Comparison

Gradient Shape, Mask Editor vs REFRAXA

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

Head to head
About

Gradient Shape, Mask Editor

Easily transform your photos by cropping them into over 400 unique shapes, symbols, and letters. Customize foreground colors, transparency, and size. Enhance your images with filters, frames, and text editing tools before sharing.

Highlights
  • Crop photos into 400+ shapes
  • Customize foreground color and transparency
  • Adjust shape size
  • Apply photo filters and frames
  • Add text and stickers
  • Meme generator
Features
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Transform your pics with a great tool redactor. Crop your photos into one of 400+ awesome Shapes, Symbols, Signs and Letters. Share your pics on popular social networks (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter) or save ti camera roll. How it works? - Take a photo or choose from gallery. - Choose your mask shape - Change the foreground color, from more the 500 colors! - Adjust transparency of foreground - Customize the size of your shape *****UNIQUE SHAPES***** - 450+ Total shapes + collage --20 + animals shapes - 20 + balloons shapes - 30 + original shapes - 20 + cartoon shapes - 10+ city shapes - 20+ comics symbols - 25 cool shapes - 24 + circles shapes - 20 + cute shapes - 15 + grunge shapes - 5 horror shapes - 15 iHeart shapes - 20 + invaders shapes - 30 + upper case letters shapes + original signs!!! - 20 + splatter shapes - 25 + superheroes shapes - 20 + weather shapes - many other amazing shapes **CAPTION & STYLE YOUR PIC&COLLAGE WITH AVIARY EDITOR** -- Tons of beautiful photo filters to choose from. Photo enhancer! -- Add Aviary frames to your photo -- Adjust brightness, contrast, saturation and sharpness -- Remove redeye and blemish -- Draw on your picture. Change color! -- Add texts, stickers very quickly and easily -- Easy to change text color and size -- Easy to move, resize and rotate text -- Enhancement tool to style your photo to perfection -- Meme generator Let us know how you enjoy it. Share with us and your best friends.

About

REFRAXA

Transform your photos and videos into stunning symmetrical art with a variety of mirrored effects. Apply live camera filters or edit existing media, with instant, watermark-free exports. This app offers a unique optical approach to creative visual transformations.

Highlights
  • 17 distinct mirroring effects
  • Edit photos and videos
  • Live camera effects
  • Record video with effects
  • Watermark-free exports
  • No account or cloud required
Features
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Turn your photos into hypnotic, symmetrical art. Pick any picture from your library and REFRAXA folds it into a living mandala - mirrors, kaleidoscopes, tiles, and prisms, rendered instantly as you flip between styles. - 17 distinct effects: mirrors, kaleidoscopes, prisms, tiles, wedges, and rotors - Edit any photo or video from your library - no length cap on video - Or go live: the camera shows the effect in the viewfinder as you shoot - Record video with the effect baked in - perfect for Reels, TikTok & Stories - Every export is archived beside your untouched original, inside the app - One-tap export, instant save. No account, no login, no cloud. - No AI, just optics: every pixel comes from your photo, and nothing you shoot ever leaves your phone Free to use. Upgrade to REFRAXA Pro once ($9.99, no subscription) for unlimited, watermark-free exports forever.

Screenshots

Gradient Shape, Mask Editor4 screens
REFRAXA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: REFRAXA at every 4 days against Gradient Shape, Mask Editor's every 4 months. REFRAXA also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). Gradient Shape, Mask Editor's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Gradient Shape, Mask Editor sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and REFRAXA sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Gradient Shape, Mask Editor against 5.0 for REFRAXA. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gradient Shape, Mask Editor ships an update every 4 months, REFRAXA every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Gradient Shape, Mask Editor versus REFRAXA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGradient Shape, Mask EditorREFRAXA
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNadejda TomaDANIEL GUY CIRALDO

Customer experience

Gradient Shape, Mask Editor

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

REFRAXA

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Gradient Shape, Mask Editor

One-time10
  • Shape Maker - Basic$0.99
  • Shape Maker - Cities$0.99
  • Shape Maker - Cool$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Shape Maker - Grunge$0.99
  • Shape Maker - Horror$0.99
  • Shape Maker - I love$0.99
  • Shape Maker - Letters$0.99
  • Shape Maker - Random$0.99
  • Shape Maker - Splatter$0.99
  • Shape Maker - Pro version$3.99
1 purchases

REFRAXA

One-time1
  • REFRAXA Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Gradient Shape, Mask Editor free?
Gradient Shape, Mask Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is REFRAXA free?
REFRAXA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gradient Shape, Mask Editor or REFRAXA?
Gradient Shape, Mask Editor and REFRAXA are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Gradient Shape, Mask Editor or REFRAXA have ads?
Neither Gradient Shape, Mask Editor nor REFRAXA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gradient Shape, Mask Editor or REFRAXA?
Gradient Shape, Mask Editor ships an update every 4 months, and REFRAXA every 4 days. Most recently, Gradient Shape, Mask Editor was updated on October 6, 2026 and REFRAXA on October 7, 2026.

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