Pluto vs Mayica
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pluto
This app offers a unique blend of analog film emulation and AI-powered editing tools. Capture photos with real-time film looks or enhance existing images with intelligent object removal and professional studio controls. Achieve a distinctive aesthetic with a focus on quality and user privacy.
- Live film camera with real-time emulation
- Intelligent object removal (AI Eraser)
- Pro studio editing tools
- Texture Lab for film grain
- 100+ cinematic presets
- 4K export and high-res saving
- Privacy-focused design
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Find your look. Make it yours. Pluto is a photo editor for everyday moments, portraits, travel photos, and the sets you want to share. Start with a film-inspired look, adjust light and color, and refine the details. Edit one photo or bring up to 8 together in a set. No subscription is needed to use the editing tools. A LOOK THAT STARTS WITH YOUR PHOTO Preview curated signatures on your photo and adjust their strength. Explore the wider film-inspired collection, save your own looks, and reuse them later. Share a look without sharing your private photo. AI ADJUST. YOU STAY IN CONTROL. Use AI Adjust directly in the editor for suggested light, color, and tone adjustments. You can use it on its own or choose Adapt this look in Signatures. The result uses editable controls: compare it with your starting photo, refine it, or undo it. AI results vary and may need manual refinement. ONE LOOK. ROOM FOR EACH PHOTO. Create a set of up to 8 photos. Choose a shared look, apply per-photo adjustments, and review the results. Open any photo to refine it, leave individual photos out, and export the included set with progress and retry options if something fails. BRIGHTEN YOUR SUBJECT. KEEP THE SCENE. Start with automatic subject or background selection when supported on your device, or paint a mask yourself. Refine it with Add and Subtract, then adjust Exposure, Saturation, Warmth, and Tint in the selected area. CLEAN UP AND REIMAGINE Paint over a distraction and let Magic Eraser generate a cleanup. Target Replace lets you describe a change inside a painted area. Generative Expand adds space around your photo. Review generated results before accepting them. YOUR FINISHING TOUCH Shape colors with HSL, add grain, softness, vignette, or light leaks, and rotate or straighten while keeping your edits. Undo and redo as you work. Reopen saved local projects on the same device. SAVE THE PHOTO YOU WANT TO KEEP Export finished photos as JPEGs, with original-size output for supported photos and edits. Available size and detail depend on your photo, edits, and device. Cloud AI sends a photo preview, and selection information where needed, for processing. It requires an internet connection and is subject to usage and capacity limits. Manual editing and built-in looks do not require a cloud AI request. Projects remain on the device; sharing a look does not synchronize photos or projects. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Mayica
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Maybe it's the camera. Maybe I just love you. Photos of the people we love always look a little better. That thought is where Mayica started. Remember the tiny camera keyring on your bag? Mayica keeps a wall of them. Pick one, hang it by the shutter, and just shoot. Tilt your phone and it swings. Press the shutter and the photo takes on that camera's color and grain. The viewfinder shows the scene exactly as it is. Every camera on the wall suits a different scene: a Sunday afternoon with nothing planned, tulips at the flower market, convenience-store light on a wet road, dense black and white, even a photo that looks like it came from the phone you had back then. Choosing which one to hang today is where the shot begins. FOR YOU IF • You love the feel of film but are tired of scrolling through twenty filters. • You want the photo finished on the spot, with no editing afterward. • You keep photos of the people you love, the light on a trip, and days when nothing happened. SHOOTING IS SIMPLE • Pick 14, 28, 35, or 50 mm, tap to focus, touch and hold to lock it. • Swipe up and down for exposure, left and right for the aperture effect: how much the background blurs and how the lens feels. • Hold the shutter for a bulb exposure and keep the trails of light. • 4:3, 16:9, 1:1, a grid, a level, and portrait composition guides. • Review right after the shot, save or retake, and keep the original too if you like. MAYICA PRO • Import photos from your library or another app's share sheet and give them the look of any camera. • Save and share every camera's photos without the watermark. • Shooting and every camera stay free. Some cameras add a small Mayica mark below the photo on free saves; the camera picker shows which ones. • PRO is an auto-renewing annual subscription you can manage or cancel anytime from Settings. Everything happens on your device. No account, no sign-in. Camera names are inspired by real films and cameras, but their colors are not copies. For ad measurement, Singular processes app launches and sessions plus limited device and network information. Photos and location never leave your device for Singular. This app follows Apple's standard EULA. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Mayica at daily against Pluto's every 11 days. On price, 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
Both are free to download. Pluto sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Mayica sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pluto ships an update every 11 days, Mayica daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pluto | Mayica |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Justin Cahoon | Chanhee Bak |
In-app purchases
Pluto
- Professional weekly$4.997 Days
- Professional annual$29.991 Year
Mayica
- Mayica PRO Annual$9.991 Year









