Comparison

fractur vs Same Kind

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

Head to head
About

fractur

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fractur brings styled capture, on-device photo selection and a second chance to refine a look into one workflow. SHOOT WITH CHARACTER Choose a look before you capture. Explore warm, cinematic, soft and clean styles, with distinct treatments of color, grain and light. Your original capture remains available for another edit. FIND YOUR STRONGEST FRAMES After ten completed photos, open Gallery > Highlights. Fractur uses visual quality, sharpness, exposure and similarity to build a varied selection from your own photographs. Repeated views compete for space, and your selection develops as you shoot more. Analysis happens on device. START WITH BASIC Basic includes ten captures in your first 24 hours, then five per 24-hour window, and three re-renders per day. Highlights is available with Basic. Fractur Pro unlocks additional looks, unlimited captures and re-renders, AUTO (fractur Choice) and higher export quality. No account is required to capture and edit. Location is optional. Photo processing and photo analysis run on your device; analytics and crash reporting are described in the Privacy Policy. Purchase options and restoration are available in Settings. Current prices and terms are shown before purchase. Choose a monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew unless cancelled and can be managed in your App Store account. Restore Purchases is available in Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Same Kind

This app helps you discover your unique visual style by organizing your photos into thematic collections. It offers a quiet camera with helpful tips and AI-powered editing to enhance your favorite shots. Share your images in various layouts or import existing photos to find new patterns.

Highlights
  • Private camera with auto-look suggestions
  • AI-powered photo enhancement
  • Organize photos into thematic 'kinds'
  • Import photos from Apple Photos
  • Share photos in multiple layouts
  • Calendar view of noticed moments
Features
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What keeps catching your eye? Same Kind is a private camera and visual diary. It gathers the photos you take and the photos you already love into kinds on your iPhone, so you start to see your own way of looking and carry it into the next shot. A QUIET CAMERA Open straight into the camera. Auto Look reads the scene and picks a look to match; touch and hold the button to change its strength or try other looks. Camera tips offer one short hint when a shot needs it, like "Wipe the lens", "Fit everyone in" or "Get down to their level", and stay quiet the rest of the time. Choose Off, Quiet or Active in Settings. YOUR PHOTOS FIND THEIR KIND Space gathers your photos into kinds: people, places, food, light, whatever you keep returning to. Photos that don't belong anywhere yet wait in Other. Open a kind to scroll through it, see it as a grid, or explore it as a map of connected photos. Rename a kind, move a photo, or tap Find another and go shoot the next one. BRING THE PHOTOS YOU ALREADY LOVE Import selected photos or a date range from Apple Photos. Same Kind makes private copies on your iPhone and never edits your originals. SEE YOUR MONTHS Calendar shows what you noticed, day by day. SHARE ONE PHOTO WELL Share a single photo as it is or in one of 13 layouts, from Film strip and Date stamp to Gallery wall and Viewfinder. IMPROVE A FAVORITE Open a photo and tap Improve. The retoucher looks at that one photo and decides what it needs: a clearer sky, richer color, lifted shadows, a straighter horizon or a better crop. It aims to keep faces, people, text and objects as they are. If a photo already looks finished, it tells you and charges nothing. The improved version appears next to the original, which never changes; touch and hold to compare. Improve uses AI image editing. Only the photo you choose is sent, resized and without location or camera data, to our server and to OpenAI. Same Kind deletes the uploaded photo when processing finishes and the result once it is on your iPhone. CREDITS AND PLANS Improve uses credits, and each Improve shows its cost on the button before you tap. A failed Improve costs nothing. • Improve Monthly: 12,000 credits every month, billed monthly. • Improve Annual: 12,000 credits every month, billed yearly. • Top up: 4,000 credits, a one-time purchase. Plan credits are used first and expire when the next month's credits arrive. Top-up credits never expire. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, and renewal is charged within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account subscription settings. The camera, Space, Calendar, import and sharing work without an account or a subscription. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your library and how it is organized stay on your iPhone; Same Kind doesn't upload your library. Improve needs Sign in with Apple to hold your credits, and it sends only the photo you choose. Optional usage analytics never include your photos. If you allow it, Same Kind tells Meta which ads brought you to the app; your photos are never shared. Terms of Use: https://www.michaelbrowk.com/samekind/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.michaelbrowk.com/samekind/privacy

Screenshots

fractur4 screens
Same Kind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: fractur at none against Same Kind's shown. fractur also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. fractur sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Same Kind sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
fractur versus Same Kind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterfracturSame Kind
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB170 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElian MunkesMikhail Dvoiniakov

In-app purchases

3 purchases

fractur

Subscriptions2
  • Fractur Pro Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Fractur Pro Annual7 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Fractur Pro Lifetime$44.99
5 purchases

Same Kind

Subscriptions3
  • Improve Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Improve Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Improve Annual1 Year trial$89.991 Year
One-time2
  • 4,000 Improve Credits$1.49
  • 4,000 Improve Credits$4.99

Questions

Is fractur free?
fractur is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Same Kind free?
Same Kind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do fractur or Same Kind have ads?
Same Kind shows ads; fractur does not.

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