iColorama S vs Alien Sky
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iColorama S
Transform your photos with over 500 artistic effects and advanced image adjustments. Repaint images using a variety of brushes, including imported Photoshop brushes, to create unique digital art. Perfect for unleashing your creative vision.
- Over 500 photo effects
- Image adjustments
- Brush painting
- Import Photoshop brushes
- Art creation tools
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Unleash your creativity with iColorama, the ultimate photo editing, and art creation app! There are too many effects to be listed here, more than 500! The effects are from simple image adjustments to complicated graphic transformations. Images can also be repainted with many different brushes, and you can import and use Photoshop brushes! Just check the tag #icolorama on Instagram and find more than 300 000 images that have been edited using this app! Start creating your own art today with iColorama!
Alien Sky
Transform ordinary photos into futuristic space scenes. Add planets, galaxies, stars, and lens flares to create otherworldly images. Customize your sky and give your photos a unique sci-fi feel.
- Space objects (planets, galaxies, moons)
- Bright suns and distant stars
- Futuristic lens flares
- Sky customization
- Sci-fi photo effects
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Reality is boring! Create fantastic and futuristic visions with Alien Sky. With Alien Sky, you can customize your sky with an amazing collection of high resolution space objects. Alien Sky also includes a set of futuristic lens flares optimized for your space explorations. Alien Sky gives you complete control over sky customization, allowing you create fantastic visions and otherworldly photos. Why settle for a boring sky? There is simply nothing else like this in the app store. USER REVIEWS "Amazing app for creating cosmic creations and stellar sky scenes." "Fantastic app, create epic space images, just brilliant!" "This is an amazing photography app! There isn't another one in its class when it comes to photo FX!!! It allows you to take your images and give them a true SciFi feel. I love it and use it often!!!!" FEATURES - Space Objects such as Planets, Moons, and Galaxies - Bright Suns and Distant Stars - Futuristic Lens Flares Turn your everday photos into fantastic visions with Alien Sky.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: iColorama S at Free against Alien Sky's $4.99. Alien Sky's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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
iColorama S is free to download; Alien Sky costs $4.99 up front. iColorama S sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Alien Sky asks for nothing beyond the download.
Alien Sky holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 178 and 132 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of iColorama S's written reviews are positive against 83% of Alien Sky's.
iColorama S ships an update every 4 weeks, Alien Sky every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iColorama S | Alien Sky |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (178 ratings) | 4.7 (132 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.4% of reviews | 83.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 178 — better | 132 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.1 GB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Enrique Garcia | James Grote |
Customer experience
iColorama S
Alien Sky
Bugs and requests
iColorama S
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to save edited photos without additional purchases
- Unwanted watermarks or overlays appearing on saved images
- Sudden changes to functionality or loss of previously available features
Requested features
5 requests- Improved undo/redo functionality
- Better masking and layering tools
- Zoom and detail options
- Foreground, background, and depth masking
- Support for animation or video editing
Alien Sky
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iColorama S
- iColorama S PRO3 Days trial$0.997 Days
- iColorama S PRO3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- iColorama S PRO$14.99
Alien Sky
No in-app purchases
