Comparison

PopArt FX vs Pop Dot Comics

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

Head to head
About

PopArt FX

Transform your photos with unique color patterns and effects. Create your own artistic Pop Art gallery by defining custom color schemes and applying them to any image. Save and share your vibrant creations easily.

Highlights
  • Create custom Pop Art color patterns
  • Save and reuse created patterns
  • Apply patterns to any photo
  • Includes 40 pre-defined color patterns
  • Create artistic photo mosaics
  • Save photos in square or full resolution
  • Share creations via social media and email
Features
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Apply color effects on your photos and pictures and make your own Pop Art gallery ! PopArt FX is a Pop Art app that lets you create color patterns, save them, and apply them whenever you want on your pictures, photos, and photo camera ! Define your own patterns by changing the colors for the different gray levels of your photo. Try different patterns and find the perfect match for your photo. Create your patterns from scratch or modify one of the predefined patterns. Save your patterns and apply them later on on other photos. Save your new photos in your photo album, send them by email, or publish them on social networks ! Create Artistic mosaic using your photos and pictures, and your color patterns. Share your masterpieces with your friends and family on social networks or by email. Special features: - create your very own PopArt color patterns - save all your patterns - apply your patterns on any kind of picture and photo - 40 different color patterns included - create artistic mosaic using your patterns and photos - save your PopArt photo as a square image or at full resolution - share your PopArt masterpieces on social networks, by email, or save them in your photo album Check out other great iPhone apps at SEB-AppStore.com

About

Pop Dot Comics

Transform your photos into vintage comic book illustrations with bold outlines, vibrant colors, and classic halftone dots. Add speech bubbles and sound effects to create fun, newspaper-worthy art.

Highlights
  • Create comic book style illustrations
  • Apply thick outlines and bold colors
  • Add benday dots and halftone effects
  • Include speech bubbles and sound effects
  • Choose from 5 comic styles
  • Adjust outlines, color, and borders
  • Save and share creations
Features
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Create a comic worthy of the Sunday newspaper or your favorite pulp-fiction cover. Pop Dot Comic is a fun way to create comic-book style illustrations from your snapshot or ones taken of your friends and family. Pop Dot Comic applies thick outlines, bold colors, and plenty of benday dots to newsprint or pulp papers to give every creation the look of one that’s been printed or published. In the past, halftones were tediously inked in by cartoon artists or created in darkrooms. With Pop Dot Comic you can easily and quickly convert your photo into a comic book drawing that’s worthy enough for the Sunday newspaper or your favorite pulp-fiction cover. With a library of included “Fun Stuff”, custom messages can be added to speech bubbles and sound effects will give your creation “POW”. When your finished creating a comic book photo save it to your library or post them to your friends and family for funny moments. 

COMIC STYLES
 • Sunday Comics — Creates a Cartoon Photo 
 • Halftone — Transforms a photo into a Halftone Newspaper Photo
 • Pop Comics — Converts photos into a bright Pop Art Lichtenstein-style Cartoon
 • Pulp Comics — Renders a Cartoon with Vintage Color on Aged Pulp Paper
 • Noir Comics — Creates a contrasted toned or blk/white Comic with selective color like those used in the Sin City series Pop Dot Comics is a professional cartoon effect that can be done directly on your iPhone, iPad and Mac. •Convert all your images and pictures into cartoon-style effect quickly •Choose a preset for a quick start •Use large photos for a high-end result! •Crop your photo to remove unwanted parts of an image •Choose between 5 comic styles: Sunday Comics, Halftone, Noir Comics, Pop Comics, Pulp Comics •Make adjustments to outlines, color, border width, border inset and pulp papers •Choose between Dots, Lines and Halftones •Edit and resize “Fun Stuff” and “Bubbles” with an easy one-finger gesture •Share via Email, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr •Save to Camera Roll Easy to Use •Tap to edit type in speech & thought bubbles •Long Press to delete fun stuff and bubbles •Pull edges of fun stuff and speech bubbles to resize •Touch and hold center to move FEATURES
 Benday Dots — like those used in the traditional printing process. Benday Dots are two (or more) different small, colored dots combined to create a third color. Back in the day, pulp comic books used Benday Dots in primary colors to inexpensively create the secondary colors such as flesh tone.

 Fully adjustable control on all aspects of the process: Dot or Line size, Outline size, Color variation, Border: Width, Inset, Color & Corner Radius. 

INCLUDES
 Newsprint and Pulp Papers

 UNIVERSAL FEATURES 
All JixiPix Apps come with: Superior Customer Service, Support for High-Resolution Images & Output, Undo/Redo, Randomize Button, Quick Presets and the ability to create Custom Presets, Cropping with the ability to specify aspect ratio, Quick Preview, Email, Print, and the ability to post directly to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Tumblr. We also have an online art gallery and invite our user’s to display their artistic creations on it: http://www.flickr.com/groups/jixipixcreations/

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 “JixiPix turns any photo into a masterpiece. All that is required of you is the appreciation — we’ll take care of the rest!” JixiPix.com “Creative Tools for Creative People" Photography | Artistic | Graphic Apps
 MAC • iPad • iPhone

Screenshots

PopArt FX4 screens
Pop Dot Comics4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pop Dot Comics at 4.9 against PopArt FX's 2.9. Pop Dot Comics also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 36%) and ratings volume (177 vs 11). PopArt FX's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $2.99). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

PopArt FX costs $1.99 and Pop Dot Comics $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pop Dot Comics holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pop Dot Comics has 177 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of PopArt FX's written reviews are positive against 78% of Pop Dot Comics's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PopArt FX ships an update every 2 months, Pop Dot Comics every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PopArt FX versus Pop Dot Comics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPopArt FXPop Dot Comics
Price$1.99 — better$2.99
Rating2.9 (11 ratings)4.9 (177 ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.9% of reviews77.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11177 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSebastien BUETJixiPix, LLC

Customer experience

PopArt FX

All ratings11 ratings
Positive36.4%
Neutral18.2%
Negative45.5%
Written reviews64 reviews
Positive35.9%
Neutral6.3%
Negative57.8%

Pop Dot Comics

All ratings177 ratings
Positive97.7%
Neutral1.1%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews269 reviews
Positive77.7%
Neutral8.2%
Negative14.1%

Bugs and requests

PopArt FX

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Pop Dot Comics

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App crashes frequently during text editing
  • App crashes when saving or rendering images
  • Photos fail to load from gallery on some devices
  • High-resolution export produces pixelated images
  • Saved images appear different from in-app preview
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  • App crashes when adding and moving text elements
  • Rendering hangs or gets stuck
  • Crashes on iPhone 5 and older devices
  • Text editing causes app to close unexpectedly
  • Stability issues on iPhone 4S
  • Gallery import functionality broken on some devices
  • Occasional freezing during effect application

Requested features

17 requests
  • More speech bubble and caption options
  • Ability to adjust colors in specific areas (e.g., faces, lips)
  • Multi-cell page layouts and storyboard creation
  • Vaporwave aesthetic filter option
  • Text without word bubbles option
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  • Ability to rotate paper textures
  • Easier text size and rotation controls
  • Zoom capabilities
  • Brightness, saturation, and contrast user controls
  • Ability to import custom elements
  • Double dialogue bubbles
  • Direction control for speech bubbles
  • Larger halftone dot options
  • More varied caption directions
  • Simultaneous editing of multiple photos
  • Storyboard functionality
  • Better style preview with consistent sample images

In-app purchases

None

PopArt FX

No in-app purchases

None

Pop Dot Comics

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PopArt FX free?
PopArt FX costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pop Dot Comics free?
Pop Dot Comics costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PopArt FX or Pop Dot Comics?
Pop Dot Comics is rated higher. PopArt FX averages 2.9 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Pop Dot Comics averages 4.9 from 177 ratings.
Do PopArt FX or Pop Dot Comics have ads?
Neither PopArt FX nor Pop Dot Comics shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PopArt FX or Pop Dot Comics?
PopArt FX ships an update every 2 months, and Pop Dot Comics every 4 months. Most recently, PopArt FX was updated on September 23, 2026 and Pop Dot Comics on September 24, 2026.

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