Comparison

Photo Studio vs Touchless Recorder

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

Head to head
About

Photo Studio

Enhance your photos with a comprehensive suite of professional editing tools. Apply over 100 filters and effects, adjust colors, retouch portraits, and add creative elements like text and frames. This app offers powerful features for both quick edits and advanced retouching.

Highlights
  • 100+ filters and effects
  • Automatic color correction
  • Red-eye removal
  • Skin smoothing and blemish removal
  • Add text, frames, and stickers
  • Color splash effect
  • Meme creator
Features
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Photo Studio is the all-in-one AI photo editor: retouch, restore, transform and create professional portraits in seconds. Just message the AI assistant what you want — it understands your photo, picks the right tool and delivers a pro edit. And the full set of classic tools is always there when you want to fine-tune by hand. AI ASSISTANT — PRO EDITS BY MESSAGE • "Remove the person on the left", "make the sky more dramatic", "restore and colorize this old photo" — the assistant gets it done and shows the result right in the chat. • Point your finger at anything in the photo — the assistant knows what you mean. • Every generative edit is automatically checked and fixed if needed before you see it. • History, undo, image attachments and dictation — like a messenger, but for your photos. PHOTO TO VIDEO & VIRAL PORTRAITS • Live Memories: turn a still photo into a short living video — a smile, a glance, a breath. Animate old photos and bring memories back to life. • AI Pet Studio: your cat or dog as renaissance, royal, astronaut, wizard, superhero and more — breed, fur and markings preserved. • Photoshoot Pack: a few selfies become 16 pro portraits for LinkedIn, CV and dating. • Collectible action figures, AI Baby, AI Couple, Younger Self, Reunite loved ones and Face Swap. • Named AI profiles for consistent results across photos. AI TOOLS • Magic Edit: describe any change in plain words ("remove the person on the left", "make it golden hour") and let AI rewrite the photo. • Magic Eraser: tap to remove unwanted objects, photobombers or blemishes. • Remove Background and Blur Background in one tap. • Restore and Colorize old, damaged or black-and-white photos. • Expand: extend any photo beyond its original frame to a new aspect ratio. • HD Upscale: turn low-res, blurry photos into crisp high-resolution images. • Magic Enhance: one tap for instantly sharper, better-lit photos. Free. • Look Analysis: color, makeup, hairstyle and outfit breakdowns tailored to your face. AI PORTRAITS & FILTERS • Professional portraits: LinkedIn, business, CV, passport, studio, corporate headshot, dating, old money, cinematic and golden hour. • Viral effects: plush toy, doll, action figure, crochet, chibi, Y2K, VHS and disposable camera. • Art styles: anime, 90s anime, comic, 3D cartoon, fantasy, oil painting, renaissance, watercolor, black & white, sketch, caricature, pop art, van Gogh, mosaic, pixel and neon. • Vintage photos: film, yearbook, polaroid, photobooth and aging. CLASSIC EDITOR Adjustments (brightness, contrast, saturation and more), filters, crop, text, draw, stickers, tilt-shift focus blur, frames, meme captions, and color-splash/blur/whiten brushes — all with live previews. Photo Studio works on iPhone and iPad. Terms of Use (EULA): https://keysersoft.com/studiofotografico/terms-of-use

About

Touchless Recorder

Features
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●●● Recording start/stop without touching the iPhone screen ●●● ※ Compatible with iPhone only (Not a universal app) ※ Recording will not start unless the iPhone screen is held as vertically as possible. ■ Features ・When you bring an object close to the iPhone's proximity sensor and then move it away, recording will start automatically. ・To start recording, hold the iPhone screen as vertical as possible and bring an object close to it. ・Displays the shooting screen while recording. ・During recording, if you bring an object close to the iPhone's proximity sensor again, recording will stop automatically. ・When you stop recording, the recorded video will be automatically saved as a file. ・You can play or delete saved video files on the video list. ・Using the file sharing function, you can save it to a photo album or send it to other apps. ■ Supplement ・First, keep your iPhone screen as vertical as possible. Otherwise, recording cannot start. ・By bringing an object close to the proximity sensor (horizontally oblong area) on the top of the iPhone, touchless recording is performed. ・Recording is possible even if the iPhone is in landscape orientation, but the video file will be displayed in portrait orientation. ・To rotate a video file, save the video with file sharing and rotate the video with the editing function of the photo app on the home screen.

Screenshots

Photo Studio4 screens
Touchless Recorder1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Photo Studio at Free against Touchless Recorder's $1.99. Photo Studio also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). Touchless Recorder's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Photo Studio is free to download; Touchless Recorder costs $1.99 up front. Photo Studio sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Touchless Recorder asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photo Studio ships an update every 2 months, Touchless Recorder every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Photo Studio versus Touchless Recorder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto StudioTouchless Recorder
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.4 (72 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings72 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatteo MorelliMasanori Katsuta

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Photo Studio

One-time11
  • Animals Sticker Pack$0.99
  • Doodles Sticker Pack$0.99
  • Shadow Pro Effects Pack$1.99
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  • Drift Frames Pack$1.99
  • Signet Pro$1.99
  • Style$1.99
  • Bloom$1.99
  • Bohemia$1.99
  • Blossom$1.99
  • 30 Credits$1.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
None

Touchless Recorder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Photo Studio free?
Photo Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Touchless Recorder free?
Touchless Recorder costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Photo Studio or Touchless Recorder have ads?
Photo Studio shows ads; Touchless Recorder does not.
Which is updated more often, Photo Studio or Touchless Recorder?
Photo Studio ships an update every 2 months, and Touchless Recorder every 7 months. Most recently, Photo Studio was updated on October 23, 2026 and Touchless Recorder on October 27, 2026.

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