Bricolage vs Perspective ++
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bricolage
Create professional visual effects for photos and videos using a node-based compositing system. Chain over 150 effects to achieve unique looks, from subtle color correction to complex distortions and animations. Supports HD video processing and real-time playback.
- Node-based compositing
- Over 150 effects
- Video and photo processing
- Real-time playback
- Customizable templates
- Face recognition integration
- Bezier curve shape cutting
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Bricolage is a powerful special-effects toolbox for tricking out your photos and movies like the Hollywood pros do. Pipe your video through a chain of basic effects, each processing the picture in a different way. With over 150 to choose from it is easy to create completely unique looks and effects. And now its mature 3DTV tools shine with the perfect stereo of the Vision Pro. Mix multiple images and animate special effects to give your videos the finishing touches they need, from subtle regional color correction or exposure adjustment, to wild cartoon colors or funhouse-mirror distortions. Just bring in a video (or photo!) and drop effects between the input and the output. Bricolage takes advantage of the powerful graphics hardware in your iPad or iPhone to deliver smooth playback and responsive controls. You can even zoom into your video while it's playing. And when you've built a great effect, you can save it for reuse with other projects. Bricolage uses the industry-standard technique known as 'node-based compositing' to build complex effects from a chain of simple building blocks. You'll combine different layers using photoshop-style blending modes or black & white masks. Make different versions of an image and combine them back together to blur or darken the edges of an image, or selectively recolor the sky or ground. Use animated transitions to switch video streams or overlay text and graphics. Cut out shapes from pictures using Bezier curves. Apply image distortions and move them around the video, or use Apple's Face Recognition technology to mark or cover faces detected in your video. Place, scale and animate video overlays or shapes and gradients. Process your shots to look like a desert, or add film grain and a vintage photo process. You can even add titles or overlay time code on your movies. Bricolage uses custom Metal programs to process HD video in real time directly on the graphics processor. If you have an older device, don't worry, Bricolage offers half- and quarter-resolution 'proxy' modes, so you can get a preview of most effects with responsive controls even at HD, while still producing a full-resolution movie. Despite its great power, Bricolage is quite simple to use. Just build a chain of effects for your images to flow through from the inputs to the output. Drag effect nodes to 'kiss' the output of one to the input of another to form a connection. Or press and hold a link to insert a new node in the middle. With a zooming, scrolling canvas, you can organize your flows the way you like. Immediate feedback in the nodes makes it easy to experiment, while the full-screen node editor lets you perfect a single effect with enhanced tools. Features: Process still images or videos, pick stills from video Combined preview and node editing lets you create with live feedback Pre-built templates to make advanced effects easy to give you a head start on your own awesome creations. Save your node flows as templates and import them into other projects Built-in help with inline descriptions of nodes and their parameters Infinite undos, and for the indecisive, re-dos. Playback proxies at reduced resolution for more responsive editing on older devices Zoom and pan photos and videos, even while playing Multiple output resolutions Over 127 standard Core Image Effects Many more custom effects including: Map Generator Path Move Recolor Tilt Shift Edge Outlines Lens Distortion 360° Spherical VR Unwrap Stipple Semantic Segmentation Node Saliency Detector Bricks pattern Radial Grid Four-Up node ASCII Art Green Screen Remover* Fractal Noise* Film Grain* Text* Face Mask Relative Crop Fade Over Switcher Multi-mixer Color Bands Depth Key, Fog, Mix, Blur HSL/YUV/HWB Convert Time Code Overlay Red-Blue and Split-Screen Stereoscopic composite Primary, Secondary, 3D LUT Color Correction Flipbook/Sprite Atlas player *Fully functional effect, in-app purchase removes watermark
Perspective ++
This photo editing tool allows users to adjust horizon and perspective, crop images using the rule of thirds, and create fisheye effects. It integrates with the Photos app for seamless editing of panoramas and architectural shots.
- Adjust horizon
- Adjust horizontal and vertical perspective
- Crop using rule of thirds
- Create fisheye and distortions
- Photos Extension integration
- Edit panoramas and architectural images
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Perspective ++ photo editor and Photos Extension is the missing link to mobile photo editing. With Perspective++ users can: Adjust horizon. Adjust horizontal and verticle perspective. Crop using rule of thirds method. Create "Fisheye" and distortions to any point in your image. Users can set the horizon and adjust the perspective with out exporting to complicated image editing applications. Available as both a stand alone application and a Photos Extension Perspective ++ users have the ability the adjust the perspective of images including panoramas right inside the Photos app. Adjusting the perspective is particularly useful when editing architectural images and large panoramas where the edges can become distorted. Adjusting the perspective can also let the image place a larger emphasis on the sky or objects in the foreground. Fisheye adjustment not only makes for cool landscape and panorama images but also can be used selectively to place greater emphasis on specify portions of the image being edited. This is shown in the app screenshots, just look at the emblem behind the statue. Convenient image sharing with sister application "Canvas Art" allows recent edits from both applications to be shared and accessed within the application. Take your iPhone and iPad photography to a new level with Perspective ++.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bricolage at 3.6 against Perspective ++'s 3.0. Bricolage also leads on ratings volume (16 vs 2). Perspective ++'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and price ($3.99 vs $6.99). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Bricolage costs $6.99 and Perspective ++ $3.99 up front. Bricolage sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Perspective ++ asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bricolage holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bricolage has 16 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Bricolage ships an update every 4 months, Perspective ++ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bricolage | Perspective ++ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | $3.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.6 (16 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PixelSplincher | Ronald Boyd |
Customer experience
Bricolage
Perspective ++
In-app purchases
Bricolage
- Noise Pack$0.99
- Greenscreen Remover$1.99
- Shapes$1.99
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- Cutouts$1.99
- Title Pack$1.99
Perspective ++
No in-app purchases
Questions
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