Comparison

ShotText vs Shine Lens

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ShotText

Easily add text, shapes, and overlay effects to your photos. Customize colors, sizes, and rotation for a unique look. Share your creations directly to social media or save them to your device.

Highlights
  • Add text and shapes
  • Adjustable text/shape size
  • Customizable colors
  • Rotation for text/shapes
  • Overlay effects
  • Direct social sharing
Features
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ShotText is a photo editor that does everything on your iPhone. No accounts. No cloud uploads. No analytics. Your photos never leave your device. EVERYTHING IS ON-DEVICE Every filter, every AI feature, every export happens locally using Apple's Core Image, Vision, and Core ML frameworks. Edit in airplane mode if you want — it all just works. AI THAT RUNS OFFLINE • Background removal — one tap to isolate a person and drop in a new background • Auto-enhance — smart correction for exposure, color, and sharpness • Style transfer — turn any photo into Mosaic, Starry Night, Cuphead, Anime, Cartoon, or White Box style with adjustable intensity • Object erase — paint over what you want gone 38+ FILTERS IN 9 CATEGORIES Film looks (Noir, Chrome, Fade, Instant), 11 cinematic LUTs, art styles, lighting effects (Bloom, Gloom, Thermal, X-Ray), pencil sketch, tone mapping, and more — with a global intensity slider on every one. EVERYTHING ELSE YOU EXPECT • Crop with aspect ratio presets, rotation, and flip • Adjustments for brightness, contrast, saturation, warmth, and sharpness • 73 stickers across 5 packs (emoji, hearts, suns, eyes, directions) • Editable text with font, color, background, and shadow controls • 8 overlay packs (grunge, colors, nature, patterns, wood, bubbles) • 6 vignette presets with start/end controls • PencilKit drawing with pressure-sensitive brushes and eraser EXPORT YOUR WAY HEIC, JPEG, or PNG with adjustable quality. One-tap export to a 9:16 Story format with a blurred background — perfect for Instagram, TikTok, or anywhere vertical. Saved photos go to your library and a dedicated "ShotText" album. DESIGNED FOR THE LONG SESSION • 20-level undo and redo • Long-press the canvas to compare before and after • Pick up exactly where you left off — sessions persist across app restarts • Optimized for iPad with a side-by-side editing layout • Haptic feedback on every action PRIVACY ShotText collects nothing. There are no servers, no accounts, no third-party SDKs. Read the full policy at turkdogan.dev/shottext/privacy.

About

Shine Lens

Features
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■ You can emphasize the "Brightness" and "Shine" of the image. ■ You can emphasize only the "bright area" of photos and videos taken in such as dark places. ■ By combining the three effects, you can create a variety of "shine effects". [Source] - Camera shooting: Video, photo - Photo Library: Video, photo - Paste image: Copy and paste a web image - File sharing: Can be sent from AirDrop, SNS, other apps [Settings] - Brightness Threshold:: Brightness threshold of the brilliance effect - Amplification rate: Amplification rate of shine effect - Emphasis curve: How to emphasize the brilliance effect - Save resolution: 20-100% of the original resolution [Output] - Save to camera roll: videos, photos - Video / photo sharing: AirDrop, LINE, Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram, ...

Screenshots

ShotText4 screens
Shine Lens4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ShotText at Free against Shine Lens's $0.99. ShotText also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 11 months). Shine Lens's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On ads and device support 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

ShotText is free to download; Shine Lens costs $0.99 up front. ShotText sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Shine Lens asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ShotText ships an update every 2 weeks, Shine Lens every 11 months. Both last shipped on October 12, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ShotText versus Shine Lens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShotTextShine Lens
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.0 (19 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTurkdogan TasdelenMasanori Katsuta

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ShotText

One-time1
  • ShotText Pro$5.99
None

Shine Lens

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ShotText free?
ShotText is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shine Lens free?
Shine Lens costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do ShotText or Shine Lens have ads?
Neither ShotText nor Shine Lens shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ShotText or Shine Lens?
ShotText ships an update every 2 weeks, and Shine Lens every 11 months. Most recently, ShotText was updated on October 12, 2026 and Shine Lens on October 12, 2026.

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