Image Blender vs Circular Tiny Planet Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Image Blender
Easily combine multiple photos into a single image using masks and various blend modes. Create unique visual effects, add textures, or even watermark your creations with this intuitive tool.
- Image blending
- Masking tools
- Multiple blend modes
- Multi-exposure effects
- Add textures and overlays
- Watermarking
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A simplistic and creative app for combining images with masks and different blend modes on your iPhone and iPad. While the use and basic idea is very simple, there's almost an endless list of things you can do with it. Some things worth highlighting are: - Multi Exposure - Choosing where and how much to apply of filter from other apps. - Adding or replacing objects. - Adding textures. - Creating your own personalised filters with overlays - Watermarking or adding logos Image Blender outputs the full resolution without any limits to the size of your source image. If you have any questions before buying, need help to get started or just want to share your work, don't hesitate to send a mail to blender@jhnd.me and I'll do my best to help.
Circular Tiny Planet Editor
Transform your photos into unique circular images with advanced editing tools. Add professional effects like lens flares, celestial bodies, and customizable center objects to create miniature worlds. Supports 360-degree photos for immersive edits.
- Circular image creation
- 360-degree photo support
- Adjustable zoom, rotation, and invert-mode
- Professional effects (lens flares, sky objects, centers)
- Filters and lens textures
- Center object placement
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Now supports 360 degree photos! - A new twist on photo editing. Turn your photos into amazing circular images with Circular+. Circular+ is a fun app with powerful new features never seen before in this type of app. You can easily zoom in and out of your circular image to get it just right. Once you're happy with your image, add professional effects such as lens flares and sky objects like the sun, moon, planets, and birds. REVIEWS "My favorite iPhone app for this purpose is Circular+" - Joanna Stern, Wall Street Journal "I've tried them all and Circular is by far the best "tiny planet" app. You get more controls and fun effects like lens flares and moons. Having a blast with this app!" - Customer Review "I tried different Tiny planet apps, but this is really the best. Love that I can put different things inside the picture ... Thanks for the great work." - Customer Review This app does so much more than just turn your image into a tiny planet. It has all kinds of effects you can add and you have a lot of control over how it twists your image. - Customer Review VIDEO: http://vimeo.com/brainfevermedia/circular Another really cool feature is a collection of "center" objects. These include spheres, planets, and geometric shapes to place at the center of your image circle. This turns your image into a mini world. FEATURES - Super fast and responsive editing - Adjust image zoom, rotation, invert-mode, and repeats - Professional effects: lens flares, sky objects, and centers. The lens flares are the same as the pro desktop app, LensFlare Studio - Filters and Lens Textures - Fun sample images to get your started Tag your photos with #CircularApp for a chance to be featured!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Image Blender at 4.9 against Circular Tiny Planet Editor's 4.7. Image Blender also leads on chart position (#71 vs unranked) and review sentiment (85% vs 73%). Circular Tiny Planet Editor's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
Image Blender costs $3.99 and Circular Tiny Planet Editor $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Image Blender holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Image Blender has 3.4K ratings behind it against 650, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Image Blender's written reviews are positive against 73% of Circular Tiny Planet Editor's.
Image Blender ships an update every 4 months, Circular Tiny Planet Editor every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Image Blender | Circular Tiny Planet Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (3.4K ratings) — better | 4.7 (650 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.1% of reviews — better | 73.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | 650 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #71 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JHND i Sverige AB | James Grote |
Customer experience
Image Blender
Circular Tiny Planet Editor
Bugs and requests
Image Blender
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes while working
- Watermark application issues
- Blending text from photos comes out of focus
Requested features
5 requests- Masking tool improvements
- Ability to blend more than 2 photos
- Undo button
- Gradient tool
- Ability to choose certain frames from GIFs
Circular Tiny Planet Editor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Image Blender
No in-app purchases
Circular Tiny Planet Editor
No in-app purchases
