# Pop Dot Comics — Comic with colored halftones

> App to create comic book style illustrations from photos. (iPhone/iPad app by JixiPix Software.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pop-dot-comics/id544828277 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [JixiPix Software](https://appshunter.io/developer/380605671)
- Category: Photo & Video, Entertainment
- Price: $2.99
- Rating: 4.90/5 from 177 App Store ratings · 269 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 68 MB
- Released: 2012-08-24
- Data updated: 2026-08-30
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pop-dot-comics/id544828277/reviews.md

## What is Pop Dot Comics?

Create a comic worthy of the Sunday newspaper or your favorite pulp-fiction cover.

Pop Dot Comic is a fun way to create comic-book style illustrations from your snapshot or ones taken of your friends and family. Pop Dot Comic applies thick outlines, bold colors, and plenty of benday dots to newsprint or pulp papers to give every creation the look of one that’s been printed or published.

In the past, halftones were tediously inked in by cartoon artists or created in darkrooms. With Pop Dot Comic you can easily and quickly convert your photo into a comic book drawing that’s worthy enough for the Sunday newspaper or your favorite pulp-fiction cover. With a library of included “Fun Stuff”, custom messages can be added to speech bubbles and sound effects will give your creation “POW”. When your finished creating a comic book photo save it to your library or post them to your friends and family for funny moments.  



COMIC STYLES

• Sunday Comics — Creates a Cartoon Photo 


• Halftone — Transforms a photo into a Halftone Newspaper Photo


• Pop Comics — Converts photos into a bright Pop Art Lichtenstein-style Cartoon


• Pulp Comics — Renders a Cartoon with Vintage Color on Aged Pulp Paper


• Noir Comics — Creates a contrasted toned or blk/white Comic with selective color like those used in the Sin City series

Pop Dot Comics is a professional cartoon effect that can be done directly on your iPhone, iPad and Mac.

•Convert all your images and pictures into cartoon-style effect quickly
•Choose a preset for a quick start
•Use large photos for a high-end result! 
•Crop your photo to remove unwanted parts of an image
•Choose between 5 comic styles: Sunday Comics, Halftone, Noir Comics, Pop Comics, Pulp Comics
•Make adjustments to outlines, color, border width, border inset and pulp papers
•Choose between Dots, Lines and Halftones
•Edit and resize “Fun Stuff” and “Bubbles” with an easy one-finger gesture
•Share via Email, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr
•Save to Camera Roll

Easy to Use
•Tap to edit type in speech & thought bubbles
•Long Press to delete fun stuff and bubbles
•Pull edges of fun stuff and speech bubbles to resize
•Touch and hold center to move

FEATURES

Benday Dots — like those used in the traditional printing process. Benday Dots are two (or more) different small, colored dots combined to create a third color. Back in the day, pulp comic books used Benday Dots in primary colors to inexpensively create the secondary colors such as flesh tone.



Fully adjustable control on all aspects of the process: Dot or Line size, Outline size, Color variation, Border: Width, Inset, Color & Corner Radius.



INCLUDES

Newsprint and Pulp Papers



UNIVERSAL FEATURES

All JixiPix Apps come with: Superior Customer Service, Support for High-Resolution Images & Output, Undo/Redo, Randomize Button, Quick Presets and the ability to create Custom Presets, Cropping with the ability to specify aspect ratio, Quick Preview, Email, Print, and the ability to post directly to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Tumblr. We also have an online art gallery and invite our user’s to display their artistic creations on it: http://www.flickr.com/groups/jixipixcreations/



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“JixiPix turns any photo into a masterpiece. All that is required of you is the appreciation — we’ll take care of the rest!”

JixiPix.com “Creative Tools for Creative People"
Photography | Artistic | Graphic Apps

MAC • iPad • iPhone

## Key features

- Create comic book style illustrations
- Apply thick outlines and bold colors
- Add benday dots and halftone effects
- Include speech bubbles and sound effects
- Choose from 5 comic styles
- Adjust outlines, color, and borders
- Save and share creations

## Chart rankings

- #195 in Top Paid · Photo & Video (US App Store)

## What do users think of Pop Dot Comics?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Easy to use and intuitive interface
- 🎨 Wide variety of artistic filters and effects
- ✨ High-quality output results
- 🎭 Great for pop art and comic-style transformations
- ⚙️ Highly customizable with many adjustment options
- 💰 Reasonable pricing from reliable developer
- 🎪 Fun and entertaining to use
- 📱 Works well with close-up photos
- 🔧 Lots of presets and tweakable settings
- 🎯 Professional-grade results without complexity

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes, especially when editing text
- ⏱️ Slow processing times between effect previews
- 📉 Quality degradation when saving to camera roll
- 🖼️ Results don't always match preview thumbnails
- 💾 Loss of work when app crashes before saving
- 🎨 Limited control over specific color adjustments
- 📦 Large file size (70MB)
- 🔄 Needs to reload effects when switching between them
- ❌ Crashes during text editing and rendering
- ⚠️ Inconsistent results across different photos

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes frequently during text editing
- App crashes when saving or rendering images
- Photos fail to load from gallery on some devices
- High-resolution export produces pixelated images
- Saved images appear different from in-app preview
- App crashes when adding and moving text elements
- Rendering hangs or gets stuck
- Crashes on iPhone 5 and older devices
- Text editing causes app to close unexpectedly
- Stability issues on iPhone 4S
- Gallery import functionality broken on some devices
- Occasional freezing during effect application

**Most requested features**

- More speech bubble and caption options
- Ability to adjust colors in specific areas (e.g., faces, lips)
- Multi-cell page layouts and storyboard creation
- Vaporwave aesthetic filter option
- Text without word bubbles option
- Ability to rotate paper textures
- Easier text size and rotation controls
- Zoom capabilities
- Brightness, saturation, and contrast user controls
- Ability to import custom elements
- Double dialogue bubbles
- Direction control for speech bubbles
- Larger halftone dot options
- More varied caption directions
- Simultaneous editing of multiple photos
- Storyboard functionality
- Better style preview with consistent sample images

## Recent user reviews (10 of 269)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pop-dot-comics/id544828277/reviews.md

### 5/5 — I bought this app!! I absolutely love it too!!

*2026-01-01, version 1.48*

This app still works just like a charm!! It’s my favorite app for photos for anything cosmetic and new!! Please do not ever remove this app from your App Store!! Every time I upgrade my phone I must have it again!! I already paid for it!! I love it & I recommend it to those who really like awesome photos!!

### 5/5 — Great app

*2025-04-10, version 1.33*

Easy to use & amazing results, thank you!

### 4/5 — QUAND LA PUBLICATION VOYAGE DANS L’ARTISTIQUE

*2025-01-03*

HIPERE SENSATIONELLE N’EN CHANGÉ RIEN

### 5/5 — Fun’s up Image

*2024-02-02, version 1.32*

I can’t stop playing with this program.  So easy to use and gives great results.

### 1/5 — Graphically poor

*2023-09-14*

The app does not generate simple benday dots, alas. I'm very disappointed by the poor graphic quality of the results.

### 5/5 — Fun app

*2023-01-18, version 1.31*

Jixipix is a great Dev, I've enjoyed their apps for years. They give you plenty of options to play with and ways to fine tune everything, and their price has always been reasonable.

### 1/5 — え！！！！！

*2022-09-16*

急に使えなくなった。
１回使うごとに370円なの？

### 5/5 — Tolle Ergebnisse ;)

*2022-09-04*

Viele gute Presets und gute Ergebnisse!
Läuft seit Jahren absolut problemfrei, Danke dafür!

### 1/5 — Laughably bad

*2021-12-21, version 1.29*

Apple should let you have 10 minutes to get your money back when you buy junk like this.

### 1/5 — It not working

*2021-07-22, version 1.27*

Unable to use this App , when I try to load a picture it shuts me out of the app

## Frequently asked questions about Pop Dot Comics

### What does Pop Dot Comics do?

Pop Dot Comis transforms your photos into comic book style illustrations. It applies thick outlines, bold colors, and benday dots to give your images a classic printed look, similar to Sunday comics or pulp fiction covers.

### What are the key features of Pop Dot Comics?

Key features include the ability to convert images into various comic styles like Sunday Comics, Halftone, Pop Comics, Pulp Comics, and Noir Comics. You can also add speech bubbles, sound effects, and customize elements like outlines, colors, and paper textures.

### Is Pop Dot Comics free to use?

Yes, the application is available for free. There are no in-app purchases or advertisements mentioned in the provided description.

### What devices is Pop Dot Comics compatible with?

The application is described as a professional cartoon effect that can be done directly on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

### What are some common use cases for Pop Dot Comics?

Users can create fun comic book style portraits of friends and family, design unique artwork for social media, or generate vintage-style illustrations for personal projects. It's ideal for adding a creative and artistic flair to everyday photos.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.48 — 2025-12-19

Optimization, bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 1.33 — 2024-02-16

Optimization, bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 1.32 — 2023-05-30

Optimization, bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 1.31 — 2023-01-04

Optimization, bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 1.29 — 2021-10-13

iOS 15 Updates

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