Comparison

Filter Stack vs DU

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

Head to head
About

Filter Stack

Transform your photos and videos into unique digital art with a wide array of glitch and aesthetic filters. This editor allows for stacking multiple effects, real-time control, and adding custom text to your creations.

Highlights
  • Digital glitch effects
  • 3D wave art transformations
  • Color distortions
  • VHS looks
  • Stack multiple effects
  • Real-time effect control
  • Add glitchy text
Features
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The - ALL NEW - Video & Photo - FX Editor. Turn your images & videos into unique artwork creations. Packed with lots and lots of aesthetic glitch filters. Completely new way of adding FX! DOWNLOAD NOW! FEATURES • Professional digital glitches, 3D wave art transformations, color distortions, crusty VHS looks and more • Stack multiple effects and glitches • Control each glitch effect in realtime • Add Cool FX Layers • Add Glitchy text to your composition • Access to millions of HD Stock Videos, updated daily • Lots and lots of aesthetic video filters • Made to super every video and photo

About

DU

Transform videos into extreme digital art with 37 unique filters. This experimental app allows you to digitally mangle and twist footage, creating unique visual effects. Save any frame as a still image or export the entire glitched-out video.

Highlights
  • 37 exclusive video filters
  • Apply filters in infinite combinations
  • Arrange video effects stack manually
  • Blend glitched video with original
  • Randomize filters for unique chaos
  • Save affected video frames as stills
Features
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:: DESTROY MOTION GRAPHICS ::: Transform any video into extreme digital art. Play on the intoxicating fringes of glitch video with 37 exclusive video filters. Be creative. Push the boundaries. Legendary music label Detroit Underground presents a totally new tool by the creator of DECIM8, designed to digitally mangle and twist your videos. DU-VFX is an experimental app for experimental people. The line-crossers, the button-pushers, the ones who don’t fit into basic boxes. Load up any video from your camera roll. Tap the randomize effects button. Find a VFX filter combination that makes your content POP - or explode into digital fragments of its former self. Scan through the frames of your video and export any affected frame as a still image. Activate and arrange the effects stack manually or rely completely on the nature of chaos - the choice is yours. • Load any video from your camera roll as source material • Apply 37 insane video filters in infinite combinations • Arrange and activate a video effects stack manually • Blend the glitched-out version with the original in 22 blend modes • Randomize filters for unique chaos • Optionally, parameters can drift and change over time • Save any effected video frame as a still image WARNING! THIS APP IS CAPABLE OF COMPLETELY DESTROYING A VIDEO. (You keep the original, of course!) If this doesn't appeal to you, there are LOTS of apps out there to provide all the "safe" effects you could ever want. If you're looking for something more, something new and unpredictable.. capable of making art that's challenging yet beautiful, then you are in the right place. Note : Currently video rendering must happen while the app is in the foreground. iOS may kill the app if backgrounded during render. We're looking into the best way around this.

Screenshots

Filter Stack4 screens
DU4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Filter Stack at fortnightly against DU's every 4 months. Filter Stack also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (304 vs 32). On price, review sentiment, 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. Filter Stack sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and DU sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Filter Stack holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Filter Stack has 304 ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of Filter Stack's written reviews are positive against 71% of DU's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Filter Stack ships an update fortnightly, DU every 4 months. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Filter Stack versus DU: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFilter StackDU
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (304 ratings) — better4.5 (32 ratings)
Positive reviews64.1% of reviews70.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings304 — better32
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB17 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperRalph HubnerKris Collins

Customer experience

Filter Stack

All ratings304 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral3.6%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive64.1%
Neutral7.7%
Negative28.2%

DU

All ratings32 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral9.4%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive70.6%
Neutral5.9%
Negative23.5%

Bugs and requests

Filter Stack

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Cannot open photo albums
  • Cannot play videos
  • Saving photos results in a different image
  • Cannot save photo without also saving a video version
  • No save feature, only share
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  • Freezes at launch
  • Paid but still cannot access pro features

Requested features

6 requests
  • Key frame feature for tuning effects
  • Export as GIF option
  • Ability to save filters for later use
  • Add number values to slides for precise control
  • Ability to 'mute' an effect without clearing it or setting strength to 0
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  • Darker colors for interface

DU

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Filter Stack

One-time7
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • More Fonts$1.99
  • Pixabay Search$1.99
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  • Remove Watermark$2.99
  • All Filters$2.99
  • Extra Layers$2.99
  • Full Access$5.99
1 purchases

DU

One-time1
  • Still Image Export$0.99

Questions

Is Filter Stack free?
Filter Stack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DU free?
DU is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Filter Stack or DU?
Filter Stack is rated higher. Filter Stack averages 4.7 out of 5 from 304 ratings, while DU averages 4.5 from 32 ratings.
Do Filter Stack or DU have ads?
Neither Filter Stack nor DU shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Filter Stack or DU?
Filter Stack ships an update fortnightly, and DU every 4 months. Most recently, Filter Stack was updated on September 23, 2026 and DU on September 23, 2026.

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