Comparison

Diptic vs Artista Impresso

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

Head to head
About

Diptic

Create stunning photo and video collages with a vast array of customizable layouts and editing tools. Personalize your creations with text, filters, and borders, then share them across your favorite social platforms.

Highlights
  • Photo and video collage creation
  • 194+ customizable layouts
  • Text captions with font/color options
  • 14 filters and image adjustments
  • Video editing with music
  • Import from multiple sources
  • High-resolution export
Features
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Diptic, a former App Store App of the Week, helps you create and share beautiful photo and video collages. See for yourself why millions of people have downloaded this app!

 "A simple, elegant way to use pictures to tell your story." – Macworld DIPTIC 101 • Create collages with photos and videos • Super Customizable — Tons of layouts to choose from plus tons of ways to enhance each one. Save your own customized layouts for re-use • Add text captions, filters, colored borders, textured borders & more LAYOUTS AND BORDERS • Choose from 194+ layouts (additional layouts are available as in-app purchases) • Combine up to nine photos and/or videos in each layout • Customize your layouts to better fit your video or images by sliding interior frame lines or moving joints along the line • Create rectangular Diptics (great for printing) with Expandable Layouts (in-app purchase) • Round the inner and outer borders, as well as modify thickness and color, and apply textures to videos and images IMAGE ADJUSTMENTS • Choose from 14 filters, as well as adjust brightness, contrast, hue and color saturation • Pan, rotate, mirror, flip, and zoom individual photos TEXT CAPTIONS • Personalize your Diptic photo and video creations with a text caption • Adjust the font, style, color and size of the text VIDEO ADJUSTMENTS • Add music to any video collage and adjust audio start and stop time • Pick any song from your Music library • Customize video start and stop time IMPORT/EXPORT OPTIONS • Create Diptics with photos or videos from your library, Instagram, Dropbox, Facebook or Flickr, or take a photo on the spot with the camera • Save Diptics for safe keeping or share them with friends. You can send via email, or share by uploading directly to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr or any app that accepts JPGs and/or video files • High-resolution export for pixel-perfect images • Import multiple photos and videos at once and swap media between frames • Add music from your music library to any of your videos 

 Let’s connect!

 Twitter: @dipticapp
 Instagram: @dipticapp
 Facebook: facebook.com/dipticapp 
 Flickr: flickr.com/groups/diptic  Please reach out to us at support@dipticapp.com if you have any suggestions for the new video features or anything else you’d like to see... we’d love to hear from you!

About

Artista Impresso

Transform your photos into stunning Impressionist masterpieces with artistic brush strokes and rich textures. This app offers various styles and tools to create captivating, print-worthy paintings from your snapshots.

Highlights
  • Impressionist painting styles
  • Ellipse detail tool for fine brush strokes
  • Canvas or linen texturing
  • Customizable artistic finishes
  • One-touch settings for quick transformations
  • Multiple brush stroke styles
Features
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Artista Impresso has been chosen as the official app of the Macy’s® Art in Bloom Flower Show—A Springtime Celebration of Imagination and Creativity! Transform your snapshot into a stroke-filled Impressionist masterpiece Artista Impresso — Passion Filled Impressionism The 19th century brush-wielding Impressionist artists were crazy about flowers and gardens, and it was good. With flowing brush strokes and thickly painted texture, Van Gogh made his sunflowers immortal; with harmonious movement of color, contrast, and form, Monet made his lily pond a celebrity. It took their genius, lifetimes of practice, and navigating the riot of their senses, but these extraordinary artists took what they saw and felt in the petals and leaves and transferred their impressions onto canvasses full of beauty, mood, and meaning. Lucky you, 21st century iPhone-wielding seer and lover of beauty—you have Impresso. With the same enduring attention to detail, light, color, and texure, Impresso transforms your photos into multi-textured, stroke-filled Impressionist masterpieces. And keen eyes will love how Impresso maintains the balance of your piece! The result—captivating, print-worthy paintings brimming with passion, life, and beauty. IMPRESSIONISM STYLES Alla Prima—uses a small brush inside an already placed detail ellipse tool for up-close or full-length portraits and still lifes. Included with this beautiful paint style is a library of artistic finishes to fill the painting with light and color En Plein Air—creates a stroke-filled landscape using one of the eight color palettes created by famous impressionist artists. FEATURES One-touch settings automatically transform photos into paintings using one of many paint styles. One-of-a-kind ellipse detail tool renders small brush strokes inside the placed area. A single ellipse can be used for a face or body; or use two or more for the eyes, hands or other objects. Canvas or Linen texturing—gives realism to brushed paint. Control over texture turns strength down for printing to canvas. Artista Impresso is a professional painting app created for photographers and artists of all skill levels! INCLUDES • Three easy to change brush stroke styles • Control over detail ellipse tool, canvas strength, artistic finish and painted edge • Canvas and linen texture • 8 Impressionist palette styles • 40 One-touch paint styles • 70 Artistic finishes EVERY JIXIPIX PRODUCT FEATURES • Support for high resolution images and output • Multiple Undo • Randomize Button • Quick Previewing • Customizable Styles • Superior customer service Contact us any time we are committed to your long-term satisfaction! ________________________________________________________ JixiPix turns any photo into a masterpiece. The only requirement is art appreciation—we will take care of the rest! ________________________________________________________ JixiPix.Com Creative Tools for Creative Types Photography | Graphic | Artistic Apps

Screenshots

Diptic4 screens
Artista Impresso4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Artista Impresso at none against Diptic's 7. Artista Impresso also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (84% vs 74%). Diptic's advantage is chart position (#54 vs unranked) and ratings volume (3K vs 502). On rating, ads and device support 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

Diptic costs $2.99 and Artista Impresso $4.99 up front. Diptic sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Artista Impresso asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Artista Impresso holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Diptic has 3K ratings behind it against 502, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Diptic's written reviews are positive against 84% of Artista Impresso's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diptic ships an update every 3 months, Artista Impresso every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Diptic versus Artista Impresso: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDipticArtista Impresso
Price$2.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.5 (3K ratings)4.7 (502 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.1% of reviews84.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3K — better502
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#54 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRhia BucklinJixiPix, LLC

Customer experience

Diptic

All ratings2,997 ratings
Positive88.7%
Neutral2.3%
Negative9.0%
Written reviews1,368 reviews
Positive74.1%
Neutral7.1%
Negative18.8%

Artista Impresso

All ratings501 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral3.2%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews96 reviews
Positive84.4%
Neutral3.1%
Negative12.5%

User reviews

Diptic

From 3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Versatile and creative
  • 👍 Useful for various purposes
  • 👍 Straightforward interface
  • 👍 Great for photo collages

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Freezes and crashes
  • 🐛 Photos not loading properly
  • 🐛 Exporting/saving issues
  • 🔒 Watermark removal requires in-app purchase
  • 🔒 Paid features not worth the cost

Artista Impresso

From 502 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great app for creating beautiful paintings from photos
  • 🎨 Excellent artistic effects and control over the painting process
  • 💡 Versatile and allows for a lot of creativity
  • 🤩 Impressive and realistic painting results
  • 🙌 Highly recommended by many users

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and loses work after updates for some users
  • 🤔 Removal of useful presets in recent updates disappoints some
  • 🙄 A few users find the results to be low quality or unprofessional

Bugs and requests

Diptic

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to select multiple photos
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • Inconsistent performance across devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • More layout options and flexibility
  • Ability to save and edit previous collages
  • Improved text editing capabilities
  • Direct social media sharing
  • Removal of watermark without additional cost

Artista Impresso

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes on certain devices, especially after updates
  • Issues with saving or exporting the final artwork

Requested features

3 requests
  • More defined brush stroke options
  • Ability to save work in progress
  • Improved stability and reliability after updates

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Diptic

One-time7
  • Expandable Layouts$0.99
  • Diamond + Triangles Layout Pack$0.99
  • Alphabet Layout Pack$0.99
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  • Numbers Layout Pack$0.99
  • Party Texture Pack$0.99
  • Fun Times Texture Pack$0.99
  • Video Watermark Removal$0.99
None

Artista Impresso

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Diptic free?
Diptic costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Artista Impresso free?
Artista Impresso costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Diptic or Artista Impresso?
Artista Impresso is rated higher. Diptic averages 4.5 out of 5 from 3K ratings, while Artista Impresso averages 4.7 from 502 ratings.
Do Diptic or Artista Impresso have ads?
Neither Diptic nor Artista Impresso shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Diptic or Artista Impresso?
Diptic ships an update every 3 months, and Artista Impresso every 6 weeks. Most recently, Diptic was updated on October 24, 2026 and Artista Impresso on October 24, 2026.

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