Comparison

Pop Dot Comics vs Poster Shine Pro

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

Head to head
About

Pop Dot Comics

Transform your photos into vintage comic book illustrations with bold outlines, vibrant colors, and classic halftone dots. Add speech bubbles and sound effects to create fun, newspaper-worthy art.

Highlights
  • Create comic book style illustrations
  • Apply thick outlines and bold colors
  • Add benday dots and halftone effects
  • Include speech bubbles and sound effects
  • Choose from 5 comic styles
  • Adjust outlines, color, and borders
  • Save and share creations
Features
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Create a comic worthy of the Sunday newspaper or your favorite pulp-fiction cover. Pop Dot Comic is a fun way to create comic-book style illustrations from your snapshot or ones taken of your friends and family. Pop Dot Comic applies thick outlines, bold colors, and plenty of benday dots to newsprint or pulp papers to give every creation the look of one that’s been printed or published. In the past, halftones were tediously inked in by cartoon artists or created in darkrooms. With Pop Dot Comic you can easily and quickly convert your photo into a comic book drawing that’s worthy enough for the Sunday newspaper or your favorite pulp-fiction cover. With a library of included “Fun Stuff”, custom messages can be added to speech bubbles and sound effects will give your creation “POW”. When your finished creating a comic book photo save it to your library or post them to your friends and family for funny moments. 

COMIC STYLES
 • Sunday Comics — Creates a Cartoon Photo 
 • Halftone — Transforms a photo into a Halftone Newspaper Photo
 • Pop Comics — Converts photos into a bright Pop Art Lichtenstein-style Cartoon
 • Pulp Comics — Renders a Cartoon with Vintage Color on Aged Pulp Paper
 • Noir Comics — Creates a contrasted toned or blk/white Comic with selective color like those used in the Sin City series Pop Dot Comics is a professional cartoon effect that can be done directly on your iPhone, iPad and Mac. •Convert all your images and pictures into cartoon-style effect quickly •Choose a preset for a quick start •Use large photos for a high-end result! •Crop your photo to remove unwanted parts of an image •Choose between 5 comic styles: Sunday Comics, Halftone, Noir Comics, Pop Comics, Pulp Comics •Make adjustments to outlines, color, border width, border inset and pulp papers •Choose between Dots, Lines and Halftones •Edit and resize “Fun Stuff” and “Bubbles” with an easy one-finger gesture •Share via Email, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr •Save to Camera Roll Easy to Use •Tap to edit type in speech & thought bubbles •Long Press to delete fun stuff and bubbles •Pull edges of fun stuff and speech bubbles to resize •Touch and hold center to move FEATURES
 Benday Dots — like those used in the traditional printing process. Benday Dots are two (or more) different small, colored dots combined to create a third color. Back in the day, pulp comic books used Benday Dots in primary colors to inexpensively create the secondary colors such as flesh tone.

 Fully adjustable control on all aspects of the process: Dot or Line size, Outline size, Color variation, Border: Width, Inset, Color & Corner Radius. 

INCLUDES
 Newsprint and Pulp Papers

 UNIVERSAL FEATURES 
All JixiPix Apps come with: Superior Customer Service, Support for High-Resolution Images & Output, Undo/Redo, Randomize Button, Quick Presets and the ability to create Custom Presets, Cropping with the ability to specify aspect ratio, Quick Preview, Email, Print, and the ability to post directly to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Tumblr. We also have an online art gallery and invite our user’s to display their artistic creations on it: http://www.flickr.com/groups/jixipixcreations/

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 “JixiPix turns any photo into a masterpiece. All that is required of you is the appreciation — we’ll take care of the rest!” JixiPix.com “Creative Tools for Creative People" Photography | Artistic | Graphic Apps
 MAC • iPad • iPhone

About

Poster Shine Pro

Transform your photos into striking, limited-color posters with a unique "poster shine" effect. Easily apply filters, customize colors, and share your artistic creations across social media or save them to your device.

Highlights
  • Poster shine effect
  • Limited color palettes
  • Customizable colors (up to four)
  • Save and organize images
  • Direct sharing to social media
  • In-app camera integration
Features
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Let your photos poster shine by turning them into a limited colored poster. ***** On SALE! 50% OFF now - for limited time only Create impressive images by poster shining your photos. The poster shine effect will make your photos look like a poster printed with only a few colors. Creating poster shine images is quick and easy. Take a photo with your camera and apply the poster filter on the image. Share your poster shine images on Facebook, Twitter and other social nets. Send an email with the image attached to it or save it in your photo album. * Pro Features: + Change up to four colors + Save and organize multiple images in a list There are no limits on what you can poster shine. Poster shine your car, friends, kids, your dog or your holiday pictures.

Screenshots

Pop Dot Comics4 screens
Poster Shine Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pop Dot Comics at 4.9 against Poster Shine Pro's 3.9. Pop Dot Comics also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 36%) and ratings volume (177 vs 46). Poster Shine Pro's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $2.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and chart position 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

Pop Dot Comics costs $2.99 and Poster Shine Pro $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pop Dot Comics holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 177 and 46 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Pop Dot Comics's written reviews are positive against 36% of Poster Shine Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pop Dot Comics ships an update every 4 months, Poster Shine Pro every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Pop Dot Comics versus Poster Shine Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPop Dot ComicsPoster Shine Pro
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.9 (177 ratings) — better3.9 (46 ratings)
Positive reviews77.7% of reviews — better36.4% of reviews
Number of ratings177 — better46
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#200#135 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJixiPix, LLCAlexander Dr. Rieger

Customer experience

Pop Dot Comics

All ratings177 ratings
Positive97.7%
Neutral1.1%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews269 reviews
Positive77.7%
Neutral8.2%
Negative14.1%

Poster Shine Pro

All ratings46 ratings
Positive71.7%
Neutral4.3%
Negative23.9%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive36.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative63.6%

Bugs and requests

Pop Dot Comics

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App crashes frequently during text editing
  • App crashes when saving or rendering images
  • Photos fail to load from gallery on some devices
  • High-resolution export produces pixelated images
  • Saved images appear different from in-app preview
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  • App crashes when adding and moving text elements
  • Rendering hangs or gets stuck
  • Crashes on iPhone 5 and older devices
  • Text editing causes app to close unexpectedly
  • Stability issues on iPhone 4S
  • Gallery import functionality broken on some devices
  • Occasional freezing during effect application

Requested features

17 requests
  • More speech bubble and caption options
  • Ability to adjust colors in specific areas (e.g., faces, lips)
  • Multi-cell page layouts and storyboard creation
  • Vaporwave aesthetic filter option
  • Text without word bubbles option
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  • Ability to rotate paper textures
  • Easier text size and rotation controls
  • Zoom capabilities
  • Brightness, saturation, and contrast user controls
  • Ability to import custom elements
  • Double dialogue bubbles
  • Direction control for speech bubbles
  • Larger halftone dot options
  • More varied caption directions
  • Simultaneous editing of multiple photos
  • Storyboard functionality
  • Better style preview with consistent sample images

Poster Shine Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pop Dot Comics

No in-app purchases

None

Poster Shine Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pop Dot Comics free?
Pop Dot Comics costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Poster Shine Pro free?
Poster Shine Pro costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pop Dot Comics or Poster Shine Pro?
Pop Dot Comics is rated higher. Pop Dot Comics averages 4.9 out of 5 from 177 ratings, while Poster Shine Pro averages 3.9 from 46 ratings.
Do Pop Dot Comics or Poster Shine Pro have ads?
Neither Pop Dot Comics nor Poster Shine Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pop Dot Comics or Poster Shine Pro?
Pop Dot Comics ships an update every 4 months, and Poster Shine Pro every 2 months. Most recently, Pop Dot Comics was updated on September 22, 2026 and Poster Shine Pro on September 24, 2026.
Which is more popular, Pop Dot Comics or Poster Shine Pro?
Pop Dot Comics currently peaks at #200 in the App Store charts, and Poster Shine Pro at #135. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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