Lenskart : Eyeglasses & More

Review by eFreeware

Buying glasses online has always involved a leap of faith. You pick a frame from a photo, hope the measurements work, and find out only when the package arrives. Lenskart, from the developer of the same name, is an attempt to close that gap: a shopping app where the browsing, the fitting and a good part of the deciding happen on your phone.

The catalog is broad rather than specialist. It covers prescription eyeglasses, polarized sunglasses, blue light blocking computer glasses, contact lenses and a dedicated range for children, with frames for men, women and kids. The app is free, carries no ads and offers no in-app purchases, and it has been installed more than 50 million times with a 4.2 average across 777,951 ratings. It was released in January 2015 and was updated in October 2026.

A selfie as the starting point for frame shopping

The feature Lenskart leads with is Face Analysis, which the developer describes as a tool that picks glasses to match your face shape. You take a selfie, and the app returns the size of eyewear it expects to fit you, along with recommendations for frames it thinks will suit you. It is pitched as a way to shop from home rather than from a store counter.

What appeals to me about this approach is the order of operations. Size usually comes first in online eyewear, and it is the part most people get wrong; style is the fun part. Putting a size recommendation in front of the catalog gives a shopper a filter to work with before the browsing starts.

The tool is one input among several, not a substitute for a proper measurement. If you already know your prescription and your frame dimensions, you may not need it at all. For a first purchase, or for anyone who has never been confident about what fits, it is the most useful thing in the app.

Trying frames on without leaving the house

3D Try On takes the idea further. You upload an image from your phone's camera, try frames on that image, and can share the results with friends on social media before deciding. That last part matters more than it sounds: a second opinion is often what settles a frame choice, and this makes getting one easy.

For shoppers in India there is also Home Try On. You book an eye check and the app arranges for a trained optician to visit your home and test your eyes, with more than 100 frame styles available to look at during the visit. Appointments can be booked for family members as well, which turns it into a household errand rather than an individual one.

The lens side of the catalog is worth noting too. Blu Lenses are designed to reduce exposure to blue light from screens, and the developer says they block up to 95% of those rays while fitting into any frame style or size. That is a claim I would treat as the developer's own, since how much difference a coating makes is hard to judge from a product page.

Membership, rewards and buying help

Gold Membership is Lenskart's membership, valid for a year, and it brings discounts, deals and Hustlr club offers on launches, bestsellers and new collections. The app itself is free and carries no in-app purchases. Whether the discounts add up depends on how much you buy in a year.

Run For Frame rewards walking. Once you allow access, the app tracks your steps, and meeting daily step targets earns you gift vouchers for money off eyewear, redeemable in a store or online. Step data is used only to verify steps and issue vouchers, according to the developer, and is not passed on to anyone else. Each voucher expires a short time after it is issued, so use it soon.

There is also an assisted buying feature: a customer executive can help you complete a purchase using screen sharing or screen control, and the app asks for your permission before handing over control. It is a sensible option if you would rather have someone walk you through checkout, though it does mean letting another person see your screen for the duration.

What the app asks of you

Two permissions do real work here. Face Analysis needs a selfie, and Run For Frame needs access to your step count.

Home Try On is available only in India, and it is the clearest example of how location shapes what you get. The at-home optician visit is not on the table outside India. If that service is the reason you are interested, the app is built for the Indian market.

Payment and returns are pitched as low-friction: cash on delivery is offered, and returns are described as easy. Those are the developer's words, and they are the sort of thing worth confirming against the current policy before a large order.

Getting the most from a first order

If you are starting from scratch, I would use Face Analysis first and treat its output as a shortlist rather than a decision. Then use 3D Try On on a couple of the frames it suggests, and share the images with someone whose opinion you trust. By the time you reach checkout you will have narrowed the catalog to a handful of options that are the right size and have already been seen on your face.

Anyone who knows their prescription and frame measurements can skip most of that and go straight to the catalog, using the try-on mainly to compare colors and shapes. Run For Frame is the slow-burn feature: it pays out over weeks of walking rather than in a single session, so it suits people who already track their steps and would rather convert that habit into a discount than start a new routine.

If you are buying for a child, the children's range is worth browsing before the adult frames, since fit matters more at that age. And if you are unsure about anything in the order, the assisted buying option exists precisely for that moment.

A practical fit for most eyewear shoppers

Lenskart covers the whole errand: browse frames, get a size suggestion, see them on your face, order lenses, and in India even have your eyes checked at home. The catalog spans prescription glasses, sunglasses, computer lenses, contacts and kids' frames, and the app costs nothing to install, with no ads and no in-app purchases to work around.

The main caveats are structural rather than technical. Home Try On is limited to India, Gold Membership is a yearly commitment whose value depends on how often you buy, and vouchers from Run For Frame expire if you sit on them. The app also asks for a selfie and step data to power two of its features.

I would suggest it to anyone buying eyewear online who wants help with sizing before committing, and to Indian shoppers who value the option of an optician visit at home. If you already know exactly what you want and simply need a checkout, the shopping catalog will serve you, but the tools that make this app distinctive are the ones you would be leaving unused.

What's new in version 5.9.9

Introducing Lenskart Face Analysis, an AI Powered tool to help select the right glasses from your home! With just a selfie: - Get right size eyeglasses which fit your face perfectly - Get recommended eyeglasses which look good on you Also launching Lenskart Blu zero power eyeglasses, save your eyes from harmful blue rays emitted from your smartphone/laptop as you work from home! We're here to serve you and will deliver eyewear essentials even during these trying times! Stay safe, stay at home!