Comparison

PicMix vs Lightleap by Lightricks

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

Head to head
About

PicMix

Easily blend photos into unique artwork by selectively removing or adding parts of images with intuitive brush tools. Create stunning montages, replace backgrounds, or combine pictures with multi-layer support and advanced editing options.

Highlights
  • Photo blending
  • Selective image editing
  • Brush tools for precise control
  • Multi-layer support
  • Save and reuse cutouts
  • Color-sensitive edge detection
Features
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Blend your photos together into an amazing work of art! With this app you have complete freedom over which parts of the photos you want to keep. You can remove (or re-add) parts of the images with your fingers, like painting. Change the settings of the brush for fine-tuning. With this technique you can create montages, replace backgrounds or combine pictures any possible way you can imagine. You can also create semi-transparent layers of photos. Multi-layer support to manipulate multiple layers separately, similar to professional desktop photo editing applications. Color-sensitive brush follows the edges automatically when cutting out shapes. You can also store the cutouts you made, so they can be reused for different montages.

About

Lightleap by Lightricks

Transform your photos with powerful editing tools. Easily enhance lighting, replace backgrounds, and remove unwanted elements to create professional-looking images without complex software. Achieve stunning results with pre-set filters and effects.

Highlights
  • AI-powered photo editing
  • Sky replacement
  • Object removal (Heal tool)
  • Diverse filters and looks
  • Special effects
  • Adjustable intensity
Features
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Finally, you can take the photo you actually meant to take! Lightleap (formerly Quickshot) is a photo editor that proves you no longer need to be a professional photographer to take amazing photos. Let’s face it - your photos don't always come out the way you expected. You pull out your phone to capture something awesome, but the photo you take just doesn't do the scene justice. The background is too blurry, the lighting is just all wrong, or maybe the scenery needs a retouch – something only an experienced editor can do, right? The Lightleap app is here to change that! With this editor app, you can capture the beauty and magic you see with your own eyes – or enhance it. You become the editor with filters, effects, and retouch tools at your fingertips. There’s no need to spend hours pulling your hair out as you learn how to use professional editor software. The Lightleap image editor app takes moments to retouch your photos into eye-catching images with professional vibes, using stunning pre-set filters and effects. With unique, easy-to-use features like background Sky, Heal, Effects, Filters and Looks, every photo you take from now on will be picture perfect. If you’ve dreamed of taking Instagram-worthy images to inspire the world, this is your chance. Brought to you by Lightricks, the award-winning app developer, Lightleap photo editor app is part of the Enlight Creativity Suite, including Pixaloop, Videoleap and Photofox. We help you harness your creativity in every photo. App user favourite features from Lightleap include: Sky Replace the background in your photos with a brand-new sky! - With one tap, you can change the background with a new sky. - Select from 60+ high-quality sky backgrounds. - Choose from sunny, dusk, sunset, storm, and even fantasy skies! Heal Remove unwanted people, background smudges, and easily retouch your image with the heal function, like a true editor. - Select and erase items in the forefront and background of your image. - Smooth over bumps and quickly correct photo mistakes. - Undo retouches with a single tap to restore your image! Filters No photo is complete without one of Lightleap's gorgeous filters - one of our top features. - Find filters by theme, whether you’re looking for warm, black and white, urban, fade and many other filters. - Easily adjust the intensity of your filters over your image. - Achieve the effects you desire in moments! Looks Change the vibe of your photo like a true editor in one tap. - Choose a predefined look as filters for your image. - Create a signature style for your Instagram feed with our designer editor looks. - Give your images a golden hour glow, or set the mood with dusk, black and white, shadows and fantasy looks. Effects Add tons of special effects to retouch dull areas and bring your background to life. - Overlay shadow effects, sparkles, lens flares and more to enhance your photo. - Change the weather effects and add seasonal themes. - Access our extremely popular mood elements and adjust the magic level of your photo effects! Adjust The full collection of essential editor tools is at your fingertips. - Every minor retouch adjustment can be made, including light and contrast to temperature, tint and hue editors. - Crop your photo, retouch, and edit all within the app. - Sharpen, adjust the depth, structure, and grain as a professional photography editor! With Lightleap, you become a photo editor in moments. Fix and retouch your photos with filters and effects to truly capture the magic of the moment you experienced. Download the app to discover how you can become a pro photo editor! - Terms of use: https://static.lightricks.com/legal/terms-of-use.pdf - Privacy policy: https://static.lightricks.com/legal/privacy-policy.pdf

Screenshots

PicMix4 screens
Lightleap by Lightricks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Lightleap by Lightricks at Free against PicMix's $1.99. Lightleap by Lightricks also leads on ratings volume (99K vs 1.1K). PicMix's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Lightleap by Lightricks is free to download; PicMix costs $1.99 up front. Lightleap by Lightricks sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. PicMix asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for PicMix against 4.7 for Lightleap by Lightricks. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lightleap by Lightricks has 99K ratings behind it against 1.1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of PicMix's written reviews are positive against 40% of Lightleap by Lightricks's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PicMix ships an update weekly, Lightleap by Lightricks monthly. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
PicMix versus Lightleap by Lightricks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPicMixLightleap by Lightricks
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better4.7 (99K ratings)
Positive reviews62.3% of reviews — better40.4% of reviews
Number of ratings1.1K99K — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#164 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB287 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVoxeloid Kft.Lightricks Ltd.

Customer experience

PicMix

All ratings1,123 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral2.4%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews138 reviews
Positive62.3%
Neutral8.7%
Negative29.0%

Lightleap by Lightricks

All ratings98,674 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral3.0%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews644 reviews
Positive40.4%
Neutral11.6%
Negative48.0%

User reviews

PicMix

From 1.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Fun and versatile
  • 🚀 Simple and straightforward
  • 👍 Great for creating memes and edits
  • 🚀 Efficient photo layering and blending

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs after updates
  • 🐛 Saving issues and loss of progress
  • 🐛 Quality reduction in exported images
  • 🐛 Compatibility issues with newer devices
  • 🐛 Unreliable performance and stability

Lightleap by Lightricks

From 99K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Consistently good app
  • 🎨 Great photo editing
  • 👍 Worth to buy
  • 🌟 Amazing app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 🔒 Locked behind paywall
  • 💰 Expensive subscription
  • 🤖 Misleading advertising
  • 🔍 Limited free features

Bugs and requests

PicMix

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes on launch
  • Inability to edit layers
  • Distorted or slanted image loading
  • Saved projects not loading properly
  • Unresponsive touch controls

Requested features

5 requests
  • Transparent PNG support
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Advanced editing tools (hue, tint, brightness)
  • Layer management and organization
  • High-resolution export options

Lightleap by Lightricks

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to access photos after update
  • Freezing and crashing during editing
  • Distortion and artifacts when removing objects

Requested features

7 requests
  • Ability to save edited photos without subscription
  • More free editing tools and features
  • Improved object removal/healing tool
  • Ability to add text to photos
  • Preset saving and applying
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  • Sky eraser tool
  • RAW image support

In-app purchases

None

PicMix

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Lightleap by Lightricks

Subscriptions9
  • Unlimited access$3.991 Month
  • Lightleap unlimited access$3.991 Month
  • Lightleap unlimited access3 Days trial$3.991 Month
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  • Lightleap unlimited access$5.991 Month
  • Lightleap unlimited access$9.991 Month
  • Lightleap unlimited access$19.991 Year
  • Lightleap unlimited access3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Lightleap unlimited access7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Lightleap unlimited access$77.991 Year
One-time1
  • Quickshot unlimited access$199.99

Questions

Is PicMix free?
PicMix costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lightleap by Lightricks free?
Lightleap by Lightricks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PicMix or Lightleap by Lightricks?
PicMix is rated higher. PicMix averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Lightleap by Lightricks averages 4.7 from 99K ratings.
Do PicMix or Lightleap by Lightricks have ads?
Neither PicMix nor Lightleap by Lightricks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PicMix or Lightleap by Lightricks?
PicMix ships an update weekly, and Lightleap by Lightricks monthly. Most recently, PicMix was updated on November 5, 2026 and Lightleap by Lightricks on November 5, 2026.

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