Comparison

Avatan vs Lightleap by Lightricks

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

Head to head
About

Avatan

This social photo editor allows users to create and share custom effects and editing resources. It offers tools for face retouching, body adjustments, and applying various elements like stickers and textures to photos. The platform's integrated social network ensures a constantly growing collection of editing options.

Highlights
  • Create and save custom effects
  • Use stickers, textures, frames, and backgrounds
  • Face retouching and body shape adjustment
  • Integrated social network for user-generated content
  • Intuitive interface for easy editing
  • Save favorite effects and resources
Features
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Avatan is a social photo editor. It enables people to edit photos interacting with each other, while using their own processing elements. All the elements are created and added by users to the social network integrated with the photo editor. EFFECTS You have the opportunity to create and save your own, customized effects. To create effects, you can use various tools and resources. RESOURCES You can add and use 4 various resources when editing images: * Stickers * Textures * Frames * Backgrounds RETOUCHING Moreover, the photo editor features embedded functions for all the necessary types of face retouching and body shape adjustment. This makes it possible to always easily eliminate any imperfections with high quality. You can save your favorite effects and resources to apply them later while editing your new photos. Due to these multiple options, your edited photos will always be of high quality and special style. Every second an enormous number of users add new effects and resources for editing images on a variety of themes, replenishing their collections. Thus, the range of opportunities offered by the photo editor is constantly growing. The intuitive and convenient interface makes it possible to implement complex processing in simple steps. The entire process is a pure joy. We offer in-app purchases for Premium, which includes unlimited amount of adding elements to favourites and other features. The amount will be charged to your iTunes account and will vary by plan and country. You’ll see the total price before completing payment. Premium subscriptions purchased in-app renew monthly or yearly depending on your plan. To avoid renewal, you must turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before your subscription ends. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from iTunes account settings. Also we offer in-app purchase Premium One-time. The payment process just one time. After that You get Premium features once for all without other payments. If You have an active Premium subscription and want to get Premium One-time, You need to turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before your subscription ends. After subscription ends You can buy Premium One-time. Terms of Use: https://avatanplus.ru/pages/eula Privacy Policy: https://avatanplus.ru/pages/privacy-en

About

Lightleap by Lightricks

Transform your photos with powerful editing tools. Easily enhance lighting, replace backgrounds, and remove unwanted elements to create professional-looking images without complex software. Achieve stunning results with pre-set filters and effects.

Highlights
  • AI-powered photo editing
  • Sky replacement
  • Object removal (Heal tool)
  • Diverse filters and looks
  • Special effects
  • Adjustable intensity
Features
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Finally, you can take the photo you actually meant to take! Lightleap (formerly Quickshot) is a photo editor that proves you no longer need to be a professional photographer to take amazing photos. Let’s face it - your photos don't always come out the way you expected. You pull out your phone to capture something awesome, but the photo you take just doesn't do the scene justice. The background is too blurry, the lighting is just all wrong, or maybe the scenery needs a retouch – something only an experienced editor can do, right? The Lightleap app is here to change that! With this editor app, you can capture the beauty and magic you see with your own eyes – or enhance it. You become the editor with filters, effects, and retouch tools at your fingertips. There’s no need to spend hours pulling your hair out as you learn how to use professional editor software. The Lightleap image editor app takes moments to retouch your photos into eye-catching images with professional vibes, using stunning pre-set filters and effects. With unique, easy-to-use features like background Sky, Heal, Effects, Filters and Looks, every photo you take from now on will be picture perfect. If you’ve dreamed of taking Instagram-worthy images to inspire the world, this is your chance. Brought to you by Lightricks, the award-winning app developer, Lightleap photo editor app is part of the Enlight Creativity Suite, including Pixaloop, Videoleap and Photofox. We help you harness your creativity in every photo. App user favourite features from Lightleap include: Sky Replace the background in your photos with a brand-new sky! - With one tap, you can change the background with a new sky. - Select from 60+ high-quality sky backgrounds. - Choose from sunny, dusk, sunset, storm, and even fantasy skies! Heal Remove unwanted people, background smudges, and easily retouch your image with the heal function, like a true editor. - Select and erase items in the forefront and background of your image. - Smooth over bumps and quickly correct photo mistakes. - Undo retouches with a single tap to restore your image! Filters No photo is complete without one of Lightleap's gorgeous filters - one of our top features. - Find filters by theme, whether you’re looking for warm, black and white, urban, fade and many other filters. - Easily adjust the intensity of your filters over your image. - Achieve the effects you desire in moments! Looks Change the vibe of your photo like a true editor in one tap. - Choose a predefined look as filters for your image. - Create a signature style for your Instagram feed with our designer editor looks. - Give your images a golden hour glow, or set the mood with dusk, black and white, shadows and fantasy looks. Effects Add tons of special effects to retouch dull areas and bring your background to life. - Overlay shadow effects, sparkles, lens flares and more to enhance your photo. - Change the weather effects and add seasonal themes. - Access our extremely popular mood elements and adjust the magic level of your photo effects! Adjust The full collection of essential editor tools is at your fingertips. - Every minor retouch adjustment can be made, including light and contrast to temperature, tint and hue editors. - Crop your photo, retouch, and edit all within the app. - Sharpen, adjust the depth, structure, and grain as a professional photography editor! With Lightleap, you become a photo editor in moments. Fix and retouch your photos with filters and effects to truly capture the magic of the moment you experienced. Download the app to discover how you can become a pro photo editor! - Terms of use: https://static.lightricks.com/legal/terms-of-use.pdf - Privacy policy: https://static.lightricks.com/legal/privacy-policy.pdf

Screenshots

Avatan4 screens
Lightleap by Lightricks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Lightleap by Lightricks at none against Avatan's shown. Lightleap by Lightricks also leads on ratings volume (99K vs 5.8K). Avatan's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Avatan sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Lightleap by Lightricks sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Avatan against 4.7 for Lightleap by Lightricks. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lightleap by Lightricks has 99K ratings behind it against 5.8K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 34% of Avatan's written reviews are positive against 40% of Lightleap by Lightricks's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Avatan ships an update every 4 weeks, Lightleap by Lightricks monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Avatan versus Lightleap by Lightricks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAvatanLightleap by Lightricks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (5.8K ratings)4.7 (99K ratings) — better
Positive reviews34.4% of reviews40.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.8K99K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size162 MB287 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAvatan Studio, LLCLightricks Ltd.

Customer experience

Avatan

All ratings5,757 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral2.5%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews535 reviews
Positive34.4%
Neutral5.4%
Negative60.2%

Lightleap by Lightricks

All ratings98,674 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral3.0%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews644 reviews
Positive40.4%
Neutral11.6%
Negative48.0%

User reviews

Avatan

From 5.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤍 Underrated aesthetic editing app
  • 💯 Best photo editing app there is
  • 👍 Awesome effects and features

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes constantly
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 📢 Too many ads
  • 💰 Paywall for key features
  • 🔍 Decreased image quality after editing

Lightleap by Lightricks

From 99K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Consistently good app
  • 🎨 Great photo editing
  • 👍 Worth to buy
  • 🌟 Amazing app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 🔒 Locked behind paywall
  • 💰 Expensive subscription
  • 🤖 Misleading advertising
  • 🔍 Limited free features

Bugs and requests

Avatan

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes on launch
  • Editing tools not working
  • Unable to save edited photos

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add video editing capabilities
  • Improve brush and eraser tools
  • Allow sticker resizing and partial erasing

Lightleap by Lightricks

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to access photos after update
  • Freezing and crashing during editing
  • Distortion and artifacts when removing objects

Requested features

7 requests
  • Ability to save edited photos without subscription
  • More free editing tools and features
  • Improved object removal/healing tool
  • Ability to add text to photos
  • Preset saving and applying
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  • Sky eraser tool
  • RAW image support

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Avatan

Subscriptions2
  • Premium3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time8
  • Airbrush$0.99
  • Wrinkle Remover$0.99
  • Eye Brighten$0.99
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  • Eye Color$0.99
  • access to all paid effects for ipad version$0.99
  • Hair Color$1.99
  • access to all paid effects for avatan plus$21.99
  • Premium One-time$99.99
10 purchases

Lightleap by Lightricks

Subscriptions9
  • Unlimited access$3.991 Month
  • Lightleap unlimited access$3.991 Month
  • Lightleap unlimited access3 Days trial$3.991 Month
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  • Lightleap unlimited access$5.991 Month
  • Lightleap unlimited access$9.991 Month
  • Lightleap unlimited access$19.991 Year
  • Lightleap unlimited access3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Lightleap unlimited access7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Lightleap unlimited access$77.991 Year
One-time1
  • Quickshot unlimited access$199.99

Questions

Is Avatan free?
Avatan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lightleap by Lightricks free?
Lightleap by Lightricks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Avatan or Lightleap by Lightricks?
Lightleap by Lightricks is rated higher. Avatan averages 4.7 out of 5 from 5.8K ratings, while Lightleap by Lightricks averages 4.7 from 99K ratings.
Do Avatan or Lightleap by Lightricks have ads?
Avatan shows ads; Lightleap by Lightricks does not.
Which is updated more often, Avatan or Lightleap by Lightricks?
Avatan ships an update every 4 weeks, and Lightleap by Lightricks monthly. Most recently, Avatan was updated on November 1, 2026 and Lightleap by Lightricks on November 5, 2026.

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