Comparison

Image Filters Photo Editor + vs Subtilizer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Image Filters Photo Editor +

This app offers a vast array of filters and adjustments to transform your photos. Enhance colors, apply artistic effects, or achieve vintage looks with a wide selection of tools. Perfect for creative photo editing.

Highlights
  • Bokeh, Disc, Gaussian, Motion, Zoom Blur effects
  • Color adjustment and enhancement tools
  • Artistic color effects like invert, posterize, and thermal
  • Halftone and screen effects (CMYK, Dot, Line)
  • Sharpening and unsharp mask for detail
  • Stylize effects including comic, crystallize, and bloom
Features
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Filters: BLUR ◆ Bokeh Blur – Applies a bokeh effect. ◆ Disc Blur – Blurs an image using disc shapes. ◆ Gaussian Blur – Blur and smooth out images. ◆ Morphology Gradient – Finds the edges of an image. ◆ Motion Blur – Blurs an image to simulate the effect of using a camera that moves a specified angle and distance while capturing the image. ◆ Zoom Blur – Simulates the effect of zooming the camera while capturing the image. COLOR ADJUSTMENT ◆ Color Controls – Greatly enhance colors, or remove them for a black & white photo. ◆ Color Threshold – Converts image into high-contrast color. ◆ Exposure Adjust – Brighten up dark photos or darken bright photos. ◆ Gamma Adjust – Darkens or lightens photos. ◆ Hue Adjust – Adjust photo’s hue/color tint. ◆ Vibrance – Make the photo’s color pop without looking fake. COLOR EFFECT ◆ Color Invert – Invert all colors as if image was converted to a negative. ◆ Color Map – Maps the colors from a psychedelic gradient to your image. ◆ Color Monochrome – Remaps colors so they fall within shades of a single color. ◆ Color Posterize – Turn images into posters, i.e. the “Andy Warhol” effect. ◆ Document Enhancer – Enhance a document image by removing unwanted shadows, whitening the background, and enhancing contrast. ◆ False Color – Maps luminance to a color ramp of two colors. ◆ Maximum Component – Returns a grayscale image from max(r,g,b). ◆ Minimum Component – Returns a grayscale image from min(r,g,b). ◆ Photo Effects: - Chrome – Vintage photography film with exaggerated color. - Fade – Vintage photography film with diminished color. - Instant – Vintage photography film with distorted colors. - Mono – Black-and-white photography film with low contrast. - Noir – Black-and-white photography film with exaggerated contrast. - Process – Vintage photography film with emphasized cool colors. - Tonal – Black-and-white photography film without significantly altering contrast. - Transfer – Vintage photography film with emphasized warm colors. ◆ Sepia Tone – Give an old-fashioned look to your photos. ◆ Thermal – Apply a Thermal image effect. ◆ Vignette – Soften photo’s edges and draw attention to its center. ◆ Vignette Effect – More advanced controls than basic Vignette. ◆ X-Ray – Apply a X-Ray style effect to an image. HALFTONE EFFECT ◆CMYK Halftone – Creates a color, halftoned rendition of the source image, using cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks over a white page. ◆ Dot Screen – Simulates the dot patterns of a halftone screen. ◆ Hatched Screen – Simulates the hatched pattern of a halftone screen. ◆ Line Screen – Simulates the line pattern of a halftone screen. SHARPEN ◆ Sharpen Luminance – Increases image detail by sharpening. ◆ Unsharp Mask – Sharpen images to make them stand out. STYLIZE ◆ Bloom – Softens edges and applies a pleasant glow to an image. ◆ Comic Effect – Turn images into comic book pages. ◆ Crystallize – Creates polygon-shaped color blocks from image. ◆ Edges – Finds edges in image and displays them in color. ◆ Gabor Gradients – Linear filter used for texture analysis. ◆ Gloom – Dulls the highlights of an image. ◆ Hexagonal Pixellate – Maps an image to colored hexagons. ◆ Highlight and Shadows – Increase or decrease shadows and highlight. ◆ Line Overlay – Creates a sketch that outlines the edges of an image in black. ◆ Pixelate – Makes an image blocky by mapping to colored squares defined by the replaced pixels. ◆ Pointillize – Renders photo in a pointillistic style. Apply image filters in a quick, easy to use interface. Share filtered photos to text messages & save to your phone. Save full size image to Photo Library, Send via Email, Copy into other apps. No Ads! Post to the #ImageFilterApp Hashtag to see other's image filter creations on Instagram, Twitter, & Facebook. App will be updated over time with more filters. Supports Light and Dark Modes. Landscape and Portrait orientations supported. Fully Accessible with the VoiceOver screen reader for blind and low vision users.

About

Subtilizer

This application allows users to apply subtle image processing effects like posterization, detail filtering, and edge enhancement. It transforms images into a more refined aesthetic. The tool is designed for creative image manipulation.

Highlights
  • Posterization effect
  • Detail filtering
  • Edge enhancement
  • Subtle image conversion
Features
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Posterization, filtering detail and edge enhance and convert to a little subtle image. Subtilizer is such an application.

Screenshots

Image Filters Photo Editor +4 screens
Subtilizer2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Subtilizer at 100% against Image Filters Photo Editor +'s 51%. Subtilizer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 8). Image Filters Photo Editor +'s advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 22 months) and ratings volume (32 vs 5). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Image Filters Photo Editor + sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Subtilizer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Subtilizer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Image Filters Photo Editor + has 32 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Image Filters Photo Editor +'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Subtilizer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Image Filters Photo Editor + ships an update every 2 days, Subtilizer every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Image Filters Photo Editor + versus Subtilizer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImage Filters Photo Editor +Subtilizer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (32 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings32 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 22 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaulJAdam.comItoh Tomoaki

Customer experience

Image Filters Photo Editor +

All ratings32 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral9.4%
Negative28.1%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive50.7%
Neutral8.0%
Negative41.3%

Subtilizer

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Image Filters Photo Editor +

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Cannot save photos
  • Cannot send photos
  • Images saved rotated 180 degrees
  • App crashes on opening
  • Help menu leads to 404 error
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  • Strange haze around logo on invert
  • Automatic cropping to horizontal rectangle
  • App crashes frequently
  • Cannot open app on older devices (iPod 4)
  • App doesn't start up

Requested features

14 requests
  • Ability to save photos
  • Ability to send photos
  • Built-in save button
  • Fix image rotation on save
  • Add sharpen feature
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  • Make all filters available
  • Improve user interface clarity
  • Allow editing of own photos
  • Add tutorial
  • Fix app crashing
  • Update for iPhone X
  • Add control over filter levels
  • Make all filters available through photo extensions
  • Clear last pic or prevent holding

Subtilizer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Image Filters Photo Editor +

One-time8
  • Disable Ads$0.99
  • Enable All Filters$0.99
  • Blur Filters$0.99
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  • Color Adjustment Filters$0.99
  • Halftone Effect Filters$0.99
  • Sharpen Filters$0.99
  • Stylize Filters$0.99
  • Color Effect Filters$1.99
None

Subtilizer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Image Filters Photo Editor + free?
Image Filters Photo Editor + is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Subtilizer free?
Subtilizer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Image Filters Photo Editor + or Subtilizer?
Subtilizer is rated higher. Image Filters Photo Editor + averages 3.7 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while Subtilizer averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Image Filters Photo Editor + or Subtilizer have ads?
Neither Image Filters Photo Editor + nor Subtilizer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Image Filters Photo Editor + or Subtilizer?
Image Filters Photo Editor + ships an update every 2 days, and Subtilizer every 22 months. Most recently, Image Filters Photo Editor + was updated on October 24, 2026 and Subtilizer on October 19, 2026.

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