Comparison

Bluristic vs Spektrel Art

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

Head to head
About

Bluristic

Create stunning long exposure photos with real-time object tracking. This app allows you to capture motion blur in the foreground and background by moving your device or tracking moving subjects after recording. It offers multiple capture modes and high-resolution export options.

Highlights
  • Real-time object tracking
  • Post-capture object tracking
  • Multiple capture modes (Blend, Additive, Negative)
  • JPG and PNG export
  • Capture images in 4K
  • Exposure control
Features
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Long & multi exposure photography with real-time tracking. Track moving or still objects with a real-time preview to create smooth background and foreground blur. You can also record first and apply tracking afterward, which is ideal for faster-moving objects. Combine multiple exposures and step back to remove the last one. Choose between four different capture modes: Blend – smooth, natural long exposure results Additive – bright light trails Negative - creative and experimental dark exposures Zebra - black & white pattern effect Additional features: + three tracking points available + Mirror Mode + long exposure up to 30 minutes + record video during live capture + capture images in 4K + and much more... No subscription. Pay once. Future updates included

About

Spektrel Art

Transform your photos into dazzling, otherworldly art with intersecting lines of light. This app offers powerful adjustments to create unique imagery filled with movement, sparkling life, and divided color spaces.

Highlights
  • Intersecting light lines
  • Adjustable taper length and sharpness
  • Lighten and brighten controls
  • Color boost for enhanced hues
  • Dramatic glow effect
  • Pre-set styles
  • Infinite artistic variations
Features
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Spektrel Art is an extravagant otherworldly display of webbed light that glistens and gleams with intersecting lines of tapered light. Applied to photos, this medium of imaginative and magical art form transcends the ordinary to extraordinary creating something wild with movement, sparkling life and divided color spaces. Powerful adjustments allow you to fine-tune to create your own imagery filled with tapered points of bright intersecting lines, fluid streaming ones, and phantasmal qualities. INCLUDES • Detail slider increases the amount of intersecting lines • Taper Length and Sharpen sliders to add twinkle to the effect • Lighten and Brighten sliders to make it illuminate • Sharpen slider to exaggerate the lines • Smoothing slider to softens lines • Color Boost for enhanced color • Dramatic glow slider to add a dreamy quality • Presets to start you off • Infinite variation to create art with illuminated twinkles, fluid lines or ethereal softness

Screenshots

Bluristic4 screens
Spektrel Art4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Spektrel Art at 4.7 against Bluristic's 3.8. Spektrel Art also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 74%) and price ($2.99 vs $4.99). Bluristic's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and chart position (#137 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Bluristic costs $4.99 and Spektrel Art $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spektrel Art holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 128 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Bluristic's written reviews are positive against 88% of Spektrel Art's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bluristic ships an update every 2 months, Spektrel Art every 6 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Bluristic versus Spektrel Art: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBluristicSpektrel Art
Price$4.99$2.99 — better
Rating3.8 (27 ratings)4.7 (128 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.4% of reviews87.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings27128 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#137 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohannes PfahlerJixiPix, LLC

Customer experience

Bluristic

All ratings27 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral7.4%
Negative25.9%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive74.4%
Neutral7.0%
Negative18.6%

Spektrel Art

All ratings129 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral3.9%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive87.9%
Neutral3.0%
Negative9.1%

In-app purchases

None

Bluristic

No in-app purchases

None

Spektrel Art

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bluristic free?
Bluristic costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spektrel Art free?
Spektrel Art costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bluristic or Spektrel Art?
Spektrel Art is rated higher. Bluristic averages 3.8 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Spektrel Art averages 4.7 from 128 ratings.
Do Bluristic or Spektrel Art have ads?
Neither Bluristic nor Spektrel Art shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bluristic or Spektrel Art?
Bluristic ships an update every 2 months, and Spektrel Art every 6 months. Most recently, Bluristic was updated on November 6, 2026 and Spektrel Art on November 6, 2026.

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