Comparison

Vivid vs Katie One

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

Head to head
About

Vivid

Apply filters created by popular bloggers to enhance your photos. Offers a wide range of editing tools for endless creative possibilities. Achieve professional-looking results with ease.

Highlights
  • Blogger-created filters
  • Rich set of processing tools
  • Automatic subscription renewal management
  • Privacy Policy and Terms of Use links
  • 3-day free trial
Features
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Vivid is an awesome photo editing app. Here you will find filters from bloggers famous for their ability to process photos. Now your photos will be no worse! Don't forget about the rich set of processing tools - the possibilities are endless! Terms of Subscription: The app subscription is being renewed automatically if it’s not disabled in your iTunes account settings at least within the last 24 hours of the current period. You can manage your subscription in your iTunes account settings, where you can also disable the automatic renewal. You’ll be charged for a new period within 24 hours before the end of the current period. If you purchase a subscription before the end of your trial time, as soon as the purchase is confirmed, the rest of your trial period will be cancelled because your subscription begins. Privacy Policy: https://www.websitepolicies.com/policies/view/YtYLoQwo Terms of Use: https://www.websitepolicies.com/policies/view/jDOEbptw

About

Katie One

Enhance your photos and videos with trendy, aesthetic filters and effects. Discover curated locations worldwide for unique shoots and organize your edits in a dedicated gallery. Offers advanced editing tools for precise color tuning and realistic visual effects.

Highlights
  • Trendy aesthetic filters and effects
  • Editorial lifestyle and photography map
  • Advanced photo editing tools
  • Aesthetic video editing
  • HSL color tuning
  • Realistic snow, rain, and dust effects
  • Edit organization gallery
Features
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Created by established creators for creators, trendy and eye-pleasing filters of Katie One will help you out to turn your feed into a dream and will navigate you through the Universe of Aesthetic visuals, Numerous Aesthetic and Epicurean Locations, Editing, Trendy Presets and Effects. There are some other features of Katie One: - Editorial Lifestyle and Photography Map with hundreds of the most engaging locations (including many secret photo spots in Paris and around the World never shared before); - Exposure settings, shadows, highlights, saturation, white balance, grain; - Aesthtic Video Editing Tool - Gallery to organise your edits - HSL - tool - to separately tune every color shade of your photos and videos - Original and realistic Snow, Rain, Golden Dust effects - to add up some magic; - And much more Terms of Subscription: The app subscription is being renewed automatically if it’s not disabled in your iTunes account settings at least within the last 24 hours of the current period. You can manage your subscription in your iTunes account settings, where you can also disable the automatic renewal. You’ll be charged for a new period within 24 hours before the end of the current period. If you purchase a subscription before the end of your trial time, as soon as the purchase is confirmed, the rest of your trial period will be cancelled because your subscription begins. Katie One subscription are the follows: - Photo Editing + Video editing + Weekly Updated Locations and Tips Privacy Policy: https://lensiere.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://lensiere.com/terms-and-conditions/

Screenshots

Vivid4 screens
Katie One3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Vivid at free with in-app purchases against Katie One's subscription. Vivid also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly) and review sentiment (57% vs 48%). Katie One's advantage is ratings volume (276 vs 27). On price, rating, 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. Vivid sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and Katie One sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Vivid against 4.9 for Katie One. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Katie One has 276 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of Vivid's written reviews are positive against 48% of Katie One's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vivid ships an update every 3 days, Katie One monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Vivid versus Katie One: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVividKatie One
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (27 ratings)4.9 (276 ratings)
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews — better48.0% of reviews
Number of ratings27276 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS10.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size214 MB94 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSemen PilyukovSAS KATIE.ONE

Customer experience

Vivid

All ratings27 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

Katie One

All ratings276 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral2.2%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive48.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Vivid

Subscriptions5
  • All filters for a month3 Days trial2 variants$1.491 Month
  • All filters for a month3 Days trial3 variants$2.491 Month
  • All filters for a month3 Days trial3 variants$2.991 Month
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  • All filters for a month3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • All filters for a year3 Days trial$12.491 Year
4 purchases

Katie One

Subscriptions4
  • Filters Only3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Filters + Video + Locations3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Filters + Video + Locations3 Days trial$39.991 Year
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  • Filters Only3 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Vivid free?
Vivid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Katie One free?
Katie One is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Vivid or Katie One?
Vivid and Katie One are both rated 4.9 out of 5 on the App Store, from 27 and 276 ratings respectively.
Do Vivid or Katie One have ads?
Neither Vivid nor Katie One shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vivid or Katie One?
Vivid ships an update every 3 days, and Katie One monthly. Most recently, Vivid was updated on October 16, 2026 and Katie One on October 18, 2026.

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