Comparison

Aftercut vs Impresso Pro

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

Head to head
About

Aftercut

Easily cut out objects from photos and composite them with new backgrounds. Apply a wide range of unique filters and effects to your images in seconds. Supports transparent PNGs for advanced editing.

Highlights
  • 7 cut out tools (manual & smart selection)
  • 40+ filters & 300+ predefined effects
  • 21 blend modes
  • 7 selection adjustment tools
  • Transparent PNG support
Features
Read full description

The easiest way to cut out and composite photos. With AfterCut, you can select objects, change background and add effects to your photos in SECONDS. 7 CUT OUT TOOLS Both manually selection tools and smart selection tools are included. Selecting and extracting objects can be easily done by several simple taps. 40+ FILTERS & 300+ PREDEFINED EFFECTS You can create Shadow, Highlight, Border, Popart, Cartoon, Blur, Glass, Pencil, Comic Book, Mosaic and more effects to your selected objects. Most of the effects are unique! 21 BLEND MODES 7 SELECTION ADJUSTMENT TOOLS Selection area can be feathered, extended, resized, adjusted and saved. TRANSPARENT PNG SUPPORT Importing and exporting transparent PNG images are fully supported. RESOLUTIONS iPhone 5 and above: 12 MP iPhone 4 and 4S: 4 MP

About

Impresso Pro

Transform your photos into stunning Impressionist masterpieces with multi-textured brush strokes. This app offers a pro workflow with smart layers and brushes for blending multiple paint styles, creating captivating, print-worthy artwork.

Highlights
  • Transform photos into multi-textured Impressionist paintings
  • Smart layering system for blending paint styles
  • Library of Edges and Background Paint effects
  • Soft Paint effect for foreground subjects
  • Aged Paint effect for cracked texture
  • Impressionism Paint Effects: Alla Prima, En Plein Air, Tache
Read full description

Lucky you, 21st century software wielding seer and lover of beauty—you have Impresso Pro. With the same enduring attention to detail, light, color, and texure, Impresso transforms your photos into multi-textured, stroke-filled Impressionist masterpieces. And keen eyes will love how Impresso maintains the balance of your piece! The result—captivating, print-worthy paintings brimming with passion, life, and beauty. Transform photos into paintings then combine paint effects with layers and brushes for gorgeous print-worthy artwork. Smart Layers and brushes for blending multiple paint styles, a library of Edges that blend beautifully with canvas, a Background Paint effect to create distances, a Soft Paint effect for enhancing foreground subjects, an Aged Paint effect for adding cracked texture, and an ultra-impressionism effect called Tache to cover paintings with broken brush strokes and dabs of color. Impresso Pro has everything an Artist or Photographer will need to create gallery-style paintings with enough detail even for the largest print. Includes: Layers, Brushes, Soft Paint, Background Paint, Aged Paint, Painted Edges and three Impressionism Paint Effects: Alla Prima, En Plein Air and Tache paint styles. Features A pro workflow automatically transforms a photo into a painting and places it on a paint layer along with a canvas. With a smart built-in layering system the photo can then be transformed again when a new paint layer is chosen and placed on the layer above. The layers are ‘smart’ because the settings are retained per layer allowing changes to brush strokes, color finishes and other settings for infinite variation when blending. There are several ways to blend the layers, change the opacity slider to blend the strokes beneath, or to blend color use the brushes to brush-off the paint style or back-on if too much is removed. This powerful feature is great for creating lighter values in distant elements and colorful ones in the foreground. With layers you can also achieve another level of depth (or depth-of-field) by overlapping larger brush strokes with finer ones—all it takes is this simple technique to achieve a highly creative work. Paint Styles and Effects Alla Prima (‘wet-on-wet’ or ‘all-at-once’)—is great for portraits! This beautiful paint style starts by filling the painting with an abundance of brushstrokes. A library of artistic finishes compliments this style by adding light, color and movement. En Plein Air (in open air)—is perfect for landscapes. This stroke-filled effect consists of eight artists’ palettes created by famous impressionists. Use them as they are or edit the paint colors to make your own palette—save preset feature keeps the palette and all the layers intact for future projects. Tache (‘spot’ or ‘blot’)—applies broken brushstrokes throughout the painting. This technique of laying thick patches, flecks and dabs of color is great for making paint look as if it stands out from the surface. Apply a light spackling of strokes or fill the painting with dabs of color. Canvas Layer—supplies the canvas texture and adds a painted edge. NEW—Soft Paint Effect—creates a hard edge when brushed to show contrast from other edges around it—great for foreground objects NEW—Background Paint Effect—recedes objects and scenery when brushed for a natural distant and out-of-focus effect NEW—Aged Paint Effect—cracks paint in a linear or angled fashion with control over crack color, strength, size, angle, spacing and sensitivity NEW—Painted Edges—creates a painted vignette NEW—Signature Layer - Add that personalized touch to your image NEW—CONFORM STROKES This new technology conforms brush strokes, using only a slider, to bring out detail naturally—while still retaining the brushwork.   NEW—BRISTLE STYLES Three bristle styles wield brushwork in an extremely free manner while retaining high quality strokes even up close. NEW—11 NEW BRUSH STYLES

Screenshots

Aftercut4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Aftercut at $2.99 against Impresso Pro's $29.99. Aftercut also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 73%) and device support (3 vs 1). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Aftercut costs $2.99 and Impresso Pro $29.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Aftercut against 4.7 for Impresso Pro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 202 and 81 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 92% of Aftercut's written reviews are positive against 73% of Impresso Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aftercut ships an update every 2 months, Impresso Pro every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Aftercut versus Impresso Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAftercutImpresso Pro
Price$2.99 — better$29.99
Rating4.7 (202 ratings)4.7 (81 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.9% of reviews — better73.3% of reviews
Number of ratings202 — better81
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB115 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer丽譞 牛JixiPix, LLC

Customer experience

Aftercut

All ratings202 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral2.5%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews406 reviews
Positive91.9%
Neutral3.4%
Negative4.7%

Impresso Pro

All ratings78 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral5.1%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral13.3%
Negative13.3%

Bugs and requests

Aftercut

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App incompatible with latest iOS versions (iOS 14+)
  • Custom fonts not visible or usable after iOS updates
  • Unable to import photos from library on some devices
  • Position and scale changes lost when pasting cutouts
  • Saved images not appearing in photo library
Show 5 more
  • App crashes when applying certain effects
  • Interface text too small on some devices
  • Language settings reverting to Chinese unexpectedly
  • Blurry output despite sharp preview
  • Selection tool selecting entire image instead of subject

Requested features

15 requests
  • iPad landscape orientation support
  • Higher resolution export (beyond 4096x4096 pixels)
  • Manual eraser and rubber tool for precise editing
  • Feathering and edge refinement controls
  • Clipping masks with geometric shapes
Show 10 more
  • Layer support for multiple images
  • More font options and variety
  • Offset settings for eraser tool
  • Color-based selection tool
  • Apple Pencil support with better line quality
  • Sticker library management/cleanup
  • Recent updates after years of stagnation
  • Landscape view option
  • Font import from browser
  • Improved documentation and manual

Impresso Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Aftercut

No in-app purchases

None

Impresso Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Aftercut free?
Aftercut costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Impresso Pro free?
Impresso Pro costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Aftercut or Impresso Pro?
Impresso Pro is rated higher. Aftercut averages 4.7 out of 5 from 202 ratings, while Impresso Pro averages 4.7 from 81 ratings.
Do Aftercut or Impresso Pro have ads?
Neither Aftercut nor Impresso Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aftercut or Impresso Pro?
Aftercut ships an update every 2 months, and Impresso Pro every 3 months. Most recently, Aftercut was updated on June 26, 2026 and Impresso Pro on October 24, 2026.

Other comparisons