Comparison

FilterScope vs Pixel Shape

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

Head to head
About

FilterScope

Enhance your photos and videos with a variety of custom interactive filters. Create unique visuals with balloon letters, national flags, light drawing, and vintage light leaks. Personalize your content with these dynamic effects.

Highlights
  • Custom interactive filters
  • Balloon letters and numbers
  • National flag filters
  • Light draw filter
  • Light leaks filter
  • Filter customization
Features
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FilterScope lets you use custom filters to bring new life to your photo's. Select form balloons, diamonds, hearts, flags and fireworks filters. Change the appearance of the filters to make it your own. • Balloon letters and numbers filter With the balloons filters it's possible to spell anything using the balloons as letters and numbers. Celebrate a birthday or and achievement using the balloon letters and numbers. Tap on the balloons to interact with them. • Flags filter Represent your country using the flag filters. Flags from most countries are included. • Light Draw Filter With the light draw filter you are able to draw with light. The more lines you draw, the brighter your design gets. • Light leaks filter Choose from different colors light leaks to add a vintage charm to your photos or videos. More filters coming soon Use the hashtag #filterscope And follow us on instagram @filterscope Filterscope subscriptions: You can subscribe for filterscope subscriptions to use all features and content offered for purchase within the app. Filterscope offers monthly subscriptions. $1.99 / 1 Month You can subscribe to a monthly plan(1.99 billed once a month). The prices are in US dollars. Prices in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. -Payment will be charged to iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. -Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. -Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. -Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account settings after purchase. Restore subscriptions: To restore subscriptions a user need to go to the subscription page and tap restore. Privacy policy:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/150QpQVZINIa_gc9B2hAOuNsiWSNUo-HcnMi_v_mal28 Terms of use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZNYFdzND3Dhdgm1kZmaLRN7TAvFm4FzwBBgQ-oBXT-k

About

Pixel Shape

Features
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Use words or shapes to remake a picture. Bored of zero-dimensional pixels, replace them with words or shapes that you choose or create your own shapes to remake your pictures with them. Non-Latin characters allowed

Screenshots

FilterScope3 screens
Pixel Shape4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: FilterScope at none against Pixel Shape's shown. Pixel Shape's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. FilterScope sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and Pixel Shape sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FilterScope ships an update weekly, Pixel Shape every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
FilterScope versus Pixel Shape: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFilterScopePixel Shape
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB118 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniello DoranFluocode

In-app purchases

1 purchases

FilterScope

Subscriptions1
  • Unlimited access$1.991 Month
2 purchases

Pixel Shape

One-time2
  • Long text and Fonts$4.99
  • Shape Editor$4.99

Questions

Is FilterScope free?
FilterScope is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixel Shape free?
Pixel Shape is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FilterScope or Pixel Shape have ads?
Pixel Shape shows ads; FilterScope does not.
Which is updated more often, FilterScope or Pixel Shape?
FilterScope ships an update weekly, and Pixel Shape every 2 weeks. Most recently, FilterScope was updated on October 9, 2026 and Pixel Shape on October 15, 2026.

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