Comparison

Lenstag vs TiltShift3

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

Head to head
About

Lenstag

Protect your photography gear from theft with this app. Check serial numbers before buying, report stolen items, and securely transfer ownership. It also helps recover lost equipment and provides business documents for photographers.

Highlights
  • Theft protection for cameras and lenses
  • Check serial numbers for stolen gear
  • Report missing equipment
  • Securely transfer gear ownership
  • Recover stolen gear and images
  • Gear valuation
  • Photography business documents
Features
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Free, easy theft protection for all your cameras, lenses and anything else with a serial number. Look up serial numbers of gear you're thinking about buying to see if it's stolen, report missing gear and securely transfer gear to other photographers. Lenstag also finds your stolen gear & images, tells you how much your gear is worth & gives you free documents to protect your photography and business. Used by over 150,000 photographers in nearly every country to secure their gear as well as the biggest names in photographic and video equipment rental. Lenstag for Apple Watch puts your gear list on your wrist: see what's registered, check an item's status and flag it stolen the moment you notice it's gone, before you've even reached for your phone. Lenstag Pro annual subscription • The fastest & most controllable alerts. Find out where your stolen gear and images are as soon as instantly. • Obtain all 33 photographer business documents across 4 countries, now with the ability to fill them out in the app and send them out for remote signing. The most complete, detailed & customizable set of photographer agreements & contract templates drafted by licensed attorneys anywhere. • Premium support. Get your issues fixed and advice on how to you recover your gear ASAP. • Knowledge that you are directly supporting the world's best chance for ending photographic equipment theft. ----- Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. Manage your subscriptions in Account Settings after purchase. Lenstag Terms of Service: https://www.lenstag.com/terms-of-service Lenstag Privacy Policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/291201

About

TiltShift3

Features
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Tiltshift recreates the perfectly imperfect look of vintage large format tilt shift focusing and lens distortion. The basic controls help recreate these focusing effects using your phone's LiDAR. Once a photo is taken with this app you can change point of focus and the plane of focus. Swirl adds in a vintage lens radial blurring effect. Keep editing your image with color presets or create your own including using LUTs. Save your presents to reuse your settings. Tiltshift contains a more detailed features documentation within the app.

Screenshots

Lenstag4 screens
TiltShift34 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TiltShift3 at 5.0 against Lenstag's 3.0. TiltShift3 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). Lenstag's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.2). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Lenstag sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. TiltShift3 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TiltShift3 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lenstag has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lenstag ships an update every 3 months, TiltShift3 fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Lenstag versus TiltShift3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLenstagTiltShift3
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLenstag LLCJeffrey Rooney

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Lenstag

Subscriptions3
  • Lenstag Pro$2.991 Month
  • Lenstag Pro$19.991 Year
  • Lenstag Pro$29.991 Year
None

TiltShift3

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lenstag free?
Lenstag is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TiltShift3 free?
TiltShift3 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lenstag or TiltShift3?
TiltShift3 is rated higher. Lenstag averages 3.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while TiltShift3 averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Lenstag or TiltShift3 have ads?
Neither Lenstag nor TiltShift3 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lenstag or TiltShift3?
Lenstag ships an update every 3 months, and TiltShift3 fortnightly. Most recently, Lenstag was updated on October 16, 2026 and TiltShift3 on October 24, 2026.

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