Comparison

PhotoEditor vs ShortShot

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

Head to head
About

PhotoEditor

This app offers a comprehensive suite of photo editing tools, including filters, drawing, object removal, and text overlays. It also features a watermark camera, smart cutout for image extraction, and OCR for text recognition from photos. Additional utilities include image stitching, compression, format conversion, and GIF creation.

Highlights
  • 18 curated photo filters
  • Smart object removal
  • Watermark camera with templates
  • One-tap person cutout
  • OCR text extraction
  • Image compression and format conversion
  • GIF maker
Features
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Photo Editor is a feature-rich image processing tool combining professional editing and a practical toolbox to meet all your daily photo needs. [Photo Editor] 18 curated filters: Natural, Warm, Cool, Japanese, HK Style and more Drawing brush: Free drawing with adjustable colors and thickness Mosaic tool: Easy pixelation for privacy protection Smart erase: Remove unwanted objects by painting over them Text overlay: Add custom text with adjustable font colors Stickers: Emoji, animals, food, trendy and more categories Free crop: Multiple aspect ratios and freeform cropping Digital signature: Handwrite and insert signatures with history management [Watermark Camera] 11 professional watermark templates: Attendance, Engineering, Classic Time, Digital Clock, Coordinates, Minimal, Location, Travel, Film, Daily, Mood 3 categories: Work, General, Life for quick template selection Real-time GPS positioning with automatic address detection Custom titles for company or project names [Smart Cutout] Person extraction: One-tap portrait cutout with hair-level precision Animal/object extraction: Intelligent foreground subject detection Multiple backgrounds: Transparent, white, black, blue, red, green [OCR Text Extraction] Accurate text recognition from photos Long-press to select and copy text freely [More Handy Tools] Long image stitching with adjustable spacing Image compression with quality control Format conversion: JPEG, PNG, HEIC and more ID photo: Generate 1-inch, 2-inch standard sizes Text watermark: Center, tile, or corner placement Color picker: Pick any color value from images QR code: Generate and scan QR codes GIF maker: Create animated GIFs with adjustable frame rate Clean design, smooth experience. Photo Editor helps you create stunning images effortlessly.

About

ShortShot

Features
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ShortShot is built for photos that are useful right now and meaningless later. Instead of filling your photo library with one-off pictures of locker numbers, parking locations, hotel room doors, or temporary notes, ShortShot keeps those photos separate and easy to reach. Open the app, take the picture, and it stays available exactly for as long as you need it. When you come back soon after, or return to the same place, ShortShot can immediately surface the most relevant active photo again so it is ready when you need it. When you are done, delete it with one tap. If you prefer, ShortShot can also remove expired reminder photos automatically.

Screenshots

PhotoEditor4 screens
ShortShot3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ShortShot at none against PhotoEditor's shown. ShortShot also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). PhotoEditor's advantage is 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PhotoEditor ships an update every 2 weeks, ShortShot every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
PhotoEditor versus ShortShot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhotoEditorShortShot
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZhumadian Yicheng District Huatuo Internet Information Service Co., Ltd.Jens Krueger

In-app purchases

None

PhotoEditor

No in-app purchases

None

ShortShot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PhotoEditor free?
PhotoEditor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ShortShot free?
ShortShot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PhotoEditor or ShortShot have ads?
PhotoEditor shows ads; ShortShot does not.
Which is updated more often, PhotoEditor or ShortShot?
PhotoEditor ships an update every 2 weeks, and ShortShot every 5 days. Most recently, PhotoEditor was updated on October 25, 2026 and ShortShot on October 25, 2026.

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