Effect Touch Lite vs SCN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Selective effect application
- Adjustable brush size, softness, opacity
- Multiple visual effects (brightness, blur, etc.)
- Original resolution processing
- Cropping and rotation
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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.
SCN
Easily distort your photos with unique scanning effects. Explore various scan modes, gyroscope control, and color options to create visually striking images. Use live mode to apply distortions to your real-time camera view.
- Multiple scan modes (SYNC, SEQUENCE, OFFSET)
- Live camera distortion
- Gyroscope control for movement
- Adjustable image position, rotation, and scale
- Customizable aspect ratio and background
- Scan duration and smoothing options
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SCN lets you distort your pictures in a cool and simple way! Use SCN like a traditional copier or scanner that creates cool effects by moving an image while scanning it. Create stunning distortion effects by combining various settings, including different scan modes, gyroscope control, colors and formats. Choose LIVE mode to distort your current view on the world! Features: -3 different scan modes: SYNC for natural color output, just like a real scanner. SEQUENCE for an individual scan of each of the RGB channels. OFFSET for a custom distance between the RGB channels. -LIVE-mode to get the actual live-view from the camera -move, rotate and scale the placed image or the live-view on the scanning plate -move and rotate with the iPhone’s gyroscope -change the aspect ratio for full flexibility -set the scan duration -change the background color or even remove it -set the start position for the scan -enable 'smoothing' for a smoother movement of the image
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Effect Touch Lite at 4.2 against SCN's 3.4. Effect Touch Lite also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 68 months) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 11.0). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Effect Touch Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 27 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 59% of Effect Touch Lite's written reviews are positive against 63% of SCN's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Effect Touch Lite ships an update every 5 months, SCN every 68 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Effect Touch Lite | SCN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (13 ratings) — better | 3.4 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 59.3% of reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 68 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Voxeloid Kft. | Dominik Seibold |
Customer experience
Effect Touch Lite
SCN
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
SCN
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Effect Touch Lite
No in-app purchases
SCN
No in-app purchases
