Engraver handmade etching vs HalftonePix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
HalftonePix
Apply unique artistic effects to your photos with a variety of dot, line, and wave patterns. Customize shapes and colors for a personalized look. Transform selfies or gallery images into memorable artwork.
- Halftone dot effects
- Line and stripe effects
- Wave patterns
- Customizable shapes and colors
- Apply to selfies or gallery photos
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HalftonePix brings advanced artistic photo effects to your mobile device. Our filters include a variety of halftone styles, patterns, shapes, and colors. Customize everything for a truly unique effect. HalftonePix includes: - Variety of dot effects (akin to newspaper print or comics) - Line and stripe effects - Waves - Circles HalftonePix allows you to apply a halftone effect to a selfie or a photo from gallery. Don't miss out on this unique and memorable photo filter!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: HalftonePix at Free against Engraver handmade etching's $2.99. HalftonePix also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). Engraver handmade etching's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (90% vs 67%). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
HalftonePix is free to download; Engraver handmade etching costs $2.99 up front. Engraver handmade etching sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and HalftonePix sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Engraver handmade etching holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Engraver handmade etching has 66 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Engraver handmade etching's written reviews are positive against 67% of HalftonePix's.
Engraver handmade etching ships an update every 2 months, HalftonePix fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Engraver handmade etching | HalftonePix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (66 ratings) — better | 4.3 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 66 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maxim Chernousov | Aevica Software |
Customer experience
Engraver handmade etching
HalftonePix
In-app purchases
Engraver handmade etching
- Engraver Advanced Set$0.99
- Engraver Profiled Set$0.99
HalftonePix
- Premium Styles$4.99
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