Comparison

PixelSense for iPa‪d vs Topaz for Mobile

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

Head to head
About

PixelSense for iPa‪d

A professional photo editor designed exclusively for iPad, offering desktop-class features like RAW editing, advanced color adjustments, and AI-powered tools. Enhance your photos with selective masks, bokeh effects, and sky replacement.

Highlights
  • RAW photo editing
  • Advanced curves tools
  • Bokeh effects
  • Selective masking
  • AI-powered enhancements
  • Sky replacement
Features
Read full description

Pixelsense is a complete and professional photo editor. It's designed exclusively for iPadOS and provides a series of desktop-class photo editing features. It supports editing RAW camera files. Desktop-class photo editing experience • RAW Editing: Open and tweak RAW camera files, save non-destructively, or export as JPG. • Curves Tools: RGB Curves, Lab Curves, CMYK Curves, Hue Curves(Hue Vs Hue, Hue Vs Sat, Hue Vs Lum, Lum Vs Sat, Sat Vs Sat). • Bokeh Effects:Bringing DSLR-like photography to you with beautiful bokeh effects usually achievable only with a professional large aperture camera. • Selective masks: Brush, Radial, Linear, Mirror, Color, Luminance. • Adjustment Layer: Blending those extensive adjustment tools with Blend Modes, and apply to a special color channel or all color channels. • Face Beautify: Skin-Smoothing, Skin-Whitening, Facial Reshaping, Facial Enhancement, and more. • Photo Correction: Crop, Rotate, Flip, Straighten, Camera Correction(Stretch, Wide, Fisheye, Zoom), Horizontal Skew, Vertical Skew, Transformation Tools. • Batch Processing: Apply edits to many photos at once. • History Actions: Undo/Redo and re-editing your edits, Copy Edits, Paste Edits, Apply Last Edits, Revert to original. Extensive adjustment tools • Light Adjustments: Exposure, Brightness, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows, Whites, Blacks. • Color Adjustments: Temperature, Tint, Vibrance, Saturation, Hue, Skin Tone, Fade. • Color Grading: Selective Color, Color Wheels, Split Toning, Color Balance, HSL Adjustment, Color Toning, Replace Color, Levels, Channel Mixer, Black & White & Monochrome, Match Color, Color Lookup(LUT). • Details Enhancement: Clarity, Dehaze, HDR, Sharpen, Bloom, Denoise, Denoise Color. • Effect Tools: Neon Effect, Grain, Vignette, Fringing. Exclusive AI Tools Super Resolution, Low light Enhancement, Photo Restoration, Repair Tools, and more. Sky Replacement Replace the sky in one click. Easy to make your new sky look lifelike and stunning. Choose from an ample built-in collection of skies or import your own. UNLIMITED ACCESS SUBSCRIPTION - You can subscribe for unlimited access to all features and content offered for purchase within Pixelsense. - Subscriptions are billed monthly or annually at the rate selected depending on the subscription plan. Alternatively a one time payment plan is available (this is not a subscription). - Subscriptions auto-renew at the cost of the chosen package, unless cancelled 24-hours in advance prior to the end of the current period. The subscription fee is charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. You may manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Per Apple policy, no cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Once purchased, refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. - Terms of use: https://pixelsense.cc/TermsOfService.pdf - Privacy policy: https://pixelsense.cc/PrivacyPolicy.pdf

About

Topaz for Mobile

Restore old photos, fix blurry images, and enhance overall photo quality using advanced AI. This app can unblur, upscale, and repair images, making low-resolution pictures crystal-clear and bringing new life to cherished memories.

Highlights
  • Fix blurry photos instantly
  • Restore and repair old photos
  • Upscale images by 4x without losing detail
  • Enhance faces with AI
  • Refine AI art and digital creations
  • Multiple AI enhancement modes
Read full description

Fix blurry, pixelated, and old photos in seconds. Topaz for Mobile is the AI photo enhancer that upscales resolution, sharpens details, removes blur, and restores damaged images—all on your iPhone or iPad. Topaz Labs’ AI has enhanced more than 1 billion images. Now you can access that technology on mobile and through Topaz Image Web, our browser-based app, with a single subscription. Simply choose the result you want, add one photo or an entire batch, and let the AI do the rest. You can even start a job, close the app, and return to finished results. WHY MILLIONS CHOOSE TOPAZ: • Professional-grade AI photo enhancement • Trusted by millions of photographers and creators • More than 1 billion images enhanced with Topaz Labs AI • One subscription for mobile and web • Unlimited processing on every plan USE TOPAZ TO: • Enhance Photo Quality Bring out clarity, sharpness, and detail for clean, vivid selfies, portraits, and scanned images. • Upscale and Enhance Increase image resolution while recovering fine textures and realistic details. • Fix Corrupted Images Repair blur, noise, fading, and damage in old or low-quality photos. • Enhance Faces with AI Sharpen facial details, refine selfies, and restore group photos—even from low-quality originals. • Refine AI Art and Digital Creations Improve the clarity and resolution of AI-generated images for clean, professional results. POWERFUL AI WORKFLOWS: • Autopilot — Automatically selects enhancements for the best all-around result • Upscale: Creative and Realism — Increases resolution and recovers detail • Restore Old Photos — Denoises, repairs, and revives damaged images • Restore and Recover Faces — Brings back natural, lifelike facial detail • Unblur and Sharpen — Fixes soft or out-of-focus images • Colorize — Adds natural-looking color to black-and-white photos • Background Remover — Quickly isolates your subject • Adjust Lighting — Improves exposure and illumination Process a single image or an entire batch. Start a job, close the app, and come back when your enhanced images are ready. SUBSCRIPTIONS: Every plan includes unlimited processing on Topaz for Mobile and Topaz Image Web. • Personal Plan — $19/month or $17/month billed annually Unlimited processing for images up to 32MP • Pro Plan — $59/month or $50/month billed annually Unlimited processing for images up to 256MP Download Topaz for Mobile today and experience our most advanced AI photo enhancer for iPhone and iPad. Privacy Policy: https://topazlabs.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://topazlabs.com/ios-eula Support: [support@topazlabs.com](mailto:support@topazlabs.com)

Screenshots

Topaz for Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PixelSense for iPa‪d at 75% against Topaz for Mobile's 22%. PixelSense for iPa‪d also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). Topaz for Mobile's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (2.2K vs 10). 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. PixelSense for iPa‪d sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Topaz for Mobile sells 18 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Topaz for Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Topaz for Mobile has 2.2K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of PixelSense for iPa‪d's written reviews are positive against 22% of Topaz for Mobile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PixelSense for iPa‪d ships an update every 6 days, Topaz for Mobile weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PixelSense for iPa‪d versus Topaz for Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixelSense for iPa‪dTopaz for Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (10 ratings)4.6 (2.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better21.6% of reviews
Number of ratings102.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size182 MB151 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer巧霞 詹Topaz Labs, LLC

Customer experience

PixelSense for iPa‪d

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Topaz for Mobile

All ratings2,170 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews435 reviews
Positive21.6%
Neutral9.7%
Negative68.7%

Bugs and requests

PixelSense for iPa‪d

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Topaz for Mobile

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Unable to log in or create an account
  • Inconsistent image quality results
  • Crashes when trying to access certain features
  • Fails to apply enhancements properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add iPad support
  • Provide more control over enhancement settings
  • Allow purchasing credits directly in the app
  • Integrate with cloud storage services
  • Add metadata preservation for edited images

In-app purchases

3 purchases

PixelSense for iPa‪d

Subscriptions2
  • MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION$1.991 Month
  • YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • LIFETIME UNLIMITED ACCESS$23.99
18 purchases

Topaz for Mobile

Subscriptions18
  • Standard Weekly (Free Trial)3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Gigapixel Premium Monthly3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Standard Plan Weekly$7.997 Days
Show 15 more
  • 80$9.991 Month
  • Image Personal Monthly$12.001 Month
  • Gigapixel Premium Monthly3 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Standard Plan (Monthly)3 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Premium Plan (Weekly)3 Days trial$17.997 Days
  • Premium Plan (Weekly)$17.997 Days
  • Image Pro Monthly$35.001 Month
  • 400 (Intro Offer)1 Month trial$39.991 Month
  • 400$39.991 Month
  • Premium Plan (Monthly)3 Days trial$49.991 Month
  • 1400$49.991 Month
  • Standard Plan (Annual)3 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • Standard Plan Annual$89.991 Year
  • Image Personal Annual$109.001 Year
  • Premium Plan (Annual)3 Days trial$479.991 Year

Questions

Is PixelSense for iPa‪d free?
PixelSense for iPa‪d is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Topaz for Mobile free?
Topaz for Mobile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PixelSense for iPa‪d or Topaz for Mobile?
Topaz for Mobile is rated higher. PixelSense for iPa‪d averages 4.2 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Topaz for Mobile averages 4.6 from 2.2K ratings.
Do PixelSense for iPa‪d or Topaz for Mobile have ads?
Neither PixelSense for iPa‪d nor Topaz for Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PixelSense for iPa‪d or Topaz for Mobile?
PixelSense for iPa‪d ships an update every 6 days, and Topaz for Mobile weekly. Most recently, PixelSense for iPa‪d was updated on October 24, 2026 and Topaz for Mobile on October 28, 2026.

Other comparisons