Distressed FX vs Chromatic Edges
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Distressed FX
Transform ordinary photos into unique works of art with a vast collection of textures and overlays. This app offers exclusive access to all current and future filters and effects for a single payment, making photo editing accessible and creative.
- Access to all current and future filters
- Exclusive new effects and features
- Wide range of textured images and overlays
- Transform mundane photos into art
- Ideal for still life and landscape photography
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Distressed FX Plus is a special edition of the highly acclaimed original. For a small single payment, you will get access to all current and future filters, as well as exclusive access to all new effects and features ahead of release on the original app. This is an extraordinary opportunity to harness all the amazing effects from Distressed FX. If you are ready to take your photos to the next level, this is the ideal investment at a bargain price. Creating gorgeous artwork from your photos has never been easier. With Distressed FX, simply take a photo and choose from a wide range of textured images and overlays. Transform even the most mundane photo into a work of art. See our hashtag #distressedFX on Instagram to see 100k+ examples! ** Featured by Mac Format and Black + White Photography Magazine Join us at: www.facebook.com/DistressedFX www.instagram.com/distressedfxapp/ • Particularly suited to still life and landscape photography - this app will perfectly compliment your existing collection of photo apps. Distressed FX is powered by the textures of Cheryl Tarrant, a texture artist from Tennessee. Her popular and unique style is now available in your pocket, wherever you go. • Follow Cheryl on Instagram http://instagram.com/distressedfxapp • Be our friend on Facebook www.facebook.com/DistressedFX • Follow us on Twitter : @distressedfx See examples of the Cheryl's distinctive work here: www.flickr.com/photos/jewellofdistressed/ ** Find out more about Distressed Textures at www.distressedfx.com & www.distressedtextures.com Distressed FX (tm) is a trademark of Cheryl Tarrant in the United States of America.
Chromatic Edges
Enhance your photos with unique, artistic edges inspired by historical photographic processes. This app uses machine learning to generate an unlimited variety of edge styles, allowing for endless creative possibilities.
- Unlimited AI-generated edge styles
- Inspired by historical photo processes
- Easy-to-use interface
- Save favorite edges
- Supports Calotypes, Cyanotypes, Daguerreotypes, and more
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It's all about the Edge! Unlimited edges to make your photography pop! JixiPix takes vintage to a whole new extreme. Gone are the days of having a few tiny choices when it comes to adding flare to your imagery. Chromatic Edges brings back the subtle magic of photo processing with glass, silver and paper plates all with a few taps and your unique photo. It’s all about the edge! There is something artistic about the old days of plate photography. The silky smooth images and fabulously artistic edges are just amazing to look at. Before the days of digital or film photography, photographers had to process their images using glass plates, metal plates, and paper to get their final image. These processes took tremendous skill and passion to produce the final product. Some of the processing techniques even required the processing of the glass plate within minutes of taking the photograph. Boy have times changed! Until today you had only a few choices if you wanted to recreate some of the old-style photo art. You would pick a stock photo and blend it into your photography. And since there are only a few choices you were left with your artwork starting to look oh-so-familiar. Chromatic Edges changes all that and gives you unlimited artistic photography styles while only taking a few steps to create. We at JixiPix have found unique ways to use Machine Learning to generate unlimited edges. Just tap the “Generate” button to see the magic happen. Chromatic Edges will, Quickly and effortlessly, create a completely unique edge. If you find that you love it, its super simple to tap the ‘+’ to save it for later. To create this powerful technology took thousands of artistic man hours of meticulously painting edges. These edges were then processed through our deep learning algorithm and used to teach the ‘machine’ how to create them on its own. Now you, the user, get to use this power to ‘edge’ your photo and never have two of the same edge again. And the great thing is…even if you know nothing about the fabulous photo techniques from a hundred years ago you will still appreciate the possibilities and creativity you can achieve with Chromatic Edges. Chromatic Edges is filled to the brim with styles. Easily create Calotypes, Cyanotypes, Daguerreotypes, Gelatin Silver Plates, Tin Type, Chromogenic film, Autochrome, Ambrotype, Carbon Print, Aristotype, Salted Paper Print, colored edges, and thousands of styles in between.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chromatic Edges at none against Distressed FX's 13. Chromatic Edges also leads on price ($12.99 vs $19.99) and review sentiment (100% vs 72%). Distressed FX's advantage is ratings volume (1.2K vs 22) and chart position (#157 vs unranked). On rating, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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
Distressed FX costs $19.99 and Chromatic Edges $12.99 up front. Distressed FX sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Chromatic Edges asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Distressed FX against 4.9 for Chromatic Edges. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Distressed FX has 1.2K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Distressed FX's written reviews are positive against 100% of Chromatic Edges's.
Distressed FX ships an update every 3 months, Chromatic Edges every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Distressed FX | Chromatic Edges |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | $12.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.2K ratings) | 4.9 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #157 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 407 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | We Are Here | JixiPix, LLC |
Customer experience
Distressed FX
Chromatic Edges
Bugs and requests
Distressed FX
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to download or load certain textures/overlays
- App crashing when opening photos
- Saving edited photos at lower resolutions
Requested features
4 requests- Masking and selective editing tools
- Zoom and precise control for editing
- Ability to use app on Mac devices
- Improved customer support and communication
Chromatic Edges
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Distressed FX
- Beyond SkiesFree
- The HeavensFree
- Bokeh IllusionsFree
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- The LightsFree
- Artist BeginningsFree
- Box of colorsFree
- Old World GalleryFree
- Obscure TexturesFree
- Painterly GrungeFree
- Sky BeautyFree
- The NeutralsFree
- Vintage CollectionFree
- Atmospheric LightFree
Chromatic Edges
No in-app purchases
Questions
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