Comparison

Fx Stencil vs Silhouette

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

Head to head
About

Fx Stencil

Transform your photos into unique stencil art. Easily edit, customize colors, and apply gradients to create personalized designs for printing on various materials or sharing with loved ones.

Highlights
  • Create stencils from photos
  • Edit and customize stencils
  • Gradient stencil effects
  • Save and share stencils
  • Simple drawing tools
  • Invert stencil option
Features
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Fx Stencil lets you make a stencil from photo you takes or from your photo album.Very simple and quick. You can edit, share on facebook, save to your album or mail it to your friends and family. With a stencil you can use to print on the wall, clothes, fabric or make amazing gifts that imbued with your own personality. New features with version 3.3.0 - Support Dark mode - New Design UI for app - New core processing - More color for stencil - New Gradient stencil - Save your stencil - Share stencil to social networks and some action for stencil - Crop Image - Custom color - More tool - A simple drawing tools to help you edit image stencil. - Invert Stencil Wish you have fun with Fx Stencil. Sincerely!

About

Silhouette

Easily create striking silhouette art from your photos. Merge images, collage patterns, and edit outlines to produce professional-looking designs for social media sharing.

Highlights
  • Create silhouette effects
  • Merge photos into silhouettes
  • Collage pattern images
  • Extract and edit outlines
  • Edit silhouette color and transparency
  • Edit background color and images
  • Create transparent background images
Features
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Let's create Cool Silhouette Art like advertising posters and TV CM! You will be able to create cool silhouette art easily! You will be able to merge photos to silhouette image! You will be able to collage pattern picture to silhouette image! Let's share your cool silhouette art with your friends by using Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other SNS! Silhouette - Silhouette Effects Image Blender and Shadow Collage Picture Maker Free Photo Editor Apps - ■Description of App "Silhouette" is the free photo editor apps for creating silhouette effects image and collage picture. You will be able to edit your photo or image and create silhouette effects image easily by this photo collage editor apps. You will be able to create artistic image from your photo or image by blending photo or image from photo album or camera to silhouette effects image. In addition, you can edit silhouette effects image like collage using various pattern image which is incorporated in the apps. *You can save only one image that used blender effect or used pattern image per day. You can remove the restriction by purchasing "Additional Functions" Add-on in In-App Purchase. You can create image with transparent background like stamp from your photo by hiding the background. You can use pattern image of 155 type to edit your photo and image. In addition, you can use pattern image that saved in the photo album of your device. I plan to add new pattern image in the future. ■Function List 1. Extraction of Outline. ○You can extract outline from photo or image. ○Outline is hidden in the initial state. ○When you edit silhouette effects image from the photo with little contrast, you might be able to extract the silhouette relatively cleanly by using outline. ○You can edit outline color and outline width. ○You can hide outline. 2. Create Silhouette Effects Image ○You can create silhouette effects image from your photo or image. ○This is main function of this photo editor apps. ○You can edit silhouette color, silhouette threshold, silhouette transparency and silhouette smoothness. ○You can merge photo or image from photo album or camera as silhouette inner image. ○You can collage pattern image as silhouette inner image. ○You can invert and hide silhouette. 3. Edit Silhouette Background ○You can edit background of silhouette. ○You can edit background color. ○You can merge photo or image from photo album or camera as background. ○You can collage pattern image as background image. ○You can create image with transparent background like stamp from your photo by hiding the background. *You can save only one image that used blender effect or used pattern image per day. You can remove the restriction by purchasing "Additional Functions" Add-on in In-App Purchase. ■How to create Silhouette Effects Image 1. Select image you want to edit from "Camera" Button. 2. When Image was displayed, edit image to the desired image by Edit Items. 3. You can merge photo or image from photo album or camera as background by selecting "Image" button. 4.You can collage pattern image as background image by selecting "Image" button. 5. When you touch "Save" Button, current image will be saved in "Photos (Camera Roll)". *Full Screen Advertising will be displayed, after you have saved the picture. You can hide this Advertising by purchasing "Add-on". *You can save only one image that used blender effect or used pattern image per day. You can remove the restriction by purchasing "Additional Functions" Add-on in In-App Purchase. ■About In-app Advertising Banner Advertising is displayed in Home Screen. Full Screen Advertising will be displayed, after you have saved the picture. You can hide these Advertising by purchasing "Additional Function Add-on".

Screenshots

Fx Stencil4 screens
Silhouette4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Fx Stencil at 4.5 against Silhouette's 3.3. Fx Stencil also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1K vs 21). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Fx Stencil sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Silhouette 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

Fx Stencil holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fx Stencil has 1K ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of Fx Stencil's written reviews are positive against 48% of Silhouette's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fx Stencil ships an update every 2 months, Silhouette every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Fx Stencil versus Silhouette: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFx StencilSilhouette
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1K ratings) — better3.3 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews43.2% of reviews48.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1K — better21
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTien LeTAIKI HIRATA

Customer experience

Fx Stencil

All ratings1,011 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral4.2%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews81 reviews
Positive43.2%
Neutral6.2%
Negative50.6%

Silhouette

All ratings21 ratings
Positive52.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive48.4%
Neutral6.5%
Negative45.2%

Bugs and requests

Fx Stencil

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Only lets you do one stencil
  • App closes when selecting photo
  • Zooms in to one corner
  • Doesn't display entire picture

Requested features

4 requests
  • Two-tone image options
  • Ability to add more photos
  • Bring back old invert option
  • Allow access to photo albums

Silhouette

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Fx Stencil

One-time4
  • Remove Watermark$0.99
  • Add Picker Color$0.99
  • Gradient Stencil$0.99
Show 1 more
  • Remove Advertisement$2.99
1 purchases

Silhouette

One-time1
  • Additional Functions$1.99

Questions

Is Fx Stencil free?
Fx Stencil is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Silhouette free?
Silhouette is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fx Stencil or Silhouette?
Fx Stencil is rated higher. Fx Stencil averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while Silhouette averages 3.3 from 21 ratings.
Do Fx Stencil or Silhouette have ads?
Silhouette shows ads; Fx Stencil does not.
Which is updated more often, Fx Stencil or Silhouette?
Fx Stencil ships an update every 2 months, and Silhouette every 3 months. Most recently, Fx Stencil was updated on October 12, 2026 and Silhouette on October 4, 2026.

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