Matter vs Spektrel Art
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Matter
Enhance your photos by seamlessly integrating 3D objects and applying various visual styles. Adjust shadows and use masking tools for realistic blending. Create animated video loops with dynamic object movements.
- Add 3D objects to photos
- Apply reflective/refractive styles
- Adjust model shadows
- Built-in masking tools
- Create animated video loops
- High-resolution image/video export
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= = = = = Brought to you by the award-winning app development team, Pixite. With Matter, alter the reality of your photos by seamlessly adding unique 3D objects to them. Choose from 4 packs of models ranging from simple geometric shapes to complex, architectural structures. Once you’ve chosen your object, select from a range of visual styles to make it reflective or refractive, opaque or translucent. Output high resolution images and even videos. Make your edits even more realistic by adding and adjusting the model’s shadow. Fine-tune the shadow's position, opacity, and strength. Use the built-in masking tools to erase portions of your model or shadow to seamlessly blend it into your photo's environment. Use the unique video export feature to create short animated loops of the object spinning, pulsing, and hovering in your photo. Adjust the rotation speed and direction for a different effect every time. Make sure to share your Matter edits on Instagram using #matterapp for a chance to be featured.
Spektrel Art
Transform your photos into dazzling, otherworldly art with intersecting lines of light. This app offers powerful adjustments to create unique imagery filled with movement, sparkling life, and divided color spaces.
- Intersecting light lines
- Adjustable taper length and sharpness
- Lighten and brighten controls
- Color boost for enhanced hues
- Dramatic glow effect
- Pre-set styles
- Infinite artistic variations
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Spektrel Art is an extravagant otherworldly display of webbed light that glistens and gleams with intersecting lines of tapered light. Applied to photos, this medium of imaginative and magical art form transcends the ordinary to extraordinary creating something wild with movement, sparkling life and divided color spaces. Powerful adjustments allow you to fine-tune to create your own imagery filled with tapered points of bright intersecting lines, fluid streaming ones, and phantasmal qualities. INCLUDES • Detail slider increases the amount of intersecting lines • Taper Length and Sharpen sliders to add twinkle to the effect • Lighten and Brighten sliders to make it illuminate • Sharpen slider to exaggerate the lines • Smoothing slider to softens lines • Color Boost for enhanced color • Dramatic glow slider to add a dreamy quality • Presets to start you off • Infinite variation to create art with illuminated twinkles, fluid lines or ethereal softness
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spektrel Art at none against Matter's 6. Spektrel Art also leads on price ($2.99 vs $4.99). Matter's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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
Matter costs $4.99 and Spektrel Art $2.99 up front. Matter sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Spektrel Art asks for nothing beyond the download.
Spektrel Art holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 304 and 128 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Matter's written reviews are positive against 88% of Spektrel Art's.
Matter ships an update monthly, Spektrel Art every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Matter | Spektrel Art |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (304 ratings) | 4.7 (128 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | 87.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 304 — better | 128 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.7 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 335 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pixite Inc. | JixiPix, LLC |
Customer experience
Matter
Spektrel Art
Bugs and requests
Matter
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unable to open app or load new projects
- Rendering quality issues, especially on newer devices
- Crashes when trying to add custom audio
Requested features
4 requests- Add option to import custom 3D objects
- Extend video duration beyond 15 seconds
- Improve audio integration with ability to use own music
- Implement layering and depth control for 3D objects
Spektrel Art
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Matter
- Forms in OrbitFree
- Twisted Geometry$0.99
- Stock and Render$0.99
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- Future Machines$1.99
- Master Pack$2.99
- Forever Unlock$4.99
Spektrel Art
No in-app purchases
Questions
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