Snappr, a Fisheye lens app for your iPhone

Snappr is a new Fisheye effect lens app that describes itself as being able to "instantly shoot strikingly original, dynamic fisheye photos", and has the following features.

• Swap between 5* unique fish eye lenses you won’t find in any other app (more to come)
• Dynamic lens effects, no two Snappr shots are the same!
• Viewfinder trigger so you don't waste time looking for the shutter button
• Don't wait until your photo is processed, all images render in the background
• Instantly share Snappr shots on your networks
• Store photos in your Snappr library and only publish them to your Camera Roll when you want to
• Compatible with iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS & iPod Touch

*Snappr includes the following 5 lenses.

1. SUNKit - Ever wondered what you would see looking out of a porthole of the Yellow Submarine after you took it for a joyride - and sunk it? The SUNKit lens drowns your picture in the sunny, honey-like hue of homemade lemonade and makes it look all goldfish bubbly!
2. ORCALiber - Commonly referred to as the “Orca” this lens shoots razor-sharp black & white images that bang & bite.
3. 4SKIN - Looking for “La view en rose”? The 4SKIN’s well-rounded lens makes curves look more curvaceous and skin-tones come alive with titillating pinkish hues. Perfect for taking snappy close-ups in the heat of the action.
4. BVLGERIA ‘75 - Put the bulge in Bulgaria with that dusty, de-saturated and drab look you only get from crappy vintage discontinued Eastern European cameras.
5. NEMO - With colors bright as tropical fish, contrast buzzing like an electric eel and lens disfiguration not unlike cheap underwater goggles you’ll never have trouble finding Nemo among your favorite lenses.

So what do I think of Snappr?

The app is easy to use, has a reasonably clean interface, but disappointingly on the iPhone 4 (not sure about the 4S), the output resolution is a poor 800x800 pixels. On a plus side the app does offer 5 different fisheye distorted effects, which are OK, but as the app does not offer these effects dynamically, unlike a REAL Fisheye lens, you won't know what the effect looks like until you've taken your shot, and viewed it.

Snappr is currently on sale priced at £0.69/$0.99/€0.79, but with its low resolution, I would only recommend this app for use with services like Instagram and Facebook.

If you would like to try out Snappr for yourself, the here are 5x promo codes on a first come first served basis TFY3Y3YWR9WJ, R36LWNYWWJER, TXK9XMJ3RETE, 79K36T49FKNW, A7PRYXXH4YKW.

App Store Link: Snappr; Intro Price: £0.69/$0.99/€0.79

Comments

[mr.timney]

Interesting results, I like the variety... But 2 major factors missed the mark here... No import from Camera Roll & Photo Library & No full resolution support! 800x800 LOW RESOLUTION. Those to missing factors took an impressive apps appeal back to not worthy of spending your money purchasing.

[zannetti]

I got 1200x1200 on my 4S, I asked the dev's, they are working on a higher resolution output.
Could get interesting with next updates!

[Josh Hofer]

I'll never understand why people buy fisheye apps like these, they all just look like horribly distorted images.