Comparison

PICSPLAY Classic vs Silhouette Editor

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

Head to head
About

PICSPLAY Classic

This app offers a comprehensive suite of photo and video editing tools. Create artistic images with a wide range of filters, analog effects, and design elements. It also features a pro camera with real-time filters and video editing capabilities.

Highlights
  • Hand-picked filter effects
  • Analog film effects
  • Text, stickers, and borders
  • Professional editing tools (RGB Curves, Levels)
  • Basic editing functions
  • Pro camera with real-time filters
  • Video camera with live filters
Features
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PicsPlay Pro has come back with a renewal, PICSPLAY Classic™ PICSPLAY Classic is an all-in-one photo editor that provides hand-picked filter effects and versatile editing functions. Make your photos a piece of art with PICSPLAY Classic! FILTERS Provides selected filters ranging from color filters for daily life and landscape to professional film filters CREATE ANALOG PHOTOS Textures and light leak effects to add vintage texture and an analog film sensation Vignetting effect to reproduce the lens sensation of lomo camera and toy camera DESIGN TOOLS FOR CREATORS Text, Stickers, Borders, Painting, Mosaic, Square for Instagram PROFESSIONAL EDITING RGB Curves, RGB Levels, Selective Color, Dodge/Burn, Blur, Double Exposure BASIC EDITING Undo/Redo, Crop, Rotate, Straighten, Skew, Clarity, Exposure(Brightness & Contrast), Color(Hue & Saturation, Vibrance), White Balance(Color Temperature & Tint), Fade, Highlights/Shadows, Highlights Tone, Shadows Tone, Sharpen PRO CAMERA Real-time filters and out-of-focus effect Combine up to 9 shots in a single frame Continuous shooting VIDEO CAMERA Live video filters Amazing motion graphics : Vintage light leak, video magazine covers, polaroid layouts * All users who previously purchased the original PicsPlay Pro from the App Store can use PICSPLAY Classic™ at no additional charge. * Have a question or suggestion? We are waiting for your feedback! Facebook: facebook.com/PICSPLAY Instagram: @PICSPLAY_Official

About

Silhouette Editor

Features
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■ Use two photos, one for the foreground and one for the background, to create a single photo. ■ Darken the foreground photo to easily create a "silhouette composite photo." ■ Background transparency is fully automatic. Enjoyable and quick photo compositing. ■ To fine-tune the automatic background transparency, you can enlarge the image and edit in detail. ● Foreground recognition function automatically makes only the background of the photo transparent. ● Adjust the brightness of the foreground and background using the brightness graph. ● Leave only the foreground you want to focus on, such as people, pets, cars, buildings, and flowers, and create a silhouette composite with another background. ● Zoom and scroll the image to correct foreground recognition errors and make detailed corrections to transparent parts. ● Zoom, rotate, and edit the position of the foreground and background. ● Copy, save, and share transparent images and composite images. ● Save transparent images to a collection (reusable) [Photo Selection] ・Launch the camera and take a photo. ・Select a photo from the photo album. ・Select a foreground image from a collection. ・Import shared files from other apps. ・Paste photos copied from web images, etc. [Outputs] ・Save to camera roll: Photos ・Share photos: AirDrop, LINE, Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram,...

Screenshots

PICSPLAY Classic4 screens
Silhouette Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Silhouette Editor at $2.99 against PICSPLAY Classic's $9.99. Silhouette Editor also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

PICSPLAY Classic costs $9.99 and Silhouette Editor $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PICSPLAY Classic ships an update every 2 months, Silhouette Editor every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PICSPLAY Classic versus Silhouette Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPICSPLAY ClassicSilhouette Editor
Price$9.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.8 (130 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings130 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size203 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJellyBus Inc.Masanori Katsuta

Bugs and requests

PICSPLAY Classic

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when trying to load photos
  • Incompatible with iPhone 5S and newer devices
  • App freezes and becomes unusable after iOS updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Update the app to work with latest iOS versions
  • Add collage and layering features
  • Implement blemish removal tools
  • Include a color picker tool
  • Add the ability to save text/copyright overlays

Silhouette Editor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PICSPLAY Classic

No in-app purchases

None

Silhouette Editor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PICSPLAY Classic free?
PICSPLAY Classic costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Silhouette Editor free?
Silhouette Editor costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do PICSPLAY Classic or Silhouette Editor have ads?
Neither PICSPLAY Classic nor Silhouette Editor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PICSPLAY Classic or Silhouette Editor?
PICSPLAY Classic ships an update every 2 months, and Silhouette Editor every 4 months. Most recently, PICSPLAY Classic was updated on November 1, 2026 and Silhouette Editor on October 25, 2026.

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