Pics Shaker vs Are
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pics Shaker
This app generates unique photo edits by combining two random images from your camera roll with a shake of your device. You have a limited time to decide whether to save or share the created composition.
- Random double exposure edits
- Shake to generate edits
- Over 40 original filters
- Fast editing process
- Share to social media
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Create unique edits off hand! Shake your iPhone and after 3 seconds you will get an edit off two randomly selected images from your camera roll. You don’t like it? No problem! Shake again. Is it better now? Superb! Now, share it on Instagram! Mind you! You’ve got only seven seconds to decide what to – whether to create a new composition or share this one, before it will be lost forever? :) Why you'll love Pics Shaker? - super fast, spectacular double exposure edits - over 40 original filters - with one thousand images (on your camera roll) you have 39 960 000 possible combinations! Download Pics Shaker - amaze yourself and your friends!
Are
Transform your photos into unique digital art using machine learning. The app detects objects, faces, and animals to create abstract compositions based on customizable rules. Unleash your inner artist and see your pictures in a new light.
- Machine learning art creation
- Object and face detection
- Customizable art rules
- Transforms photos into art
- Unique digital compositions
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Who creates art? You do. And what is art? Almost everything, but especially all your photos. Are-We.Art is for The Artist that is You. Are-We.Art uses machine learning to create special kind of art as unique as your photos. Machine learning detects objects, rectangles, faces, animals and others in your photos and creates new piece of art from the photo based on rules. For example, each face can become a circle and each detected object can become a triangle. Are We Art? Yes, we are.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Are at 5.0 against Pics Shaker's 3.2. Pics Shaker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 6 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. Are sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pics Shaker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Are holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pics Shaker has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pics Shaker ships an update every 11 days, Are every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pics Shaker | Are |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 6.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 253 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | STETTINER GAMES & MORE | Sami Salkosuo |
In-app purchases
Pics Shaker
No in-app purchases
Are
- Premium features$1.99
