Scryer vs strix!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Scryer
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SCRYER is a scrying eye you play with your expression. A fractal third eye built on computer vision, dithering and procedural generation. Hold a feeling β open your mouth, raise your brows, squint, tilt your head β and a living world opens and moves with you. Image and a generative synth transform together, in real time. Your face is the way in. It's not a filter. It's an instrument β and a window. WAYS TO SCRY β’ Drift and unwind inside a slow, hypnotic world β’ Play β feel how every expression bends image and sound β’ Create audiovisual material for your projects (square 1:1 and vertical 9:16, HD 1080p) β’ Turn the camera on yourself and perform β your face on screen, governing it all THE ENGINE β’ Your expressions drive a real-time glitch-dither engine (ordered dithering, chromatic glitch, pixel-melt, kaleidoscope, CRT, bloom, outline) β’ A generative synth composes the sound from what you feel β each spell its own voice β’ Tap a Spell to cross into a complete world, each with its own look, motion and sound β’ Use a built-in design, generate endless new ones, or load your own photo SPELLS β each one a world SΓ©ance Β· Astral Β· Glitch Hell Β· Dungeon Β· Wraith Β· Inferno Β· Oracle Β· Nexus Β· Void β from calm and wonder to grief, rage and dissolution. EXPORT Square 1:1 or vertical 9:16 in HD, ready to post or drop into your edits. 100% on device. No account, no cloud, no tracking. Just you, your expression, and the eye looking back. SCRYER PRO (one-time unlock) β’ Remove the watermark β’ HD 1080p export, no time limit β’ All spells, all palettes, intensity level 4 β’ ML subject cut-out for clean backgrounds A single payment. Forever. No subscription. Requires an iPhone with Face ID (TrueDepth camera). Privacy Policy: https://aethyrstudio.com/scryer/privacy Website: https://aethyrstudio.com/scryer
strix!
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strix turns a photo into a stream of colour. Drag across the image and the pixels behind your subject stretch out and melt away, while the subject itself stays sharp. It finds the subject on its own. No masking, no lasso, no cutting it out by hand. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick a photo β recent shots appear right inside the app, or take a new one 2. Drag across it. The direction you drag is the direction the pixels flow 3. Share it, or save it to your photos Drag in a straight line, or switch to curve and draw the path yourself. Pull the effect out from both sides at once. Press and hold the eye to check the original at any time. TUNE IT Seven sliders, if you want them: strength, wave, wave cycles, jitter, fade, chromatic aberration, and start offset. Or ignore all of it and just drag. YOUR PHOTOS STAY YOURS strix has no account, no server, and no analytics. Every pixel is processed on your iPhone's GPU, and subject detection runs on device too. Your photos are never uploaded anywhere. We could not look at them if we wanted to. STRIX PRO strix is free, and shows a full-screen ad when you export your image. strix Pro removes those ads for a single payment. It is not a subscription β buy it once and restore it any time with the same Apple Account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: strix! at none against Scryer's 2. Scryer's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Scryer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. strix! asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Scryer | strix! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | β |
| Ads | No β better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SEBASTIAN E HERNANDEZ CACERES | Jahyeon Ko |
In-app purchases
Scryer
- Scryer Pro2 variants$4.99
strix!
No in-app purchases









