Image Junky vs Simple Passe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Image Junky
This app transforms your iPhone into a parallax-corrected viewfinder for any camera. It calculates image adjustments based on lens offsets and provides LiDAR distance measurement for accurate focusing. It also functions as a customizable director's viewfinder with custom camera and lens creation.
- Parallax corrected viewfinder
- LiDAR distance measurement
- Customizable director's viewfinder
- Create custom cameras and lenses
- Instant opening and easy control
- Works on iPad
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Image Junky transforms your camera-mounted iPhone into a parallax corrected viewfinder for any camera or format. Mount your iPhone on your main camera and use it as a live view finder! Enter the offset distances of the iPhone lens from your main camera lens and the app does the math, adjusting the image to keep your compositions accurate. You also get tap to measure LiDar distance information for easy focusing. There are no other apps that have these features. Check out the instruction page for more information on how to mount the iPhone and measure the offsets. Create your own mount or reach out to imagejunkyinfo@gmail.com to buy custom iPhone to camera flash shoe camera mounts. Image Junky also works as a customizable director's viewfinder that isn't slowed down by unnecessary menus and databases of cameras and lenses we don't need. Create and name your custom cameras by entering their sensor or film back dimensions then enter your custom lens focal lengths and you're ready to go. Access any of your custom cameras or lens sets with one tap or use the one tap for "zoom" mode for the ultimate framing flexibility. Image Junky opens instantly, is easy to control, and is ready for to show you the shot right now! Works on iPads as well.
Simple Passe
Easily add custom borders to your photos. Select border color and width, then apply to any image. The app saves a new image with borders, perfect for enhancing your social media galleries with an elegant look.
- Add custom borders
- Select border color
- Adjust border width
- Save bordered images
- Enhance social media photos
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Simple Passe allows you to effortlessly add beautiful borders to your images. Simply select the border color and width, choose an image, and a new image with borders will be saved to your Photos. With the default settings, this application creates images that enhance your Instagram gallery with an elegant sense of air and space.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Simple Passe at Free against Image Junky's $7.99. Image Junky's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 12 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Simple Passe is free to download; Image Junky costs $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Image Junky against 5.0 for Simple Passe. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.
Image Junky ships an update fortnightly, Simple Passe every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Image Junky | Simple Passe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vendler Industries | Ari Jaaksi |
Customer experience
Image Junky
Simple Passe
In-app purchases
Image Junky
No in-app purchases
Simple Passe
No in-app purchases
