Print Lab vs PressInk

Print Lab turns ordinary photos into print-textured artwork — the kind of ink, dot, and paper character you'd get from an actual Risograph, a newspaper press, a screen-printing shop, or a copperplate engraver's bench. FIVE PRINT STYLES Risograph — bold duotone color separation with visible halftone dots and the slight color misregistration that gives real riso prints their handmade look. Newspaper — high-contrast black and white with authentic newsprint grain and halftone dot screening. Screen Print — flat, posterized color with a coarse screen pattern, like a hand-pulled silkscreen poster. Engraving — fine wavy lines that swell in the shadows and cross-hatch in the darks, like a banknote etching. Stipple — thousands of tiny ink dots whose density carries the tone, like a vintage stamp. MADE FOR Independent designers, photographers, illustrators, poster and zine makers, musicians and podcasters who need a fast, recognizable print look for covers, social posts, and prints — without learning prepress software. HOW IT WORKS Pick a photo, pick a style, and Print Lab renders it instantly. Adjust texture and grain with two simple sliders and see the result update live. Compare before and after, then export — free, up to 2048px on the long edge, plenty for social media and messaging. PRINT LAB PRO All five styles are free to use at full quality preview. A one-time Pro purchase (no subscription) unlocks export at your photo's full original resolution — real print-quality output, not a downscaled preview. PRIVACY, BY DESIGN Your photos are processed entirely on this device and never uploaded anywhere. Print Lab only asks for permission to add exported images to your photo library — it cannot read your existing photos beyond the ones you explicitly pick. All print textures (paper grain, ink grain, halftone screens) are generated procedurally by Print Lab itself; this app ships no third-party image assets, fonts, or textures. Print Lab is a focused tool, not a general-purpose photo editor. It does one thing: turning digital photos into print-styled artwork.

PressInk turns your photos into prints that could really be made with ink on paper. Not a filter: plates, ink, paper and the marks of a real press, rendered on your iPhone or iPad. PHOTO PRINT Overprint one to three inks with halftone or grain screens on papers from cream to kraft. Start from 14 presets or pick from 259 inks, including 250 traditional Japanese colours. Frame it, then export a print-ready PNG. ZINE Lay out a poster or a two-page spread from 11 templates: your photo, a headline, colour blocks and a print feel such as Riso, Xerox or letterpress. IMPRINT One image, one method, one ink. Rebuild your photo as grainprint, stipple, linepress, glyphs, cyanotype and seven more. RUBBING AND WOODBLOCK 19 printing traditions from 8 countries, each laid out as a full sheet with its inscription, seal and mount: • Rubbing: black-gold and cicada-wing rubbings, cinnabar rubbing, gyotaku, Korean takbon, English brass rubbing • Woodblock: Yangliuqing and Zhuxianzhen New Year prints, ukiyo-e, senjafuda, Đông Hồ, lubok, Épinal, cordel woodcut, wood engraving and more TRAVEL PLATES (BETA) Set a travel photo beside the plate it was printed from: hand-coloured print, cyanotype, postage stamp, ticket and more. In Settings. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Every photo is processed on your device. Nothing is uploaded, and there is no account. PRESSINK PRO Every studio and every preview is free, and each studio has free processes you can export. PressInk Pro is an optional one-time purchase that unlocks exporting the remaining processes, inks and print-size options. No subscription; Family Sharing supported. Languages: English, 简体中文, 日本語, 한국어. PressInk is a creative print simulation. It is not a calibrated separation tool for a specific commercial press.