Grungetastic vs Delayte
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Seven grunge styles
- Adjustable color, textures, and borders
- Randomize button
- Texture and border library
- Customizable presets
- High-resolution output
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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
Delayte
This app automatically deletes photos and videos after a set period, preventing your camera roll from getting cluttered. Organize, tag, and set reminders for temporary media before it self-destructs. It's ideal for screenshots, notes, receipts, and more.
- Delayed deletion for photos and videos
- Import from device or capture with camera
- Organize with tags
- Set reminder notifications
- Share to other apps
- Clean-up tools by date or tags
- QR code saving and link detection
- Blurring for privacy
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Delayte is a camera roll for the temporary. Move receipts, screenshots, notes, memes, recipes, QR codes, and other short-lived photos and videos out of your camera roll without losing them before you are finished. Import items from Photos or capture something with Delayte’s built-in camera. Choose how long to keep each item, from 1 to 90 days. When time runs out, Delayte deletes it automatically. Need it longer? Snooze the deletion date before it disappears. Delayte helps you keep temporary content useful, organized, and easy to find: • Import photos and videos while clearing them from your camera roll • Capture temporary photos with the built-in camera • Set a custom deletion date for every item • Snooze items when you need more time • Search for words and things across your images • Detect, select, and copy text from photos and screenshots • Turn any image into a to-do with notifications or Apple Reminders integration • Organize, tag, sort, and filter your junk photos • Open saved QR codes with automatic link detection and validation Delayte is perfect for shopping lists, quick notes, receipts, product details, parking signs, confirmation screens, visual reminders, and anything else you need now but do not want in your camera roll forever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Delayte at every 4 weeks against Grungetastic's every 6 months. Delayte also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 81%) and price ($0.99 vs $2.99). Grungetastic's advantage is ratings volume (190 vs 18) and chart position (#188 vs unranked). On rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Grungetastic costs $2.99 and Delayte $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Grungetastic against 4.8 for Delayte. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grungetastic has 190 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Grungetastic's written reviews are positive against 92% of Delayte's.
Grungetastic ships an update every 6 months, Delayte every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grungetastic | Delayte |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (190 ratings) — better | 4.8 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.4% of reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 190 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #188 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JixiPix, LLC | David Huynh |
Customer experience
Grungetastic
Delayte
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
Delayte
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Grungetastic
No in-app purchases
Delayte
No in-app purchases









