Comparison

Real Halftone 2 vs Pipeline

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

Head to head
About

Real Halftone 2

This app generates halftone dots for photomechanical printing. Users can select dot shapes and adjust CMYK color screen angles to create unique halftone photographs, faithfully reproducing moiré patterns.

Highlights
  • Generates halftone dots
  • Adjustable CMYK color screen angles
  • Faithful moiré pattern reproduction
  • Selectable dot shapes
  • Adjust CMY gray replacement with black
Features
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Real Halftone 2 is a full-fledged app that generates halftone dots for photomechanical printing. You can select a dot shape and adjust the screen angle of each CMYK color to create a wide variety of halftone photographs. Moiré patterns that appear depending on screen angle combinations are faithfully reproduced as well. [Features] - By adjusting the angle at which the halftone dot screens of each CMYK color are overlapped, the occurrence of moiré can be suppressed. - You can adjust the amount of CMY gray components replaced with black during color separation. - Detailed settings related to halftone dot printing are also available, such as dot shape and screen ruling.

About

Pipeline

This open-source application provides a digital compositing and post-processing pipeline for images, shaders, filters, and effects. It allows hobbyist and professional photographers, graphic experts, and programmers to create, design, and extend image manipulation capabilities.

Highlights
  • Digital compositing pipeline
  • Image post-processing
  • Shader creation and design
  • Filter and effect application
  • Open-source repository
  • Metal Shader development
Features
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Nodef Pipeline is an open-source digital compositing and graphics post-processing Pipeline for photos, images, shaders, filters, and effects. Who is this for? Hobbyist photographers - Apply a wide variety of modern image post-processing techniques to your photos. Professional photographers - Post-process photos with an open-source Digital Compositing Pipeline. Graphic experts - Create, design, test, and invent new image filters, shaders, or animations with a Digital Compositing Pipeline. Graphic programmers - Extend the Open Digital Compositing Pipeline by developing Metal Shaders in our open-source repository. Open Digital Compositing Pipeline https://github.com/Misfits-Rebels-Outcasts/Nodef Open Digital Compositing with Shaders https://github.com/Misfits-Rebels-Outcasts/ShaderMuse This app is available under the Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Real Halftone 24 screens
Pipeline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Real Halftone 2 at 4.9 against Pipeline's 4.0. Real Halftone 2 also leads on ratings volume (23 vs 2). Pipeline's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Real Halftone 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Real Halftone 2 has 23 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Real Halftone 2 ships an update every 3 months, Pipeline fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Real Halftone 2 versus Pipeline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReal Halftone 2Pipeline
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (23 ratings) — better4.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTomoki KobayashiConnectCode Pte Ltd

Customer experience

Real Halftone 2

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pipeline

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Real Halftone 2

No in-app purchases

None

Pipeline

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Real Halftone 2 free?
Real Halftone 2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pipeline free?
Pipeline is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Real Halftone 2 or Pipeline?
Real Halftone 2 is rated higher. Real Halftone 2 averages 4.9 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Pipeline averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Real Halftone 2 or Pipeline have ads?
Neither Real Halftone 2 nor Pipeline shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Real Halftone 2 or Pipeline?
Real Halftone 2 ships an update every 3 months, and Pipeline fortnightly. Most recently, Real Halftone 2 was updated on October 30, 2026 and Pipeline on October 30, 2026.

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