SHADR vs Abstrakt
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SHADR
Transform photos and blank canvases into unique visual art with a variety of creative styles. Refine your creations with expressive controls and discover new directions through generative randomization. Export still images or live photos and videos.
- Diverse and evolving collection of creative visual styles
- Generative randomization for discovering new directions
- Focused controls for refining composition, color, texture, and movement
- Still image export at native resolution
- Live Photo and video output
- Local projects and reusable presets
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SHADR is a creative design toolkit for transforming photographs and blank canvases into distinctive visual artwork. Explore a growing collection of styles including ASCII Art, Dithering, CMYK Halftone, Pixel Stretch, Fluted Glass, Kaleidoscope, Flow Field, Kinetic Typography, Light Cast, Pixel Scatter, Surveillance Aesthetic, Glitch Art, Geometric Abstraction, Low Poly, Mirror Mosaic, Slice Effect, Out of Bounds, Linocut, Paper Marbling, Color Reconstruction, Contact Sheet, and Rebus. Each style is a focused creative tool inside one consistent editor. Import a photo or begin from a blank canvas where supported, generate new directions, shape the result with expressive controls, and move fluidly between different visual treatments. Features: - A diverse and evolving collection of creative visual styles - Generative randomization for quickly discovering new directions - Focused controls for refining composition, color, texture, and movement - Still image export - Live Photo and video output in supported tools - Local projects and reusable presets - Subject-aware treatments in selected tools Privacy Policy: https://shadr.studio/privacy Terms of Use: https://shadr.studio/terms
Abstrakt
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Abstrakt is a design tool for iPhone. Build geometric posters shape by shape, and bring your own ideas to life. Start with a shape and build outward. Place it where you want it, turn it, size it, give it color, until the composition looks like something you meant to make. Nothing is fixed until you decide it is. FULL MANUAL CONTROL Every shape is yours to place and adjust. Nothing is locked once it's on the canvas. A STARTING POINT, IF YOU WANT ONE Tap shuffle for a composition to work from, then reshape it into your own. Or start from an empty grid and build from scratch. CURATED COLOR A hand-picked palette library inspired by Bauhaus and mid-century design. Built for compositions that look intentional. PRINT-READY EXPORT Export at real 300 DPI, sized for actual framed prints, not a phone-sized PNG. Make something you'd hang on a wall. YOURS, ONCE One purchase unlocks everything. No subscription, no recurring charge. Your posters stay on your device. Never uploaded.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Abstrakt at every 3 days against SHADR's weekly. On price, ads, 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. SHADR sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Abstrakt sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SHADR ships an update weekly, Abstrakt every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | SHADR | Abstrakt |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 伟滔 黄 | Kaur Kadak |
In-app purchases
SHADR
- SHADR Pro Annual$9.991 Year
- SHADR Pro Lifetime$24.99
Abstrakt
- Abstrakt Pro - Lifetime$3.99








