PhotoGlyph vs Stellar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PhotoGlyph
Enhance rock art images by overlaying metadata like location, direction, and date. Choose between 'Pictograph' or 'Petroglyph' modes to best highlight features. Save your annotated creations to your photo library.
- Superimpose location, direction, and date
- Pictograph and Petroglyph enhancement modes
- Zoom in and out functionality
- Undo changes feature
- Save to Photo Library
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Press the 'Select' button to choose a photo from your library. If the photo has metadata, then you can press the 'Annotate' button to superimpose the location, direction and date/time on the bottom left of the image (note: when you save to the Photo Library, you can copy and paste this text from the image). Double tap or pinch to zoom in and out. Select either the 'Pictograph' or 'Petroglyph' depending on the subject of your photo to enhance its features. Press the 'Undo' button to revert changes. When finished, you can save the new image to your Photo Library. Note, depending on the color composition of pictographs, the 'Petroglyph' option might yield better results.
Stellar
This app offers advanced control for creating timelapses and capturing single shots with customizable intervals and delays. It supports manual camera settings, dual camera capture, and various output formats, including RAW. Remote control and Apple Watch integration are also available.
- Interval shooting
- Manual camera controls
- Dual camera capture
- RAW photo output
- Remote control
- Apple Watch integration
- Timelapse video creation
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Stellar is a precision interval camera built for photographers who want complete control from a quick self-timer shot to a multi-hour timelapse session. CAPTURE • Interval shooting: every 2, 5, 10, 30, or 60 seconds • Single shot mode with start delay. Use Stellar as a self-timer • Set a shot count (1 to ∞) or a duration limit (30s to 1h) • Schedule a session to fire automatically at a specific time • Visual countdown before the session starts CAMERA CONTROLS • Switch between Ultra Wide, Wide, and Telephoto lenses (If supported) • Manual shutter speed, ISO, and exposure compensation • Manual focus with barrel-style slider and haptic feedback • Barrel-style zoom with haptic tick feedback • Flash: Off / Auto / On • AE/AF lock and tap-to-focus DUAL CAMERA • Multicam: Capture front and back cameras simultaneously • Picture-in-Picture layout: draggable and swappable • Both lenses fire at the exact same time PHOTO OUTPUT • Formats: HEIC, JPEG, RAW, RAW+HEIC, RAW+JPEG • Aspect ratios: Original, 1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9 • Optional geotagging. Embed GPS location in EXIF metadata • Sessions automatically saved to a named album in Photos TIMELAPSE VIDEO • Build a timelapse from any session or photo library • Share photos from the iOS Photos app directly into Stellar to generate a timelapse • Frame rate: 24 or 30 fps • Quality: 1080p, 1440p, or 4K • Speed: 0.5×, 1×, 2×, 3×, or 4× • Reverse playback option • Export and share in seconds REMOTE CONTROL • Control a second iPhone over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth • Start, stop, and preview shots remotely APPLE WATCH • Start and stop capture from your wrist • Live preview on the watch face after each shot • Shot counter displayed during active sessions FRAMING AIDS • Ghost overlay: match composition to the previous shot • 3×3 grid for rule-of-thirds framing • Horizon level indicator • Aspect ratio crop guides GALLERY • Browse, view full-screen, share, or delete photos & videos captured by Stellar FEEDBACK & SETTINGS • Shutter sound and haptic feedback • LED countdown: flashes 3-2-1 before each shot • Battery saver mode: dims screen during long sessions • Sleep mode: pause and resume without losing your session • Presets: save and load named setting combinations • Storage warning before starting a session Download Stellar. Every second counts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Stellar at Free against PhotoGlyph's $4.99. Stellar also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On ratings volume, 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
Stellar is free to download; PhotoGlyph costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Stellar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively.
PhotoGlyph ships an update fortnightly, Stellar every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PhotoGlyph | Stellar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stephen Denham | Gabriel Pires |
Customer experience
PhotoGlyph
Stellar
In-app purchases
PhotoGlyph
No in-app purchases
Stellar
No in-app purchases









