Comparison

Fragment vs Flipper

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
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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

Flipper

Easily transform your photos with a variety of mirror effects. Select images from your library or camera, choose from dozens of unique reflection styles, and fine-tune the positioning and size with intuitive gestures. Save and share your creative mirror images to social media.

Highlights
  • Apply mirror effects to photos
  • Choose from 36 unique mirroring styles
  • Adjust mirror image position and size with gestures
  • Save and share to social media
  • Select photos from camera roll or take new ones
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Choose photo from your camera roll or take a photo, and automatically turn it into a photo with mirror effects. Pick the effect you like best, then edit it to make it your own. Flipper's smooth, intuitive process gives you complete creative control. Tap to select style of mirror, scroll to positioning, pinch to zoom in or out. You're the editor, change the look of your regular photos to convey a mood or theme. FEATURES * Select photo from your albums or take a photo, and automatically turn it into a photo with mirror effects. * Pick one of the 36 unique mirroring effects. * Enlarge, Shrink, Move, and use gestures to make mirror images. * Save your layouts to your camera roll and share them seamlessly to Instagram or other networks. * Download and start creating mirror photo immediately.

Screenshots

Fragment4 screens
Flipper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Flipper at Free against Fragment's $4.99. Flipper also leads on ratings volume (8.2K vs 389). Fragment's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (84% vs 52%). On rating, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Flipper is free to download; Fragment costs $4.99 up front. Fragment sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Flipper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Fragment against 4.6 for Flipper. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flipper has 8.2K ratings behind it against 389, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of Fragment's written reviews are positive against 52% of Flipper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fragment ships an update every 6 weeks, Flipper every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Fragment versus Flipper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFragmentFlipper
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (389 ratings) — better4.6 (8.2K ratings)
Positive reviews84.1% of reviews — better52.1% of reviews
Number of ratings3898.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.6
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPixite Inc.Aleksandr Romanchev

Customer experience

Fragment

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

Flipper

All ratings8,191 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral4.1%
Negative6.2%
Written reviews238 reviews
Positive52.1%
Neutral8.4%
Negative39.5%

User reviews

Fragment

From 389 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐️ Amazing creative tool
  • 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
  • 🎨 Endless possibilities for unique effects
  • 💯 Fantastic results
  • 🎉 Fun and addictive to use

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 🔍 Confusing interface for beginners
  • 🔍 Lack of tutorials or guidance
  • 🔍 Difficult to reproduce specific effects

Flipper

From 8.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use on the first try
  • 🎨 Helps generate creative ideas
  • 💡 Useful for mirroring images

Room to improve

  • 🚫 Ads even after paying for ad-free
  • 🚫 Watermark added to images
  • 🐛 Freezing and crashing issues
  • 🚫 Limited functionality

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
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  • Add support for larger image sizes

Flipper

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to delete pictures after editing
  • Incompatibility with iOS 13
  • Ads still shown after purchasing premium

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add random mirror function
  • Support more aspect ratios
  • Improve image quality and resolution
  • Allow landscape mode

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Fragment

One-time10
  • Mirage Pack$0.99
  • Bloom Pack$0.99
  • Tribal Pack$0.99
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  • 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
1 purchases

Flipper

One-time1
  • Premium Version$1.99

Questions

Is Fragment free?
Fragment costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Flipper free?
Flipper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fragment or Flipper?
Fragment is rated higher. Fragment averages 4.6 out of 5 from 389 ratings, while Flipper averages 4.6 from 8.2K ratings.
Do Fragment or Flipper have ads?
Flipper shows ads; Fragment does not.
Which is updated more often, Fragment or Flipper?
Fragment ships an update every 6 weeks, and Flipper every 2 months. Most recently, Fragment was updated on October 26, 2026 and Flipper on October 26, 2026.

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