Diptic vs Artista Impresso
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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!
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
Diptic ships an update every 3 months, Artista Impresso every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Diptic | Artista Impresso |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (3K ratings) | 4.7 (502 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.1% of reviews | 84.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3K — better | 502 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #54 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rhia Bucklin | JixiPix, LLC |
Customer experience
Diptic
Artista Impresso
User reviews
Diptic
From 3K App Store ratingsWhat 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 ratingsWhat 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
Diptic
- 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
Artista Impresso
No in-app purchases









