Flickr vs Shapical
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flickr
Connect with a global community of photographers to upload, edit, and share your images. Discover inspiration, organize your work effortlessly, and enhance your photos with creative tools. This platform is designed for both casual users and professional photographers.
- Global photography community
- Photo uploading and sharing
- Creative editing tools
- Photo organization
- Inspiration discovery
- Millions of photo groups
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Join the largest, most influential community of photographers in the world. Upload, edit, and share your photos from any device, anytime. • Find your inspiration, find your people. Flickr is home to billions of photos and millions of groups of passionate photographers. • Organization and sharing made simple. Browse with ease, select and organize hundreds of photos with one gesture, and share in seconds. • Unleash your creativity. Edit your photos, add filters, crop images, and more! Flickr and SmugMug are Awesome. Learn more at www.awesome.co We’re committed to making Flickr a better place to grow, and we’d like to hear your feedback. Let us know your thoughts here: https://help.flickr.com/contact/contact-us-rkBc7roJQ Terms of Use: https://www.flickr.com/help/terms
Shapical
Transform your photos into unique geometric artworks with this intuitive photo editor. Easily add sharp shapes, text, and blur effects to create stunning designs in just a few taps. Offers a rich collection of shapes and fonts to enhance your images.
- Geometric shape overlays
- Text and font customization
- Blur effects
- Color palette options
- Unsplash integration
- 3D and Eraser tools
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Shapical is a game-changing photo editor created to transform your photos into elegant designs with sharp geometric shapes. Our app is very simple to use: you can turn your shots into artworks in just a few taps. Intuitive interface and clean design make the editing process incredible fun. The app features: - Integration with Unsplash, rich collection of beautiful high-resolution photos - 300+ unique shapes (252 of which are available for free) - 50 fonts and 15 text presets (some available for purchase) - Color, width, and opacity settings - Original blur effects - Rich color palette - 3D and Eraser* tools * Pro feature, available as an in-app purchase Tag your edits with #shapical for a chance to get featured on our Instagram page. Contact us: support@sixhandsapps.com instagram.com/shapical twitter.com/sixhandsapps facebook.com/sixhandsapps
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flickr at 4.5 against Shapical's 3.0. Flickr also leads on ratings volume (15K vs 6) and review sentiment (70% vs 50%). Shapical's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Flickr sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.00 per month and Shapical sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Flickr holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flickr has 15K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Flickr's written reviews are positive against 50% of Shapical's.
Flickr ships an update fortnightly, Shapical every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flickr | Shapical |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (15K ratings) — better | 3.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.2% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #153 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Flickr, Inc. | Vasiliy Kaliteevskiy |
Customer experience
Flickr
Shapical
Bugs and requests
Flickr
Reported bugs
5 issues- Frequent app crashes
- Unreliable photo uploads
- Inconsistent account management
- Inaccurate photo metadata display
- Glitches in group and album features
Requested features
5 requests- Improved mobile app functionality
- Better photo editing and management tools
- Easier sharing and collaboration options
- Expanded free account capabilities
- More responsive customer support
Shapical
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Flickr
- MONTHLY PLAN$11.001 Month
- ANNUAL PLAN$82.001 Year
Shapical
- Shattered$0.99
- Polyhedrons$0.99
- Gems$0.99
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- Crystals$0.99
- Four-Dimencials$0.99
- Impossibles$0.99
- Eraser$0.99
- Presets$0.99
- All Fonts$1.99
- All Shapes$2.99
