Comparison

Grungetastic vs Calibration Plus

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

Head to head
About

Grungetastic

Apply a variety of aggressive and "unwell" textures and tones to your photos. This app offers seven distinct grunge styles with adjustable controls for color, textures, and borders, allowing for unique artistic creations.

Highlights
  • Seven grunge styles
  • Adjustable color, textures, and borders
  • Randomize button
  • Texture and border library
  • Customizable presets
  • High-resolution output
Features
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Rock your Photo with Unwell Textures and Tones Grungetastic cranks your photos to 11 with seven hot and heavy looks: Classic Grunge, Bleached Grunge, Worn Pop, Worn Grunge, Gritty Grunge, Distressed and Pop Grunge. These seven fun and aggressive styles let you get down and dirty with your photos. Faster than you can say "filthy," these styles and Grungetastic's easy, hands-on interface will have you smushing delightfully unwell textures and tones with deeply satisfying contrasts, and explosively pleasurable pops for dangerously-addictive ultra-Grungy art. Grungetastic is for the Photographer that loves everything grungy! Shadows, Rubbing, Scratching, Ripping, Shredding, Stressing, Distressing, Popping, Exploding, Splatters, Smudging, Glowing, Glaring, Smoking – just some of the wildness that Grungetastic hooks you up with. GRUNGETASTIC MAKES DIRTY PHOTOS - REALLY DIRTY PHOTOS! 
SO DIRTY THAT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LITTLE DIRT STORMS
SWIRLING AROUND THEM—the styles are creative madness—or clearer visions of reality, whatever it is, they go to an artistic place few ever get. You can't get a cooler, hotter photo anywhere! ULTRA-GRUNGE STYLES Classic Grunge, Bleached, Pop Grunge, Pop Worn, Worn, Gritty and Distressed Grunge FEATURES Adjustable control over all aspect of the process: Color, multiple textures and borders INCLUDES Seven grungy styles: Classic Grunge, Bleached, Pop Grunge, Pop Worn, Worn, Gritty and Distressed Grunge "Randomize" button to quickly show off the power of the app A full library of textures and borders Quick, efficient, and very user-friendly interface Support for full-size images Presets with the ability to create custom presets Preview mode for quick workflow (Larger image rendered on save or when emailed) UNIVERSAL FEATURES All JixiPix Apps come with: Superior Customer Service, Support for High-Resolution Images & Output, Undo, Randomize Button, Quick Presets, the ability to create Custom Presets and Quick Preview. Our mobile version can Email and post directly to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Tumblr. ‘Like us on facebook’ for tips & tricks, quick announcements and interaction with the Jixi team! https://www.facebook.com/pages/JixiPixcom/338304329530235?ref=hl *************** “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 | Artistic | Graphic Apps Mac • iPad • iPhone

About

Calibration Plus

This app aids in creating digital negatives for alternate process printing, offering fine tone control. It helps achieve better prints with improved dark, white, and halftone tones by designing correction curves. Generate reference charts and use image processing software to refine your digital negatives for perfect prints.

Highlights
  • Fine tone control for digital negatives
  • Correction curve design
  • Reference chart generation
  • Alternate process printing aid
  • Improved print quality
Features
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Calibration+ helps you for alternate process printing, by allowing fine tone control on your digital negatives. For instance, the cyanotype process is contrasted with poor half tones. Calibration+ helps you to have better prints with dark, white and halftones by designing a correction curve. With Calibration+, generate a reference chart on your device. Use your favorite image processing software :Adobe Photoshop™, Gimp, Affinity Photo™, Lightroom™… to generate digital negative. Invert. Flip. Print (as usual). Photograph the print! Calibration+ computes the adjustment curve in your photo software to have perfect prints.

Screenshots

Grungetastic4 screens
Calibration Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Grungetastic at 4.8 against Calibration Plus's 3.0. Grungetastic also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and review sentiment (83% vs 50%). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Grungetastic costs $2.99 and Calibration Plus $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Grungetastic holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grungetastic has 187 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Grungetastic's written reviews are positive against 50% of Calibration Plus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grungetastic ships an update every 6 months, Calibration Plus every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Grungetastic versus Calibration Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrungetasticCalibration Plus
Price$2.99$2.99
Rating4.8 (187 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews82.8% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings187 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 21 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#191 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJixiPix, LLCLe bord de la piscine

Customer experience

Grungetastic

All ratings187 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral0.5%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews209 reviews
Positive82.8%
Neutral4.8%
Negative12.4%

Calibration Plus

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Grungetastic

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Unable to upload/load photos
  • Presets not applying correctly
  • Crashes or freezes on certain devices

Requested features

6 requests
  • Undo button
  • More color/hue options
  • Color swapping
  • Higher resolution exports
  • Native iPad support
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  • Ability to stack multiple borders

Calibration Plus

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Grungetastic

No in-app purchases

None

Calibration Plus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grungetastic free?
Grungetastic costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Calibration Plus free?
Calibration Plus costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Grungetastic or Calibration Plus?
Grungetastic is rated higher. Grungetastic averages 4.8 out of 5 from 187 ratings, while Calibration Plus averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Grungetastic or Calibration Plus have ads?
Neither Grungetastic nor Calibration Plus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Grungetastic or Calibration Plus?
Grungetastic ships an update every 6 months, and Calibration Plus every 21 months. Most recently, Grungetastic was updated on September 21, 2026 and Calibration Plus on September 10, 2026.

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