Comparison

Effect Touch Lite vs Mirror Lab

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

Mirror Lab

Create stunning mirror photos, kaleidoscope art, and distorted images with over 50 customizable filters. This app also features an animation module for smooth video creation and a powerful undo system for endless creative exploration.

Highlights
  • 50+ customizable filters
  • Mirror and kaleidoscope effects
  • Distortion and glitch art filters
  • Animation module for video
  • Adjustable parameters for effects
  • Undo system
Features
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Mirror Lab aims to be the most fun, easy to use and powerful photo-editing app to creatively enhance pictures, make mirror photos, kaleidoscope images and distort faces and scenery. Mirror Lab now comes with a powerful animation module. Create smooth videos with parameter interpolation between key frames (be sure to activate video from the app settings). Effects Choose from 50+ filters, each with multiple fine-tunable options. - classic symmetries: horizontal and vertical reflections - ripples, whirls, stretching and other distortions - kaleidoscopic and fractal effects - 3D effects - tiny planet effects - triangulation, pixel sort and halftone effects - shape cut-outs, including concentric iterations - glitch art friendly filters such as stripes and broken glass effect - adjust your image's brightness, contrast, saturation, vignetting and more - swipe through 40+ preset options to browse through possibilities in an instant Parameters All filters come with several parameters to adjust, allowing for a large range of varied results. Effects can usually be simply placed by simple touch-drag for position and double-touch-drag for size. Some of the most common parameters you will find: - intensity of effect - dampening of effect (the further from the center of the effect, the lesser the intensity) - rotation angle - aspect ratio Ease of use Compose filters for endless creative options. The + button reapplies an effect immediately - some effects like to be stacked! The app has a powerful undo system allowing you to track back at any time. Please note that the top and bottom toolbars can scroll. There are a lot of effects to the right of the bottom bar! PRO Version Available as an in-app purchase, the PRO version comes with extra filters, extra parameters, higher resolutions and lossless file saving (PNG).

Screenshots

Effect Touch Lite4 screens
Mirror Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Effect Touch Lite at none against Mirror Lab's 3. Effect Touch Lite also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 17.6). Mirror Lab's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 59%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Mirror Lab sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Effect Touch Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

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 Mirror Lab. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 12 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of Effect Touch Lite's written reviews are positive against 83% of Mirror Lab's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Effect Touch Lite versus Mirror Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEffect Touch LiteMirror Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (13 ratings)4.3 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.3% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS7.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVoxeloid Kft.Ilixa Ltd.

Customer experience

Effect Touch Lite

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

Mirror Lab

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

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

Mirror Lab

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Effect Touch Lite

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Mirror Lab

One-time3
  • Mirror Lab PRO$9.99
  • MirrorLab MAX (upgrade)$19.99
  • Mirror Lab MAX$29.99

Questions

Is Effect Touch Lite free?
Effect Touch Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mirror Lab free?
Mirror Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Effect Touch Lite or Mirror Lab?
Mirror Lab is rated higher. Effect Touch Lite averages 4.2 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Mirror Lab averages 4.3 from 12 ratings.
Do Effect Touch Lite or Mirror Lab have ads?
Neither Effect Touch Lite nor Mirror Lab shows ads.

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