Comparison

Fragment vs Heliosy

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

Head to head
About

Fragment

Transform your photos into unique, fragmented art with a variety of frames, shapes, and patterns. This app offers real-time editing with intuitive controls for rotation, resizing, and color adjustments. Share your creations instantly to social media or continue refining them.

Highlights
  • Prismatic photo fragmentation
  • Real-time editing
  • Scalable manipulation (rotate, resize, crop)
  • Color and level adjustments
  • Desaturate, blend, blur, invert effects
  • Shuffle random effects
  • Direct social media sharing
Read full description

It all begins with your images. Take your camera and compose a photo, or select from your Camera Roll. Once you have your image, the enhancing is in full effect. Unleash your inner artist and choose from a collage of inspired frames, shapes and patterns. Watch as your image is “fragmented” instantly into a myriad of prism-like glass pieces, thanks to a lightning-fast interface that works in real time. No lag time here, thank you. Now dive in and manipulate at will. Rotate, resize, frame, drag, zoom, crop – Fragment is completely scalable and a true reflection of your imagination. Add colors and adjust levels. Desaturate. Blend. Blur. Invert. Or go for something completely random and tap shuffle. It’s all up to you where you want to take it. Ready to share? Send your vision to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and other photo enhancement apps with just a tap. Still going? Hit “Refragment” and keep creating. Simple, and yet so beautiful, isn’t it? With Fragment, the pieces add up to something extraordinary every time.

About

Heliosy

This app helps you track the sun's position for any day and location. It's useful for photographers planning shoots, real estate agents assessing sunlight, or builders choosing optimal locations for outdoor pools. Visualize sun paths through various displays like live camera, 3D compass, or maps.

Highlights
  • Sun path tracking for current or custom locations
  • Visualize sun path on live camera
  • 3D compass sun path display
  • Sun path on map view
  • Golden hour and blue hour identification
  • Twilight times display
  • Sun path graph
Features
Read full description

Heliosy is about Sun. More precisely, it is about sun path. Heliosy application tracks sun position for today or any other given day, at your current location or at any custom location. Heliosy application has many uses. Here are examples of them: - As a photographer, I use Heliosy application to prepare a shooting. I can go at a location and see when the sun will be at the place I want it to be. - As a rental agent, I can check how long during the day this room will get sun thru its window - As an outdoor swimming pool builder, I can check best pool location away of building sunshade. Heliosy provides you with many displays of sun path: - Magic: an immediate access to some magic moments like 'golden hour' or 'blue hour' - Twilights: show special moment of the day at dawn and dusk - Path: show sun path on live camera view - Compass: show sun path on a live 3D compass - Map: show sun path on map - Graph: show graph of sun path

Screenshots

Fragment4 screens
Heliosy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fragment at 84% against Heliosy's 0%. Fragment also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). Heliosy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and price ($2.99 vs $4.99). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Fragment costs $4.99 and Heliosy $2.99 up front. Fragment sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Heliosy asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fragment ships an update every 6 weeks, Heliosy every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Fragment versus Heliosy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFragmentHeliosy
Price$4.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.6 (389 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings389 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPixite Inc.Jean-Christoph KAISER

Customer experience

Fragment

All ratings401 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral3.5%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews828 reviews
Positive84.1%
Neutral5.4%
Negative10.5%

Heliosy

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Fragment

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Crashes on iPhone 4/4S and older devices
  • Inability to save edited photos/videos
  • Fragments not loading properly
  • Purchased packs not working as expected
  • Sorting and organization issues in photo library

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add ability to layer multiple fragments
  • Improve photo/video import and export options
  • Integrate with other photo editing apps
  • Provide more shape and effect packs
  • Implement a dark mode
Show 1 more
  • Add support for larger image sizes

Heliosy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Fragment

One-time10
  • Mirage Pack$0.99
  • Bloom Pack$0.99
  • Tribal Pack$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Triadic$0.99
  • Minimal Elements$0.99
  • Diamonds$0.99
  • Master Collection$1.99
  • Brilliant Bundle$2.99
  • Complete Collection$3.99
  • Forever Unlock$9.99
None

Heliosy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fragment free?
Fragment costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Heliosy free?
Heliosy costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fragment or Heliosy have ads?
Neither Fragment nor Heliosy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fragment or Heliosy?
Fragment ships an update every 6 weeks, and Heliosy every 4 months. Most recently, Fragment was updated on October 26, 2026 and Heliosy on October 24, 2026.

Other comparisons