Arshes vs PICK/PIC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. PICK/PIC sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Arshes asks for nothing beyond the download.
Arshes ships an update monthly, PICK/PIC every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Arshes | PICK/PIC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.1 | 17.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kei Hasegawa | YUKIYA SHIMODA |
In-app purchases
Arshes
No in-app purchases
PICK/PIC
- 広告を非表示$2.99





