Design Lab vs Retro Deck
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Design Lab
Create professional graphics and stunning visuals with a vast library of templates, images, and fonts. Enhance photos with filters and adjustments, and utilize advanced text and layer-based editing tools. Import your own artwork for custom branding and design.
- Customizable templates
- Photo filters and adjustments
- Advanced text tools
- Free stock photography
- Layer-based editing
- Blend and erase tools
- Vector shape creation
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Create beautiful designs and pro graphics with DesignLab! Choose from millions of images, fonts and templates to produce stunning visuals, perfect for social media. FEATURES: • CUSTOMIZABLE TEMPLATES Search & select from our famous library of thousands of professionally designed templates. Organize them into customizable folders with our favoriting tool. • PHOTO FILTERS & ADJUSTMENTS Choose from our collection of filters to get the look you desire. Finely tune your photos with our suite of photo adjustments, including brightness, contrast, exposure, saturation, blur & more. • ADVANCED TEXT TOOLS Easily add multiple text layers, controlling their size, positioning, opacity, rotation, kerning, leading & color. You can also curve, bend, erase, and apply 3D transformations. • GORGEOUS ARTWORK DesignLab comes jam-packed with hundreds of irresistibly gorgeous illustrations, decorative ornaments, and design elements. • FREE STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY Search from a collection of millions of free stock photos & illustrations. • LAYER-BASED EDITING Tap the layer menu to select one or multiple layers to edit. You can also rearrange their orders by long-tapping and dragging to the desired position. • CUSTOM ARTWORK Import custom artwork or your own logo, and use it in your photos as a fully editable layer. Perfect for the mobile creative, it helps branding efforts everywhere. • BLEND & ERASE TOOLS Erase parts of your artwork, text, or imported photo layers & apply several different blend modes to create unique images. There is also a built in "focus mode" - which allows for great precision when the eraser is active. • SHAPES Create vector shapes and control their properties with ease. • CROP TOOL Choose from a variety of aspect ratios. ...and more! Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the time of purchase confirmation. Subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://onelightapps.io/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://onelightapps.io/terms-of-use
Retro Deck
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Learn to read tarot cards with Retro Deck — a beautifully crafted tarot guide and reading app featuring hand-drawn pixel art and on-device AI interpretations. Browse the complete 78-card deck, study upright and reversed meanings for every card, and practice three-card readings with AI-generated interpretations — all without an internet connection. LEARN THE CARDS - Complete guide to all 78 tarot cards - Major Arcana and all four Minor Arcana suits - Upright and reversed meanings for every card - Position-specific meanings: Past, Present, and Future - Full descriptions to deepen your understanding GET A READING - Three-card spread: Past, Present, and Future - Ask any question and let the cards answer - AI-powered reading interpretations - Animated card reveals with 3D flip effects PRIVACY FIRST Retro Deck runs completely offline. Your questions and readings never leave your device. No accounts, no servers, no tracking. PIXEL ART Every card is a hand-drawn pixel art original with a retro dithered aesthetic. Love the art? The full deck is available as real printed cards — in both tarot and poker formats — on Etsy. Whether you're learning tarot for the first time or deepening your practice, Retro Deck is a beautiful, private, and completely offline companion.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Design Lab at 16.0 against Retro Deck's 18.2. 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. Design Lab sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Retro Deck sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Design Lab | Retro Deck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (6.3K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6.3K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 169 MB | 508 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Onelight Apps CY Ltd | Federico Curzel |
Bugs and requests
Design Lab
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashing on launch
- Saving issues, lost work
- Glitches with gradient and text features
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to save unfinished projects
- More free templates and graphics
- Improved stability and performance
- Landscape mode support for iPad
- Better text editing and manipulation tools
Retro Deck
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Design Lab
- Graphic Design・Content Creator$9.991 Month
- DesignLab Pro - Annual3 Days trial$39.991 Year
- One-time purchase$79.99
Retro Deck
- Remove Ads$2.99
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