Comparison

Love Cards + vs Pixel Art Effect

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

Head to head
About

Love Cards +

Create personalized romantic e-cards and photo collages with a variety of frames, templates, and effects. Express your love and share your creations instantly on social media.

Highlights
  • Romantic photo frames
  • Realistic e-card templates
  • Elegant color filters
  • Retro and vintage effects
  • Wedding and anniversary templates
  • Funny animated effects
Features
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Looking for a new way to say ‘I love you’ to those who matter most to you? With this app you can turn your photo into a heartfelt e-card or a lovely collage. Be sure to share it with your dearest ones to let them know they're on your mind and in your heart! What you’ll find in the app? * romantic photo frames and double frames for all who are in love; * numerous realistic templates with flowers and other adornments that can turn a photo into a cute love card; * elegant color filters designed to give a new dreamy look to your images; * retro and vintage photo effects that can take you to a time travel; * beautiful templates for those who want to congratulate newlyweds on their wedding day (or anniversary); * funny animated effects for people with good sense of humour. After the editing you can save images to your device or instantly share them via Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and other social networks right from the app. =========================== Love Cards PRO subscription options: =========================== $4.99 per month (with 3-day trial) At the end of 3-day trial period and auto renewable subscription will be activated at the price of $4.99/mo. Your Love Cards PRO subscription will automatically renew 24-hours prior to the end of each term and your card will be charged through your iTunes account. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time in your iTunes account settings, but refunds will not be provided for any unused period of the term. An unused portion of free trial period will also be forfeited once any of the subscription options is purchased. Love Cards Terms of Use: http://pho.to/terms/ Love Cards Privacy Policy: http://pho.to/policy/

About

Pixel Art Effect

Transform your photos into retro or modern pixel art with customizable effects. Adjust pixel size, edge thickness, and choose from various pixel shapes. Add text and crop images into different shapes before or after applying the pixel art effect.

Highlights
  • Convert photos to pixel art
  • Adjustable pixel amount
  • Customizable edge thickness
  • Multiple pixel designs (square, hexagon, triangle, torn)
  • Add text to photos
  • Crop photos into shapes
Features
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The Pixel Art Effect app lets you turn your photo into video game pixel art. The effect ranges from modern pixel art which has a more subtle pixelated effect (many small pixels) to retro pixel art which is made up of fewer larger pixels. You can control the amount of pixels you want. There 6 designs to choose from which differ in color etc. You can control the edge thickness. This is the outline of the artwork. There are also 4 pixel designs to choose from. These pixel designs are standard square, hexagon pixels, triangular pixels and torn pixels. See the screenshot for a visual example. No internet connection is required! Step 1: To convert your image to pixel art! Simply tap the "Add a Photo". You will be presented with the option of choosing a photo from your photo library or taking a picture with your camera! Step 2: Tap the "Apply Pixel Effect" button. Step 3: Save your pixel art to your photo library or share it to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Google+, VK or any other social network, forum or site and set the picture as a profile picture, cover photo etc. As of version 2.2, Pixel Art Effect allows you to do a lot more with your photos! The effects are endless because you can mix and combine the features and effects. You can also add text to your photos before or after applying the pixel effect! Add the text before applying the pixel effect if you want the text to become pixelated as well! You can also crop your photos into various shapes. Choose from a circle, flag, heart, star, square or rectangle.

Screenshots

Love Cards +4 screens
Pixel Art Effect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pixel Art Effect at none against Love Cards +'s shown. Pixel Art Effect also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Love Cards +'s advantage is ratings volume (4.7K vs 103). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Love Cards + sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Pixel Art Effect sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Love Cards + against 4.7 for Pixel Art Effect. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Love Cards + has 4.7K ratings behind it against 103, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Love Cards +'s written reviews are positive against 95% of Pixel Art Effect's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Love Cards + ships an update every 5 months, Pixel Art Effect every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Love Cards + versus Pixel Art Effect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLove Cards +Pixel Art Effect
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4.7K ratings) — better4.7 (103 ratings)
Positive reviews92.5% of reviews95.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.7K — better103
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size210 MB31 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperLinerock Investments LTDDanny Pajevic

Customer experience

Love Cards +

All ratings4,665 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews481 reviews
Positive92.5%
Neutral2.5%
Negative5.0%

Pixel Art Effect

All ratings103 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral3.9%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive95.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.0%

User reviews

Love Cards +

From 4.7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 User-friendly and easy to use
  • 💡 Variety of creative frames and effects
  • 🚀 Quick and efficient photo editing
  • 👍 Excellent photo quality results

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional server issues or failed image uploads
  • 🔒 Limited free features, requires paid subscription
  • 🔍 Difficulty finding specific frames or effects

Pixel Art Effect

From 103 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use and intuitive
  • 🎨 Great for pixel art creation
  • 🖼️ Useful for artists and designers
  • 🎮 Perfect for game design (e.g., Animal Crossing, Minecraft)
  • ✨ Produces cool pixel effects

Room to improve

  • ⚠️ Radically alters original colors
  • 🤏 Minimum/maximum pixel limits can be restrictive
  • 💡 Filters are applied without an option to disable
  • 🐛 High contrast and brightness issues
  • 🧐 Lacks detailed customization options

Bugs and requests

Love Cards +

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Server failure to process image requests
  • Repeated rating prompts even after rating

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free frame and effect options
  • Ability to reposition photos within frames
  • Search functionality to find desired frames/effects
  • Saving favorite frames or effects for reuse

Pixel Art Effect

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Radically alters original colors
  • Minimum/maximum pixel limits
  • Contrast goes super high, making pictures too bright
  • Filters are applied without an option to disable

Requested features

3 requests
  • Allow choosing pixel count for both length and width
  • Option to apply or not apply filters
  • More detailed customization options

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Love Cards +

Subscriptions1
  • Love Cards PRO (1 month)3 Days trial$4.991 Month
One-time1
  • Pro Effects & Ads Removal$1.99
1 purchases

Pixel Art Effect

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Love Cards + free?
Love Cards + is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixel Art Effect free?
Pixel Art Effect is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Love Cards + or Pixel Art Effect?
Love Cards + is rated higher. Love Cards + averages 4.7 out of 5 from 4.7K ratings, while Pixel Art Effect averages 4.7 from 103 ratings.
Do Love Cards + or Pixel Art Effect have ads?
Love Cards + shows ads; Pixel Art Effect does not.
Which is updated more often, Love Cards + or Pixel Art Effect?
Love Cards + ships an update every 5 months, and Pixel Art Effect every 5 weeks. Most recently, Love Cards + was updated on November 11, 2026 and Pixel Art Effect on November 2, 2026.

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