iContour vs Raster
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iContour
Transform your photos into pencil-sketch style drawings by detecting and highlighting border lines between light and dark areas. Save your creations directly to your photo album.
- Detects image contours
- Creates pencil sketch effect
- Uses iPhone camera for new photos
- Imports photos from album
- Saves drawings to photo album
- Audio notification on save
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This application is a little Digital Image Processor (DSP). Starting from an image, it tries to detect the image contours, i.e. the border lines between darker and lighter areas. It then creates a new image with these lines, looking like a pencil drawing derived from the original picture, and shows it on the screen. The main menu lets you choose where to get the original picture from: or an existing one, selecting it from the iPhone photo album, or a new one, shooting it with the internal camera. When the resulting drawing is shown, you can save it in your photo album: just tap on the screen, and a popup window will give you the choice to save or discard it. If you choose to save it, a short sound will notify you when the recording completes. Be aware that the effect of the resulting drawings is not granted to be always pleasant and homogeneous, because it strongly depends on contrast and sharpness of original pictures.
Raster
Easily create large posters from your own photos using a standard printer. Select an image, choose paper size, adjust settings, and print a PDF file. Offers four distinct styles for unique poster designs.
- Create oversized posters
- Use own images
- Print via PDF
- Four poster styles (Grid, Interlaced, Radial, Photo)
- Easy to use interface
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Raster turns your photos into striking halftone and rasterized artwork. Inspired by classic print, pop art and comic styles, Raster rebuilds any image from dots, lines and shapes — perfect for posters, social media, prints and creative projects. CREATIVE MODES • Grid — classic halftone dot patterns • Interlaced — bold scanline and stripe effects • Radial — dots that radiate from any point • Photo — subtle rasterization that keeps your detail SHAPES & STYLES Build your image from circles, squares, triangles, diamonds and polygons — or turn it into pure ASCII art. COLOR CONTROL • Bicolor — bold two-tone looks • Multicolor — limited palettes with risograph and screenprint vibes • Full color — keep your original colors with a rasterized texture PRO TOOLS • Super Resolution — enhance and upscale your images with on-device machine learning • Collage — combine several rasterized images into one composition • High-resolution export and PDF output ready for print Whether you're making a poster, an album cover, a sticker or a one-of-a-kind profile picture, Raster gives you full control over every dot and shape. Download Raster and start designing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Raster at Free against iContour's $0.99. Raster also leads on review sentiment (44% vs 0%) and rating (3.8 vs 1.0). iContour's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Raster is free to download; iContour costs $0.99 up front. Raster sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. iContour asks for nothing beyond the download.
Raster holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Raster has 46 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of iContour's written reviews are positive against 44% of Raster's.
iContour ships an update every 38 months, Raster every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | iContour | Raster |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.8 (46 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 43.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 46 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 245 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Luigi Fonti | Pierre Cossard |
Customer experience
iContour
Raster
In-app purchases
iContour
No in-app purchases
Raster
- Pro upgradeFree
- Raster PRO$5.99









