Tiny Planet Photos and Video vs Circular Tiny Planet Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tiny Planet Photos and Video
Easily transform your photos and panoramas into unique Tiny Planet and Rabbit Hole effects with a single tap. Create captivating videos and edit your creations with advanced tools. Share your surreal creations instantly with friends and family.
- Create Tiny Planet and Rabbit Hole effects
- Make Tiny Planet videos
- In-app camera with live preview
- Custom image picker with preview mode
- Instant comparison to original photo
- Automatic gallery for saved creations
- Live editing tools for fine-tuning
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Turn your photos into Tiny Planets, Rabbit Holes and amazing videos in one tap. Transform your panoramas, travel and landscape photos to see the world in a whole new way. Eye-catching, surprising and lots of fun to make. No need for hours in Photoshop or After Effects; Tiny Planet Photos helps you create this amazing effect with one tap in an instant. ---------------------------------- FEATURES • Turn your photo into a Tiny Planet in one tap or invert the effect to make a Rabbit Hole. • Make a Video Planet and see your photo go from a Tiny Planet to a Rabbit Hole and back again. • Use the in-app camera with a live preview of your Tiny Planet! • Or pick photos from your camera roll using the custom image picker. The picker has a Tiny Planet Preview mode that turns all thumbnails into Tiny Planets. A great way to quickly see which photos will work well as a Tiny Planet. • Or play around with one of the sample images. • Instant Compare: Swipe your Tiny Planet to the right to compare it to the original photo. • Automatic Gallery: Tiny Planets and Rabbit Holes you save or share are automatically collected in a gallery - all your best planets in one place to view, show and share. • Share your Tiny Planets on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, via email or SMS, or save them to your camera roll. ---------------------------------- BUY ADDITIONAL FEATURES IN THE EXTRAS PACK (IN-APP PURCHASE) Want to get even more out of Tiny Planet Photos and Video? Unlock the Extras Pack for additional features: • Live Editing Tools to tweak your Tiny Planet to perfection: Edge Blur, Edge Alignment, amount of Warp, Zoom, Rotation, Move your planet up/down and left/right, Aspect Ratio. • Use the Live Editing Tools both in the editor and in the camera! • Up to 4000 x 4000 pixel output resolution for images, up to 2900 x 2900 pixel output resolution for videos • Adjust the duration and aspect ratio of your Tiny Planet Videos and tweak the Edge Blur and Edge Alignment. • 3 more video effects: Video Rotate, Video Zoom and Video Blast. ---------------------------------- JOIN THE TINY PLANET PHOTOS COMMUNITY Instagram: @madeWithTinyPlanets #TinyPlanet Tag your image with #TinyPlanet to be featured in our Instagram feed. Email us: hello@tinyplanetphotos.com
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 in-app purchases: Circular Tiny Planet Editor at none against Tiny Planet Photos and Video's 1. Circular Tiny Planet Editor also leads on review sentiment (73% vs 65%). Tiny Planet Photos and Video's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $4.99). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Tiny Planet Photos and Video costs $0.99 and Circular Tiny Planet Editor $4.99 up front. Tiny Planet Photos and Video sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Circular Tiny Planet Editor asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Tiny Planet Photos and Video against 4.7 for Circular Tiny Planet Editor. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.3K and 650 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Tiny Planet Photos and Video's written reviews are positive against 73% of Circular Tiny Planet Editor's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Tiny Planet Photos and Video | Circular Tiny Planet Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.3K ratings) | 4.7 (650 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.1% of reviews | 73.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K — better | 650 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | infoding.com | James Grote |
Customer experience
Tiny Planet Photos and Video
Circular Tiny Planet Editor
Bugs and requests
Tiny Planet Photos and Video
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes on startup for some users
- Paid features not working as expected
- Saved photos not appearing in camera roll
- Inconsistent behavior when loading photos
Requested features
5 requests- Add landscape orientation support for iPad
- Implement live preview and more photo editing controls
- Allow importing and processing of video clips
- Provide higher resolution output options
- Improve stability and reduce crashes
Circular Tiny Planet Editor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tiny Planet Photos and Video
- Extras Pack$0.99
Circular Tiny Planet Editor
No in-app purchases





