Comparison

Simply HDR vs Pixel Art Focus

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

Head to head
About

Simply HDR

Transform ordinary photos into vibrant HDR images with exceptional light and detail. This app offers a powerful HDR engine, presets, and adjustable controls to create stunning, artistic, or realistic HDR effects easily.

Highlights
  • Powerful HDR engine
  • Adjustable controls for HDR, color, vignette, and grain
  • HDR presets for one-click results
  • Save custom presets for consistent workflow
  • Six HDR styles (Realistic, B&W, Contrasted, etc.)
  • Library of artistic color gradients
Features
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Turn your photo in a vibrant HDR with unparalleled ranges of light and detail --- Top Selling App in All Countries --- Simply HDR is a powerful HDR tool that instantly creates stunning and mesmerizing imagery from otherwise bland subjects or compositions. Have you ever looked at a well-executed HDR photo with a dramatic sky and wish you could take a shot like that? Now you can! With Simply HDR this stunning art form is now accessible to everyone. Simply HDR comes with a powerful HDR engine, an easy-to-use interface, options to choose HDR presets for quick one-click results and the ability to experiment with the controls to evolve your own photographic style. Once you’ve found the settings that work best for you ‘save preset’ for future projects. This cool features allows you to maintain a consistent HDR workflow. With six HDR Styles and a library of artistic content you can create both realistic HDR photos or stylized ones—the result will be outstanding work that is captivating, mesmerizing, revealing and beautifully detailed. HDR STYLES • High Dynamic Range (HDR) • Black and White HDR • Contrasted HDR • Shadows and Lights • Contrasted Light FEATURES Fully adjustable control on all aspects of the process: HDR, Color Gradients, Vignette, and Grain. INCLUDES A library of HDArt Color Gradients UNIVERSAL FEATURES All JixiPix Apps come with: Superior Customer Service, Support for High-Resolution Images & Output, Undo, Randomize Button, Quick Presets and the ability to create Custom Presets, Cropping with the ability to specify aspect ratio, Quick Preview, Email, Print, and the ability to post directly to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Tumblr. We also have an online art gallery and invite our user’s to display their artistic creations on it: http://www.flickr.com/groups/jixipixcreations/ *************** “JixiPix turns any photo into a masterpiece. All that is required of you is the appreciation — we’ll take care of the rest!” JixiPix.com “Creative Tools for Creative People” Photography | Artistic | Graphic Apps ***If you are missing presets then please uninstall and re-install the app

About

Pixel Art Focus

Features
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● By using subject recognition, you can apply pixel art effects to only the foreground or background of the subject. ● You can apply a pixel art effect mosaic to the subject or background. ● Of course, you can also apply pixel art effects to the entire photo. ● Equipped with a real-time "automatic pixel art focus" monitor. ● You can easily create unique photos with pixel art effects applied only to the parts you want to focus on, such as people, pets, cars, buildings, and flowers. ● The reverse switch allows you to invert the side to which the pixel art effect is applied. ● Edited image files can be copied, saved, and shared. [Photo source] ・Real-time camera images ・Launch the camera and take a photo ・Select a photo from the photo album ・Import shared files from other apps ・Paste photos copied from web images, etc. [Settings] ・Dot width ・Bevel width ・Saturation ・Resolution ・Foreground mask ・Reverse effect [Touch operation] ・Pinch in/out: Zoom in on the image ・Pan: Scroll through the zoomed image [Photo output] ・Save to camera roll: Photos ・Photo sharing: AirDrop, LINE, Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram,...

Screenshots

Simply HDR4 screens
Pixel Art Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Simply HDR at #186 against Pixel Art Focus's unranked. Pixel Art Focus's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $2.99). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Simply HDR costs $2.99 and Pixel Art Focus $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Simply HDR versus Pixel Art Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimply HDRPixel Art Focus
Price$2.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.8 (1.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.5K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#186 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJixiPix, LLCMasanori Katsuta

Bugs and requests

Simply HDR

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes on iOS 15 update
  • Buttons/controls not working properly
  • Compatibility issues with newer devices
  • Slow save times
  • Screen controls get corrupted

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to merge multiple exposures
  • More filters and editing options
  • Improved performance and stability
  • Rotate image before saving
  • Higher export resolution

Pixel Art Focus

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Simply HDR

No in-app purchases

None

Pixel Art Focus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simply HDR free?
Simply HDR costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pixel Art Focus free?
Pixel Art Focus costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Simply HDR or Pixel Art Focus have ads?
Neither Simply HDR nor Pixel Art Focus shows ads.

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