Comparison

PicBlender vs Hand Tint Pro

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

Hand Tint Pro

Transform your photos into timeless hand-painted art. Apply color with smart brushes, layers, and selective tools. Choose from various background effects and paper textures for unique creations.

Highlights
  • Smart brushes for precise coloring
  • Layering system for organized editing
  • Selective color tool
  • Multiple background effects (B&W, Luminescent, Vintage)
  • Various layer modes
  • Save projects to resume later
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Colorize your photo with Tint, Tone and Color Hand Tint Pro supplies everything you need—color palettes, paper and smart brushes—for creating beautiful and timeless hand painted photography. Like all art forms, preparing a good base for hand coloring is like stretching a canvas for painting, so every imaged placed in the app is stripped of color and transformed into a classic Black & White, a dreamy Luminescent or an aged Vintage photo we call a Background Effect. To keep your painting organized and in control, we give you Layers and a handy Selective Color tool to define areas for accurate brushing. Both features are designed to keep color where you want them. FEATURES An easy workflow with a professional layering system has modes for tint, tone, color, multiply, soft paint or paint that can be changed per layer, and a powerful color selection tool to keep brushing inside isolated areas for fast colorization and accuracy. It is important to have fun while creating beautiful photo memories so a forgiving erase brush is there to wash away mistakes occurred during the painting process. If you need to stop, not a problem! Use the save project feature and return to finish when you are ready. PHOTO EFFECTS (also known as background effects) For the base of your hand tint we transform your photo into a classic Black & White, a dreamy Luminescent or an aged Vintage—the choice is yours! Black and White—turns a photo into a classic black and white with options to adjust the RGB channels. A strength slider gradually blends the photo's original colors back in, if desired, for a variety of customized looks before the tinting process begins. Luminescent—adds dreamy brightness combined with subtle texture—that you control, as you brush on color, tint or tone Vintage—ages the photo with image toning and adds distressed paper for a beautiful and unique basis of your tinting project INCLUDES 3 Photo Effects—Black & White, Luminescent & Vintage (also known as background effects, creates the base photo layer for hand tinting) 3 Layer Styles—Colorize Layer allows the original color to be brushed back in, Paint Layer allows customizable coloring using paintbrushes and color palettes, Auto Paint Layer allows original color to be removed, and a base layer called Background Effect to change photo effects styles on-the-fly without changing the hand colored layers above it—this allows you to be creative without repainting the image. Layer Modes—on every layer feature Color, Tint, Tone, Multiply, Soft Paint and Paint modes. These modes are designed to change the look of painted or colorized areas for unique and infinite variations. RGB Sliders—found on the Background Effect allow for pro mixing of light and dark areas in the Black & White and Luminescent effects. Film Grain Slider Soften Slider 6 Paper Surface Textures 25 Color Palettes—consist of multiple swatches created for seasons, hair color, eye color and skin tones plus 2 Romantic palettes for dreamy gardens and seascapes. 36 Textures for adding an aged and worn paper effect 15 One-touch customizable Presets—create the Background Effect 3 Paint Presets—with layer styles and brush colors already in place for learning and understanding the layering process. Save Project—will save your hand tint project externally, or share projects with co-workers and friends. This feature keeps all layers and brush colors in tact. Randomize Button—automatically changes the settings on the Background Effects

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PicBlender at $0.99 against Hand Tint Pro's $19.99. PicBlender also leads on chart position (#196 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). Hand Tint Pro's advantage is rating (4.1 vs 3.1) and review sentiment (71% vs 37%). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

PicBlender costs $0.99 and Hand Tint Pro $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hand Tint Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of PicBlender's written reviews are positive against 71% of Hand Tint Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PicBlender ships an update every 9 months, Hand Tint Pro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
PicBlender versus Hand Tint Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPicBlenderHand Tint Pro
Price$0.99 — better$19.99
Rating3.1 (7 ratings)4.1 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.8% of reviews71.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings716 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#196 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB105 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSebastien BUETJixiPix, LLC

Customer experience

PicBlender

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

Hand Tint Pro

All ratings16 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.8%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

In-app purchases

None

PicBlender

No in-app purchases

None

Hand Tint Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PicBlender free?
PicBlender costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hand Tint Pro free?
Hand Tint Pro costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PicBlender or Hand Tint Pro?
Hand Tint Pro is rated higher. PicBlender averages 3.1 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Hand Tint Pro averages 4.1 from 16 ratings.
Do PicBlender or Hand Tint Pro have ads?
Neither PicBlender nor Hand Tint Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PicBlender or Hand Tint Pro?
PicBlender ships an update every 9 months, and Hand Tint Pro fortnightly. Most recently, PicBlender was updated on October 26, 2026 and Hand Tint Pro on October 13, 2026.

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