Blend Modes vs Symbolero
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blend Modes
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While exploring how to use Blend Modes, I decided to create a simple app that demonstrated the interactions. This app is handy to have when deciding how you want your UI to look. Simply adjusting simple toggles and sliders shows you the interactions between bland modes, color inverts, compositing group, blur and opacity. Use this to quickly determine how these controls interact to make your UI look the way you want.
Symbolero
Explore and customize Apple's SF Symbols on your iPhone or iPad. Preview symbols with different weights, colors, and styles, and visualize animations in real-time. This tool streamlines the design workflow by providing instant access to essential symbol references.
- Instant SF Symbols gallery
- On-device customization (weights, colors, styles)
- Animation playground with real-time previews
- Browse SF Symbols collection
- Visualize symbol motion
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Symbolero: SF Symbols Explorer for Designers & Developers Browse, customize, and animate Apple's SF Symbols directly on your iPhone or iPad: • Instant Symbol Gallery Access the complete SF Symbols collection with lightning speed • On-Device Customization Preview any symbol in multiple weights, colors, and hierarchical styles • Animation Playground Visualize symbol motion with real-time animation previews Empower your design workflow with essential symbol references – anytime, anywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Symbolero at fortnightly against Blend Modes's every 29 months. Blend Modes's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Blend Modes ships an update every 29 months, Symbolero fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Blend Modes | Symbolero |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 29 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bryan Marshall | 伟琛 蒋 |
In-app purchases
Blend Modes
No in-app purchases
Symbolero
No in-app purchases
