Comparison

Impressionism Camera vs Impressionism

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

Head to head
About

Impressionism Camera

Transform your photos into Impressionist-style paintings with various artistic filters. Create unique artwork by repeating transformations and add your personal autograph to your creations.

Highlights
  • Impressionist art styles
  • Photo transformation
  • Customizable styles
  • Autograph addition
  • iOS 9.0+ compatibility
Features
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Impressionism Now turns your photos into paintings like an Impressionism art! Choose from different styles to change your photos. You can also create your own picture by repeating the transformation. You can write your autograph! Please Note: This application is only available in iOS 9.0 and later. Please have a look at the screen shots below.

About

Impressionism

Transform your photos and videos into Impressionist-style oil paintings. Adjust brush strokes, colors, brightness, and saturation to achieve a unique artistic look. Save your creations or movies with optional add-ons.

Highlights
  • Create oil painting art effects from images
  • Create oil painting art effects from videos
  • Adjust image/video brightness and saturation
  • Edit brush touch and color
  • Save edited images and videos
  • Purchase add-ons for full functionality
Features
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"Impressionism" is a camera filter application that allows you to create Impressionist-Style Oil Painting Art Effects Image or Movie from photo, picture, illustrations and video easily. ■Main function of App 1. Create Impressionist-Style Oil Painting Art Effects image and save it. 2. Create Impressionist-Style Oil Painting Art Effects movie and save it. 3. Edit image / movie brightness and saturation. 4. Edit touch of brush and color. *Add-on is required in order to save. ■How to Edit 1. Select image or video you want to edit from "Camera" Button. 2. When image or video was displayed, Adjust Image to the desired image by adjusting "Brush" buttons, "Color" buttons and Sliders. *If you want to save the image / video that parameters of "Brush or Color" is not "1", you need to purchase Add-on. 3. When you touch "Save" Button, current image or video will be saved in "Photos(Camera Roll)". ■About "Impressionism" You might have seen brightly colored oil painting that feel the feeling of air and light of the scene, when you have visited museum. Those paintings might be the artworks that drawn by artists called "Impressionist". "Impressionism" is an art movement around the painting that began in France in the late 19th century. The painter typical, there are Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cezanne, Jacob Camille Pissarro, Berthe Morisot, Jean-Baptiste Armand Guillaumin, and Alfred Sisley. One of the reasons that the Impressionists were born is the invention of photography. Photograph was overwhelmingly accurate than Painting in that it depicts the subject. Therefore, Painters at the time was looking for a new pictorial expression that can not be imitated in the photograph. Among the historical background such ,painters called "Impressionist" focused upon to express the change of texture and light and air. Initially painters of "Impressionism" were not accepted at all from the society. However, they were accepted gradually. Painters of the "Impressionist" has given a strong impact on the modern painters such as Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin. You will be able to create the vivid colored art image like Impressionist painting that feel the feeling of air and light from photo stored on your smart phones or tablets by using "Impressionism"! You can get closer to the style of painting of your choice by adjusting the color, touch of the brush, brightness and saturation. *If you want to save the image that adjusted "brush" or "color" , you need to purchase Add-on. If you enjoyed by this App, I'm glad. ■About In-app Advertising Banner Advertising is displayed in Home Screen. Full Screen Advertising will be displayed, after you have saved the picture. You can hide these Advertising by purchasing "Additional Function Add-on".

Screenshots

Impressionism Camera4 screens
Impressionism4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Impressionism Camera at 57% against Impressionism's 11%. Impressionism Camera also leads on rating (4.3 vs 1.5) and ratings volume (381 vs 2). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Impressionism Camera sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Impressionism sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Impressionism Camera holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Impressionism Camera has 381 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Impressionism Camera's written reviews are positive against 11% of Impressionism's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Impressionism Camera ships an update every 2 months, Impressionism every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Impressionism Camera versus Impressionism: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImpressionism CameraImpressionism
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (381 ratings) — better1.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews — better10.5% of reviews
Number of ratings381 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOsawa ShunsukeTAIKI HIRATA

Customer experience

Impressionism Camera

All ratings381 ratings
Positive82.2%
Neutral9.7%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral12.2%
Negative30.6%

Impressionism

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive10.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative89.5%

Bugs and requests

Impressionism Camera

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App crashes during processing hi-res images
  • Pen not functioning
  • App closes unexpectedly
  • Pointillism is broken
  • Photos become unrecognizable after first use
Show 5 more
  • App rarely works
  • Stuck on loading screen for full version
  • Hieroglyphs appear sometimes
  • App doesn't work as expected
  • Images are squashed

Requested features

3 requests
  • More painterly styles
  • More variety of styles
  • Ability to use PayPal for payments

Impressionism

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Impressionism Camera

One-time2
  • Premium Edition$3.99
  • Treat wine for developer$9.99
1 purchases

Impressionism

One-time1
  • Additional Functions$0.99

Questions

Is Impressionism Camera free?
Impressionism Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Impressionism free?
Impressionism is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Impressionism Camera or Impressionism?
Impressionism Camera is rated higher. Impressionism Camera averages 4.3 out of 5 from 381 ratings, while Impressionism averages 1.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Impressionism Camera or Impressionism have ads?
Both Impressionism Camera and Impressionism show ads.
Which is updated more often, Impressionism Camera or Impressionism?
Impressionism Camera ships an update every 2 months, and Impressionism every 5 months. Most recently, Impressionism Camera was updated on October 29, 2026 and Impressionism on October 11, 2026.

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