Comparison

Oil Shine Pro vs AlphaBlur Image Effects

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

Head to head
About

Oil Shine Pro

Transform your photos into stunning oil paintings with a realistic brush and oil color effect. Easily apply filters, adjust brush sizes, and save your creations. Share your artistic masterpieces directly from the app.

Highlights
  • Oil painting effect
  • Adjustable brush sizes
  • Save and organize paintings
  • Direct sharing to social media
  • Save to photo album
  • Apply filters to photos
Features
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Let your photos oil shine by turning them into an oil painting. +++++ On SALE! 50% OFF now - for limited time only Create impressive images by oil shining your photos. The oil shine effect will make your photos look like they have been painted with a brush and oil colors. Creating oil shine images is quick and easy. Take a photo with your camera and apply the oil filter on the image. Share your oil 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: + Select different brush sizes + Save and organize multiple paints in a list There are no limits on what you can oil shine. Oil shine your car, friends, kids, your dog or your holiday pictures.

About

AlphaBlur Image Effects

This app uses AI to automatically separate foreground and background elements in your photos. It then applies a variety of stunning special effects to the background, with options for blur, focus, bokeh, and distortions.

Highlights
  • AI-powered background/foreground separation
  • Special effects for backgrounds
  • Dual Camera and TrueDepth hardware support
  • Various blur and focus effects
  • Customizable bokeh shapes
  • Highlight and star effects
  • Turbulence distortion effects
Features
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AlphaBlur Effects App uses neural network, artificial intelligence and modern Apple's hardware optical features for smart automatic splitting background and foreground objects on your photos and apply different amazing special effects on background. If your device supports Dual Cameras or TrueDepth hardware features then now AlphaBlur also uses these for supreme quality of background splitting. If you use an old iPhone without modern hardware features then our app can work fine and on these to. Many beautiful high-quality effects are collected in this fine app and can be easily applied by one click on effect's icon. Different kinds of blur and focus effects, bokeh with different shapes of elements, highlights and stars, turbulence distortions and many tenses other special effects are available for you with help of AlphaBlur Effect App presented for you by AlphaPlugins. Main features: - automatically split background and foreground objects with using artificial intelligence - use DualCamera and TrueDepth hardware features if these are available on device. - many kinds of blur and focus effects, include zooming blur, motion blur, radial and etc. - different bokeh effects with different shapes of elements - lot of different highlight and stars effects. - various types of turbulence distortion effects which can be applied on background to Similar like other AlphaPlugins' product the AlphaBlur Effects is high-quality and very intellectually app what gives you a lot of fun.

Screenshots

Oil Shine Pro4 screens
AlphaBlur Image Effects4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Oil Shine Pro at 4.8 against AlphaBlur Image Effects's 4.3. Oil Shine Pro also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 14%) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). AlphaBlur Image Effects's advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 6). On update cadence, ads, monetization model 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

Oil Shine Pro costs $1.99 and AlphaBlur Image Effects $2.99 up front. AlphaBlur Image Effects sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Oil Shine Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Oil Shine Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AlphaBlur Image Effects has 32 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Oil Shine Pro's written reviews are positive against 14% of AlphaBlur Image Effects's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Oil Shine Pro versus AlphaBlur Image Effects: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOil Shine ProAlphaBlur Image Effects
Price$1.99 — better$2.99
Rating4.8 (6 ratings) — better4.3 (32 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better14.3% of reviews
Number of ratings632 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander Dr. RiegerMaxim Chernousov

Customer experience

Oil Shine Pro

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

AlphaBlur Image Effects

All ratings32 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral3.1%
Negative15.6%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral42.9%
Negative42.9%

In-app purchases

None

Oil Shine Pro

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

AlphaBlur Image Effects

One-time2
  • Bokeh & Stars$0.99
  • Turbulenses$0.99

Questions

Is Oil Shine Pro free?
Oil Shine Pro costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AlphaBlur Image Effects free?
AlphaBlur Image Effects costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Oil Shine Pro or AlphaBlur Image Effects?
Oil Shine Pro is rated higher. Oil Shine Pro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while AlphaBlur Image Effects averages 4.3 from 32 ratings.
Do Oil Shine Pro or AlphaBlur Image Effects have ads?
Neither Oil Shine Pro nor AlphaBlur Image Effects shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Oil Shine Pro or AlphaBlur Image Effects?
Oil Shine Pro ships an update every 2 months, and AlphaBlur Image Effects every 2 months. Most recently, Oil Shine Pro was updated on November 1, 2026 and AlphaBlur Image Effects on November 8, 2026.

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