Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera vs Comic Art
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.
Comic Art
Transform your photos into comic book illustrations, cartoons, and graphic novel styles. Adjust shadows, tones, outlines, and colors with various customizable settings. Unlock advanced features through add-on purchases.
- Comic illustration style
- Cartoon illustration style
- Graphic novel tone illustration
- Adjustable shadow settings
- Customizable tone and outline effects
- Color editing options
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"Comic Art" is Art Photo Editor application that allows you to create "Comic illustration", "Cartoon illustration" and "Graphic novel tone illustration" Style Effect Image from camera, photographs and illustrations easily. You will be able to create "Comic style illustration", "Cartoon style illustration" and "Graphic novel tone style illustration" from your photo and illustration by using Art Photo Editor app "Comic Art". If you enjoyed by this App, I'm glad. ■List of adjustable items 1. Shadow setting You can edit the solid fill in the dark areas of the image. The items that can be adjusted are as follows. (1) Shadow Area (2) Shadow Depth You can adjust the solid density of the image. The darkness of the darkest part of the photo is constant, and you can adjust the solidness of the middle part from full black to no solid. 2. Tone setting You can edit the tone applied to the image. You can set the following 3 types of tones. (1) Mesh Tone 1 Adds a mesh tone to the image. The items that can be adjusted are as follows. ・Two type of Tone Area ・Mesh Spacing (2) Mesh Tone 2 *To save the image with this tone, you need to purchase the Add-on. Adds a mesh tone to the image. Unlike Mesh Tone 1, no tone is applied to the brightest part of the image. The items that can be adjusted are as follows. ・Two type of Tone Area ・Mesh Spacing (3) Dot Tone *To save the image with this tone, you need to purchase the Add-on. Adds a dot tone to the image. The items that can be adjusted are as follows. ・Tone Area ・Dot Size 3. Outline setting You can edit the outline of the image. You can set the following 3 types of outline. (1) Type 1 The items that can be adjusted are as follows. ・Outline Strength ・Outline Width (2) Type 2 *To save the image with this outline, you need to purchase the Add-on. It has a finer outline than Type 1. The items that can be adjusted are as follows. ・Outline Strength ・Outline Width (3) Type 3 *To save the image with this outline, you need to purchase the Add-on. It is a outline that looks like ink is bleeding. The items that can be adjusted are as follows. ・Outline Strength 4. Color setting You can edit the color of the image. You can set the following 3 types of color. (1) Raw Use the original photo color as is. The items that can be adjusted are as follows. ・Saturation (2) Posterize *To save the image with this color, you need to purchase the Add-on. Create an image with the number of colors reduced from the original photo. The items that can be adjusted are as follows. ・Saturation ・Color Level ・Smoothness (3) Bicolors *To save the image with this color, you need to purchase the Add-on. Creates a two-color image. The items that can be adjusted are as follows. ・Hue ・Color Level ・Smoothness ■ How to edit and process images 1. From the "Camera" button on the upper left of the screen, select the photo or image you want to process or edit. You can select the acquisition destination of the photo/image from the camera and camera roll (photo album). 2. When the selected image is displayed on the screen, adjust the desired image quality by operating the various setting buttons and editing/processing sliders from the "Shadow", "Tone", "Outline" and "Color" buttons. 3. After adjusting the image quality to your liking, click the "Save" button and the currently displayed image will be saved in the "Camera Roll". *A full screen advertisement will be displayed when the save is complete. You can hide this ad by purchasing the Add-on. ■About in-app advertising In the app, a banner ad is displayed at the bottom of the photo editing screen, and a full ad is displayed when the image is saved. These ads can be hidden by purchasing the Add-on.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Comic Art at 5.0 against Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera's 4.4. Comic Art also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (219 vs 3). On price, review sentiment, 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 Comic Art sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Comic Art 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 219 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 44% of Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera's written reviews are positive against 38% of Comic Art's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera ships an update every 6 weeks, Comic Art every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera | Comic Art |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (219 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 219 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| 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 | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Miles Egan | TAIKI HIRATA |
Customer experience
Liquid Lens Cosmic Camera
Comic Art
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
Comic Art
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
Comic Art
- Additional Functions$1.99
Questions
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