SnapDot vs Imaengine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SnapDot
Transform your photos into unique stipple drawings with intuitive editing tools. Control dot density, contrast, and brightness to create professional-looking art for sharing or printing. Supports color, greyscale, and black-and-white outputs.
- Create stipple drawings from photos
- Control dot density, contrast, and brightness
- Color, greyscale, and black-and-white modes
- Optional canvas background
- Advanced PDF exporting
- Social media integration
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Automatically create one-of-kind professional stipple drawings! Create customized professional stipple drawings from photos with easy editing tools on the iPhone and iPad. The dots respond instantly to your artistic expression. The most compelling and innovative drawing app on the App Store. CHECK OUT SNAPDOT ON PINTEREST: http://pinterest.com/jccollier/snapdot-drawings/ SnapDot gives your iPhone and iPad the ability to draw professionally with stipples: dots! SnapDot applies your creativity to your favorite photos with intuitive controls. Each setting—whether it’s the number of dots, contrast, or brightness—turns your photo into a unique work of art to share with friends or to frame and hang on your wall. FEATURES: + Fine-level control over contrast, brightness, and number of dots. + Individual modes for color, greyscale and true black-and-white drawings. + Optional canvas background and advanced exporting to PDF. + Helpful on-screen reminders of buttons and icons. + Improved integration with Facebook and all your other apps. SUPPORTS: All iPhone and iPad devices running iOS 8.0+, including iOS 9. Have an issue? We can't respond to App Store reviews, so email us at support@dotwerx.com.
Imaengine
Transform photos and videos into stylized vector art with various filters and editing tools. Create pop-art effects, remove backgrounds with black and white vectorization, and generate rotoscope-style videos from imported footage.
- Color vectorization
- Pop-art style filters
- Black and white vectorization
- Video and movie import
- Rotoscope-style videos
- User-friendly editor
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Color vectorization, pop-art style filters, black and white for background removing. Video and movie import to get rotoscope-style videos. User-friendly editor with selection tools, brush and eraser. Now we have 3 different vector apps, you can choose the one fit your necessities: - 'Imaengine': filter section with all the vectorization capabilities, with smart controls and clean interface, editor section with only the essential tools. - 'Vector Q': the most powerful, full control over vectorizing with advanced parameters and a complete vector editor. - 'Vinilo': the simpler, only black and white vectorization and single-tool editor.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SnapDot at 4.6 against Imaengine's 3.1. SnapDot also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (82% vs 58%). Imaengine's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). 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
Both are free to download. Imaengine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SnapDot asks for nothing beyond the download.
SnapDot holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 39 and 35 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of SnapDot's written reviews are positive against 58% of Imaengine's.
SnapDot ships an update every 2 months, Imaengine every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SnapDot | Imaengine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (39 ratings) — better | 3.1 (35 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.3% of reviews — better | 58.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 39 — better | 35 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dotwerx | Luis Rivas |
Customer experience
SnapDot
Imaengine
Bugs and requests
SnapDot
Reported bugs
10 issues- Crashes when opened
- Crashes upon opening after iOS 6 update
- Sliders no longer visible
- App will not delete
- Background frame/paper button doesn't toggle background
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- Image resizing/resolution reduction
- Self-hiding adjustment popovers
- Manual adjustment brushes confusing
- Does not install on iPad (for one user)
- Saving to camera roll not full size
Requested features
8 requests- More dots
- Ability to crop image
- More updates
- Port to macOS
- Add squares & geometric shapes
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- Reset feature
- Stop auto-hiding adjustment popovers
- Full size saving to camera roll
Imaengine
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SnapDot
No in-app purchases
Imaengine
- Unlimited Sharing$5.99









