Poster Shine Pro vs Subtilizer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Poster shine effect
- Limited color palettes
- Customizable colors (up to four)
- Save and organize images
- Direct sharing to social media
- In-app camera integration
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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.
Subtilizer
This application allows users to apply subtle image processing effects like posterization, detail filtering, and edge enhancement. It transforms images into a more refined aesthetic. The tool is designed for creative image manipulation.
- Posterization effect
- Detail filtering
- Edge enhancement
- Subtle image conversion
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Posterization, filtering detail and edge enhance and convert to a little subtle image. Subtilizer is such an application.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Subtilizer at 100% against Poster Shine Pro's 36%. Subtilizer also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.9). Poster Shine Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 22 months) and ratings volume (46 vs 5). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Subtilizer is free to download; Poster Shine Pro costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Subtilizer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Poster Shine Pro has 46 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Poster Shine Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of Subtilizer's.
Poster Shine Pro ships an update every 2 months, Subtilizer every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Poster Shine Pro | Subtilizer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (46 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 46 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #111 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Dr. Rieger | Itoh Tomoaki |
Customer experience
Poster Shine Pro
Subtilizer
In-app purchases
Poster Shine Pro
No in-app purchases
Subtilizer
No in-app purchases
