QuickImage vs Glyphiz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
QuickImage
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QuickImage is a layered image editor for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It combines approachable photo editing, painting, compositing, annotation, professional file compatibility, and local AI while keeping Original media separate from editable Drafts and Exports. LAYERED EDITING: - Build .qimg projects with raster layers, groups, masks, clipping, blend modes, opacity, locks, and verified thumbnails - Paint with brush, eraser, fill, gradient, clone, pressure mapping, stabilizer, and palm-rejection controls - Add editable text and shapes, crop or resize the canvas, and transform selections and layers - Undo and redo real document changes with autosave, recovery, and explicit dirty-state decisions SELECTIONS AND FILTERS: - Use rectangle, ellipse, free lasso, polygon, color wand, feather, grow, shrink, invert, and alpha selection - Preview and apply levels, curves, color balance, hue and saturation, blur, sharpen, noise reduction, pixelate, vignette, and edge filters - Keep long operations understandable with phase, progress, Cancel, Retry, and safe rollback FILE WORKFLOWS: - Import PNG, JPEG, WebP, TIFF, HEIF, PSD/PSB, OpenRaster, and MDP - Preserve supported PSD layers and report unsupported pass-through content before editing or export - Export PNG, JPEG, WebP, TIFF, PDF, and layered PSD, then track Original, Draft, and Export lineage - Use Files, Photos, Camera, Clipboard, scoped folders, and share actions when supported by the device PRIVATE ON-DEVICE AI: - Remove backgrounds, select subjects, and remove selected objects through a review-before-apply workflow - Run supported Vision, ML Kit, or verified ONNX models locally; image pixels are not uploaded for inference - Apply results as a mask, selection, new layer, or explicit current-layer change with Undo support AI AGENT WORKSPACE: - Connect compatible AI agents through an authenticated MCP server on this device or an explicitly enabled local network - Use verified image uploads, replace one Raster while preserving a reusable layered template, or apply up to 64 reviewed operations as one Undoable transaction - Add advanced text, editable SVG and BΓ©zier artwork, review persistent audit history, and approve each external publish request in the app - QuickImage does not require an external image-generator URL and does not store a cloud image-generation API key ACCESSIBLE AND RESPONSIVE: - Use desktop menus and shortcuts, touch-first mobile layouts, bottom-docked mobile panels, stylus pressure, and palm rejection - Navigate clear empty, unavailable, progress, error, permission, read-only, and recovery states - Work in light or dark appearance with large-text and keyboard-friendly controls QUICKIMAGE PRO: - Removes mobile ads after the 7-day trial - Hides desktop reminders - Supports continued QuickImage development - All editing, PSD, filter, and AI features remain available without a Pro purchase Terms of Use: https://kakitiro.com/quickapps/quickimage/terms/
Glyphiz
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Glyphiz is a glyph editor for iPhone and iPad that treats the text you type as individual glyphs and lets you edit and deform the font outlines as vector paths. Beyond ordinary text entry, converting letters to outlines turns the letterforms themselves into free-form vector objects. It's built for design work where the shape of the type is the point β logos, headlines, posters, and title art for social media. β Text and Glyph, kept separate Every character in a string is managed as its own object. Adjust font, size, tracking and vertical writing, then convert to outlines to get vector "Glyphs." From that point on the artwork no longer depends on the original font β it is rebuilt from the stored paths. β Edit BΓ©zier paths directly Drag anchor points and control handles to reshape a letter's outline. Add and remove anchors, and marquee-select a run of anchors to move them together. β Non-destructive deforms Wave, Arc and Random deforms are stored as parameters you can re-tune at any time. Random keeps its seed, so reopening a project reproduces exactly the same result. Move, scale, rotate and angle are non-destructive too. β Layers, canvas, background Add, delete, duplicate, reorder, show/hide and lock layers. Canvas presets cover A0βA7, B0βB7, circular, and a free size in millimetres. Backgrounds can be transparent, solid, gradient or image; transparent shows a checkerboard in the editor and exports as genuinely transparent PNG. β Color Solid fills plus Linear, Radial and Angular gradients, with editable colors, positions and angle. β Placing images Import a photo from your library and place it on the canvas. Move, scale and rotate it (Glyphiz does not edit the image itself β no color correction, cropping, and so on). β Export - PNG (1x / 2x / 3x, transparency supported) - JPG (1x / 2x / 3x) - Vector PDF (glyphs are exported as paths, not rasterized β ideal for high-resolution print) Projects are saved on device in the app's own ".glyphiz" format (JSON-based) and stay fully re-editable. β Gestures One-finger drag to select and move, two-finger drag to pan the canvas, pinch to zoom, two-finger rotate to rotate, tap to select, long-press for a context menu. Undo / Redo included. β Privacy No sign-in, no account. All project data is stored on your device and is never sent to an external server. The core editing features work offline. Note: this app displays ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Glyphiz at none against QuickImage's 2. Glyphiz also leads on ads (none vs shown). QuickImage's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. QuickImage sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. Glyphiz asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | QuickImage | Glyphiz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | β | Daily |
| Ads | Yes | No β better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac β better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 β better | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KAZUHIRO KAKIMOTO | kenta isomi |
In-app purchases
QuickImage
- Pro - Annual$2.991 Year
- Pro - Lifetime$9.99
Glyphiz
No in-app purchases









