Effectshop Pic & Collage Maker vs Light Magic PRO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Effectshop Pic & Collage Maker
Unleash your inner artist with this photo editing app. It offers powerful tools for applying filters to specific areas, layering multiple effects, and creating seamless image compositions. Enhance your photos with adjustable blur, customizable stickers, and high-resolution saving.
- Local filters for selected areas
- Apply multiple filters to graphics/text
- Seamless filter area integration
- Edge fading effect
- Adjustable bokeh blur
- Customizable gradient stickers
- HD resolution saving
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Effectshop – is a lovely app for photo editing. Through innovative image processing technologies, we help unleash the inner artist inside of you. Simple in its design and easy to use, Effectshop provides powerful features for a quality experience. Download today and explore for yourself! ==== Features ==== 【Local filters】 Apply filters in selected areas or customized text areas of the image. 【Multiple filters】 You can add multiple graphics or text to the image and apply different filters to them. 【Seamless integration】 Filter areas can be fused or nested seamlessly into each other. 【Edge fading】The edge of graphics or text can be set to the fade-out effect. 【Bokeh】 Blur out areas outside of the graphics on the image. The degree of effect can be adjusted. 【Stickers】 Stickers can be set to any color. Support gradient color. 【HD Saving】 Support generation of high-resolution pictures (without reducing the size of the original image)
Light Magic PRO
Apply a wide variety of lighting filters to your photos with ease. This app offers simple tools for adjusting brightness, contrast, and focus, allowing both beginners and professionals to create stunning images quickly. Share your edited photos directly to social media or save them to your device.
- Single tap lighting filters
- Adjust opacity, brightness, and contrast
- Blur and focus tools
- Rotate, crop, and resize images
- Direct social media sharing
- Save to photo library
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*** One of the best photo editing app! *** Enjoy edit your photo with huge collection of lighting filters! No matter you are a professional or a novice, you can make AMAZING pictures in a few taps. You also can share photos on variable SNS service such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc. How to use: 1. Take a shot or choose a picture from photo library 2. Apply filters. 3. Save or share! That's it! Features: - Easy-to-use single tap lighting filters - Adjust opacity - Adjust brightness - Adjust contrast - Blur and focus - Rotate, crop and resizing - Share to Twitter, Instagram or Facebook - Save to Photo Library - Send photo by mail Have a fun!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Effectshop Pic & Collage Maker at 4.6 against Light Magic PRO's 4.0. Effectshop Pic & Collage Maker also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 30 months) and ratings volume (2.6K vs 7). Light Magic PRO's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Effectshop Pic & Collage Maker sells 14 one-off in-app purchases and Light Magic PRO sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Effectshop Pic & Collage Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Effectshop Pic & Collage Maker has 2.6K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Effectshop Pic & Collage Maker ships an update every 4 months, Light Magic PRO every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Effectshop Pic & Collage Maker | Light Magic PRO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.6K ratings) — better | 4.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.6K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 30 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 昊 李 | Quantis,Inc. |
Customer experience
Effectshop Pic & Collage Maker
Light Magic PRO
Bugs and requests
Effectshop Pic & Collage Maker
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to go back without losing work
- Crashing and freezing issues
- Trouble uploading and editing photos
Requested features
4 requests- Add layers and advanced editing tools
- Implement undo/redo functionality
- Provide more color and design customization
- Include text and typography editing options
Light Magic PRO
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Effectshop Pic & Collage Maker
- Extra ShapesFree
- Pop ShapesFree
- BlossomFree
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- TextureFree
- MusicFree
- BirthdayFree
- StarFree
- Love ShapesFree
- UnionFree
- AbstractFree
- AnimalsFree
- Sketched AnimalsFree
- Sketched FoodsFree
- MakeupFree
Light Magic PRO
- Remove Ads$0.99
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