Comparison

Cosly vs Adjustive

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Cosly

Easily edit photos by rubbing the image. Offers various filters and simple controls for quick processing. Supports image zooming and movement with two fingers.

Highlights
  • Touch-based photo processing
  • Image rubbing for edits
  • Variety of filters
  • Easy operation
  • Zoom and move images
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By rubbing the image can be easily processed photos. There are also various filters. (Add planned in the future) You can quickly processed by easy operation. Expansion and touch the image with two fingers, movement is also possible.

About

Adjustive

This photo editing app allows precise enhancements to specific areas of your images. Apply up to eight adjustments like brightness, contrast, and saturation to selected regions, bringing professional-level control to your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Selective adjustment technology
  • Up to 8 simultaneous adjustments
  • Adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, shadows, highlights, temp
  • Magnifier for precise point placement
  • Zoom in/out image
  • Preview results
  • Save and share edited photos
Features
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Adjustive - Selective Adjust is a specialized photo editor for creation of beautiful images with selective adjustment technology allowing to make precise selections and enhancements to specific areas of your photos. Creating image with Adjustive is awesome. There is no better way to turn the image into the art. You can make 8 adjustments at a time (simultaneously). You just need to select a part of the image, that you want to edit/adjust and apply the features and effects you want to. It allows to apply adjustment effects such as brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, shadows, highlights and temp effects to selected parts of the photo. This app brings to your mobile device the power and control of professional photo editing software, previously only available on the desktop. Now with the tap of a finger you can retouch, adjust perspective, re-edit, and more. These adjustments are easy to use on any Photo and create amazing Photos from your existing ones. You don't need to worry about shading effects or focal effects anymore while shooting the Photos anymore thanks to Adjustive. Features: * User can add up to 8 points and adjust the radius of affection for each point. While moving points Magnifier appears that shows area under fingertip and the exact colour of the point making easier for user to adjust the position of point * User can zoom in/out the image while working * User can preview results by pressing preview button * User can import photo from native Image Picker * User can save resulted image to Gallery and Share to other networks * Selectively adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, shadows, highlights and temp effects You can select an area you wanna focus in your photos, then Adjustive will do all the work for you. By using this app, you can become a photographer even without a good camera. A built-in photo editor is available in the app with many easy-to-use features, such as photo filters, brightness & contrast adjustment, etc. There are also multiple photo frames included in this app. You can either pick a photo from your gallery or take a photo by your camera. Photo sharing is supported as well.

Screenshots

Cosly4 screens
Adjustive3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cosly at 100% against Adjustive's 50%. Adjustive's advantage is rating (3.3 vs 3.0) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Adjustive holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Cosly's written reviews are positive against 50% of Adjustive's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cosly ships an update fortnightly, Adjustive every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Cosly versus Adjustive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoslyAdjustive
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)3.3 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNiche Pop LLCPhoto and Video Creative Labs, Inc.

Customer experience

Cosly

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Adjustive

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

Cosly

No in-app purchases

None

Adjustive

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cosly free?
Cosly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Adjustive free?
Adjustive is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cosly or Adjustive?
Adjustive is rated higher. Cosly averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Adjustive averages 3.3 from 4 ratings.
Do Cosly or Adjustive have ads?
Neither Cosly nor Adjustive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cosly or Adjustive?
Cosly ships an update fortnightly, and Adjustive every 11 days. Most recently, Cosly was updated on November 1, 2026 and Adjustive on November 2, 2026.

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