MoNo vs Simple Trace Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MoNo
Transform your color photos into monochrome images with a retro, Game Boy Pocket Camera aesthetic. This application offers a unique visual style for your pictures.
- Color to monochrome conversion
- Retro Game Boy Pocket Camera style
- Image transformation
- Unique visual filters
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This app converts color images to monochrome. It transforms your photos to look like they were taken with the Game Boy Pocket Camera.
Simple Trace Pro
Practice drawing and illustration by tracing photos and images. Load pictures from your camera roll and use Apple Pencil to refine your line work. Save your traced creations as JPGs or transparent PNGs.
- Trace photos and pictures
- Practice illustration and painting
- Load images from camera roll
- Apple Pencil support
- Adjustable transmittance
- Zoom functionality
- Save as JPG or transparent PNG
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Simple Trace makes it easy to trace photos and pictures by hand. The concept is to be able to practice painting. Once you've loaded the image from your camera roll, it's easy to get started with Apple Pencil. By tracing the original picture, you can practice basic drawing such as how to draw lines in the illustration. Feature - Change of transmittance - Zoom in and out of the drawing area - Images can be saved as jpg, Pro version can be saved as transparent png - No ads in Pro version
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MoNo at 100% against Simple Trace Pro's 0%. MoNo also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and chart position (#194 vs unranked). Simple Trace Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 25 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
MoNo costs $0.99 and Simple Trace Pro $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MoNo holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of MoNo's written reviews are positive against 0% of Simple Trace Pro's.
MoNo ships an update every 25 months, Simple Trace Pro every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MoNo | Simple Trace Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #194 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 14.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kouichi INAFUKU | Kazuaki Matsuda |
Customer experience
MoNo
Simple Trace Pro
In-app purchases
MoNo
No in-app purchases
Simple Trace Pro
No in-app purchases
