Glitch Art Studio vs bitwave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Glitch Art Studio
Transform your photos and videos with a vast collection of exclusive glitch art effects. Apply analog and digital noise, VHS distortions, datamoshing, and more. Customize your edits with a range of adjustments and blend modes for unique visual creations.
- Extensive library of exclusive glitch effects
- Apply effects to photos and videos
- More than 30 presets
- Save edits as animated GIFs
- Mask mode for selective filter application
- Adjustments for blur, color, and more
- 20+ original color filters
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Add glitches to your photos and videos! Glitch Art Studio offers an extensive library of exclusive effects to distort your photos and videos in creative ways. Effects: • Analog Noise • Digital Noise • Interference • VHS Noise • Color Aberration • Datamosh • Slit Scan • Pixel Sorting • Quantization • Dithering • Lens Distortions • Symmetry • Dope & Rad Effects • Scanlines • Interlace • CRT • ASCII • Glass Extra: • More than 30 presets • Save your edited photos as animated GIFs • 4K Resolution on supported devices • Mask mode: Select which areas of the image/video are affected by the filters • Adjustments: Blur, Sharpen, Brightness, Contrast, Hue, Saturation, Vibrance, Temperature • More than 20 original Color Filters • 9 Different Blend modes You can apply these effects and adjustments directly in your camera, to photos or to recorded videos. ------------------------------- PRO Subscription ------------------------------- Subscriptions are billed monthly or annually depending on the selected subscription plan. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. The subscription fee is charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. If you subscribe before a free trial ends, the remainder of the trial period will be forfeited. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal by going to your account settings in the App Store. Privacy Policy: https://net-sigma.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://net-sigma.com/terms-of-use
bitwave
This app offers real-time experimental photo and video effects using visual systems like ASCII, dithering, and computer vision. Users can adjust presets, create custom ones, and use image regions to influence visual processing.
- Real-time visual camera effects
- ASCII, dither, halftone, stipple processing
- Computer Vision masks and object-based effects
- Live photo and video capture
- Import and edit existing media
- Custom preset creation
- Video export and sharing
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Bitwave is a creative-tech camera for making experimental photos and videos in real time. Explore visual systems built around ASCII, dithering, halftone, stippling, signal processing, pixelation, color manipulation and Computer Vision. Point the camera, choose a preset and reshape the image live. Bitwave is designed less like a traditional filter app and more like a visual instrument for experimentation. FEATURES • Realtime visual camera effects • ASCII, dither, halftone, stipple, signal and glitch-inspired processing • Computer Vision masks and object-based effects • Live photo and video capture • Import and edit existing photos and videos • LUTs and color adjustments • Effect-specific controls • Save modified effects as custom presets • Metal-powered realtime rendering • Video export and sharing COMPUTER VISION Use people, faces, objects and image regions as part of the visual processing itself. Computer Vision can reshape where and how an effect appears instead of simply placing a filter over the image. CUSTOM PRESETS Adjust an effect, change its color treatment, CV mode and parameters, then save the result as your own preset for instant reuse. MADE FOR EXPERIMENTATION Bitwave is built for visual artists, musicians, VJs, photographers, creative coders and anyone interested in experimental digital imagery. There is no required workflow. Open the camera, choose a visual system, modify it and see where the image goes. Bitwave Pro unlocks unlimited photo capture, live video recording and video export. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: bitwave at free with in-app purchases against Glitch Art Studio's subscription. bitwave also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Glitch Art Studio's advantage is ratings volume (15K 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
Both are free to download. Glitch Art Studio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and bitwave sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
bitwave holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Glitch Art Studio has 15K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Glitch Art Studio's written reviews are positive against 100% of bitwave's.
Glitch Art Studio ships an update every 4 weeks, bitwave every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.
| Parameter | Glitch Art Studio | bitwave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (15K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 152 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NET Sigma | Demian Nezhdanov |
Customer experience
Glitch Art Studio
bitwave
Bugs and requests
Glitch Art Studio
Reported bugs
4 issues- Exporting videos gets stuck at 98%
- Black and white videos turn green when saved
- Inability to save custom presets
- Crashes when importing large files
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to layer effects and adjust order
- Improve video export quality and stability
- Add more free effects and filters
- Implement cloud/preset sync functionality
- Add timeline controls and keyframing for effects
bitwave
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Glitch Art Studio
- Glitch Art Studio - PRO$7.991 Month
- Glitch Art Studio - PRO3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Glitch Art Effects & Filters$49.99
bitwave
- bitwave PRO WEEKLY$0.997 Days
- Optional tip to support Bitwave.$0.99
- Optional tip to support Bitwave.$5.99
- PRO lifetime$5.99
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- Optional tip to support Bitwave.$9.99









