However, to unlock the app’s premium features, such as the ability to export 1080p or 4K video, it’ll cost $1.99 per month, $8.99 a year, or a one-time payment of $14.99 for a lifetime subscription.
You can download Focos Live for free in the App Store and use most of the features without having to upgrade. But if you just want your family videos to pop, it's a great app to have. Now if you’re just looking for that sweet bokeh effect, you’re obviously not going to replace your DSLR or mirrorless camera with Focos Live. There’s a pretty powerful built-in video editor, which along with tweaking the bokeh effect, lets you add a variety of LUTs, or preset color looks, for color correction, speed up video, create freeze frames and overlays with other videos, and more. You can shoot video in landscape mode while holding it vertically. While Portrait mode is the big draw, the app offers a few other interesting features. Sometimes, the Portrait mode effect is lost when there are sudden movements in the foreground, but that's just the current limitation of digitally simulated bokeh. There are plenty of options out there made for smartphones, such as the Movo tripod and Joby GorillaPod. You'll probably want to use a tripod when using Focos Live for now.
I reached out to the app maker, Xiaodong Wan, who said camera stabilization is in the works, but didn't give a timeline. But I noticed immediately that the app doesn't have camera stabilization, which not only makes video look a bit shaky, but also affects the smoothness of the bokeh effect.