# Effects Studio — A touch of magic to your pics

> Powerful photo editor with extensive filters, effects, and adjustment tools. (iPhone/iPad app by Claude Bezeaud.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/effects-studio/id780467456 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Claude Bezeaud](https://appshunter.io/developer/500254221)
- Category: Photo & Video, Entertainment
- Price: Free (on sale, was $0.99)
- Rating: 4.70/5 from 786 App Store ratings · 65 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 9+
- Requires: iOS 10.0 · 103 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Polish, European Portuguese, Russian, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish and 1 more
- Released: 2013-12-21
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/effects-studio/id780467456/reviews.md

## What is Effects Studio?

◉ Starbucks Pick of the Week (December 2015)

◉ Effects Studio is a great photo editor, give your pictures the perfect look with easy-to-use, non-destructive tools, and stunning, powerful effects. 

◉ No In-App purchase or advertising! All current and future content available after a one time purchase!

◉ For the best user experience you need at least an iPhone 5 or higher, iPad 4 or higher.

◉ Press reviews

• "Effects Studio is a great editor for many photographers, with
features that should appeal to iPhoneographers who want sophisticated editing options" - Mel Martin - Life In Lofi

• "Effects Studio is both simple and fun to use and provides powerful features" - Sandy Stachowiak - AppAdvice

• "For a multitude of effects and blending tools to make your photos as unique as you are" Allyson Kazmucha - iMore - Best photo editing apps for iPad

• "If you fancy image overlays and want a better filter selection via photo extensions, check out Effects Studio." Allyson Kazmucha - iMore - Best photo extension apps for iPhone.

• "Effects Studio for iOS takes photo effects to the max" - Mel Martin - TUAW

• "Effects Studio is useful when you want to go beyond just representing what you photographed, it’s an app I use when I need to go beyond the basics." – Mel Martin - Life In LoFi

• "Effects Studio balances professional and fun photo editing in one app" - C.Chan - AppAdvice

• "Effects Studio is a must have app to have in your app hoarding collection" - Tina Rice (Combo Apps)

• "Effects Studio king of photo editing" - MacPreview

• "If you want to make photo editing fun, Effects Studio is the photo editing app for you. It’s easy to use, has a wide range of tools and options to choose from. This app is great!" - Hypi.st!

• "Useful Photo Filter and Editing App for iOS with some Extra Features: Effects Studio" - Graham K. Rogers, Mahidol University in Thailand.

◉ Effects Studio is now ready for iPhone 6/6 Plus and iOS 8.

◉ Whether you're an occasional snapper or an enthusiast, perfect your shots with Effects studio and cater for almost everything you could want to do with your pictures 
There's plenty of fun to be had and produce stunning effects, too.

◉ Manipulate and share pictures of your friends in weird and wonderful ways, and some that distort pictures so heavily that, frankly, they should never see the light of day.

◉ Futures:
• Filters - 75 standard filters
• Blend - 285 custom filters
• Adjustments - Luminosity, contrast, color.
• Effects - 49 cool effects : Spot, hue, highlight, bloom, gloom, posterize,   pixelate, sharpen, hole, pinch...
• Blur and Focus - Normal, circle, band.
• Crop - Portrait, landscape, five predefined sizes, custom.
• Rotate - 45 deg, custom, flip horizontaly/verticaly
• Resize - 8 predefined sizes: 240, 320, 480, 640, 800,  960, 1024, 2048 + custom size!
• Tone and Curve -
• Splash to put the focus on one or several colors 
• Draw with fingertips on your images 
• Add text to your photos 
• Ton of stickers, emoticons, horror masks, frames and hairpieces to enhance your photos and express your mood and creativity.

◉ Effects Studio is tested and work fine from an iPhone 4s, but for the best user experience you need at least an iPhone 5 or higher.

## Key features

- 75 standard filters
- 285 custom blend filters
- Luminosity, contrast, and color adjustments
- 49 cool effects (spot, hue, bloom, pixelate, etc.)
- Blur and focus tools
- Cropping and rotation options
- Add text and stickers

## What do users think of Effects Studio?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Lots of editing options
- 💡 Powerful and easy-to-use interface
- 🎨 Great variety of filters and effects
- 🖼️ Simple and intuitive photo editing

**Cons**

- 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
- 🔍 Missing key features like undo and zoom
- 🤖 Not optimized for latest iOS versions
- 💤 Lack of updates and support

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Crashes when trying to access certain features
- UI elements become obscured or inaccessible
- Editing mode gets stuck with no way to exit

**Most requested features**

- Add undo/redo functionality
- Improve photo extension capabilities
- Implement more advanced editing tools
- Add support for higher resolution images

## Recent user reviews (10 of 65)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/effects-studio/id780467456/reviews.md

### 2/5 — 闪退

*2025-12-05, version 4.4.5*

26.1系统17pro，选择相机就闪退

### 2/5 — IOS 16 bug

*2022-09-25, version 4.4.5*

Currently, you can access all the menus, but are stuck in the editing mode with no way to get back to the main program. The ‘Done’ and ‘Back’ buttons are obscured. I’m sure this is about to be fixed. Until then a normaly excellent app is useless.

### 5/5 — Love it

*2022-05-23*

It’s a really funny app I send pic to my friends and they laugh so I love it

### 1/5 — Not optimised

*2021-12-29, version 4.4.5*

Writing from an iPhone 13 pro max. At the time of review, this app is not optimised and therefore UI elements such as the back button and other options are not accessible.

### 3/5 — Needs update!

*2021-02-27*

Loved this app!!! But no updates mean it’s now crashing. I hope they fix it

### 1/5 — CANT EVEN OPEN IT NOW

*2020-12-13*

CRASHES INSTANTLY CANT MESSAGE DEVELOPER 😡

**Developer response:** Sorry for this inconvenience you can get a refund from Apple

### 5/5 — Excellent all-purpose photo editing app!

*2020-01-25*

Although it’s had no updates in several years, everything seems to be working fine.   A multitude of filters and effects are included.  Plus, it’s in landscape mode!  Recommended!

**Developer response:** Thank you for your comment this helps us to progress. the correction will be available within a next update :)

### 2/5 — Needs an “undo” option

*2019-02-02*

I just tried to paint a simple drawing. Needed to undo one small segment of it. I hit the Back button and it canceled my project so I had to start from square one. Very frustrating.

### 3/5 — Lack of extension power

*2018-03-30*

I purchased this for support of the iOS photos extension. I wanted to start my workflow from photos and edit with this extension. That power is not here, only a few presets. 

I don’t blame the developer as a photos extension store or store photos extension category in the App Store are either non existent or unsurfaced by Apple. I refuse to rate the app because this isn’t really the developers fault. I’m going to go search for something else in the mean time.

**Developer response:** Hello, thank you for your comment which is very fair. We have a lot of work to do on the extensions and we hope to do it for one of our next updates !

### 5/5 — Easy.

*2017-09-13*

Fun

## Frequently asked questions about Effects Studio

### What does Effects Studio do?

Effects Studio is a photo editing application that allows users to enhance their pictures with a variety of tools and effects. It offers non-destructive editing, a wide range of filters, blending options, and various adjustment tools to perfect images.

### What are the key features of Effects Studio?

Key features include 75 standard filters, 285 custom blend filters, adjustments for luminosity, contrast, and color, 49 cool effects like spot, hue, and pixelate, blur and focus tools, cropping, rotation, resizing, and the ability to add text and stickers to photos.

### How much does Effects Studio cost?

Effects Studio is available for a one-time purchase. There are no in-app purchases or advertising, meaning all current and future content is accessible after this single payment.

### What devices are compatible with Effects Studio?

For the best user experience, it is recommended to have at least an iPhone 5 or higher, or an iPad 4 or higher. The app is also ready for iPhone 6/6 Plus and iOS 8.

### What are some common use cases for Effects Studio?

Users can perfect their shots, create unique visuals with blending tools and effects, manipulate images of friends in creative ways, add text and stickers for personalization, and apply various filters and adjustments to achieve a desired aesthetic.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 4.4.5 — 2017-12-01

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

◉ iOS 10 minimum is now required to run Effects Studio.
◉ Better resolution for Stickers, Wigs, Masks and Frames.
◉ Textures, Stickers, Frames, Emoticons, Masks, Wigs now sort correctly.
◉ Upgrades, under the hood, for better performance and bug fixes.

### 4.4.4 — 2017-11-03

The season of bug hunting has been successful, we have also made some changes to prepare the arrival of the iPhone X !

### 4.4.3 — 2017-10-03

◉ Upgrades, under the hood, for better performance and bug fixes.

### 4.4.2 — 2017-09-01

◉ Upgrades, under the hood, for better performance and bug fixes.

### 4.4.1 — 2017-08-12

◉ Fixed crash when some users want to save pic in Photo Album

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