LUCH: Photo Effects & Filters

Film Dust, Light Leaks & Bokeh

Dmitry Mashkin
App Store rating3.7★31 ratings
PriceFreeIn-app $0.99–$9.99
Age4+Store age rating
Size38 MBiPhone download
CategoryPhoto & Video

What we found

Full report

Too little checked to say Store information only. We haven’t analysed this app or read its reviews yet.

Money

  • Free to download · in-app purchases $0.99–$9.99 (2 listed). Monthly plan $0.99 (about $12 a year); yearly plan $9.99.
  • If you subscribe through the store, cancel in iPhone Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Deleting the app doesn’t cancel a subscription.

Not yet tested.

The store currently lists version 2.1.0, updated 2026-10-10.

Preview

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Store screenshots supplied by the developer.

About this app

LUCH turns everyday photos into film frames. Pick a ready-made layout, drop in your photo and layer real film textures — dust, light leaks, prism flares, bokeh and glitch — until it feels like a scene from a movie.

READY-MADE LAYOUTS

• Story, post and square templates with 35mm-style borders

• One-, two- and three-photo frames

• Pinch to zoom and drag to place each photo

150+ FILM EFFECTS

• Dust, scratches and grain from scanned film

• Warm light leaks and color washes

• Prism flares and rainbow light

• Dreamy bokeh and city lights

• VHS glitch and noise

• Color presets inspired by classic film stocks

MADE FOR EVERY SCREEN

• Clean light and dark themes

• Canvas and effects side by side on iPad and the folding iPhone Duo

• High-resolution export straight to Photos

LUCH PRO

Unlock every layout and effect with a monthly or annual subscription.…

From the developer’s store description.

For developers and the curious

The full report

The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.

Findings and evidence

Not yet tested
Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app. A missing label is not a clean bill of health.

What reviewers report

No review coverage

No review analysis published for this app.

Measurements

3 measured · 5 not assessed

“Not assessed” means we could not measure it. It is never a zero and never a pass.

From store data and reviews

Developer replies to reviews
Not assessed
Fewer than 50 reviews scanned — too few to state a rate
Price in the store description
The store description doesn’t list prices (most don’t)
Cancelling, in the store description
The store description says how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
Not assessed
This app's reviews have not been assessed yet
Five-star share of ratings
Under 65% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.

In the app package we scanned

No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence, not a finding.

Sensitive permissions
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
How we know

Supporting measurements: not a complete list of possible harms or positives. Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured

Versions and dates analysed

Not yet tested

Not yet tested. No analysis has been run for this app, so there is no version or date to report.

Store update history

Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.

App Store

Version 2.1.0 · 2026-10-10
• Redesigned interface with light and dark themes • Optimized for iPhone Duo, iPad and landscape: canvas and effects side by side • Templates grouped by format with quick filters • Photos stay in place when you rotate or unfold your device • Saved images now match the preview exactly • Faster effects and smoother editing • Bug fixes and improvements

Assessment record

Status
Not yet tested
App identifier
luch
Sources used
None recorded
Reviews read
None recorded
Package examined
No package scan
Human inspection
Not completed
How we know
Measurement vocabulary
1.4

Store facts

App Store

What the stores publish. Store ratings are the stores’ numbers, not Appworthy’s, and are never averaged across stores.

App Store

Store rating
3.74 ★ · 31 ratings
Version
2.1.0
Updated
10 Oct 2026
Price
Free · In-app purchases
Age rating
4+
Size
38 MB
Open in App Store
Developer
Dmitry Mashkin
Category
Photo & Video
Listing price
Free · In-app purchases

Purchases the store lists

 What this app sells

From the store listing. Billing terms are read from each purchase’s name — the stores don’t publish them — so treat them as a strong hint, not a disclosure.

Subscriptions2
LUCH Pro MonthMonthly$0.99
LUCH Pro YearYearly$9.99

Method and limits

What this report can and cannot show

What a missing label means

Not yet tested. No analysis has been published for this app, so there is no method to describe for it yet. A missing label is not a clean bill of health: it means nothing has been read, not that nothing is wrong.

Limits of this report

  • A package scan is static. It identifies code and text in one Android build. It does not measure a live ad session, test a deletion request, or count the steps needed to cancel.
  • Reviews keep their sample. A review-only charge shows distinct reviewers, the share and the sample size, and is published only once it clears that label’s published threshold. Calibration labels are machine-drafted and not yet confirmed by a person.
  • Not assessed is a state. It is never a zero and never a pass.
  • A missing label is not a clean bill of health. It means the evidence did not support one, not that the app is problem-free.
Not yet human-reviewed. A human review gives an app hands-on, recorded measurements. None has been run for this app. Hands-on inspections are not yet open.

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