Comparison

Emboss Me vs Emboss Photo Effects

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

Head to head
About

Emboss Me

Transform your photos into dimensional relief artwork with adjustable depth and direction. This app offers a fast, visual editing experience with live previews, curated presets, and the ability to blend effects for subtle or bold results. Save your favorite settings and share high-resolution before-and-after images.

Highlights
  • Adjustable depth and direction
  • Live split preview
  • Curated presets
  • Blend effect with original
  • Save favorite settings
  • High-resolution saving and sharing
Features
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Create polished embossed relief in seconds with Emboss Me. Transform photos into dimensional raised-surface artwork with adjustable depth and direction. Designed for fast, visual editing: • Compare the original and edited image with a live split preview • Explore curated presets made for different photo styles • Blend the effect with your original for a subtle or bold finish • Save favorite effect settings in My Looks and reuse them • Share a labeled before-and-after image • Undo, redo, and resume your last edit • Save and share at high resolution • Edit across compact and expanded layouts with keyboard shortcuts • Process photos directly on your device Choose a photo, try a preset, and adjust until the result feels right. The focused editor keeps the image and its transformation visible throughout the process. Start creating for free in this ad-supported edition.

About

Emboss Photo Effects

Apply unique embossing effects to your photos with a single click. Enhance images by adjusting brightness, contrast, and saturation, or sharpen edges. Rotate, flip, and crop your pictures to perfection and fine-tune the embossing depth and direction.

Highlights
  • One-click embossing effects
  • Adjust brightness, contrast, saturation
  • Sharpen and edge enhancement
  • Rotate, flip, and crop images
  • Tweak embossing depth and direction
  • Apply effects from albums or camera
Features
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Simple, Elegant and Powerful With Emboss Photo Effects, you can bring the most fabulous effect to your photo. By One Click, you can immediately apply the embossing effects to your photo: Not just this, you can touchup your image and adjust the brightness, contrast, saturation too. How about Sharpen + Edge Enhancement? Go ahead and have a try!... etc. Also you can rotate, flip, and crop your images to any dimension you want. Just select a photo from your albums or take a photo immediately, and the embossed version is ready for you. Need more control? No problem! By scrolling the slider, you can tweak the embossing depth and direction until you get the best version. Share on all social networks and be the coolest person out there. Download now!

Screenshots

Emboss Me3 screens
Emboss Photo Effects4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Emboss Me at 50% against Emboss Photo Effects's 0%. Emboss Me also leads on rating (3.8 vs 1.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Emboss Photo Effects's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, 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

Both are free to download. Emboss Photo Effects sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Emboss Me asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Emboss Me holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 1.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Emboss Me's written reviews are positive against 0% of Emboss Photo Effects's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Emboss Me ships an update every 3 weeks, Emboss Photo Effects every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Emboss Me versus Emboss Photo Effects: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmboss MeEmboss Photo Effects
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (5 ratings) — better1.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer福恩 毛Rohit Iyer

Customer experience

Emboss Me

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Emboss Photo Effects

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Emboss Me

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Emboss Photo Effects

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Emboss Me free?
Emboss Me is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Emboss Photo Effects free?
Emboss Photo Effects is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Emboss Me or Emboss Photo Effects?
Emboss Me is rated higher. Emboss Me averages 3.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Emboss Photo Effects averages 1.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Emboss Me or Emboss Photo Effects have ads?
Neither Emboss Me nor Emboss Photo Effects shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Emboss Me or Emboss Photo Effects?
Emboss Me ships an update every 3 weeks, and Emboss Photo Effects every 8 months. Most recently, Emboss Me was updated on November 1, 2026 and Emboss Photo Effects on November 2, 2026.

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