ShadeSnap vs DotPress
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShadeSnap
Enhance your photos and short videos with a wide array of unique filters. Easily capture and export your creations as videos or GIFs. Discover new artistic styles for your visual content.
- Capture photos with unique filters
- Record short videos
- Export captures as video/GIF
- Over 15 unique filters
- Pixelation filter
- VHS filter
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Capture stunning pictures with captivating filters with ShadeSnap. ShadeSnap provides large variety of interesting and unique filters for you to take unique snaps and share them with others. Enjoy more than 15+ unique filters present which you can use, like Pixelation, PixelFusion, GreyScale, VHS, Digital, Dither and many others. With ShadeSnap you can, - Capture snaps with unique filters - Record short-length videos - Export this captures as video/gif More amazing and breath-taking filters coming soon... Terms Of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
DotPress
This app offers a suite of powerful image editing tools for designers, enabling quick structural edits and graphic effects. Transform images with halftones, outlines, distortions, and metadata editing, all processed directly on your device.
- Halftone generation
- Outline detection
- Image distortion tools
- ASCII art generator
- EXIF metadata editor
- Favorite tools toolbar
- Perspective correction
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Dot Press is a simple, powerful image utility for designers. It gives you fast tools for transforming images in ways the iPhone Photos app doesn’t allow — from quick structural edits to graphic effects. Create halftones, extract outlines, distort images, generate ASCII art, edit metadata, and experiment with graphic transformations in seconds. No accounts. No subscriptions. Just useful image tools. Quick Image Tools Fast adjustments for everyday image work: • invert colors • flip horizontal & vertical • rotate by exact degrees • quick crop • grayscale • hue/saturation • exposure • pixelate Simple tools that make everyday image work faster. Explore the structure of your images: • halftone (circles, squares, plus) • threshold • outline detection • dither • noise • scanlines • ASCII generator Perfect for posters, textures, and graphic experiments. Transform Tools Reshape images quickly: • perspective correction • lens distortion • pinch & bulge • wave distort • mirror canvas Image Utilities Includes practical tools: • EXIF metadata editor • remove metadata • quick export options Favorite Tools Toolbar Build your own quick-access workflow. Save your favorite tools and keep the ones you use most always within reach. Fast & Simple Open an image. Choose a tool. Adjust. Export. Everything runs directly on your device for fast previews and saves.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ShadeSnap at Free against DotPress's $1.99. ShadeSnap also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). DotPress's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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
ShadeSnap is free to download; DotPress costs $1.99 up front. ShadeSnap sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. DotPress asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ShadeSnap against 5.0 for DotPress. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
| Parameter | ShadeSnap | DotPress |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rutvik Tak | Inner Circle |
Customer experience
ShadeSnap
DotPress
In-app purchases
ShadeSnap
- ShadeSnap Monthly Premium$0.991 Month
- ShadeSnap Yearly Premium$6.991 Year
- ShadeSnap Lifetime Premium$11.99
DotPress
No in-app purchases








