Reactie vs Atelier Easel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reactie
This app transforms ordinary selfies into memorable reaction moments by surprising friends with custom images after a countdown. It captures their genuine reactions in the background, allowing you to replay and share these spontaneous expressions.
- Surprise selfie mode
- Custom image overlays
- Custom audio shutter
- Burst photography
- Video recording of reactions
- Countdown timer
- Shareable reaction memories
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Think you’re taking a normal selfie… until the unexpected happens. Reactie turns ordinary selfies into unforgettable reaction moments. Start a selfie, let your friends see a familiar countdown, and then surprise them with a custom image appearing at just the right moment. While they react, Reactie captures the moment in the background so you can replay their genuine reaction later. Whether you’re setting up a harmless prank, surprising a friend, or simply capturing a spontaneous moment, Reactie makes it easy to turn an ordinary photo into a memory worth sharing. Features * Surprise selfie mode — Create the expectation of a normal selfie before revealing your surprise. * Custom image overlays — Choose the image that appears after the countdown. * Custom audio shutter — Choose the sound that will be played when taking the selfie. * Burst photography — Capture a sequence of photos to catch every moment of the reaction. * Video recording — Record the full reaction as it happens. * Countdown setup — Give everyone the familiar feeling that a selfie is about to be taken. * Capture the reaction — Preserve those split-second expressions that would otherwise be missed. * Perfect for pranks & surprises — Great for friends, parties, challenges, and spontaneous moments. * Share the memory — Keep your favorite reactions and share the results with your friends. Make the moment unexpected Set it up. Start the countdown. Watch the reaction. Reactie — capture the reaction, not just the selfie.
Atelier Easel
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Paint, draw, and edit images with layers, brushes, and filters, by touch or with Apple Pencil on iPad. Easel is an image editor for iPhone and iPad. Paint with your finger, or with an Apple Pencil on iPad that responds to pressure and tilt. Work in layers with masks and groups, and edit photos directly from the Photos app. Files - Open Easel images, PNG, JPEG, HEIC, Photoshop (.psd), and Pixelmator Pro (.pxd) files - Save as an Easel image, PNG, JPEG, HEIC, or Photoshop (.psd) with layers, masks, and groups - Export presets that save a format, a quality, and a maximum size, and export several at once - Edit a photo from the Photos app's Edit menu - Preview Easel and Pixelmator Pro images in Files Painting and Drawing - Brushes, an eraser, fill and gradient tools, and an eyedropper - Round, pencil, calligraphy, airbrush, and chalk brush tips, with paper grain - Save your own brushes by name, alongside a few built-in ones - A ruler you move, turn, and stretch with your fingers, so you can draw straight lines along it - Vector shapes, lines, and arrows, plus a pen tool, node editing, and combining shapes by unite, subtract, intersect, and exclude - Text, including text along a path - Symmetry drawing: vertical, horizontal, or both - Swatches saved with each image Apple Pencil on iPad - Pressure and tilt shape each stroke - Shade with a tilted pencil, and turn the calligraphy nib as you lean it - See the brush outline under a hovering Apple Pencil or pointer Retouching - Smudge, blur, mosaic, heal, and clone - Liquify to push and pull pixels - Fill a selection from its surroundings - Remove the background, keeping the subject - Adjust exposure, brightness, contrast, highlights, shadows, saturation, vibrance, temperature, tint, hue, sharpness, and vignette Selecting and Transforming - Rectangle, ellipse, lasso, color-based, and object selection, including selecting a subject - Move, crop, rotate, and flip - Distort a layer in perspective or warp it on a grid - Guides, rulers, and snapping to help line things up Layers - Layers with blend modes, groups, and masks - Filters and adjustments on a layer: black and white, sepia, saturation, brightness, contrast, levels, curves, color balance, gradient map, mosaic, noise reduction, and Gaussian, motion, zoom, and lens blur - Change the canvas size, and place the artwork by an anchor, scale it to fit, or stretch it to fill Shortcuts - Resize images, convert their format, and remove their background with Shortcuts actions you can chain together Working Faster - Keyboard shortcuts with a hardware keyboard to copy, paste, nudge layers, size brushes, and zoom - A history panel to go back to any step and compare with the original
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Atelier Easel at none against Reactie's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Reactie sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Atelier Easel asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Reactie | Atelier Easel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.5 | 26.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joan Duat | Justin Xin |
In-app purchases
Reactie
- Remove WatermarkFree
Atelier Easel
No in-app purchases








