AlphaPlugins Enhanced vs PhotoBuff
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.
PhotoBuff
Easily enhance your photos with a variety of preset filters and advanced editing tools. Adjust brightness, contrast, and saturation to achieve the perfect look for your images.
- Preset filters
- Brightness adjustment
- Contrast adjustment
- Saturation adjustment
- User-friendly interface
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PhotoBuff is a powerful application designed for photo enthusiasts and professionals alike. With its intuitive and user-friendly interface, users can easily modify their photos with preset filters to achieve the desired look and feel. In addition to preset filters, PhotoBuff also allows users to fine-tune their images with advanced editing tools such as brightness, contrast and saturation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PhotoBuff at 5.0 against AlphaPlugins Enhanced's 4.0. PhotoBuff also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 7 months). AlphaPlugins Enhanced's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.4 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume and device support 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. PhotoBuff asks for nothing beyond the download.
PhotoBuff holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 12 respectively.
AlphaPlugins Enhanced ships an update every 7 months, PhotoBuff every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AlphaPlugins Enhanced | PhotoBuff |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maxim Chernousov | Julian Tejera |
Customer experience
AlphaPlugins Enhanced
PhotoBuff
In-app purchases
AlphaPlugins Enhanced
- AlphaPlugins Enhanced adjusts$6.496 Months
PhotoBuff
No in-app purchases
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