PhotoEditor vs ShortShot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
ShortShot
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PhotoEditor ships an update every 2 weeks, ShortShot every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | PhotoEditor | ShortShot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zhumadian Yicheng District Huatuo Internet Information Service Co., Ltd. | Jens Krueger |
In-app purchases
PhotoEditor
No in-app purchases
ShortShot
No in-app purchases






