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.
Icon CREATE
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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.
Image Filters for Shortcuts
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Icon CREATE | Image Filters for Shortcuts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | โ | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac โ better |
| Requires iOS | 18.1 | 18.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bruno Theodor Kretzschmar | Huibert Aalbers |
In-app purchases
Icon CREATE
No in-app purchases
Image Filters for Shortcuts
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Icon CREATE free?
Is Image Filters for Shortcuts free?
Do Icon CREATE or Image Filters for Shortcuts have ads?
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