Grungetastic vs Autumn Lens
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
Autumn Lens
Transform your photos with the warm, earthy tones of autumn. Apply magical seasonal colors to your images and capture moments with a real-time camera featuring autumn-themed filters. Experience the cozy feeling of fall anytime, anywhere.
- Apply autumn color palettes
- Real-time camera filters
- Capture moments with seasonal effects
- Enhance photos with warm tones
- Magical seasonal transformations
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Experience the magic of autumn year-round with Autumn Lens! This app is like a brush for the seasons, allowing you to paint your photos with the warm, earthy tones of autumn's colors that glow in gold and the deep reds and oranges of the leaves. It's like wrapping yourself in a thick sweater and savoring a cup of hot chocolate while you take your photos. The app also features a real-time camera with filters, so you can go out and capture moments as they happen, witnessing how the beauty of autumn envelops your subject right on your screen. So why wait for autumn when you can experience it anytime? Download Autumn Lens now and let the beauty of autumn with its radiant colors and the feeling of a cozy sweater and hot chocolate enrich your photography life, no matter the season.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Autumn Lens at every 4 days against Grungetastic's every 6 months. Autumn Lens also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 81%). Grungetastic's advantage is ratings volume (188 vs 1) and chart position (#191 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 Autumn Lens $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Autumn Lens holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grungetastic has 188 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Grungetastic's written reviews are positive against 100% of Autumn Lens's.
Grungetastic ships an update every 6 months, Autumn Lens every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grungetastic | Autumn Lens |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (188 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 188 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #191 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | JixiPix, LLC | Magus Obscura |
Customer experience
Grungetastic
Autumn Lens
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
Autumn Lens
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Grungetastic
No in-app purchases
Autumn Lens
No in-app purchases
Questions
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