lens to it. Choose media from the in-app gallery, or pass a photo or video to “Edit Media in PictOrb” in Shortcuts and start editing. Turn a still photo into a silent video as you move the lens. For videos, choose a starting point, play while adjusting the lens, and save up to the point where you stop. Keep the original audio or mute it. Your originals stay unchanged; each result is saved as a new creation. EFFECTS • Plain: Keeps the scene’s colors while adding the clear glass edge and highlights • Flip: Reverses the image inside the lens • Pixel: Pixelates the image inside the lens • Crystal: Creates crystal-like refraction • Shine: Casts iridescent light from the center and beyond the lens • Stained Glass: Turns the scene's colors and boundaries into stained glass • Prism: Separates colors • Kaleido: Splits the image like a kaleidoscope • Fisheye: Applies fisheye-style distortion • Aura: Refracts the image through a slowly moving liquid wave • Sepia: Adds warm sepia tones inside the lens • Mono: Turns only the lens interior black and white • Snow: Snow keeps falling and settles at the bottom, responding to tilt and lens movement • Rain: Adds falling rain and small droplets inside the lens Plain, Flip, Pixel, Crystal, Sepia, and Mono are free to use with both photos and videos. In Settings, show, hide, and reorder effects to fit your workflow. PictOrb Pro is a one-time purchase. It lets you save photos and videos made with Shine, Stained Glass, Prism, Kaleido, Fisheye, Aura, Snow, and Rain, both when capturing and when editing imported media. Preview every Pro effect before you buy. There is no subscription. CAPTURE FEATURES • High-resolution silent photos • 1080p video at 30 fps • Front and rear cameras • Portrait and landscape orientations • FULL, 1:1, 4:5, 3:4, and 9:16 capture ratios • Front camera mirroring option • Orb or Cube shape, position, size, Cube angle, and effect parameters • Zoom the scene inside the lens without resizing it • Optional effect-free copies saved with captured photos and videos • Continuous zoom with Camera Control on supported iPhones • In-app gallery for media saved by PictOrb IMPORT AND EDIT • Add effects to a photo and save a new image • Adjust lens-only zoom when editing imported photos or videos • Choose a photo or video from the in-app gallery • Receive a photo or video from Shortcuts and open the editor • Create a silent video from a photo while moving the lens • Record effects on a video from your chosen start to your stopping point • Keep or mute original audio, preview the result, and try again • Preserve the input aspect ratio and export video at up to 1080p, 30 fps Launch PictOrb from supported Lock Screen controls or Camera Control. Creations captured while locked are imported into the gallery after you unlock your iPhone. Photos, videos, and effects are processed on your device. Capture and editing media are not uploaded to a developer server. No account, ads, or tracking. Only when you choose to send a support inquiry are your message, optional reply email address, and app/device information sent to our support service.