Comparison

PicBlender vs PIP Magick

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

Head to head
About

PicBlender

Create astonishing photos by blending and fusing two images. Enhance your pictures with various blending modes and adjustable effect strength. Save, print, or share your creations easily.

Highlights
  • Photo blending and fusion
  • 18 blending modes
  • Adjustable effect strength
  • Blend with embedded images
  • Save and share creations
  • Improve HDR photos
Features
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Blend and fusion your photos and pictures with PicBlender and create astonishing photos. PicBlender is the perfect app to improve your photos, and HDR photos, and to fusion 2 differents photos to create astonishing effects. Featured by Apple as New & Noteworthy in the US, French AppStores for its release. Just select 2 photos in your photo library and start blending them; choose a blending mode with the top scroll menu, and adjust the strength of the effect with bottom slider. Save your newly created photos in your photos library, print them out or share them by email, or publish them on social networks. Blend a photo with itself, or your HDR photos with the original ones to improve them (exposure, lights, colors, luminosity...). Select one of the embedded image and blend it with one of your photos to create color tone effects, black and white effect and many other different artistic effects. Special features: - Blending mode: 18 different blending modes to improve your photos (Color, Color burn, color dodge, darken, lighten, difference, exclusion, hue, saturation, hard light, soft light...) - Effect strength: adjust accurately the strength of the effect with the bottom slider - Switch the order of the blending of the photos and get even more possibilities to improve your photos. NOTE: you shall allow the app to access your photo library; if you don't the app won't be able to import and export photos from and to your camera roll. You can change this setting in the Settings app -> Privacy -> Photos. Please don't add your bug reports in your review: send us your bug reports at support@seb-appstore.com and we'll be able to help you and fix the app. The app is compatible with all the listed iDevices; if you experience some issues with your device, send us an email at support@seb-appstore.com. Find out many other great iPhone apps at www.SEB-AppStore.com

About

PIP Magick

Easily create unique composite images by placing your photos within stylish frames. Adjust size and position for a perfect picture-in-picture effect, then share your creations on social media.

Highlights
  • Select photos from library
  • Choose from a list of frames
  • Adjust photo size and position
  • Create picture-in-picture effects
  • Export and share images
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PIP Magick easy and exiting application that create so interesting composite image. Create special instagenic image and let share to SNS!! It's only 4 steps below. #1 Select photo from photo library #2 Select frame from list #3 Adjust the size and position inner and outer frame #4 Completed with export! (PIP = Picture In Picture is a name of technic of the way to take a picture)

Screenshots

PicBlender4 screens
PIP Magick4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PIP Magick at Free against PicBlender's $0.99. PIP Magick also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). PicBlender's advantage is rating (3.1 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence, ads 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

PIP Magick is free to download; PicBlender costs $0.99 up front. PIP Magick sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PicBlender asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PicBlender holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PicBlender has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PicBlender ships an update every 9 months, PIP Magick every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
PicBlender versus PIP Magick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPicBlenderPIP Magick
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.1 (7 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews36.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSebastien BUETKenichi Kobayashi

Customer experience

PicBlender

All ratings7 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive36.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative63.2%

PIP Magick

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

PicBlender

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PIP Magick

One-time1
  • Unlock Frames, Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is PicBlender free?
PicBlender costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PIP Magick free?
PIP Magick is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PicBlender or PIP Magick?
PicBlender is rated higher. PicBlender averages 3.1 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while PIP Magick averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do PicBlender or PIP Magick have ads?
Neither PicBlender nor PIP Magick shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PicBlender or PIP Magick?
PicBlender ships an update every 9 months, and PIP Magick every 12 months. Most recently, PicBlender was updated on November 1, 2026 and PIP Magick on November 2, 2026.

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