Shark Photo Editor vs Cartoon Frames
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shark Photo Editor
Enhance your photos with a wide array of original film-emulating effects and natural light leak textures. Adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, and more with intuitive tools. Crop and mirror your images to perfection.
- 44 original film effects
- Light leak textures
- Brightness adjustment
- Contrast adjustment
- Saturation adjustment
- Mirror and rotate tools
- Photo cropping
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Shark is the photo editor / photo effects tool that is the best alternative to any photo editor you faced previously. FILTERS Shark has 44 original effects that emulates best films for 35mm cameras. TEXTURES Shark has a tons of real and natural light leaks we created with 35mm film and instant film, to simplistic scratchy film textures. ADJUST PHOTO WITH * Brightness * Contrast * Saturation * Hue * Temperature * Mirror * Rotate * Crop CROP TOOLS Crop photos 3 presets
Cartoon Frames
Easily add fun cartoon frames and stickers to your child's photos. Enhance images with color and bokeh effects. Share your creations with friends and family.
- Over 320 cartoon frames
- Color effects
- Bokeh effects
- Stickers
- Easy to use interface
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Decorate your kid's photo with funny cartoon frames! Apply one of amazing stickers or labels and share it with your friends. Features: -more than 320 frames -color effects -bokeh effects -stickers -easy to use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cartoon Frames at 94% against Shark Photo Editor's 20%. Cartoon Frames also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3). Shark Photo Editor's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Shark Photo Editor sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Cartoon Frames sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cartoon Frames holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Shark Photo Editor's written reviews are positive against 94% of Cartoon Frames's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shark Photo Editor | Cartoon Frames |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 94.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 140 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vitaliy Odarchenko | Andrei Kuzmenko |
Customer experience
Shark Photo Editor
Cartoon Frames
In-app purchases
Shark Photo Editor
- Filters pack #1$0.99
- Filters pack #2$0.99
Cartoon Frames
- Ads Remover$0.99
- Stickers Unlocker$0.99
- Premium$2.99
Questions
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