PhotoTropedelic vs Weave for Messenger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PhotoTropedelic
Transform your photos into unique Pop Art masterpieces. This app analyzes your images and applies the vibrant colors, textures, and symbols of 1960s Pop Art to create bold, distinctive artwork.
- Advanced image processing
- Pop Art style transformation
- Color and texture analysis
- Unique art generation
- 60s Pop Art inspiration
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PhotoTropedelic uses advanced image processing techniques to analyze your ordinary photographs -- translate the colors, textures, and lighting -- and draw upon the colors and symbols of 60's Pop Art to produce boldly unique art.
Weave for Messenger
Create unique, hand-drawn, self-dissolving video animations to share with friends. Watch your drawings come to life in a time-lapse video format. Express your creativity and connect with others in a fun, visual way.
- Hand-drawn video animations
- Self-dissolving effect
- Time-lapse video playback
- Shareable across platforms
- Creative expression tool
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* Featured on ANTYapps.pl with 5/5 stars rating (Jun 2015) Explore your creativity in a whole new way with Weave for Messenger! Create beautiful hand-drawn self-dissolving video animations and share with people you care about. Your friends, colleagues or relatives will be amused watching how exactly you've been drawing it. Your animations will be sent as videos, meaning that they could be viewed on any platform supported by Messenger. No need to install the app to view a message! Become closer by revealing your imagination expression techniques! Download the app and have fun! Weave for Messenger is free, simple to use and extremely assistive! Please support us by downloading the app, more awesome features are coming up in updates! Video preview soundtrack: 'Change' by My Monthly Date
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Weave for Messenger at Free against PhotoTropedelic's $2.99. Weave for Messenger also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (4.2 vs 3.7). PhotoTropedelic's advantage is ratings volume (25 vs 5). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Weave for Messenger is free to download; PhotoTropedelic costs $2.99 up front. PhotoTropedelic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Weave for Messenger asks for nothing beyond the download.
Weave for Messenger holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PhotoTropedelic has 25 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of PhotoTropedelic's written reviews are positive against 88% of Weave for Messenger's.
PhotoTropedelic ships an update every 7 months, Weave for Messenger every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PhotoTropedelic | Weave for Messenger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (25 ratings) | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.4% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Larry Weinberg | Roman Shevtsov |
Customer experience
PhotoTropedelic
Weave for Messenger
Bugs and requests
PhotoTropedelic
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes on iOS 11 and later versions
- Photos won't load from library
- White screen when accessing Albums or Photos
- App won't open or shows blank screen
- Custom color settings reset or don't save properly
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- In-app purchase for custom colors fails to load
- App crashes when changing device orientation
- Crashes after processing 5-6 photos
- Incompatible with older iPad models
- App becomes unstable after iOS updates
Requested features
19 requests- Update for iOS 11+ compatibility
- Ability to select/mask specific image areas
- Control over ray emanation point
- Repositionable stars and circles
- Blending function to soften psychedelic effect
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- Preview before rendering
- Option to disable auto-save or choose which images to save
- Higher output resolution
- Ability to stop processing at specific color stages
- Desktop/Mac version
- Direct social media upload (Facebook/Twitter)
- Restore to default settings option
- Control over background/transparent color selection
- Darken function in addition to contrast
- Thumbnail gallery browsing
- GIF animation capability
- More art style options
- Adjustable line thickness
- Ability to eliminate black outlines
Weave for Messenger
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PhotoTropedelic
- Custom Color Palette Editing$0.99
Weave for Messenger
No in-app purchases
Questions
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