Popdot (Halftone Effect) vs Image Filters Photo Editor +
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Popdot (Halftone Effect)
Transform your photos into comic-book style illustrations or dot art with various image effects. This app offers a simple interface for easy use and sharing to popular social media platforms.
- Comic-book style illustrations
- Dot art effects
- Easy-to-use interface
- Share to social media
- Save to camera roll
- Print option
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PopDot is simple, funny app that lets you convert your photos into comic-book style illustrations or beautiful dot art by applying different image effects. * PopDot can be applied to any image. * PopDot is very easy to use interface. * Share to Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, E-mail, Copy, Camera Roll and print. If you have comments, need help or found a bug, please help and send a email to nedisapp@gmail.com and we'll try to help you. Enjoy the PopDot!!
Image Filters Photo Editor +
This app offers a vast array of filters and adjustments to transform your photos. Enhance colors, apply artistic effects, or achieve vintage looks with a wide selection of tools. Perfect for creative photo editing.
- Bokeh, Disc, Gaussian, Motion, Zoom Blur effects
- Color adjustment and enhancement tools
- Artistic color effects like invert, posterize, and thermal
- Halftone and screen effects (CMYK, Dot, Line)
- Sharpening and unsharp mask for detail
- Stylize effects including comic, crystallize, and bloom
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Filters: BLUR ◆ Bokeh Blur – Applies a bokeh effect. ◆ Disc Blur – Blurs an image using disc shapes. ◆ Gaussian Blur – Blur and smooth out images. ◆ Morphology Gradient – Finds the edges of an image. ◆ Motion Blur – Blurs an image to simulate the effect of using a camera that moves a specified angle and distance while capturing the image. ◆ Zoom Blur – Simulates the effect of zooming the camera while capturing the image. COLOR ADJUSTMENT ◆ Color Controls – Greatly enhance colors, or remove them for a black & white photo. ◆ Color Threshold – Converts image into high-contrast color. ◆ Exposure Adjust – Brighten up dark photos or darken bright photos. ◆ Gamma Adjust – Darkens or lightens photos. ◆ Hue Adjust – Adjust photo’s hue/color tint. ◆ Vibrance – Make the photo’s color pop without looking fake. COLOR EFFECT ◆ Color Invert – Invert all colors as if image was converted to a negative. ◆ Color Map – Maps the colors from a psychedelic gradient to your image. ◆ Color Monochrome – Remaps colors so they fall within shades of a single color. ◆ Color Posterize – Turn images into posters, i.e. the “Andy Warhol” effect. ◆ Document Enhancer – Enhance a document image by removing unwanted shadows, whitening the background, and enhancing contrast. ◆ False Color – Maps luminance to a color ramp of two colors. ◆ Maximum Component – Returns a grayscale image from max(r,g,b). ◆ Minimum Component – Returns a grayscale image from min(r,g,b). ◆ Photo Effects: - Chrome – Vintage photography film with exaggerated color. - Fade – Vintage photography film with diminished color. - Instant – Vintage photography film with distorted colors. - Mono – Black-and-white photography film with low contrast. - Noir – Black-and-white photography film with exaggerated contrast. - Process – Vintage photography film with emphasized cool colors. - Tonal – Black-and-white photography film without significantly altering contrast. - Transfer – Vintage photography film with emphasized warm colors. ◆ Sepia Tone – Give an old-fashioned look to your photos. ◆ Thermal – Apply a Thermal image effect. ◆ Vignette – Soften photo’s edges and draw attention to its center. ◆ Vignette Effect – More advanced controls than basic Vignette. ◆ X-Ray – Apply a X-Ray style effect to an image. HALFTONE EFFECT ◆CMYK Halftone – Creates a color, halftoned rendition of the source image, using cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks over a white page. ◆ Dot Screen – Simulates the dot patterns of a halftone screen. ◆ Hatched Screen – Simulates the hatched pattern of a halftone screen. ◆ Line Screen – Simulates the line pattern of a halftone screen. SHARPEN ◆ Sharpen Luminance – Increases image detail by sharpening. ◆ Unsharp Mask – Sharpen images to make them stand out. STYLIZE ◆ Bloom – Softens edges and applies a pleasant glow to an image. ◆ Comic Effect – Turn images into comic book pages. ◆ Crystallize – Creates polygon-shaped color blocks from image. ◆ Edges – Finds edges in image and displays them in color. ◆ Gabor Gradients – Linear filter used for texture analysis. ◆ Gloom – Dulls the highlights of an image. ◆ Hexagonal Pixellate – Maps an image to colored hexagons. ◆ Highlight and Shadows – Increase or decrease shadows and highlight. ◆ Line Overlay – Creates a sketch that outlines the edges of an image in black. ◆ Pixelate – Makes an image blocky by mapping to colored squares defined by the replaced pixels. ◆ Pointillize – Renders photo in a pointillistic style. Apply image filters in a quick, easy to use interface. Share filtered photos to text messages & save to your phone. Save full size image to Photo Library, Send via Email, Copy into other apps. No Ads! Post to the #ImageFilterApp Hashtag to see other's image filter creations on Instagram, Twitter, & Facebook. App will be updated over time with more filters. Supports Light and Dark Modes. Landscape and Portrait orientations supported. Fully Accessible with the VoiceOver screen reader for blind and low vision users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Image Filters Photo Editor + at 51% against Popdot (Halftone Effect)'s 0%. Image Filters Photo Editor + also leads on rating (3.7 vs 2.7) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). Popdot (Halftone Effect)'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and iOS requirement (7.1 vs 14.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Image Filters Photo Editor + sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Popdot (Halftone Effect) asks for nothing beyond the download.
Image Filters Photo Editor + holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Image Filters Photo Editor + has 32 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Popdot (Halftone Effect)'s written reviews are positive against 51% of Image Filters Photo Editor +'s.
Popdot (Halftone Effect) ships an update every 2 months, Image Filters Photo Editor + every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Popdot (Halftone Effect) | Image Filters Photo Editor + |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (3 ratings) | 3.7 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 32 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.1 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | nedis | PaulJAdam.com |
Customer experience
Popdot (Halftone Effect)
Image Filters Photo Editor +
Bugs and requests
Popdot (Halftone Effect)
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Image Filters Photo Editor +
Reported bugs
10 issues- Cannot save photos
- Cannot send photos
- Images saved rotated 180 degrees
- App crashes on opening
- Help menu leads to 404 error
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- Strange haze around logo on invert
- Automatic cropping to horizontal rectangle
- App crashes frequently
- Cannot open app on older devices (iPod 4)
- App doesn't start up
Requested features
14 requests- Ability to save photos
- Ability to send photos
- Built-in save button
- Fix image rotation on save
- Add sharpen feature
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- Make all filters available
- Improve user interface clarity
- Allow editing of own photos
- Add tutorial
- Fix app crashing
- Update for iPhone X
- Add control over filter levels
- Make all filters available through photo extensions
- Clear last pic or prevent holding
In-app purchases
Popdot (Halftone Effect)
No in-app purchases
Image Filters Photo Editor +
- Disable Ads$0.99
- Enable All Filters$0.99
- Blur Filters$0.99
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- Color Adjustment Filters$0.99
- Halftone Effect Filters$0.99
- Sharpen Filters$0.99
- Stylize Filters$0.99
- Color Effect Filters$1.99
Questions
Is Popdot (Halftone Effect) free?
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