Comparison

Effect Touch Lite vs Photo Color Effects Editor

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

Head to head
About

Effect Touch Lite

Easily apply various visual effects to specific areas of your photos using intuitive finger-painting controls. Adjust brush properties and effect parameters for precise modifications. This version supports saving images up to 300x200 pixels.

Highlights
  • Selective effect application
  • Adjustable brush size, softness, opacity
  • Multiple visual effects (brightness, blur, etc.)
  • Original resolution processing
  • Cropping and rotation
Features
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This application lets you quickly and easily apply all kind of different effects to any parts of your picture. Just select one of the many effects available, and you can start adding or removing the effect with your fingers, just like finger-painting. In addition to the many effects with adjustable parameters, you can also change the properties of the brush you are using, giving you complete control over the modifications. Effect Touch does not have a limit on the image size, all effect will be processed with the original resolution of your picture, keeping it just as sharp as it was before. (it is even posssible to open pictures wider than 1024 pixels, however it may be somewhat slower) The available effects are: - brightess - contrast - monochrome (desaturation), with selectable tint color - blur (also horizontal or vertical) - inverted (you can select or deselect color components) - hue and saturation adjustment - posterize - pixelate - solid color (basically the classic finger painting) - (and a lot more in the full version) In addition you can change the size, softness and opacity of the brush! Cropping, rotating and downscaling the picture are also supported. With this lite version you can only save pictures not bigger than 300*200 pixels.

About

Photo Color Effects Editor

Transform your photos into artistic creations with a variety of color effects and filters. Easily recolor images, add artistic borders, and adjust transparency. Share your edited masterpieces with a community of users.

Highlights
  • Color splash effects
  • Rainbow filters
  • Adjustable transparency
  • Photo borders and overlays
  • Daily user feed
  • Image cropping options
Features
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Color Effect Photo Editor is the best photo editor app for iPhone/iPad for make [color splash effect] with any of your old picture that you want to edit. so turn your photographs into art. You also get a daily post by other people on feeds. You can also post your own photo on feed and share with other people on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Twitter, Skype, Pinterest, Picasa, Line, and many more social networks. Color Effect Photo Editor also provide you great rainbow filter, photo color filter, photo coloring, photo effect tool so you can make beautiful photo with different color of effect and pattern as well Color Effect Photo Editor also provide you not only apply the photo special color effects to your favorite pics, but you can also change the transparency the “color filter” you've chosen. You will be amazed by the number of different color filter patterns – stripes, curves, various shapes, blend images with rainbow changing colors and be creative! This is the era of social networking, you should try to win the race for the best-edited shot. This extraordinary colorful photo editing photo effector makes it possible to recolor image in a few easy steps. No special skills needed.Color Effect Photo Editor can be used as color filters, color effects such as color splash, Black and White Photos, Old Photos and Sepia Photos. Add new effects borders or overlays with one tap. Red, purple, green, yellow, all the shades of the rainbow color spectrum are packed into this picture studio in the form of photo effects and filters of different patterns to bring the professional picture editing directly to your device. Play with your new photo effects app for hours, download Color Effect Photo Editor and enjoy creating art! Get other effects from our other apps using single click like: Space Effect Photo Editor, Rain Effect Photo Editor, Flower Rain Effect Photo Editor, Color Shadow Photo Effect, Snowfall Effect Photo Editor Color Touch Photo Editing, the best color changer on the market! Features - Add the best photography art to your photos with the large number of amazing photo effects - You can see daily photos which are uploaded by other people on feed. User can also post there own photo on feed with creative color - For more used of this app. you need to earn coin to usage of this app. for earn coin, you need show one video and after that, you will get one coin to used this app more - If you want post own photo then select a photo from gallery or capture color picture from the camera. - Crop the image using the custom option or select different photo cropping ratio options using this pic editor. - For the pic, color Use either Touch Color Effects or Color Filters. - Add rainbow effects and blend color filters to your images and create multicolor pics in an instant - Apply effects and filters wherever and whenever you want! - Adjust the pattern, shades, and transparency of the filter effect! - Overlay multiple color frame options, Apply the color filters on your pics with no effort! - Share instantly on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other networks! - Save photo option to keep all your photo in one folder, which made by this app. - Photo Designer filter editor and FB Cover Page Creator - Create photo for your Whatsapp Profile, Line profile, Instagram profile, Facebook Profile set as your DP using square formate. - Create photo for your Screen lock background & HD wallpaper for your device. for smiley stickers, we are thankful to "freepik.com" & "vecteezy.com" for providing a free source. Download Color Effect Photo Editor Now and Join the social media world of color effect with other people from the world.

Screenshots

Effect Touch Lite4 screens
Photo Color Effects Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Effect Touch Lite at none against Photo Color Effects Editor's shown. Effect Touch Lite also leads on review sentiment (59% vs 25%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Photo Color Effects Editor's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Effect Touch Lite against 4.3 for Photo Color Effects Editor. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 18 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of Effect Touch Lite's written reviews are positive against 25% of Photo Color Effects Editor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Effect Touch Lite ships an update every 5 months, Photo Color Effects Editor every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Effect Touch Lite versus Photo Color Effects Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEffect Touch LitePhoto Color Effects Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (13 ratings)4.3 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.3% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1318 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS7.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVoxeloid Kft.dipen narola

Customer experience

Effect Touch Lite

All ratings13 ratings
Positive76.9%
Neutral7.7%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews123 reviews
Positive59.3%
Neutral11.4%
Negative29.3%

Photo Color Effects Editor

All ratings18 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

Bugs and requests

Effect Touch Lite

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App displays grey screen on second generation iPad
  • App crashes when rejecting downscale requests
  • Save function fails even after downscaling
  • App won't load properly
  • Screenshot workaround required for saving
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  • Cannot remove previously loaded images
  • Downscaling causes image quality degradation
  • Inconsistent save functionality across devices

Requested features

9 requests
  • Undo button functionality
  • Full-resolution saving in lite version
  • Automatic downscaling on save
  • Zoom feature for precise editing
  • Sharpen tool
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  • Ability to clear previous session data
  • Better rotation controls
  • Direct photo capture instead of upload only
  • More effects and filters

Photo Color Effects Editor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Effect Touch Lite

No in-app purchases

None

Photo Color Effects Editor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Effect Touch Lite free?
Effect Touch Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Photo Color Effects Editor free?
Photo Color Effects Editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Effect Touch Lite or Photo Color Effects Editor?
Photo Color Effects Editor is rated higher. Effect Touch Lite averages 4.2 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Photo Color Effects Editor averages 4.3 from 18 ratings.
Do Effect Touch Lite or Photo Color Effects Editor have ads?
Photo Color Effects Editor shows ads; Effect Touch Lite does not.
Which is updated more often, Effect Touch Lite or Photo Color Effects Editor?
Effect Touch Lite ships an update every 5 months, and Photo Color Effects Editor every 9 days. Most recently, Effect Touch Lite was updated on October 23, 2026 and Photo Color Effects Editor on October 24, 2026.

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