Comparison

Noise Master vs ASCII Glitch Camera

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

Head to head
About

Noise Master

Effortlessly remove various types of noise from your photos to achieve clean, smooth images. This app uses advanced algorithms to preserve important details and edges, even softening facial wrinkles. It offers a user-friendly interface for adjusting noise reduction levels and saving your enhanced images in full resolution.

Highlights
  • Removes all photo noise types
  • Preserves details and edges
  • Softens facial wrinkles
  • Adjustable noise reduction level
  • Save in full resolution
  • Load from album/camera/clipboard
Features
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Noise Master is the fastest, most effective app to remove noise from photos. The App is designed to produce clean, smooth, noise-free images while preserving important details. Eliminates all kinds of noise: high iso, chroma, contrast, low light, film grain, jpeg artifacts, and can even soften and eliminate wrinkles from faces! Other noise reduction apps use crude blurring techniques that ruin fine details. Noise Master is currently the only app for iPhone/iPad that works like professional noise reduction applications. Noise Master uses sophisticated algorithms to eliminate noise without sacrificing detail. Features: - Removes all types of photo noise: high iso, chroma, contrast, low light, film grain, jpeg artifacts etc. - Preserves details/edges - Softens and eliminating wrinkles from faces - Slider to adjust level of noise reduction - Load images from album / camera / paste from clipboard - Save noise-free images in 'Photos' / copy to clipboard - in full resolution - Works on all versions of iPhone / iPad / iPod Touch - Full resolution preview - Button to switch between optimized and original image - Portrait  and landscape orientation supported

About

ASCII Glitch Camera

Transform your camera into a live text-art generator. It redraws every frame in real-time using various character styles, offering a unique visual conversion. Capture photos and videos or convert existing library images.

Highlights
  • Live text-art conversion
  • Multiple character styles (Braille, ASCII, halftone)
  • Full-resolution photo capture
  • Smooth video recording
  • Library photo conversion
  • Adjustable resolution and contrast
Features
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ASCII Glitch Camera turns your camera into a live text-art machine. Every frame is redrawn in real time as characters — no filters pasted over a photo, but a true conversion where every glyph is chosen by the light that hit it. TEN STYLES Braille dot-matrix with 8-point detail per character, halftone dots, quadrant blocks, classic ASCII ramps, digits, line strokes, a 28-level fine-detail ramp, and a stark 1-bit mode. Swipe to switch live. CAPTURE IT Save full-resolution photos or record smooth video of the live feed, ready to share. Convert photos from your library too. DIAL IT IN Resolution, contrast, auto contrast, invert, dithering, pinch to zoom, front and back cameras. Freeze the frame when you catch something good. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything happens on your device. Nothing is collected, nothing is uploaded, no account, no ads. Now go make something weird.

Screenshots

Noise Master4 screens
ASCII Glitch Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ASCII Glitch Camera at Free against Noise Master's $1.99. ASCII Glitch Camera also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.3). Noise Master's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly) and device support (3 vs 1). On ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

ASCII Glitch Camera is free to download; Noise Master costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ASCII Glitch Camera holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Noise Master ships an update every 10 days, ASCII Glitch Camera monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Noise Master versus ASCII Glitch Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoise MasterASCII Glitch Camera
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating2.3 (6 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLucky ClanChris Almaguer

Customer experience

Noise Master

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews128 reviews
Positive43.0%
Neutral7.0%
Negative50.0%

ASCII Glitch Camera

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Noise Master

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Frequent crashes when loading photos
  • Crashes with 12MP+ images
  • Crashes when using clipboard features
  • Crashes with panoramic photos from iOS6
  • Cannot access photo library (permission issues)
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  • Slow photo loading times
  • App not updated for taller screens
  • Clipboard paste functionality causes crashes
  • Only recognizes photos in 'Photos' app, not other photo apps

Requested features

13 requests
  • Masking or brush tool for selective noise reduction
  • Video processing capability
  • Batch processing for multiple photos
  • Ability to preserve specific image areas from processing
  • Zoom feature for detailed preview
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  • Tone/color adjustment options
  • Preserve EXIF data in exported images
  • Snap-to increments for slider (5 or 10 unit steps)
  • Remember last slider setting
  • Higher resolution/HD export options
  • Control over export quality settings
  • Support for different noise types (color vs luminance)
  • UI optimization for modern screen sizes

ASCII Glitch Camera

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Noise Master

No in-app purchases

None

ASCII Glitch Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Noise Master free?
Noise Master costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ASCII Glitch Camera free?
ASCII Glitch Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Noise Master or ASCII Glitch Camera?
ASCII Glitch Camera is rated higher. Noise Master averages 2.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while ASCII Glitch Camera averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Noise Master or ASCII Glitch Camera have ads?
Neither Noise Master nor ASCII Glitch Camera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Noise Master or ASCII Glitch Camera?
Noise Master ships an update every 10 days, and ASCII Glitch Camera monthly. Most recently, Noise Master was updated on November 1, 2026 and ASCII Glitch Camera on October 31, 2026.

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