Comparison

Arshes vs PICK/PIC

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

Head to head
About

Arshes

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Arshes is a camera app — and a platform where users create and publish effects and filters. Effects are shader programs written in Slang, transforming your camera feed in real time with total freedom. Filters are presets of familiar color grading parameters: exposure, white balance, contrast, and more. Combine effects and filters published by other users, and capture photos and videos of every kind. FEATURES • Community Effects & Filters — Browse and use effects and filters published by other users, and favorite the ones you love. • Live Effect Camera — Apply effects and filters to your camera feed in real time, and capture photos and videos with the look baked in. • Create Effects — Write your own effects in the Slang shader language right on your device, with live camera preview. • Create Filters — Build your own color grades: exposure, white balance, contrast, HSL color mixer, and more. • Publish — Put your effects and filters out there for everyone to shoot with. • Gallery — Browse and manage captured photos and videos, with effect parameters saved and restorable. • Remote Editor — Edit effect code from your computer using "arshes-cli". • Widgets — Quick access from your home screen. • Camera tools — Tap to focus, manual white balance, grid, level, and histogram. Display P3 and HEIF support.

About

PICK/PIC

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One photo. One choice. Done. PICK/PIC gives the photos that never made it into an album a place to belong. It shows you one photo at a time. Pick the album it belongs in, and you're already on the next one. No scrolling through thousands to find what needs dealing with. No tapping your way through multi-select. Just one decision, then the next photo. Nothing moves anywhere new. Photos go straight into the albums in your iPhone's Photos app. 【What you can do】 ・See only the photos that aren't in any album ・File a photo into an existing album ・Create a new album from PICK/PIC ・Review photos and videos ・Delete what you don't need, on the spot ・Put a photo off for later with SKIP ・Undo the last filing ・Give each album its own icon ・Sort by NEWEST / OLDEST ・Filter by ALL / PHOTOS / VIDEOS Your photos and videos are never uploaded to any server. Everything happens inside your iPhone's photo library.

Screenshots

Arshes4 screens
PICK/PIC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Arshes at none against PICK/PIC's 1. PICK/PIC's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (17.2 vs 26.1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PICK/PIC sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Arshes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Arshes ships an update monthly, PICK/PIC every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Arshes versus PICK/PIC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArshesPICK/PIC
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.117.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKei HasegawaYUKIYA SHIMODA

In-app purchases

None

Arshes

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PICK/PIC

One-time1
  • 広告を非表示$2.99

Questions

Is Arshes free?
Arshes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PICK/PIC free?
PICK/PIC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Arshes or PICK/PIC have ads?
Neither Arshes nor PICK/PIC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Arshes or PICK/PIC?
Arshes ships an update monthly, and PICK/PIC every 3 days. Most recently, Arshes was updated on October 8, 2026 and PICK/PIC on October 11, 2026.

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