Comparison

Icon CREATE vs Image Filters for Shortcuts

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

Head to head
About

Icon CREATE

Features
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Easy to use app icon creator app. Add objects, edit their properties, move them with drag and drop. Edit the background with gorgeous patterns and gradients.

About

Image Filters for Shortcuts

Features
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Image Filters for Shortcuts brings 146 powerful image filters to Apple Shortcuts, letting you automate image editing workflows across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Every filter is available as a Shortcuts action with full parameter control. Chain multiple filters together, process images in bulk, or trigger edits automatically โ€” no manual work required. FILTERS INCLUDED Color Adjustments Brightness & Contrast, Hue & Saturation, Exposure, Gamma, Vibrance, White Balance, Highlight & Shadow, Levels, Color Curves, Color Threshold, Channel Mixer, Color Monochrome, False Color, Gradient Map, Color Clamp, Color Polynomial, and Dither. Blur & Sharpen Gaussian Blur, Box Blur, Motion Blur, Zoom Blur, Disc Blur, Bokeh Blur, Depth Blur, Tilt Shift, Median, Sharpen, Unsharp Mask, Morphology Gradient, Morphology Maximum, Morphology Minimum, Gabor Gradients, and Depth of Field. Distortion Twirl, Pinch, Bump Distortion, Hole Distortion, Vortex, Circle Splash, Glass Distortion, Glass Tiles, Droste, Displacement, Torus Lens, Center Stretch, Nine Part Stretch, Kaleidoscope, Triangle Kaleidoscope, Light Tunnel, Mirror, Magnify, Fisheye, Circle to Square, Polar Tiles, Slipping Tiles, Drunk Vision, Liquify, Seamless Tile, Perspective Correction, and tile effects including Affine, Fourfold Rotated, Sixfold Rotated, and Twelvefold Reflected. Stylize & Effects Vignette, Pixelate, Crystallize, Edges, Comic Effect, Pointillize, Solarize, Bloom, Gloom, Line Overlay, Spot Light, Spot Color, Edge Work, Height Field, Shaded Material, Hexagonal Pixelate, Dot Screen, Line Screen, Circular Screen, Hatched Screen, CMYK Halftone, Halftone Color, and Equalizer. Artistic & Film Pencil Sketch, Oil Painting, Emboss, Watercolor, Stained Glass, Neon Glow, Glitch, Chromatic Aberration, Anaglyph 3D, Double Exposure, Orton Effect, Thermal Camera, Night Vision, Cross Process, Infrared, Lomography, Duotone, Split Toning, Film Grain, Vintage, VHS, Scanlines, ASCII Art, and Chroma Key. Generators & Noise Checkerboard, Stripes, Grid, Sunbeams, Star Shine, Lens Flare, Starburst, Voronoi, Clouds, Value Noise, Organic Noise, Random Texture, Add Noise, Noise Reduction, Op Tile, Parallelogram Tile, Perspective Tile, Glide Reflected Tile, and Color Wheel. Enhancement Dehaze, Clarity, Auto Tone, Skin Smoothing, Miniature, Raindrops, Frosted Glass, Photo Collage, Flashlight, Contours, Spheres, Angular Waves, Radial Waves, and Seamless Tile. SHORTCUTS INTEGRATION Each filter appears as its own action in the Shortcuts app. Parameters like radius, intensity, angle, and position are fully adjustable. Pass images between actions to build multi-step editing pipelines. Automate repetitive edits or create one-tap shortcuts for your favorite filter combinations. The app also includes a built-in image editor for quick manual adjustments. Open images from Files or Photos, preview filters in real time, adjust parameters with sliders, and export the result. Runs entirely on-device using Core Image. No internet connection required.

Screenshots

Icon CREATE4 screens
Image Filters for Shortcuts4 screens

Verdict

The call

Icon CREATE and Image Filters for Shortcuts are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Icon CREATE versus Image Filters for Shortcuts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIcon CREATEImage Filters for Shortcuts
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS18.118.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBruno Theodor KretzschmarHuibert Aalbers

In-app purchases

None

Icon CREATE

No in-app purchases

None

Image Filters for Shortcuts

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Icon CREATE free?
Icon CREATE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Image Filters for Shortcuts free?
Image Filters for Shortcuts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Icon CREATE or Image Filters for Shortcuts have ads?
Neither Icon CREATE nor Image Filters for Shortcuts shows ads.

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