Comparison

Splay vs Lenset

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

Head to head
About

Splay

Connect with diverse individuals who share your interests and express your creativity through text, images, or videos. Engage in conversations, build genuine bonds, and prioritize quality connections over endless scrolling.

Highlights
  • Connect with diverse communities
  • Express creativity with text, images, video
  • Engage in conversations
  • Build genuine bonds
  • Share diverse interests
Features
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A sharing app from Splay/ Explore Diverse Communities • Connect with a diverse range of individuals who share your interests. Discover fresh perspectives and find inspiration. Express Your Creativity • Unleash your ideas through text, images, or videos. Whether you're a storyteller, a visual artist, or a conversation starter. Engage and Connect • Join the conversation, participate in discussions, and share your point of view. Build Genuine Bonds • Expand your social circle by connecting with like-minded people. Share and connect with enthusiasts, whether you love photography, travel, or a myriad of other interests. Prioritize quality connections over mindless scrolling. Join us and start connecting today.

About

Lenset

This app helps filmmakers and location scouts visualize shots by simulating real cinema cameras, lenses, and sensor formats. It offers advanced zoom controls, authentic lens vignettes, and integrated location scouting tools with sun-path analysis.

Highlights
  • Simulate 63 cinema cameras and 300+ sensor formats
  • Cinematic zoom control with adjustable curves and speed
  • Real lens vignettes from reference captures
  • GPS-tagged captures with sun-path overlay
  • Organize shoots into projects and scenes
  • Import custom LUTs
Features
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Lenset is the Director's Viewfinder reimagined for filmmakers and location scouts. Frame shots through real cinema cameras and lenses, pull cinematic zoom moves, and see authentic lens vignettes from reference captures, every capture tagged with GPS, compass heading, and a sun-path map overlay. DIRECTOR'S VIEWFINDER, REIMAGINED Frame the shot before you set up. Pick a camera, a sensor format, and a lens, and Lenset scales the iPhone preview to match — with frame lines, focal length, 35mm equivalent, coverage ratio, and a calibration warning if the sensor exceeds the reference data. • 63 cinema cameras across 10 manufacturers — ARRI, RED, Sony, Canon, Blackmagic, Panavision, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Vision Research, Freefly • 300+ sensor formats — Open Gate, Vista Vision, Super 35, Super 16, anamorphic, plus 35mm and 16mm film • Cinema frame lines with adjustable color, opacity, and masking • Grey-border framing for wide primes the iPhone can't reach natively, with vignette and frame line tracking the lens, not the iPhone CINEMATIC ZOOM CONTROL — SMOOTH & SPEED CONTROL Pull a zoom move the way a focus puller would. Not a pinch. Not a digital slider. A real zoom-pull engine designed for cinematic moves. • Logarithmic and linear zoom modes • 7 zoom curves — Linear, Standard, Aggressive, Soft, Broadcast, plus two ARRI ZMU-4-inspired Cine Expo profiles • 0–100 speed slider for slow push-ins or crash zooms • Optional feathering for smooth motor-style ramping • Joystick or speed-strip control • Vision-based parallax compensation at multi-lens switchovers — when the iPhone crosses 2× or 5×, the frame stays put through the lens swap • Prime lens navigation: swipe or pinch to step through fixed focal lengths in a cinema set, with auto-selection of the best iPhone physical lens for each prime LENS COVERAGE — REAL LENS VIGNETTES, LIVE See how a real cinema lens behaves on your chosen sensor. Lenset's vignette data is sourced from reference captures — not procedurally generated, not estimated from spec sheets. 66 lens sets with reference-captured vignette textures: More being added 100+ additional cinema lens sets included as data-only references — Master Primes, Signature, Supreme, Master Anamorphic, Cooke S/i, Primo, Hawk anamorphic, Optimo, Premista, Cabrio. LOCATION SCOUTING, BUILT IN Every capture is GPS-tagged with compass heading and device tilt. Drop a scene onto a map with your camera's field-of-view cone projected from the capture point, then scrub through a sun-path overlay computed from NOAA solar ephemeris — sunrise, sunset, golden hour, and the full daypath at your shoot location and date. Plan future shoot dates by checking sun angle before you arrive. PROJECTS + SCENES Organize shoots into projects and numbered scenes. Drag clips between scenes, mark favorites, review with pinch-to-zoom photo and video. Export shotlists to share with directors and producers. BRING YOUR OWN LUT Import .cube LUTs from DaVinci Resolve, Lustre, or any grading tool. Preview your look live in the viewfinder, then bake it into recordings and full-resolution photos. Apple Log, Rec.709, ARRI LogC4, S-Log3, BT.2020, and DCI-P3 input/output color spaces supported. CAMERA FUNDAMENTALS 4K HEVC video at 24, 25, 30, 50, 60 fps. Full-sensor HEIF photo capture. Tap-to-focus, long-press AE/AF lock. Manual white balance, EV bias, rule-of-thirds grid, customizable center marker. Frame line, vignette, grey border, and info bar baked into recordings. PRIVACY BY DEFAULT Everything stays on your device. No tracking, no analytics, no cloud, no account. Lenset doesn't have a server. Made for filmmakers, by filmmakers.

Screenshots

Splay4 screens
Lenset4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Splay at Free against Lenset's $19.99. Splay also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Lenset's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 64%). On update cadence, 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

Splay is free to download; Lenset costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Splay ships an update weekly, Lenset every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Splay versus Lenset: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSplayLenset
PriceFree — better$19.99
Rating4.4 (30 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings30 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB329 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSplay Inc.Eyvin Studios AB

Customer experience

Splay

All ratings30 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral10.0%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral18.2%
Negative18.2%

Lenset

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Splay

No in-app purchases

None

Lenset

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Splay free?
Splay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lenset free?
Lenset costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Splay or Lenset have ads?
Neither Splay nor Lenset shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Splay or Lenset?
Splay ships an update weekly, and Lenset every 10 days. Most recently, Splay was updated on October 16, 2026 and Lenset on October 25, 2026.

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