Light Magick vs Cross Filter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Light Magick
Enhance your photos with beautiful glow effects. Easily add lines, text, and shapes with a simple touch interface. Save and share your creations to popular social media platforms.
- Add beautiful glow effects
- Free line and color options
- Free text with various fonts and colors
- 100+ shapes and colors
- Undo, Redo, and Reset editing
- Share to social media
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Light Magick add beautiful glow effect to your photo. Easy to use just move your finger or tap on the photo. -Free line and colors -Free text, fonts and colors -100 of Shapes and colors -Edit Undo, Redo and Reset -Share to other apps Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Line etc.
Cross Filter
Enhance your photos with stunning cross filter and rainbow effects. Precisely control light sources, ray properties, and colors for a unique, stylish look. Easily edit with intuitive touch gestures for beautiful results.
- Apply cross filter effects to light sources
- Add glitter and rainbow effects
- Customize ray length, width, and angle
- Adjust light source radius and impermeability
- Intuitive swipe and pinch editing
- Save in various resolutions
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● You can add a beautiful "cross filter effect" to photos such as night views and illuminations. ● The beautiful rays emitted from light sources such as lighting give a stylish "glitter effect" to monotonous and dark photographs. ● It is also effective for light such as reflections on the water surface, sunbeams, and candle flames. ● You can apply a "rainbow effect" that makes lighting, illuminations, candles, etc. look beautiful. [Disadvantages of conventional glitter apps] - Since the glitter effect is automatic, you cannot edit it freely. - Most of the photos have too many cross rays, which makes the photos unattractive. - No detailed settings can be made for each light source. [Advantages of this app] - Cross filter effect can be applied only to llight sources that you want to add glitter effect. - You can set the length, width, color, transmission rate, number, angle, etc. of the light beam as you like. - You can apply the beautiful "rainbow effect" unique to the cross filter effect. - Easy operation by swiping or pinching allows quick editing without stress. - Even with simple manual editing, the result is a pretty beautiful photo. - It will not be an unattractive photo with too much glitter. [Source] - Camera shooting: Photo - Camera roll: Photo - Paste image: Copy and paste a web image - File sharing: Can be sent from AirDrop, SNS, and other apps [Cross filter effect] * All rays can be edited at once. - Ray length - Ray width - Light source radius - Impermeability - Light color - Rainbow Effect - Number of rays (4, 6, 8, 10, ...) - Ray angle - Save resolution: 20-100% of the original resolution [Touch operation] * All rays can be edited at once. - Long press: Add new ray - Swipe: Movement of light rays - Pinch-in / pinch-out: Edit the same ratio of ray length, width, and radius [Output] - Save to camera roll: Photo - Sharing videos and photos: AirDrop, LINE, Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram, ...
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Verdict
Light Magick and Cross Filter both sit at 1.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Cross Filter's written reviews are positive against 50% of Light Magick's. Cross Filter also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Light Magick's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Light Magick is free to download; Cross Filter costs $2.99 up front. Light Magick sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cross Filter asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.0 for Light Magick against 1.0 for Cross Filter. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Light Magick's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cross Filter's.
Light Magick ships an update every 2 weeks, Cross Filter every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Light Magick | Cross Filter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kenichi Kobayashi | Masanori Katsuta |
Customer experience
Light Magick
Cross Filter
In-app purchases
Light Magick
- Unlock 100 of Shapes and Remove Ads$0.99
Cross Filter
No in-app purchases
