AlphaPlugins Enhanced vs Pola
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AlphaPlugins Enhanced
Enhance image details with advanced algorithms for superior quality. Achieve pseudo HDR effects or reduce noise and moiré patterns without artifacts. This intuitive app offers a powerful engine for a comfortable and creative editing experience.
- Increases/decreases image details
- High-quality artifact-free processing
- Pseudo HDR effect
- Delicate noise and moiré reduction
- Intuitive interface
- Fast computation
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The AlphaPlugins Enhanced increases or decreases image details with very high quality and without any artifacts, halos or other undesirable effects. This app lets to produce a pseudo HDR effect on ordinal photos or delicate reduce noise and moiré. It uses advanced complicated math in combination with modern technologies and original know-how that allows to obtain incredible speed of computation and makes the working with the application very comfortable and productively. Although the app has a small number of adjustable parameters but behind the visible simplicity and intuitiveness a power and well thought out engine is hidden and it makes your working process as organic and creatively.
Pola
Effortlessly create cool, artistic, and authentic photos with random filter combinations. Swipe to save your favorite unique interpretations or discard others. Curate a personalized gallery of aesthetic moments with minimal editing.
- Random filter generation
- Swipe to save or discard
- Curate personalized galleries
- Aesthetic wall creation
- Slideshow viewing
- Retro, vintage, classic styles
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Make your photos look effortlessly cool, artistic, and authentic without the hassle of fine tune editing. Pola generates random combinations of filter settings to present you with endless interpretations of your photos. Simply swipe right to save an image if it passes the vibe check, or swipe left to toss. Pola randomly tweaks retro, vintage, and classic looks for a completely unique image. Up your visual documentation game by curating a highly personalized gallery. Compile your saved images as a beautifully aesthetic wall full of your authentic moments with minimal effort. View and look back on your moments in a slideshow fashion. PRO VERSION Pola offers the following subscription option: Pola Pro - $1.99/month for unlimited swipes Cancel anytime. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscription by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Prices may vary depending on your country of residence and may be converted to your local currency. This subscription can be shared by everyone in a family group. Terms of use: https://josephkimdesign.com/pola-terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://josephkimdesign.com/pola-privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pola at 5.0 against AlphaPlugins Enhanced's 4.0. Pola also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months). AlphaPlugins Enhanced's advantage is iOS requirement (11.4 vs 14.1). On price, ratings volume, 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. AlphaPlugins Enhanced sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.49 per 6 months and Pola sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pola holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively.
AlphaPlugins Enhanced ships an update every 7 months, Pola every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AlphaPlugins Enhanced | Pola |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.4 — better | 14.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maxim Chernousov | Joseph Kim |
Customer experience
AlphaPlugins Enhanced
Pola
In-app purchases
AlphaPlugins Enhanced
- AlphaPlugins Enhanced adjusts$6.496 Months
Pola
- Pola Pro$1.991 Month
