minista vs Tilt Shift
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
minista
Create miniature-style photos with adjustable bokeh effects, simulating the depth of a real camera. Easily select, trim, and enhance your images before saving or sharing.
- Miniature photo effect
- Adjustable bokeh depth
- Photo library or camera import
- 1:1 aspect ratio cropping
- Save to camera roll
- Share to SNS
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You can create an image of miniature photo. Thank you for downloading over 80,000 users. [Feature] Not only put a blur like a miniature photo of conventional, I can blur with the depth like a real camera. [How to use] 1. Choose a photo from photo library or camera. 2. Trim the square aspect ratio of 1:1 image you selected. 3. You can adjust the bokeh by operating the slider at the bottom of the screen. 4. I will generate a miniature image from the save button. 5. After the image generation in the preview screen, can be posted to SNS from the action can be saved to the camera roll. *Because it is a simulation I thought, there is the case that a part of the image is distorted. *May or may not suitable for miniature some images to be used. *It does not correspond to the bokeh effect in legacy devices. [Support] iOS 15.0 and over
Tilt Shift
Apply a miniature effect to your photos and videos. Customize lens blur, size, position, and shape. Enhance your visuals with cinematic filters and basic editing tools like cropping and rotation.
- Miniature effect for photos and videos
- Adjustable lens blur, size, position, and shape
- Cinematic filters
- Crop and rotate functionality
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[Tilt Shift] enables you to add a unique miniature effect to photo and video. ● Add miniature effect to photo and video. ● Adjust lens blur, lens size, len position and lens shape. ● Apply beautiful cinematic filters. ● Crop and rotate.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: minista at Free against Tilt Shift's $2.99. minista also leads on rating (3.0 vs 2.3). Tilt Shift's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months). On ratings volume, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
minista is free to download; Tilt Shift costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
minista holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 29% of minista's written reviews are positive against 40% of Tilt Shift's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
minista ships an update every 5 months, Tilt Shift weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | minista | Tilt Shift |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Takeshi Kayahashi | Dongwook Cho |
Customer experience
minista
Tilt Shift
In-app purchases
minista
No in-app purchases
Tilt Shift
No in-app purchases
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