Comparison

Rainy Daze vs Distressed FX

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

Head to head
About

Rainy Daze

Enhance your photos with realistic rain effects. Add mist, drops, or downpours to evoke emotion and atmosphere. Customize rain intensity, angle, and length for artistic expression.

Highlights
  • Dynamic rain effects
  • Adjustable rain angle and length
  • Three unique rain styles
  • Customizable presets
  • Darken sky with clouds
  • Easy-to-use slider controls
Features
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The JixiPix Rainy Daze photo app puts the power, emotion and uses of rain at your fingertips. With it, you have the power to envelop your photos in a soft mist's romantic glow, wash your landscapes clean of imperfection, and bring drops of meaning, large and small, fast or smooth, to your personal expression. Is it possible for a photo to make your body ache? Or pull on your heartstrings? Give you hope? Well … is there rain in your photo? Because, along with the moisture, rain drops emotion - strong, instinctive emotions. It’s not something anyone needs to be taught - we just feel it. And since there are as many emotions of rain as there are types of rain, the artistic uses for your photography are virtually endless. Some things you might like to shoot for: bright and clean, regenerative, renewing, glistening; powerful, ominous, thunderbolt and lightening, cascading in waves – horizontal. Or, sweet-smelling soft dreaminess, romance and peace - a delicate kiss alight in the air. Whether you're a graphic artist, professional photographer, or a budding iPhoneographer, use Rainy Daze to bring some rain to your photos and the response from your viewers will be subconscious, immediate, and visceral. Pretty handy. The Rainy Daze photo app comes loaded with three powerful styles: Rain Shower, Romantic Rain and Vintage Rain. Each unique style applies an advanced tonal technique to give your photos the feel of a rainy day. Rain Shower slightly darkens the scene for an appearance of an overcast day, Romantic Rain brings a soft romantic glow, and Vintage Rain gives a toned, aged appearance. Each style allows you to adjust the rain from a light drizzle to a heavy shower, change the angle of the rain, and change the length of the rain from short drops to long streaks. You can (do a rain) dance if you want to, but it's not necessary. Just head to the App Store and – Make it rain. Rainy Daze delivers: •Dynamic rain, length and angle •The ability to darken the sky with clouds •Loads of presets, to get you started fast •The ability to create personal-favorite custom presets using the "Save" menu •The addictive JixiPix Randomizer – so much fun! •Easy-to-use slider controls to adjust light, contrast and texture just how you want it •Superfast preview mode to immediately see edit results, with large image rendered at save •You can save to the photo roll and/or email or post to Facebook. Share your masterpieces! •Works with Hi-Res images for top-quality results •Superior customer support and updates – we're committed to your long-term satisfaction

About

Distressed FX

Transform ordinary photos into unique works of art with a vast collection of textures and overlays. This app offers exclusive access to all current and future filters and effects for a single payment, making photo editing accessible and creative.

Highlights
  • Access to all current and future filters
  • Exclusive new effects and features
  • Wide range of textured images and overlays
  • Transform mundane photos into art
  • Ideal for still life and landscape photography
Features
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Distressed FX Plus is a special edition of the highly acclaimed original. For a small single payment, you will get access to all current and future filters, as well as exclusive access to all new effects and features ahead of release on the original app. This is an extraordinary opportunity to harness all the amazing effects from Distressed FX. If you are ready to take your photos to the next level, this is the ideal investment at a bargain price. Creating gorgeous artwork from your photos has never been easier. With Distressed FX, simply take a photo and choose from a wide range of textured images and overlays. Transform even the most mundane photo into a work of art. See our hashtag #distressedFX on Instagram to see 100k+ examples! ** Featured by Mac Format and Black + White Photography Magazine Join us at: www.facebook.com/DistressedFX www.instagram.com/distressedfxapp/ • Particularly suited to still life and landscape photography - this app will perfectly compliment your existing collection of photo apps. Distressed FX is powered by the textures of Cheryl Tarrant, a texture artist from Tennessee. Her popular and unique style is now available in your pocket, wherever you go. • Follow Cheryl on Instagram http://instagram.com/distressedfxapp • Be our friend on Facebook www.facebook.com/DistressedFX • Follow us on Twitter : @distressedfx See examples of the Cheryl's distinctive work here: www.flickr.com/photos/jewellofdistressed/ ** Find out more about Distressed Textures at www.distressedfx.com & www.distressedtextures.com Distressed FX (tm) is a trademark of Cheryl Tarrant in the United States of America.

Screenshots

Rainy Daze4 screens
Distressed FX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Rainy Daze at $0.99 against Distressed FX's $19.99. Rainy Daze also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). Distressed FX's advantage is ratings volume (1.2K vs 53) and chart position (#102 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Rainy Daze costs $0.99 and Distressed FX $19.99 up front. Distressed FX sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Rainy Daze asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Rainy Daze against 4.8 for Distressed FX. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Distressed FX has 1.2K ratings behind it against 53, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 72% and 72% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rainy Daze ships an update every 4 months, Distressed FX every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Rainy Daze versus Distressed FX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRainy DazeDistressed FX
Price$0.99 — better$19.99
Rating4.7 (53 ratings)4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.6% of reviews72.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings531.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#102 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJixiPix, LLCWe Are Here

Customer experience

Rainy Daze

All ratings53 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral5.7%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews74 reviews
Positive71.6%
Neutral6.8%
Negative21.6%

Distressed FX

All ratings1,234 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews101 reviews
Positive72.3%
Neutral5.9%
Negative21.8%

Bugs and requests

Rainy Daze

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Distressed FX

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to download or load certain textures/overlays
  • App crashing when opening photos
  • Saving edited photos at lower resolutions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Masking and selective editing tools
  • Zoom and precise control for editing
  • Ability to use app on Mac devices
  • Improved customer support and communication

In-app purchases

None

Rainy Daze

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Distressed FX

One-time10
  • Beyond SkiesFree
  • The HeavensFree
  • Bokeh IllusionsFree
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  • The LightsFree
  • Box of colorsFree
  • Old World GalleryFree
  • Painterly GrungeFree
  • The NeutralsFree
  • Vintage CollectionFree
  • Atmospheric LightFree

Questions

Is Rainy Daze free?
Rainy Daze costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Distressed FX free?
Distressed FX costs $19.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rainy Daze or Distressed FX?
Distressed FX is rated higher. Rainy Daze averages 4.7 out of 5 from 53 ratings, while Distressed FX averages 4.8 from 1.2K ratings.
Do Rainy Daze or Distressed FX have ads?
Neither Rainy Daze nor Distressed FX shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rainy Daze or Distressed FX?
Rainy Daze ships an update every 4 months, and Distressed FX every 3 months. Most recently, Rainy Daze was updated on November 1, 2026 and Distressed FX on November 2, 2026.

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