Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera vs Trichromatic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera
Transform your everyday scenes into a mesmerizing light show with real-time video effects. Explore elastic color and shape, and use the back camera for a funhouse mirror experience.
- Eight real-time video effects
- Elastic color and shape manipulation
- Transforms everyday scenes
- Funhouse mirror effect
- Back camera integration
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Turn your world—or any photo in your library—into surreal art in real time. Liquid Lens is a playful effects camera with 17 animated looks: liquid silver, shimmering soap film, a glowing wireframe that tracks your face, cosmic color, comic-book ink, VHS, glitch, pixel art, sketch, ghost trails, and more. Swipe between effects or search for one by name, then add left–right, top–bottom, four-way, kaleidoscope, or Droste symmetry—which spirals the frame into itself—plus animated warp. CREATE YOUR WAY • Use the front or back camera • Import photos from your library • Capture exactly what you see • Record video with sound or muted audio FREE TO EXPLORE • All 17 effects • Real-time, on-device rendering • No account, ads, or subscription • No data linked to you Saved photos include a small Liquid Lens mark. Video capture and watermark-free photos are available as separate one-time upgrades. Point. Swipe. Bend reality.
Trichromatic
This app captures three distinct monochrome images using red, green, and blue filters, then merges them into a single creative photograph. Users can adjust various image parameters and share their unique creations.
- Capture RGB monochrome photos
- Combine into one image
- Adjust intervals between shots
- Zoom and reframe options
- Enable flash
- Adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpness
- Save and share final image
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Trichromatic takes three separate monochrome photos (one red, one green, and one blue) and combines them into one image. Achieve creative effects: - different intervals - zoom in or out - enable flash - reframe between shots Adjust brightness, contrast, saturation and sharpness of the final image and share it or save it in your photo album.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Trichromatic at 100% against Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera's 44%. Trichromatic also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 weeks). Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera's advantage is ratings volume (218 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Trichromatic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Trichromatic holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera has 218 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera's written reviews are positive against 100% of Trichromatic's.
Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera ships an update every 6 weeks, Trichromatic every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera | Trichromatic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (218 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 218 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Miles Egan | Christian Lobach |
Customer experience
Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera
Trichromatic
Bugs and requests
Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera
Reported bugs
10 issues- App doesn't save videos
- App crashes constantly
- Won't film video in panorama
- Won't save videos over half the tries
- Video function is useless
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- App not compatible with older devices
- Video feature has no sound
- App doesn't let me take pictures from library
- Entering password doesn't work
- Won't allow user to pick own photo
Requested features
7 requests- Restore password button
- Fix video saving
- Add flash
- More controls for effects (speed, palettes)
- Allow microphone input for visualizer
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- Ability to record video with no effect
- Ability to record video with kaleidoscope feature
Trichromatic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera
- Remove Watermark$1.99
- Enable Video Recording$1.99
Trichromatic
- Remove Watermark$1.99
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