PixelMint vs Makaron
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PixelMint
Transform your photos with AI. Predict future baby appearances, generate art in various styles, and visualize yourself at different ages. It also enhances and restores old or blurry images.
- Future baby prediction
- AI art generation
- Age progression/regression
- Photo enhancement
- Photo restoration
- Scratch removal
- Colorization of B&W photos
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PixelMint is your AI photo studio for fun, creative transformations. Upload a selfie or pick a photo from your library and explore a new look in moments. AI CHANGE AGE See yourself younger or older with realistic age transformations. Freely switch your age look and save the result. AI GENDER SWAP Reimagine your portrait with a gender-swapped style — perfect for creative experiments and shareable before-and-afters. FUTURE BABY GENERATOR Curious what a future baby might look like? Combine two parent photos and generate a fun preview to share with friends and family. AI ART FILTERS Transform photos into stylized art — from anime and Disney-inspired looks to watercolor, oil painting, webtoon, and more. AI PHOTO RESTORE & ENHANCE Bring old or low-quality photos back to life. Enhance clarity, colorize black-and-white images, remove scratches, and reduce noise. EASY TO USE • Take a photo or choose from your library • Pick a tool and generate • Save to Photos or share with friends Whether you want a playful makeover, artistic flair, or restored memories, PixelMint makes AI photo magic simple and fun. Note: Results are for entertainment and creative use. Generated looks may vary based on photo quality and lighting.
Makaron
This AI-powered studio helps creators generate and edit visual content for photos and videos. Describe your ideas or upload images to explore variations, refine edits, and manage projects in a chat-based workspace.
- AI-powered photo editing
- Natural language editing instructions
- Creative image variation generation
- Video concept creation
- Chat-first creative workspace
- Reusable AI 'Skills'
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Makaron is an AI creative studio for photos, videos, and visual ideas. Upload a picture, choose a Skill, or simply describe what you want. Makaron helps you explore edits, generate creative variations, and continue refining in a chat-first workspace. Use Makaron to: • Edit photos with natural-language instructions • Generate creative image variations and previews • Turn ideas into visual directions with reusable Skills • Create video concepts and media assets • Keep projects, chat context, and generated work in one place Makaron is built for creators who want fast visual exploration without jumping between many tools. Your credits, subscriptions, and top-ups are managed in-app on iOS through Apple In-App Purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Makaron at 5.0 against PixelMint's 4.0. PixelMint's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ratings volume (43 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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. Makaron sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. PixelMint asks for nothing beyond the download.
Makaron holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PixelMint has 43 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PixelMint ships an update weekly, Makaron every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PixelMint | Makaron |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (43 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TINY BOLT (HK) CO., LIMITED | Shanghai YiTian Network Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
PixelMint
Makaron
In-app purchases
PixelMint
No in-app purchases
Makaron
- Basic Monthly$9.991 Month
- Pro Monthly$19.991 Month
- Business Monthly$49.991 Month
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- Basic Annual$94.991 Year
- Pro Annual$189.991 Year
- Business Annual$479.991 Year
- 2,200 Credits$19.99
- 5,750 Credits$49.99
- 11,500 Credits$99.99
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- 24,000 Credits$199.99
