Comparison

Xer vs ShotText

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

Head to head
About

Xer

This app offers advanced photo editing capabilities with multiple layers, allowing for precise adjustments, effects, and text overlays. Create artistic photo montages and enhance images with a wide range of tools for daily editing needs.

Highlights
  • Multiple-layer editing
  • Real-pixel editing
  • Perspective transformations
  • Color eraser
  • Extensive photo effects
  • Text layer addition
  • Project auto-save
Features
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Xer is a versatile photo editor to make excellent photos basing on multiple-layer editing. It is to meet all the daily demands for photo editing: rotation, cropping, flipping, applying photo effects, adding text, making artistic or funny photo montages, etc. Whenever it can help, it's trying to be sufficient and handy. Features: + Real-pixel editing. + Create projects with photos or a blank background. + Multiple-layer editing: Tap on a layer to select it. + Add new layers from the photo album or the camera. + Move, rotate, flip a layer, zoom in/out to edit with accuracy. + Move up a layer with a double-tap. + Change a layer's width or height. + The only app in the App Store capable of performing perspective transformations. + Color eraser: Quickly erase a layer's background color. + Eraser: Erase on a layer with desired size and offset. + Add transparency to a layer. + Copy a layer or the whole image. + Crop a layer. + Delete a layer. + Add a text layer. + Control your photos: Contrast, Saturation, Brightness, Tint, Exposure, Blur, USM, Vibrance, Gloom, Vignette, Gamma, Bloom, Sepia Tone, Posterize, Hue Adjust, etc. + Apply combined photo effects with convenience. + Project auto-save. + Save or mail. + Share to SNS. THE ONLY TIP: ALWAYS SELECT A LAYER BEFORE DOING ANYTHING TO IT. See the demo on the support website.

About

ShotText

Easily add text, shapes, and overlay effects to your photos. Customize colors, sizes, and rotation for a unique look. Share your creations directly to social media or save them to your device.

Highlights
  • Add text and shapes
  • Adjustable text/shape size
  • Customizable colors
  • Rotation for text/shapes
  • Overlay effects
  • Direct social sharing
Features
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ShotText is a photo editor that does everything on your iPhone. No accounts. No cloud uploads. No analytics. Your photos never leave your device. EVERYTHING IS ON-DEVICE Every filter, every AI feature, every export happens locally using Apple's Core Image, Vision, and Core ML frameworks. Edit in airplane mode if you want — it all just works. AI THAT RUNS OFFLINE • Background removal — one tap to isolate a person and drop in a new background • Auto-enhance — smart correction for exposure, color, and sharpness • Style transfer — turn any photo into Mosaic, Starry Night, Cuphead, Anime, Cartoon, or White Box style with adjustable intensity • Object erase — paint over what you want gone 38+ FILTERS IN 9 CATEGORIES Film looks (Noir, Chrome, Fade, Instant), 11 cinematic LUTs, art styles, lighting effects (Bloom, Gloom, Thermal, X-Ray), pencil sketch, tone mapping, and more — with a global intensity slider on every one. EVERYTHING ELSE YOU EXPECT • Crop with aspect ratio presets, rotation, and flip • Adjustments for brightness, contrast, saturation, warmth, and sharpness • 73 stickers across 5 packs (emoji, hearts, suns, eyes, directions) • Editable text with font, color, background, and shadow controls • 8 overlay packs (grunge, colors, nature, patterns, wood, bubbles) • 6 vignette presets with start/end controls • PencilKit drawing with pressure-sensitive brushes and eraser EXPORT YOUR WAY HEIC, JPEG, or PNG with adjustable quality. One-tap export to a 9:16 Story format with a blurred background — perfect for Instagram, TikTok, or anywhere vertical. Saved photos go to your library and a dedicated "ShotText" album. DESIGNED FOR THE LONG SESSION • 20-level undo and redo • Long-press the canvas to compare before and after • Pick up exactly where you left off — sessions persist across app restarts • Optimized for iPad with a side-by-side editing layout • Haptic feedback on every action PRIVACY ShotText collects nothing. There are no servers, no accounts, no third-party SDKs. Read the full policy at turkdogan.dev/shottext/privacy.

Screenshots

Xer4 screens
ShotText4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Xer at none against ShotText's 1. Xer also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). ShotText's advantage is review sentiment (73% vs 43%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). 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. ShotText sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Xer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ShotText holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Xer's written reviews are positive against 73% of ShotText's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Xer ships an update monthly, ShotText every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Xer versus ShotText: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXerShotText
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (10 ratings)4.0 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews72.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1019 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer志明 丁Turkdogan Tasdelen

Customer experience

Xer

All ratings10 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%

ShotText

All ratings19 ratings
Positive78.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative21.1%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral13.6%
Negative13.6%

Bugs and requests

Xer

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App crashes frequently during editing
  • Eraser tool causes app to crash or malfunction
  • Layers disappear randomly during work
  • Undo function doesn't work properly
  • Unresponsive buttons and controls
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  • Tutorial exit button unresponsive on iOS 8
  • Photos won't load or get stuck loading
  • Image quality drastically decreases on import
  • Erased content reappears before crashing
  • App circles back to instructions instead of functioning
  • Photos move around uncontrollably on screen

Requested features

10 requests
  • Layer tab/panel for easy layer management and visibility
  • Ability to add more than 3 layers
  • Save and resume projects functionality
  • HD/high-quality image export options
  • Undo functionality that actually works
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  • Individual side adjustment for canvas resizing
  • Comprehensive user instructions and tutorials
  • Button labels and icon descriptions
  • Ability to delete and reload pictures
  • Smart layer selection without moving other layers

ShotText

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Xer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ShotText

One-time1
  • ShotText Pro$5.99

Questions

Is Xer free?
Xer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ShotText free?
ShotText is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Xer or ShotText?
ShotText is rated higher. Xer averages 3.8 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while ShotText averages 4.0 from 19 ratings.
Do Xer or ShotText have ads?
Neither Xer nor ShotText shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Xer or ShotText?
Xer ships an update monthly, and ShotText every 2 weeks. Most recently, Xer was updated on October 13, 2026 and ShotText on October 12, 2026.

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