Comparison

Impressia for Pixelfed vs AgBr

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

Head to head
About

Impressia for Pixelfed

This app offers a dedicated photo-only timeline for discovering and enjoying photography. It features a clean interface for liking, commenting, and following users, with tools for managing content and discovering trending posts. Share your own photos and explore a community of photo enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Photo-only timelines
  • Clean and minimalistic interface
  • Like and comment on photos
  • Follow users
  • Discover trending photos, tags, and accounts
  • Share your photos
  • Photo details with metadata
Features
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Impressia is a simple and intuitive Pixelfed client that is focused on showcasing and sharing photos. With Impressia, you can browse through a timeline that is dedicated to photos only. This means that you won't find any other types of media in the app, so you can focus solely on discovering and enjoying beautiful photography. Our app features a clean and minimalistic interface that is designed to put the focus on the images. You can easily like and comment on photos, as well as follow other users to keep up with their latest posts. Main features: - clean timelines (home/local/federated) focused on photos - photo details screen with other user comments and metadata (like location, alternative text etc.) - ability to like photos and boost photos - following other users from Pixelfed (and across the Fediverse) - blocking and muting other users - reporting of abuse - support of photos bookmarks - trending photos, tags and accounts - sharing your photos - and much more... Impressia is 100% free and open-source. So, whether you're a professional photographer, an amateur enthusiast, or simply someone who loves to discover and share stunning photos, Impressia is the perfect app for you. Try it out today and join our growing community of passionate photo lovers.

About

AgBr

This app emulates the look and feel of classic black and white film for your digital photos. It offers realistic film grain and advanced editing controls, inspired by analogue photography techniques. Enjoy a curated selection of film emulations with new ones added regularly.

Highlights
  • 11 real B&W film emulations
  • Real-time film grain generation
  • Advanced editing controls (Density, Pull & Push)
  • HEIF/JPEG and TIFF export
  • Cross-platform support (iPhone, iPad, Mac)
  • New presets monthly in 2025
Features
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Introducing AgBr — a Black & White Film Emulator A hommage to the soul of analogue photography from the creators of BLACK app and 65×24. Carefully researched and crafted in Tokyo, based on long-term research and development using real modern and expired film stocks. A minimal, smooth interface to process your photos with 19 real B&W film emulations. Each photo gets its own unique film grain, generated in real-time, ensuring an authentic, organic texture. BUILT BY PHOTOGRAPHERS FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS ・ A digital editing tool inspired by analogue processing ・ Real-time film grain & advanced controls: Density, Pull & Push, Colour Filters, and Film Size. ・ Edit photos taken with your iPhone, or with your digital camera AN ADVANCED PROCESSING TOOL ・ Supports export as HEIF/JPEG, and lossless TIFF ・ One app you can use on the go & in the studio — three platforms: iPhone + iPad + Mac ・ Supports native iPad/Mac features such as drag and drop, keyboard shortcuts, contextual menu integration A TOOL FOR LIFE ・ 1-time purchase ・ Your purchase gets you all future presets & feature releases ・ No subscription, no tracking, no ads TRY IT FULLY BEFORE BUYING ・ Full access to all editing tools, free ・ 5 Exports ・ Unlimited exports with a 1-time purchase. THANK YOU for supporting indie creators
 For more information and a behind-the-scenes look → agbr.app Nuevo.Tokyo + Héliographe

Screenshots

Impressia for Pixelfed4 screens
AgBr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: AgBr at 4.8 against Impressia for Pixelfed's 3.7. AgBr also leads on review sentiment (95% vs 63%) and device support (4 vs 2). Impressia for Pixelfed's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Impressia for Pixelfed sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and AgBr sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AgBr holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 43 and 33 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Impressia for Pixelfed's written reviews are positive against 95% of AgBr's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Impressia for Pixelfed ships an update fortnightly, AgBr every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Impressia for Pixelfed versus AgBr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImpressia for PixelfedAgBr
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (43 ratings)4.8 (33 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.3% of reviews95.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings43 — better33
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMarcin CzachurskiNuevo.Studio Ltd.

Customer experience

Impressia for Pixelfed

All ratings40 ratings
Positive65.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative30.0%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive63.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative28.3%

AgBr

All ratings33 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%

Bugs and requests

Impressia for Pixelfed

Reported bugs

21 issues
  • Cannot log in
  • App won't open
  • Sign in sheet never passes data
  • App stuck in web authentication view
  • Does not work with 2FA
Show 16 more
  • Captcha issues
  • Long load times and freezes
  • Cannot edit or delete posted materials
  • No way to contact admins for issues
  • Home feed does not work
  • Hashtags don't work
  • IP checker and Captcha issues
  • Login only works if 2FA is not enabled
  • Credential sheet never passes to permission page
  • App says password is wrong even if correct
  • Sign in with Mastodon doesn't log in
  • 419 page expired error
  • Unable to log in on iOS 17/18
  • Feed is too zoomed in
  • Cannot overlay like counts and comment counts
  • Cannot pan images when zoomed

Requested features

8 requests
  • More view options for feed (e.g., grid)
  • Ability to edit comments
  • Grid view option for feed
  • Overlay like counts and comment counts on images in feed
  • Ability to pan images when zoomed
Show 3 more
  • iPad version with tiling view
  • Option to change licensing model (e.g., CC)
  • Dark mode option

AgBr

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Impressia for Pixelfed

One-time3
  • Donut$0.99
  • Coffee$2.99
  • Coffee & cake$6.99
2 purchases

AgBr

One-time2
  • AgBr For Life$14.99
  • AgBr Unlock (full price)$29.99

Questions

Is Impressia for Pixelfed free?
Impressia for Pixelfed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AgBr free?
AgBr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Impressia for Pixelfed or AgBr?
AgBr is rated higher. Impressia for Pixelfed averages 3.7 out of 5 from 43 ratings, while AgBr averages 4.8 from 33 ratings.
Do Impressia for Pixelfed or AgBr have ads?
Neither Impressia for Pixelfed nor AgBr shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Impressia for Pixelfed or AgBr?
Impressia for Pixelfed ships an update fortnightly, and AgBr every 2 weeks. Most recently, Impressia for Pixelfed was updated on November 3, 2026 and AgBr on October 30, 2026.

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