Comparison

SketchMee vs Superimpose X

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

Head to head
About

SketchMee

Transform your photos into unique pencil sketches with this advanced app. It analyzes and redraws images from scratch, offering unparalleled art quality and a vast range of styles. Save your creations in high resolution and explore intricate details.

Highlights
  • Photo to sketch conversion
  • Analyzes and redraws from scratch
  • Vector curve based sketches
  • Adjustable art styles
  • 4K resolution saving
  • High zoom detail inspection
Features
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The photo-to-sketch app that stands out from the rest! SketchMee analyses, interprets and redraws your photo from scratch, instead of the simple edge filtering other apps do. New York Times sums it up: "This app turns your photos into pencil sketches of remarkable quality." Long time feature under "Staff Favorites / Impress Your Friends" in the US App Store. Just pick an image from your photo library, and watch it being sketched into a beautiful piece of art. Have endless fun playing around with settings, exploring a vast world of art possibilities. Extremely easy to use. A handful of simple but powerful controls make you the artist in charge, enabling a wide range of different sketch art styles. Unparalleled art quality. Not even desktop computer programs come close. Save your creations in 4K resolution. Zoom as deep as you like into the finished sketches to inspect the strokes. Your art will appear perfectly sharp at any zoom level. This is because sketches are built using vector curves, not from blocky pixel data.

About

Superimpose X

Create stunning photo art with advanced layering, blending, and masking tools. This powerful editor offers a wide array of adjustments, effects, and brushes for both professionals and amateurs. Save your work in sessions and reuse masked images as stickers.

Highlights
  • Multiple layers (up to 24)
  • Extensive adjustment and blending modes
  • AI-powered masking
  • Masking Library for reusable stickers
  • Session Library for project saving
  • Non-destructive editing and effects
  • Export PSD with layers
Features
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Superimpose X is a serious photo editor, and the editor is yours with the app — layers, masks, blend modes, brushes, effects, shadows, text and precision tools, with no subscription to use any of it. When you want more, two studios are built right in and unlock with a subscription: an AI Editor that generates and transforms images, and a true multi-track Video Editor. THE PHOTO EDITOR Build complex edits by hand with the control of a desktop app and none of the complexity. Cut out people and objects, combine images, paint masks, adjust colour, add depth and shadow, then refine every detail. • Layer-based editing with up to 24 layers • Magic Wand, Magic Lasso, brush and shape masks • 18 blend modes and 16 adjustment layers • Non-destructive layer blur and adjustments • 63 photo effects, plus clarity, colour, tone and detail controls • Text and curved text • Motion, Zoom, Spin, Lens and Selective Blur, and gradients • Warp, perspective transform and distortion • Paint, smudge, clone stamp and effect brushes • Shadow and Light Wrap tools • Camera fill with real-time masks and blend modes • Masking Library for reusable cutouts and stickers • Session Library that saves your projects automatically • PSD export with layers • Over a million royalty-free stock photos AI EDITOR Start from a photo, a sketch or a sentence and let AI do the heavy lifting, then take the result back into the layer editor to finish it properly. • Image generation from text • AI editing and inpainting • Background creation and replacement • Outpainting and image expansion • Enhance, relight and repair • Sketch to image • Headshot generation • Face swap • Image to image transformation • Image to video • AI people masking VIDEO EDITOR A real multi-track editor, not a template filler. • Edit video, images, audio and text on multiple tracks • Stack effects and animations for results that are yours • Masks for precise work, including green screen • Track objects through a shot and ramp clip speed • Animate text with elegant presets • Split, trim, rotate and freeze clips • Colour effects, blurs and distortions • Audio EQ, filters and transitions • Royalty-free photos, videos, music and GIFs • Export in a range of formats, including GIF ONE APP, ONE PROJECT The three studios share the same project. Composite a frame in the photo editor and drop it on the timeline. Generate a background with AI and mask it by hand. Pull a still out of a video and edit it as layers. Nothing is exported and re-imported just to move between them. Terms of use: https://www.superimposeapp.com/superimposex_terms_of_use.html Privacy Policy: https://www.superimposeapp.com/privacy2.html

Screenshots

SketchMee4 screens
Superimpose X4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SketchMee at none against Superimpose X's 8. Superimpose X's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (3K vs 142). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

SketchMee costs $4.99 and Superimpose X $4.99 up front. Superimpose X sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. SketchMee asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Superimpose X holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Superimpose X has 3K ratings behind it against 142, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of SketchMee's written reviews are positive against 86% of Superimpose X's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SketchMee ships an update every 4 months, Superimpose X every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 27, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
SketchMee versus Superimpose X: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSketchMeeSuperimpose X
Price$4.99$4.99
Rating4.5 (142 ratings)4.7 (3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.4% of reviews — better85.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1423K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank—#25 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB378 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStudio MeePankaj Goswami

Customer experience

SketchMee

All ratings142 ratings
Positive88.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews454 reviews
Positive87.4%
Neutral5.3%
Negative7.3%

Superimpose X

All ratings3,021 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral2.1%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews896 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral4.6%
Negative9.7%

User reviews

SketchMee

From 142 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Immediately fun
  • 👍 Very nice
  • 👍 Professional
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 👍 Fun app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Pdf save
  • 🐛 No PDF Option!
  • 🐛 Crashes
  • 🐛 Very disappointing Guess you have to try these apps for yourself to find the truth.
  • 🐛 Last update broke it!

Superimpose X

From 3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Amazing editing capabilities
  • 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly
  • 💡 Powerful layering and masking tools
  • 🚀 Efficient and fast performance
  • 👍 Excellent value for money

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
  • 🐛 Bugs with certain tools (brush, text, etc.)
  • 🔒 Concerns over recent subscription model changes
  • 🔒 Frustration over loss of legacy features

Bugs and requests

SketchMee

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Pdf save not working
  • Can't save sketches
  • Crashes when selecting picture to sketch
  • Rotates photos taken with native camera 90 degrees

Requested features

7 requests
  • Update it
  • Increase contrast option
  • Add blur tool
  • Add better control over contrast
  • Include camera capture that applies the effect settings right after the image is taken
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  • Add color sketches
  • Add different types of shading

Superimpose X

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Masking tool issues causing halos
  • Text layer bugs causing loss of text
  • Inconsistent behavior when merging layers
  • Crashes when using certain effects

Requested features

6 requests
  • More layer support
  • Additional font and text options
  • Improved color adjustment tools
  • Custom brush settings
  • Ability to rearrange layer order
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  • Expanded stock image library

In-app purchases

None

SketchMee

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Superimpose X

Subscriptions6
  • Pro Membership (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Superimpose X (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • AI Membership (Yearly)7 Days trial$17.991 Year
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  • Pro Membership (Yearly)$17.991 Year
  • Superimpose X Pro (Yearly)3 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Superimpose X Pro (Yearly)$34.991 Year
One-time2
  • 500 Pro AI Coins$3.99
  • 1000 Pro AI Coins$6.99

Questions

Is SketchMee free?
SketchMee costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Superimpose X free?
Superimpose X costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SketchMee or Superimpose X?
Superimpose X is rated higher. SketchMee averages 4.5 out of 5 from 142 ratings, while Superimpose X averages 4.7 from 3K ratings.
Do SketchMee or Superimpose X have ads?
Neither SketchMee nor Superimpose X shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SketchMee or Superimpose X?
SketchMee ships an update every 4 months, and Superimpose X every 9 days. Most recently, SketchMee was updated on October 27, 2026 and Superimpose X on October 27, 2026.

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