# PhotoDot — PhotoColors Palettes

> PhotoDot creates color palettes and stylized stickers from your photos. (iPhone/iPad app by 永杰 刘.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/photodot/id6775136686 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [永杰 刘](https://appshunter.io/developer/1438496461)
- Category: Photo & Video, Graphics & Design
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 4 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified, China), Thai, Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)
- Released: 2026-08-10
- Data updated: 2026-09-01
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/photodot/id6775136686/reviews.md

## What is PhotoDot?

You took that photo because of how it looked. Then it slid into a camera roll with ten thousand others and you never opened it again.

Screenshots flatten a photo. Filters replace what was already there. Neither one lets you keep the thing you actually noticed — the light, the colour, the particular mood of that afternoon.

PhotoDot turns one photo into something worth keeping: a clean card built from that photo's own colours, with the subject lifted out, a title written for it, and the date set quietly underneath. Everything runs on your device. No account, no server, nothing uploaded.

Your photo, read as colour

Pick a photo and PhotoDot pulls out the six colours that actually carry the frame, then builds the card around the strongest one. Tap any swatch to promote it to the main colour and the whole card recolours instantly, with the hex code copied to your clipboard. From that colour it derives complementary, analogous, triadic, split-complementary and tetradic schemes, so you can push the background somewhere unexpected without it clashing — or reach for the system colour picker and choose your own. Eight background textures layer on top: paper grain, grid, noise, dots, diagonal, check and vignette.

A sticker workshop, not a filter

PhotoDot lifts the subject out of your photo and hands it back as a sticker. Wrap it in a thick paper-white outline, anywhere from a hairline to 40pt, or repaint it as an illustration, a poster, or an oil painting. Drop in a polaroid frame with a strip of beige tape and the exact time the shot was taken, or a fridge magnet in one of six shapes. Every sticker and every line of text drags, pinches to scale, and rotates with two fingers, and a guide line appears the moment you hit the centre. Reorder layers, reset a transform in one tap. Cut-outs file themselves into My Stickers, so a subject from today's photo can turn up on a card you make next month.

Titles that don't sound automatic

When a photo carries no location, PhotoDot writes a line for it from the colour and mood of the frame — short, restrained, never "Golden Hour". On devices with Apple Intelligence it rewrites that line using Apple's on-device model, so the photo never leaves your phone to get a better title. You choose whether it writes in English or Chinese, separately from your interface language. Photos with GPS get their place name instead, plus a small monospaced coordinate stamp that reads like camera data.

Cards that still move

Start from a Live Photo and the card you save keeps moving. Press and hold it in your camera roll and it plays, exactly like the original. When the video can't be composed, PhotoDot saves the still image rather than leaving you with nothing.

How it works

1. Pick a photo in the app, or send one straight over from Photos using the PhotoDot share extension.
2. Open the sticker workshop to switch on the subject, a frame, or new text, then drag everything where you want it.
3. Save once. The card lands in your camera roll and in the in-app Memory Library at the same time.

What makes PhotoDot different

- Six colours pulled from your own photo, never a preset palette
- Subject cut-out with a paper-white outline you can tune from 1 to 40pt
- Real typography: five typeface families, nine weights, four widths, per-card colour
- Live Photo cards that still animate after they're back in your camera roll
- On-device AI titles, in English or Chinese, with a local fallback on every device
- Fully offline — no account, no analytics, no server, nothing uploaded
- Your last texture, outline width, style and card ratio carry over to the next photo

Free, all of it

PhotoDot is free and nothing is locked behind a paywall. There is no subscription and no pro tier. If a card helped you hold on to something, there's an optional tip in Settings — it unlocks nothing at all, it just says thanks.

## Key features

- Extract dominant photo colors
- Generate color schemes
- Create stylized subject stickers
- Add custom titles and dates
- Preserve Live Photo motion
- On-device processing

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 白开水 | $0.99 | one-time |
| 肯德基 | $3.99 | one-time |
| 随便点 | $9.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (3 of 3)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/photodot/id6775136686/reviews.md

### 5/5 — 好评好评

*2026-08-18*

话不多说赶紧下载

### 4/5 — 呜呜

*2026-08-17*

为什么有的照片就有文字 有的就只是地方 没有中文的话语

**Developer response:** 目前逻辑是自动的：如果有位置信息，读位置信息，没有则会根据照片生成，下一版本我更新一下，可以设置

### 5/5 — 五星推荐的app！

*2026-08-17*

真的挖到宝藏修图App✨！实拍照片一键做成这种贴纸拼贴海报，抠图效果干净利落。可以自定义底色、文艺标题、emoji和日期排版，氛围感直接拉满。操作简单，不用复杂PS，随手拍出的风景、生活随拍，都能做出高级感满满的纪念海报，审美在线，爱记录生活的一定要试试！

**Developer response:** 谢谢您的用心评价。如果你希望支持什么功能，尽管抛过来，我会努力支持的

## Frequently asked questions about PhotoDot

### What is PhotoDot?

PhotoDot transforms your photos into unique cards by extracting dominant colors and creating stylized stickers of the subjects. It allows for custom titles and preserves motion from Live Photos, all processed on your device.

### How does PhotoDot extract colors?

PhotoDot analyzes your chosen photo and identifies the six most prominent colors. You can then select any of these swatches to become the main color, instantly recoloring the card.

### Can I use my own colors in PhotoDot?

Yes, after PhotoDot suggests colors, you can tap any swatch to promote it. You can also use the system color picker to choose your own custom colors for the card.

### What kind of stickers can PhotoDot create?

PhotoDot lifts the subject from your photo and allows you to add outlines, repaint it as an illustration, poster, or oil painting, or frame it like a polaroid or fridge magnet.

### Does PhotoDot have ads?

No, PhotoDot does not contain advertisements. It is a free app with optional in-app purchases for additional features or content.

### Is PhotoDot available on Android?

Currently, PhotoDot is available for iPhone and iPad, as indicated by its supported devices. There is no information about an Android version at this time.

### How often is PhotoDot updated?

The latest version of PhotoDot is 1.1.0, which was released on August 19, 2026. Updates are provided by the developer, 永杰 刘, to improve functionality and add new features.

### What is the age rating for PhotoDot?

PhotoDot has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide range of users. This rating suggests it contains content generally considered appropriate for young children.

## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.1.0 — 2026-08-19

Update App Features

### 1.0.0 — 2026-08-10

No release notes.

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