Comparison

PhotoEditor vs PointerDeck

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

Head to head
About

PhotoEditor

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.

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PointerDeck

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PointerDeck turns your iPhone or iPad into a focused wireless trackpad for your Mac. The free PointerDeck Receiver for Mac is required, and both devices must be on the same local network. SET UP ONCE Open Add Device on the Mac and create an 8–12 digit Connection PIN. PointerDeck rejects repeated or sequential patterns; use at least five different digits. Then select that Mac on your iPhone or iPad and enter the PIN. After pairing, PointerDeck remembers the trusted connection and reconnects when both apps are open and reachable. TRACKPAD CONTROLS β€’ Move the pointer with one finger β€’ Scroll with two fingers β€’ Tap or use the dedicated Left Click button β€’ Two-finger tap or use the dedicated Right Click button β€’ Use Drag Lock for click-and-drag TUNE THE FEEL β€’ Adjust pointer sensitivity and scrolling speed β€’ Choose Natural or Reversed scrolling β€’ Turn tap-to-click on or off β€’ Switch to a left-handed button layout DIRECT BY DESIGN PointerDeck does not stream or display your Mac screen. The release has no account, advertisements, subscription, analytics SDK, or cloud service. Controller traffic travels directly between your devices and is encrypted on the local network. REQUIREMENTS β€’ iPhone or iPad running iOS/iPadOS 17 or later β€’ Apple silicon or Intel Mac running macOS 14 or later β€’ Free PointerDeck Receiver from the Mac download page β€’ Both devices on the same local network β€’ Accessibility permission enabled for PointerDeck Receiver on the Mac Guest, corporate, public, or client-isolated networks may prevent devices from discovering each other.

Screenshots

PhotoEditor4 screens
PointerDeck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PointerDeck at none against PhotoEditor's shown. PhotoEditor's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

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

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
PhotoEditor versus PointerDeck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhotoEditorPointerDeck
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksβ€”
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size17 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZhumadian Yicheng District Huatuo Internet Information Service Co., Ltd.Eliyahu Mechtcheriakov

In-app purchases

None

PhotoEditor

No in-app purchases

None

PointerDeck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PhotoEditor free?
PhotoEditor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PointerDeck free?
PointerDeck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PhotoEditor or PointerDeck have ads?
PhotoEditor shows ads; PointerDeck does not.

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