Backdrop vs Photo Blaster FX
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Backdrop
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Pick a Look and the camera changes. Point it at a street and the street is already painted in oil, or broken into dots, or drawn by hand. You are not previewing a filter. That is the picture, and the shutter keeps it. THE LOOKS Brush. Painted stroke by stroke, coarse to fine, as you move. Mosaic. Rebuilt from its own colours. Cells split where there is detail. Drawn. The world drawn instead of photographed. Flat colour, inked lines. Matter. The picture as a field of grains that drift and settle. Fur. Combed strands that follow what the camera sees. Dither. Tone traded for dots on one fixed grid, nothing in between. Halftone. Print dots on a square or hex grid, in four shapes. Fluted. Seen through ribbed glass. The world arrives in strips. Water. Refraction and caustics, the scene read through moving water. Code. Digital rain over katakana, lit by whatever the camera sees. The list grows. New Looks arrive in updates. TAP OR HOLD Tap the shutter for a photo. Hold it to record, up to ten minutes. Video renders in the background at full quality, one frame at a time, using the exact settings you shot with. TUNE ANYTHING Every Look has its own knobs. Size, grain, relief, speed, depth, whatever that Look actually has. Drag the handle at the edge of the screen and the picture changes under your thumb. Tap a knob to put it back. BRING YOUR OWN Choose from Photos to run something you already have through a Look. For video, trim it first, pick the frame, then render. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR PHONE No account, nothing to sign in to. No servers. What you shoot sits in the Shelf on your device. Saving a copy to Photos is a switch, off until you turn it on. BACKDROP PREMIUM Dither, Water, Halftone and Drawn are free, and they record video too. Premium opens every Look, including the ones added later, and takes the Backdrop mark off everything you shoot. Monthly and annual. Payment goes to your Apple Accou renews unless you turn it off at least 24 hours befo Manage or cancel in Settings, Apple Account, Subscri Privacy: backdrop.wiki/privacy Terms: backdrop.wiki/terms Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ iPhone. iOS 18 and later.
Photo Blaster FX
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PHOTO BLASTER โ Real-Time Camera Effects Turn your camera into a mind-bending creative machine. Photo Blaster applies 311 wild, trippy, and beautiful effects to your live camera feed or any photo from your library โ in real time, on device, instantly. LIVE CAMERA EFFECTS Point your camera at anything and watch it transform in real time. Stack multiple effects together, tweak every parameter, and see the result live before you shoot. SNAP & RECORD Tap the shutter to save a photo. Hold it down to record a video โ everything you see gets captured exactly as it looks, effects and all. Saved straight to your Photos library. 311 EFFECTS ACROSS 6 CATEGORIES Glitch, Color, Distort, Overlay, Texture, and Trippy โ from VHS and datamosh to kaleidoscope, plasma, neon, fire, fractal warp, and hundreds more. RANDOM MODE Can't decide? Hit RANDOM and let the app surprise you with a wild effect combo. DEEP CUSTOMIZATION Every effect has its own parameters โ speed, intensity, color, scale, and more. Dial in exactly the look you want. PINCH TO ZOOM Zoom your camera up to 8x while effects run live on top. FAVOURITES Star your go-to effects to pin them at the front of the panel. TORCH AND GRID Built-in torch toggle and rule-of-thirds grid overlay for better shots in any light. FREE TO TRY 30 effects are completely free โ no time limit, no watermark. Unlock all 311 with a single one-time purchase. No subscription. Ever. Warning: Flashes of light or intense, repetitive visual patterns can trigger seizures in individuals with photosensitive epilepsy. Made by illmentalityapps. For support email illmentalityapps@gmail.com
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Verdict
Backdrop and Photo Blaster FX are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Backdrop sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month and Photo Blaster FX sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Backdrop | Photo Blaster FX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad โ better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shekhar Upadhaya | Michael Brown |
In-app purchases
Backdrop
- Backdrop Premium โ Monthly$11.991 Month
- Backdrop Premium โ Annual$79.001 Year
Photo Blaster FX
- Unlock All Effects$4.99
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