Comparison

Colorburn vs JPics

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

Head to head
About

Colorburn

This camera app offers an extensive collection of 1000 unique filters and 98 grid filters to transform your photos and videos. Easily edit existing images with professional tools, apply frames, and share your creations instantly to social media.

Highlights
  • 1000 unique color filters
  • 98 grid filters for multiple effects
  • Video recording with filters
  • Live Photo capture
  • Split photography mode
  • Professional editing tools
  • Social media sharing
Read full description

***App Store Best of 2015*** Colorburn is a camera app with 1000 filters, the most amount filters in App Store, created especially for those who love to stand out. A photo-filter app with a unique twist, Colorburn makes it easy and fun to turn your favorite moments into cool-looking memories. Its ingenious interface puts a screen full of vibrant filters across your images, letting you quickly cycle through them to find the right look. The results make any pictures an eye-popping work of art; handy image-editing tools and a library of funky picture frames help too. 1000 COLOR FILTERS -1000 uniquely designed filters 20 times more than other apps. -Save your favorite filters into Favorites for a much easier and faster access. -Colorburn provide unique filters to inspire your imagination. 98 GRID FILTERS -98 new designed grid filters to apply multiple filters to one picture. -Make professional designers and photographers take a new look at this world. VIDEO & LIVE PHOTO -Record videos with color filters and grid filters. -Take pictures with live photo in any type of device with iOS 9.1 or higher. SPLIT PHOTOGRAPHY -Support multi-shoot and merge to one picture with grid filters. -You can also make a contrast between front and rear camera. - Just tap the icon "3:4" to entry the split photography mode. PROFESSIONAL EDITING -Edit your existed photos with 1000 filters, vignette, exposure, brightness, contrast, rotate, mirror and adjust intensity of filters. -Use cropping patterns and frames to make your photo outstanding. -Open Colorburn in system's Photos app and have it serve as a filter extension. EASY SHARING -Especially unique square-prepare frames and 1080p pictures for Instagram. -Support to share your filtered picture to social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr and Dropbox. Be true to yourself. Get Colorburn to support you in your choice of lifestyle. Never give in, never go with the flow and never be out of filters! Be the trend-setter. Get Colorburn today. Have suggestions or problems? Contact us via email: support @ colorscamera. com

About

JPics

Easily stitch multiple photos into a single long image, preserving original quality. Ideal for chat logs, web pages, and more. Offers editing tools like cropping, text, and borders.

Highlights
  • Long image stitching
  • Original picture quality output
  • Full webpage screenshots
  • Picture editing (crop, graffiti, text)
  • Custom splicing templates
  • System photo album plugin
Features
Read full description

JPics focuses on long image stitching. Support splicing photos taken by SLR, original picture quality output; support full webpage screenshots. Applicable scenarios: Seamless stitching of chat records, movie lines, web page screenshots, life photos, screenshots, learning materials, landscapes, long Weibo, etc. 【Features】 -Super clear preservation, original picture quality output; -The page is concise, focusing on long image stitching, no ads, no in-app purchases; -Stitch up to 24 pictures; -Support manual stitching to cover overlapping parts of pictures; -Support vertical and horizontal stitching of pictures; -Support picture cut, graffiti, add text; -Support setting border color and gap; -Support border style setting (preview page, click "border" in the lower left corner); -Support full webpage screenshot (two ways to use: 1. Open JPics plugin in safari browser; 2. Copy webpage link and start JPics); -Support system photo album plugin, you can directly stitch long images in the system photo album without opening the App, at most 10 pictures at a time (usage: open the album> select multiple pictures> select the share button in the lower left corner> "more" activity > Open "JPics") -Support custom splicing template. Create custom templates such as movie lines and chat records, and automatically stitch long pictures with one click.

Screenshots

Colorburn4 screens
JPics3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: JPics at none against Colorburn's 8. Colorburn's advantage is ratings volume (380 vs 21) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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

Colorburn costs $0.99 and JPics $0.99 up front. Colorburn sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. JPics asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Colorburn against 4.6 for JPics. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Colorburn has 380 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 87% and 88% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Colorburn ships an update every 5 weeks, JPics every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Colorburn versus JPics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColorburnJPics
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating4.5 (380 ratings)4.6 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.8% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings380 — better21
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer晓东 王捷 廖

Customer experience

Colorburn

All ratings380 ratings
Positive87.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews1,314 reviews
Positive86.8%
Neutral6.2%
Negative6.9%

JPics

All ratings21 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral2.5%
Negative10.0%

Bugs and requests

Colorburn

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Saving photos to camera roll not working
  • Live Photos not supported
  • Crashes reported on newer iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Video editing and filter support
  • Ability to save custom filter combinations
  • Improved photo library integration
  • More free filter options

JPics

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Colorburn

One-time8
  • Segment Pack$0.99
  • Circle Pack$0.99
  • Ring Pack$0.99
Show 5 more
  • Square Pack$0.99
  • Shape Pack$0.99
  • Unlock All Packs$0.99
  • Face Pack$0.99
  • Special Offer$0.99
None

JPics

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Colorburn free?
Colorburn costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is JPics free?
JPics costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Colorburn or JPics?
JPics is rated higher. Colorburn averages 4.5 out of 5 from 380 ratings, while JPics averages 4.6 from 21 ratings.
Do Colorburn or JPics have ads?
Neither Colorburn nor JPics shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Colorburn or JPics?
Colorburn ships an update every 5 weeks, and JPics every 3 weeks. Most recently, Colorburn was updated on September 26, 2026 and JPics on September 22, 2026.

Other comparisons