Comparison

Blendeo vs Spectre Camera

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

Head to head
About

Blendeo

This app allows you to create stunning long exposure photos and videos by adjusting exposure time after capture. It offers control over motion blur and light trails, eliminating the need for physical filters and complex calculations. Easily edit and export your creations for sharing.

Highlights
  • Adjust exposure time after capture
  • Create motion blur effects
  • Generate light trail effects
  • Import videos for editing
  • Control start and end frames
  • Set playback speed for videos
  • Export as photo, Live Photo, or video
Features
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Blendeo, the most advanced long exposure photo and video editor. First of its kind, it lets you change exposure time after capture to blend imagery that gets noticed. The hardest part of creating amazing long exposures is out of the control of even the best photographers. You can use a tripod or stabilization, frame the scene just right, but when do you start and stop the capture? With Blendeo you don’t need to get lucky; you take control. No need for ND filters, calculating shutter time, aperture, or ISO. Simply capture for up to 5 minutes or import a video and edit the perfect long exposure with Blendeo. "I can quickly create a Sunrise photo with smooth water thanks to Blendeo. No need for waiting 5 minutes with a $500 filter on my lens." — Jason Teale HOW TO BLENDEO ・ Capture in-app or import a video to create a document ・ Choose the image type: Photo or Video ・ Choose the blending mode: Motion Blur or Light Trails ・ Turn the Exposure Time dial ・ Scrub the timeline to get the best looking blend ・ Export and share as a photo, Live Photo, or video ・ Send to Cinemagraph Pro for iOS to create a long exposure cinemagraph BLENDEO PHOTO ・ Adjust the start frame by moving the indicator on the timeline ・ Set the exposure time by turning the dial ・ Exposure time can be from 1/30 second to the duration of the capture time (maximum 5 minutes) for photo BLENDEO VIDEO ・ Adjust the start and end frames by moving the trimmer on the timeline ・ Set the exposure time by turning the dial ・ Exposure time can be from 1/30 second to half of the duration of the capture time (maximum 5 minutes) for video ・ Set the playback speed MOTION BLUR BLENDING Great daytime effects as photos or videos: ・ Soften moving water and clouds ・ Make a car look like it was speeding by ・ Ghostly shadows of people walking ・ Make transient objects like people and cars disappear in a busy place with a long exposure time of minutes LIGHT TRAILS BLENDING Great nighttime effects as photos or videos: ・ Star trails through the sky ・ Streaks of light from moving planes, trains, and automobiles ・ Amusement park rides ・ Sparklers and fireworks MADE FOR iOS Blendeo is powered by the amazingly fast hardware in iPhone and iPad, along with the specially-tuned software frameworks Metal, Vision, Core Image, Core ML, and AVFoundation. Combined with Flixel’s near decade of experience creating professional digital imagery tools, Blendeo pushes the limits of what can be created on iOS to a new level. FLIXEL PLANS Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews at the purchase price unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the Account Settings after purchase. Subscriptions are one month or year in length. For Terms of Service see https://flixel.com/terms/

About

Spectre Camera

This app uses AI to create stunning long exposure photographs, making it easy to capture professional-quality shots. Remove crowds, create light trails, and achieve silky smooth water effects effortlessly.

Highlights
  • AI-powered long exposures
  • Crowd removal
  • Light trail creation
  • Silky water effects
  • Live Photos and video support
  • Automatic scene detection
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Apple iPhone App of the Year, 2019 Introducing Spectre, from the makers of Halide, one of the top camera apps in the App Store. Spectre uses AI to help you make amazing long exposure photographs. Spectre can remove crowds, turn city streets into rivers of light, make waterfalls look like paintings, and much more. Until now, it was difficult to take long exposures: from keeping the camera steady to guessing the amount of light you need. Spectre takes care of all of that! WHAT YOU CAN DO • MAKE CROWDS DISAPPEAR: Spectre helps take photos of crowded, touristy places. Simply set a medium or long duration and take a shot to erase the crowd from a location. Capture the those special moments like you remember them. • RIVERS OF LIGHT: At night, AI scene detection automatically switches modes to draw beautiful light trails, for stunning nighttime city photography or light painting. • GORGEOUS WATER: Capture waterfalls, ocean waves, fountains and more with beautiful ghostly water. LIVE PHOTOS AND VIDEO Spectre’s intelligent computational shutter takes hundreds of shots over the span of a few seconds, and saves them in an accompanying live photo. That means you can pick a different frame as your photo, apply live-photo effects, and even use the long exposure as a live-wallpaper! ENDLESS SMARTS Spectre is a packed with powerful technology from by the team that brought you Halide. From machine learning-based scene detection to computer vision aided image stabilization, Spectre is jammed full of impressive technologies to get the best possible image. DESIGNED FOR HUMANS Spectre is meticulously designed. Its dark UI is gentle on the eyes when you shoot at night. Gorgeous glowing highlights infuse it with a unique style. Custom typefaces and iconography combined with unique, smooth controls make it as tactile and delightful as an actual physical camera. Like its sister app Halide, the app is easily usable with one hand, even on the largest iPhones. HIGH-TECH SHOWCASE Build with the latest tech, Spectre isn't just a long exposure camera — it’s the cutting edge technology showcase of one of the App Store’s foremost camera apps, Halide. Here’s just a few of the latest technologies that we use in Spectre: - DCI-P3 Wide Color Pipeline - Live Photos - Metal Graphics Acceleration - Tripod Detection - Siri & Shortcuts - AI Stabilization - Machine Learning & CoreML - Computer Vision COMPATIBILITY: Spectre’s smart Automatic Scene Detection requires iOS 12. AI-based stabilization features are available on iPhone 6S and later.* For the best experience, we recommend iPhone 8 or later. On iPhone 6, Spectre captures in lower resolution. ABOUT US We’re Ben and Sebastiaan, two friends living in the San Francisco Bay Area that love building fantastic apps for photography. We hope you love Spectre! We’d love your feedback to make it even better or any reports of bugs you run into. You can always contact us directly via email: support@halide.cam, on our Twitter: @halidecamera or Instagram: @halideapp Don’t forget to share your amazing results by tagging them with #SpectreShot so we can share them on our growing social media accounts!

Screenshots

Blendeo4 screens
Spectre Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Spectre Camera at 4.3 against Blendeo's 2.7. Spectre Camera also leads on review sentiment (46% vs 9%) and ratings volume (2.4K vs 92). Blendeo's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Blendeo sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Spectre Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spectre Camera holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spectre Camera has 2.4K ratings behind it against 92, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of Blendeo's written reviews are positive against 46% of Spectre Camera's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blendeo ships an update every 2 months, Spectre Camera every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Blendeo versus Spectre Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlendeoSpectre Camera
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.7 (92 ratings)4.3 (2.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews9.1% of reviews45.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings922.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlixel Software LtdLux Optics Incorporated

Customer experience

Blendeo

All ratings92 ratings
Positive40.2%
Neutral3.3%
Negative56.5%
Written reviews77 reviews
Positive9.1%
Neutral6.5%
Negative84.4%

Spectre Camera

All ratings2,408 ratings
Positive83.5%
Neutral3.7%
Negative12.7%
Written reviews439 reviews
Positive45.6%
Neutral10.7%
Negative43.7%

Bugs and requests

Blendeo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Spectre Camera

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes and freezes on some devices
  • Compatibility issues with older iPhones
  • Focusing and stabilization problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Longer exposure time options
  • More manual control over settings
  • Raw image format support
  • Apple Watch remote support
  • Improved low-light performance

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Blendeo

Subscriptions9
  • Blendeo$2.991 Month
  • Blendeo Monthly1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Mobile Monthly$14.991 Month
Show 6 more
  • Blendeo Yearly1 Month trial$29.991 Year
  • Professional Monthly$29.991 Month
  • Business Monthly$49.991 Month
  • Mobile Yearly$99.991 Year
  • Creator Bundle$149.991 Year
  • Professional Yearly$199.991 Year
One-time1
  • Blendeo for iOS License$89.99
1 purchases

Spectre Camera

One-time1
  • Spectre Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Blendeo free?
Blendeo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spectre Camera free?
Spectre Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Blendeo or Spectre Camera?
Spectre Camera is rated higher. Blendeo averages 2.7 out of 5 from 92 ratings, while Spectre Camera averages 4.3 from 2.4K ratings.
Do Blendeo or Spectre Camera have ads?
Neither Blendeo nor Spectre Camera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Blendeo or Spectre Camera?
Blendeo ships an update every 2 months, and Spectre Camera every 3 months. Most recently, Blendeo was updated on November 1, 2026 and Spectre Camera on November 6, 2026.

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