Comparison

Mextures Photo Editor vs Provoke Camera

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

Head to head
About

Mextures Photo Editor

Apply dust, film grain, textures, light leaks, and gradients to your photos quickly. Its non-destructive workflow allows for unlimited layers and adjustments at any time. Save and share your unique editing styles with others.

Highlights
  • Apply dust and film grain
  • Add textures and light leaks
  • Non-destructive editing workflow
  • Unlimited layers for blending
  • Save and share custom formulas
  • Professional photo adjustment tools
Features
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AppStore App of the year winner. Featured by Cosmopolitan Magazine, Men's Journal, Mashable, CNET, Uncrate, Cult of Mac, Fstoppers, AppAdvice, and more. Mextures is the best app for applying dust and film grain, textures, light leaks and beautiful gradients to your images in seconds. No app is faster. And with our non-destructive workflow, you can make changes to your layers at any time during your editing process. Fine-tune your edits with photo adjustments and then save and share your edit for future use. Included are over 200 beautiful formulas for 1-click editing created by some of the top iPhone photographers in the world. - OVER 150 TEXTURES - You'll find analog light leaks, dusty film scans, tasteful grunge, artifacts, element textures, and perfectly tuned gradients. Effect too strong? Easily adjust the opacity. With 12 different blending modes, every new layer adds a dynamic range of possibilities. - EDITING TOOLS: PERFECTED - Overcomplicated adjustments are for the birds. Adjust your photos with professional-grade tools like Exposure, Contrast, Tint, White Balance, Fade, Black and White, Highlights/Shadows, Sharpness, and Saturation. Included are 30 film presets that emulate popular film stocks. - CREATE & SHARE - Unlike any other app, you can save your edits for future use with our Formula workflow. Save and share as many formulas as you’d like and evolve a style that’s completely yours. And new in Mextures 2.0, our formula manager allows you to import formulas from other users. With a tap of a button, you can also share your formulas with a simple code on any social network. - INFINITE LAYERS - Stack a virtually unlimited number of layers for beautiful blending effects. You can change any edit you do at any time. Change the texture, blend mode, or rotation of a layer even if you added it 30 steps ago. Tweak each adjustment setting anytime during your editing process. Tag your images in with #Mextures on Instagram. mextures.com instagram.com/mextures

About

Provoke Camera

This app creates gritty, grainy, black and white images inspired by 1960s Japanese photography. It offers various film formats and live view effects, and can also import and edit existing photos from your camera roll.

Highlights
  • Gritty, grainy black and white image creation
  • Inspired by 1960s Japanese photography
  • Square format 126 and 35mm format 135
  • 9 black and white live view effects
  • 4 color live view effects
  • Import and edit photos from camera roll
  • Supports TIFF uncompressed files
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Doesn't support iPads. Developed in collaboration with Glyn Evans [the founder of iPhoneography], Provoke Camera was inspired by Japanese photographers of the late 1960’s like Daido Moriyama, Takuma Nakahira and Yutaka Takanashi. Simple, elegant and easy to use, Provoke Camera does just one thing, produce black and white images with that gritty, grainy, blurry look reminiscent of the “Provoke” era of photography, and in two great formats; square format 126 and 35mm format 135. Provoke Camera features 9 great black and white and 4 color live view effects, in 2 great film formats, 126 [1:1] and 135 [3:2]: 1. HPAN High Contrast 2. NPAN Normal 3. LPAN Low Contrast 4. X800 More High Contrast with more noise. 5. I800 IR like filter. 6. Z800 +2EV with more noise. 7. D100 Darken with Blur (4Pixel) 8. H100 High Contrast with Blur(4Pixel) 9. E100 +1.5EV with Blur(4Pixel) 10. Nofilter 11. 100 Old Color 12. 100U Vivid and Sharp 13. 160N Soft In addition to capturing beautiful, gritty, grainy, contrasty black and white images, Provoke Camera will also allow you to import photos from your camera roll and apply any one of its “Provoke” effects. And Support TIFF Uncompress image file. Also support Photo Extension with iOS8 later. You can use Provoke Filter in Photos App.

Screenshots

Mextures Photo Editor4 screens
Provoke Camera1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Provoke Camera at 4.8 against Mextures Photo Editor's 3.4. Provoke Camera also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 7). Mextures Photo Editor's advantage is ratings volume (263 vs 6) and chart position (#143 vs unranked). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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

Mextures Photo Editor costs $1.99 and Provoke Camera $1.99 up front. Mextures Photo Editor sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Provoke Camera asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Provoke Camera holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mextures Photo Editor has 263 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Mextures Photo Editor's written reviews are positive against 64% of Provoke Camera's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mextures Photo Editor ships an update every 3 months, Provoke Camera every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Mextures Photo Editor versus Provoke Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMextures Photo EditorProvoke Camera
Price$1.99$1.99
Rating3.4 (263 ratings)4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.8% of reviews63.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings263 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#143 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size157 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMEREK DAVIS COM, LLCToshihiko Tambo

Customer experience

Mextures Photo Editor

All ratings262 ratings
Positive53.4%
Neutral8.8%
Negative37.8%
Written reviews391 reviews
Positive56.8%
Neutral10.5%
Negative32.7%

Provoke Camera

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews141 reviews
Positive63.8%
Neutral14.2%
Negative22.0%

Bugs and requests

Mextures Photo Editor

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes when trying to save edited photos
  • Inability to access photo library on newer devices
  • Inconsistent performance across different iOS versions
  • Purchased content failing to download properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Masking tool to selectively apply effects
  • Batch editing and exporting capabilities
  • Landscape mode support
  • Cloud-based syncing of custom formulas
  • More frequent content updates

Provoke Camera

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Mextures Photo Editor

One-time7
  • X-Film BundleFree
  • Outfitter Formula PackFree
  • Atmospheric Bundle$0.99
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  • Intensity Bundle$0.99
  • Dust and Dirt$0.99
  • Light Leaks 4$0.99
  • Anomaly Bundle$1.99
None

Provoke Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mextures Photo Editor free?
Mextures Photo Editor costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Provoke Camera free?
Provoke Camera costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mextures Photo Editor or Provoke Camera?
Provoke Camera is rated higher. Mextures Photo Editor averages 3.4 out of 5 from 263 ratings, while Provoke Camera averages 4.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Mextures Photo Editor or Provoke Camera have ads?
Neither Mextures Photo Editor nor Provoke Camera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mextures Photo Editor or Provoke Camera?
Mextures Photo Editor ships an update every 3 months, and Provoke Camera every 2 months. Most recently, Mextures Photo Editor was updated on October 29, 2026 and Provoke Camera on October 29, 2026.

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