Circular Tiny Planet Editor vs Intent Photo Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Circular Tiny Planet Editor
Transform your photos into unique circular images with advanced editing tools. Add professional effects like lens flares, celestial bodies, and customizable center objects to create miniature worlds. Supports 360-degree photos for immersive edits.
- Circular image creation
- 360-degree photo support
- Adjustable zoom, rotation, and invert-mode
- Professional effects (lens flares, sky objects, centers)
- Filters and lens textures
- Center object placement
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Now supports 360 degree photos! - A new twist on photo editing. Turn your photos into amazing circular images with Circular+. Circular+ is a fun app with powerful new features never seen before in this type of app. You can easily zoom in and out of your circular image to get it just right. Once you're happy with your image, add professional effects such as lens flares and sky objects like the sun, moon, planets, and birds. REVIEWS "My favorite iPhone app for this purpose is Circular+" - Joanna Stern, Wall Street Journal "I've tried them all and Circular is by far the best "tiny planet" app. You get more controls and fun effects like lens flares and moons. Having a blast with this app!" - Customer Review "I tried different Tiny planet apps, but this is really the best. Love that I can put different things inside the picture ... Thanks for the great work." - Customer Review This app does so much more than just turn your image into a tiny planet. It has all kinds of effects you can add and you have a lot of control over how it twists your image. - Customer Review VIDEO: http://vimeo.com/brainfevermedia/circular Another really cool feature is a collection of "center" objects. These include spheres, planets, and geometric shapes to place at the center of your image circle. This turns your image into a mini world. FEATURES - Super fast and responsive editing - Adjust image zoom, rotation, invert-mode, and repeats - Professional effects: lens flares, sky objects, and centers. The lens flares are the same as the pro desktop app, LensFlare Studio - Filters and Lens Textures - Fun sample images to get your started Tag your photos with #CircularApp for a chance to be featured!
Intent Photo Notes
This app serves as a digital field notebook for photographers, allowing them to record crucial details about each photo. It captures location, weather, time, and personal notes, with optional audio recording and transcription. All data is stored locally on the device, ensuring privacy and offline accessibility.
- Capture location, weather, and time
- Record field notes
- Audio notes with transcription
- Reference photo support
- Offline functionality
- Multiple themes including night mode
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Every frame has a reason. Intent Photo Notes is a field notebook for photographers that captures the context, conditions, and observations behind a photograph — so the moment can be understood long after the shutter is pressed. What Intent captures: - Location - Weather and conditions - Time of day - Field notes - Audio notes with transcription as an option - Reference photo Designed as a tool, not a platform: - Multiple themes including night mode - Core features work offline - No account required - No data collection - No social feed - No push notifications - No subscriptions Everything stays on your device. Your field archive is yours — always accessible, never locked in.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Circular Tiny Planet Editor at free against Intent Photo Notes's paid. Circular Tiny Planet Editor also leads on ratings volume (660 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.6). Intent Photo Notes's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). 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
Circular Tiny Planet Editor costs $4.99 and Intent Photo Notes $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Intent Photo Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Circular Tiny Planet Editor has 660 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Circular Tiny Planet Editor's written reviews are positive against 100% of Intent Photo Notes's.
Circular Tiny Planet Editor ships an update every 3 months, Intent Photo Notes fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Circular Tiny Planet Editor | Intent Photo Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (660 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 660 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | James Grote | Blackdaw Media LLC |
Customer experience
Circular Tiny Planet Editor
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In-app purchases
Circular Tiny Planet Editor
No in-app purchases
Intent Photo Notes
No in-app purchases
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