Comparison

Aqili Forge vs Pocket Editor

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

Head to head
About

Aqili Forge

Features
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Aqili Forge is your all-in-one AI creative studio. Generate, edit, and finish professional media — images, video, voiceovers, music, and more — from a single app, then let the built-in AI agent chain it all together from one prompt. CREATE ANYTHING - AI Image Generation — photorealistic images, art, and product shots - Photo Studio — AI edits, retouching, background changes - Video Studio — generate cinematic clips and remix them - Auto-Captions — burn synchronized subtitles into any talking video, automatically - AI Avatars — lifelike presenters that speak your script - Blog-to-Video — turn an article or script into a finished video - Icon Generator — crisp app icons and glyphs AUDIO & VOICE - Text-to-Speech in natural voices - AI Music generation - Voice cloning and sound effects - Transcription PRO TOOLS - Background removal, image upscaling, collage maker, text overlay, batch editing - Stock library and ready-made templates - A personal gallery and collections, synced to the cloud ASK AQILI — YOUR AI AGENT Describe what you want — for example, make a 30-second promo video from a blog post with a voiceover and music — and the Aqili agent picks the right tools and builds it, step by step, asking before anything that costs credits. Use your available credits to create, save, and export media from one workspace.

About

Pocket Editor

Edit photos privately and offline with powerful AI tools. Enhance, restore, and apply filters without uploading your images, ensuring your pictures remain on your device. Enjoy a seamless editing experience anywhere, anytime, with no internet required.

Highlights
  • 100% on-device editing
  • AI-powered photo restoration
  • AI-driven enhancement and upscaling
  • Automatic skin smoothing
  • 11 one-tap filters
  • Manual fine-tuning sliders
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Pocket Editor is a beautiful photo editor that runs entirely on your iPhone. Touch up a selfie, restore an old photo, or give any picture a fresh new look — without ever uploading it anywhere. Most editing apps quietly send your photos to a server somewhere in the cloud. This one doesn't. Every filter, every adjustment, and even the AI runs right on your device. Your photos never leave your phone. They're yours, and they stay that way. And because everything runs on your device, it works anywhere — on a plane, on the subway, or far off the grid. No internet needed. No account to create. No subscription to cancel. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Restore Face (AI) — bring blurry, grainy, or older photos of faces back to life with crisp, natural detail. • Enhance (AI) — sharpen and upscale your whole photo for a clean, high-resolution result. • Beauty — gentle skin smoothing that finds the face automatically, so the background stays sharp. • Filters — 11 one-tap looks, from bright and vivid to timeless black & white. • Fine-tune — exposure, brightness, contrast, saturation, warmth, and sharpness, all on simple sliders. • Auto — one tap to instantly balance color and light. BUILT FOR PRIVACY • 100% on-device — no cloud processing, ever. • Your photos never leave your iPhone. • Works fully offline, even in airplane mode. • No account, no sign-up, no email required. • No ads. No tracking. Nothing about you is collected. • Uses Apple's secure photo picker, so the app never needs access to your whole library. SIMPLE AND FAST • Snap a selfie in the app, or pick any photo from your library. • Press and hold to compare before and after. • Undo and redo any step. • Pinch to zoom in and check every detail. • Save to Photos or share in a single tap. The AI runs on the Apple Neural Engine — the same chip behind on-device intelligence across iPhone — so results are fast and stay completely local. No subscriptions. No hidden paywalls. Just a great photo editor that respects your privacy. Pocket Editor. Your photos. Your phone. Your business.

Screenshots

Aqili Forge4 screens
Pocket Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Aqili Forge at 15.1 against Pocket Editor's 17.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Aqili Forge versus Pocket Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAqili ForgePocket Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB109 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAqili, Inc.SilverGrid Technology LLC

In-app purchases

None

Aqili Forge

No in-app purchases

None

Pocket Editor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Aqili Forge free?
Aqili Forge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pocket Editor free?
Pocket Editor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Aqili Forge or Pocket Editor have ads?
Neither Aqili Forge nor Pocket Editor shows ads.

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