Surrealizer vs Hypergram
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Surrealizer
Create unique and surreal visual effects for your videos and photos. Apply over 20 distinct filters and manipulate the screen in real-time while recording. Easily save your creations and share them on social media.
- 20+ unique surreal effects
- Real-time screen manipulation
- Load photos and videos from library
- Intuitive controls
- Save and share creations
- Classic surrealizer, inception, abyss, and more
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Surrealizer is the latest and greatest thing to happen to video and photo FX ! There are 20+ unique effects that absolutely cannot be found anywhere else. Simply load video or photos from your iPhone/iPad photo library, and then when you have your settings the way you like it, save it back. Manipulate the screen while it is recording! Intuitive and easy to understand controls. There are : •the classic surrealizer effect •inception effect •abyss •ghost blur •wornhole •planetizer •binocculus •spiralizer •fisheye •warp •pixelator •hyperion •coloriser •random coloriser •procedural •flags •dotti •escherizer •clone •videomixer •dissolver •time tangler •time tunnel Turn ordinary footage into surreal landscapes and upload to social media. *** keep it unreal....with the SURREALIZER***
Hypergram
Create and share unique image filters and artwork by combining various filter primitives. This app also functions as a professional photo editor, prioritizing features and flexibility for both advanced filter creation and simple image sharing.
- Create custom filter presets
- Combine multiple filter primitives
- Professional photo editing tools
- Share creations on a social network
- Browse and interact with community art
- Advanced filter customization
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Hypergram is an app and a social network for creating and sharing image filters and artwork to unleash your creativity in intriguing new ways. Hypergram lets you create filter-presets by combining an arbitrary number of filter-primitives, including gradation curves, a variety of blur-filters, keying-filters, masks, image generators of all kind and much more. Your creations can then be shared with the rest of the world by publishing it on the Hypergram network. Hypergram is also an amazing professional photo-editor. In contrast to other photo-apps, Hypergram doesn't compromise on features in order to give the user a questionable easier interface. Features and flexibility are always the number one priority. Whether you enjoy diving deep and create technically advanced filters or just want to take some beautiful images and share them with the community is up to you. Of course you can just scroll through other people's work and getting amazed by what they have done, too. Leaving a like or comment certainly will encourage them to create more great content. Hypergram is constantly enriched with more and more creative features over time. Although there's already a long todo-list of new things to build, your feedback can be very helpful to make the right prioritizations and letting us think out of our box. By downloading or using this app, you agree to the terms of use. You can read Apple's standard End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hypergram at 4.0 against Surrealizer's 3.3. Hypergram also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). Surrealizer's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Surrealizer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hypergram sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hypergram holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Surrealizer's written reviews are positive against 25% of Hypergram's.
Surrealizer ships an update every 2 weeks, Hypergram weekly. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Surrealizer | Hypergram |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (11 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 165 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kathrin Brock | Dominik Seibold |
Customer experience
Surrealizer
Hypergram
In-app purchases
Surrealizer
- Unlock all effects$4.99
Hypergram
- Watermark Removal Monthly$0.991 Month








