Comparison

Illusory vs Phonesty

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

Head to head
About

Illusory

Transform your photos into stunning masterpieces with a wide array of professional editing tools, filters, and effects. Effortlessly enhance images for social media or professional portfolios, making ordinary snapshots extraordinary art.

Highlights
  • Professional editing tools (Exposure, Contrast, Saturation)
  • Advanced color correction
  • Blurring tools (radial, linear, Gaussian, motion)
  • Noise reduction and sharpening
  • Diverse filters and effects (Duotone, Color fog, B&W)
  • Cropping and composition guidelines
  • Customizable frames with shadow effects
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Elevate Your Photo Game to Masterpiece Status! Dive into a world where your photos become breathtaking masterpieces in mere moments. Our app's intuitive design ensures you effortlessly bring your vision to life, no matter your skill level. Unlock a treasure trove of mesmerizing filters, dynamic effects, and powerful editing tools to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. Whether you're curating an enviable social media feed or assembling a portfolio that screams professionalism, we've got you covered. Experience the magic of turning your snapshots into pro-level art. Download today and redefine your photo editing journey! PROFESSIONAL EDITING TOOLS - Professional tools for full control over image editing: Exposure, Contrast, Saturation, Vibrance, Tint, and much more. - Advanced color correction tools as Tone curves, Color Matrix, Color Controls, White Balance, Temperature, Gamma. APPLY BLUR - Powerful blurring tools allow adding radial and linear blur, Gaussian and motion blur, as well as placing a blur mask on your photo. REMOVE NOISE - Reduces noise using a threshold value to define what is considered noise. - Increases image detail by sharpening. EFFECTS - Ready to use presets for your selfies, food, and travel photos. - Turn your photo into stylish media content with amazing Duotone filters. - Add some mystery with Color fog effects. - Add dramatic effects with a preset of Black and White filters. - Want to make your photo as an old film frame? Use Film and Sepia Effects. - Pixelate, Stripes, Thermal, XRay, and various Distortion and Halftones filters to make something unique. - Large set of amazing light leaks, shadows and bokeh overlay. TRANSFORM Crop with the aspect ratio that best works for your photo. Apply special guidelines, like "rule of thirds", to the process of composing. FRAMES Various frames with different colors of frame and shadows, including 7 different shadow types. Privacy Policy: https://illusory.app/about/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://illusory.app/about/terms-of-use/

About

Phonesty

This video conferencing app offers secure and affordable meetings with a high participant capacity. Features include automatic muting with a "raise hand" option, customizable room settings for various uses like teaching or webinars, and the ability to record conferences. Participants can also join via phone dial-in or receive automated calls.

Highlights
  • High participant capacity
  • Plenum Mode with "raise hand"
  • Customizable conference rooms
  • Automatic speaker switching
  • Conference recording
  • Phone dial-in and automated calls
Features
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Phonesty Video Conferencing is easy, secure and affordable. It's by far the simplest way to join a Phonesty Conference. Phonesty conference rooms can host meetings with a very high number of participants and can be individually configured for many specific use cases (church services, teaching, webinars etc.). Participants can either be automatically muted with our unique "Plenum Mode" and can then raise their hand if they want to speak. Or the conference room can be configured so that everyone can mute/unmute themselves. The video switches to the speaking member automatically or can be fixed to one speaker at a time. Conferences can be recorded, locked and much more. Participants can also dial-in by telephone. Or our system can automatically call your participants by phone starting at 1 Cent per minute.

Screenshots

Illusory4 screens
Phonesty3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Phonesty at 5.0 against Illusory's 4.6. Phonesty also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). Illusory's advantage is ratings volume (22 vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Phonesty holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Illusory has 22 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Illusory ships an update every 3 weeks, Phonesty monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Illusory versus Phonesty: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIllusoryPhonesty
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (22 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size141 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYevhenii ZozuliaPhonesty GmbH

Customer experience

Illusory

All ratings22 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Phonesty

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Illusory

No in-app purchases

None

Phonesty

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Illusory free?
Illusory is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Phonesty free?
Phonesty is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Illusory or Phonesty?
Phonesty is rated higher. Illusory averages 4.6 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Phonesty averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Illusory or Phonesty have ads?
Neither Illusory nor Phonesty shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Illusory or Phonesty?
Illusory ships an update every 3 weeks, and Phonesty monthly. Most recently, Illusory was updated on October 24, 2026 and Phonesty on October 16, 2026.

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