LineEngraver Photo Editor Lite vs Engraver handmade etching
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LineEngraver Photo Editor Lite
This app is a lightweight photo editor and viewer focused on greyscale and monochrome images. It offers a variety of presets, real-time filters, and editing tools for black and white photography. Some advanced features are available in the full version.
- 20 predefined grayscale presets
- High-speed real-time grayscale filters
- Adjustable vignette effect
- Photo noise and haze reduction
- EXIF viewer with location details
- Monochrome camera
- Export with or without GPS metadata
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This app is a lightweight photo editor and viewer for greyscale ( monochrome ) raw photos. Modern black and white photography at it's best is art, and many photographers regard it as the purest form of photography. Some features are locked and can be available only in full version. Lite version limitations: photo enhance, red eye remover, haze reduction, noise reduction, effects and adjust of grayscale presets are disabled •• Core Features •• * 20 predefined grayscale presets (hue, brightness, saturation, contrast, exposure, shadows, highlights, gamma, sharpen, sketch). * High speed grayscale filters, so you don't have to wait constantly (live filters, real-time display). * Adjustable vignette effect. * Photo noise reduction tool. * Photo haze reduction tool. * View photo details (EXIF viewer) incl location. Copy to clipboard. * Depth map viewer. * Option to export image without GPS metadata. * Option to select an output image format JPG, PNG, TIFF or HEIC (the last one for A10 and over processors). * Rotate, flip, zoom, resize and crop image. * One click photo enhance with red eye removal option. * 20+ different effects (transfer, tonal, noir, photo negative filter, color blindness simulation, etc). * Monochrome camera * Save directly to your photo album. * Universal clipboard support (copy and paste image) * Well-designed user interface. Thanks for taking the time to look at LineEngraver Photo Editor Lite. If you have any feature requests, feedback or questions; please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Engraver handmade etching
Transform any photo into a realistic hand-drawn engraving with this app. It offers a powerful engine and curated presets to achieve professional-looking results with ease, making it more than just a toy.
- Create hand-drawn engraving effects
- Turn any picture into an engraving
- Powerful image processing engine
- Curated parameter presets
- Intuitive interface
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This app is so much fun to play with, but it's much more than a toy. With it, you can create images resembling the hand-made works of a true master who spent painstaking hours over a work of art. The Engraver app lets you turn any picture into an impressive old-style engraving that looks hand-drawn. A powerful, extremely qualitative engine and carefully selected presets of parameters let you choose a wide variety of engraving effects without any extra effort or special knowledge. Features: - The power and productivity of AlphaPlugins EngraverIII pro tool. - The best sets of parameters, specially chosen for you. - Elegant and easy-to use intuitive interface. - 20 years of image processing experience in your hands. Just enjoy with creating!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: LineEngraver Photo Editor Lite at Free against Engraver handmade etching's $2.99. Engraver handmade etching's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.1) and chart position (#200 vs unranked). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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
LineEngraver Photo Editor Lite is free to download; Engraver handmade etching costs $2.99 up front. LineEngraver Photo Editor Lite sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Engraver handmade etching sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Engraver handmade etching holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 66 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 93% of LineEngraver Photo Editor Lite's written reviews are positive against 90% of Engraver handmade etching's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LineEngraver Photo Editor Lite | Engraver handmade etching |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (16 ratings) | 4.7 (66 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.9% of reviews — better | 90.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 66 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #200 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Viktor Goltvyanytsya | Maxim Chernousov |
Customer experience
LineEngraver Photo Editor Lite
Engraver handmade etching
In-app purchases
LineEngraver Photo Editor Lite
- Enhance Tool$0.99
- Denoise Tool$0.99
- Dehaze Tool$0.99
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- Effects Toolset$1.99
- Filters Editor$2.99
Engraver handmade etching
- Engraver Advanced Set$0.99
- Engraver Profiled Set$0.99
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