Comparison

PhotoGenik filter Pro editor vs Render

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

Head to head
About

PhotoGenik filter Pro editor

Transform your photos into artistic masterpieces with a variety of cartoon and artistic filters. Apply effects to new captures or existing images from your gallery, with advanced settings for fine-tuning. Share your creations with ease.

Highlights
  • Cartoon and artistic filters
  • Apply filters to gallery photos
  • Advanced filter settings
  • Supports front and rear cameras
  • 160+ cartoon photo effects
  • One-tap sharing
Features
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This application lets you apply different cartoon and artistic filters capture amazing pictures. You can also apply filters to existing photos from gallery. Features: - Twelve unique filters - Color Cartoon, Gray Cartoon, Color Sketch, Pencil Sketch, Pixel Art & Oil Paint - Photo cartoon picture app is the latest cartoon app with numerous art filters (modern art filters) to edit pictures and turn your photos into paintings. - Supports both rear and front camera - Ability to apply filters to existing photos from gallery - Advanced settings for each filter, to achieve the perfect effect! Gain art & gorgeous enjoyment. - Simply & clean UI design. - Superior easy to use. One tap to transform fotos to art works. - Share your works of art pics to impress your friends. - Numerous amazing blending filters with art & cartoon camera and artworks effects. Easily turn your pictures into pics of art photo effects. Simple and Smooth, Easy to use. - 160+ different cartoon photo effects available. It helps you to edit picture into artworks. - Perfect (cartoon maker camera) selfie camera app. - Photo Cartoon art paintings. - One tap to Share to Instagram. - Cartoon photo editor. - Cartoon Photo editor: Cartoon Filters, modern art filters, pencil art effects, oil painting effect, Color - Photo editor app, powerful selfie camera

About

Render

Create complex video compositions with layered media, effects, and keyframe animation. Import various media types, including 3D spatial photos and videos, and fine-tune visuals with advanced tools. Offers pixel-level editing and expression writing for precise control.

Highlights
  • Layered video, image, and audio composition
  • Keyframe animation with bezier curves
  • Extensive visual effects and blending modes
  • Import/export 3D spatial photos and videos
  • Pixel-level editing and expression writing
  • Support for RAW footage and image sequences
  • LUT import/export
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Render compositions with layered videos, images, audio, visuals and effects. Import and export 3D spatial photos and video. Import media (images, videos, GIFs, SVGs, image sequences and RAW footage) from Photos and Files. A sequence is defined by a folder of images, each image is a frame of a video. Visuals: shapes (rectangle, circle, capsule, star, polygon, arc, line) and solids (color, noise, gradient). Create an adjustment layer to apply effects to all underlying layers. Effects: levels (brightness, contrast, invert), color shift (hue, saturation), blur, transform, kaleidoscope, corner pin, chroma key (green screen). Effect packs: funny mirror, glitch, CRT, smoke, vignette. Mask, displace or luma blur a layer with another layer. Blending modes: add, subtract, multiply, divide, screen, lighten, darken, minimum, maximum, gamma, power and difference. Timeline features: - Snapping of layers while dragging. - Keyframe properties with bezier curves. - Motion blur with blending modes. - Pre-compose layers. - Split layers. - Time remap. Zoom in to pixel level to inspect your graphics. Write expressions for any property. Import and export LUTs in the .cube format. There are rendered previews of visuals, blending modes, effects and samples. Samples is a way to visualize what the composition will look like for a property at different values. The render engine caches all played frames, so re-playing is quicker. Caches frames are indicated by a green bar in the top of the timeline. Render out a still frame as image, render a region or the full composition as a video or image sequence. Projects are saved in Files and media is bundled in the project file. XDR display support. Create graphics in high color depth (16bit & 32bit). Export video in h264 and ProRes on supported devices. Audio is supported.

Screenshots

PhotoGenik filter Pro editor4 screens
Render3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PhotoGenik filter Pro editor at 4.4 against Render's 2.9. PhotoGenik filter Pro editor also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (110 vs 11). Render's advantage is review sentiment (63% vs 22%) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence and device support 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. Render sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. PhotoGenik filter Pro editor asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PhotoGenik filter Pro editor holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PhotoGenik filter Pro editor has 110 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 22% of PhotoGenik filter Pro editor's written reviews are positive against 63% of Render's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PhotoGenik filter Pro editor ships an update every 9 days, Render every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and August 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
PhotoGenik filter Pro editor versus Render: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhotoGenik filter Pro editorRender
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (110 ratings) — better2.9 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews22.2% of reviews62.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings110 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerinduben baraiAnton Heestand

Customer experience

PhotoGenik filter Pro editor

All ratings110 ratings
Positive84.5%
Neutral5.5%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive22.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative77.8%

Render

All ratings11 ratings
Positive45.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative54.5%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative37.5%

In-app purchases

None

PhotoGenik filter Pro editor

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Render

One-time2
  • Full HD$4.99
  • 4K Ultra HD$9.99

Questions

Is PhotoGenik filter Pro editor free?
PhotoGenik filter Pro editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Render free?
Render is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PhotoGenik filter Pro editor or Render?
PhotoGenik filter Pro editor is rated higher. PhotoGenik filter Pro editor averages 4.4 out of 5 from 110 ratings, while Render averages 2.9 from 11 ratings.
Do PhotoGenik filter Pro editor or Render have ads?
PhotoGenik filter Pro editor shows ads; Render does not.
Which is updated more often, PhotoGenik filter Pro editor or Render?
PhotoGenik filter Pro editor ships an update every 9 days, and Render every 2 weeks. Most recently, PhotoGenik filter Pro editor was updated on September 9, 2026 and Render on August 15, 2026.

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