# Toonist: Photo to Cartoon Art

> Comic & Sketch Filter Effects

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1492735943](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1492735943)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1492735943`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Vineeta Khatuja
- **Category:** Photo & Video
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (528 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.0.6
- **Last updated:** 2021-07-06
- **First published:** 2020-01-04
- **Size:** 37 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-20
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/toonist-photo-to-cartoon-art/id1492735943)
- **Website:** [http://mytoonist.com](http://mytoonist.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://mytoonist.com/privacy-policy](https://mytoonist.com/privacy-policy)

## Description

Toonist lets you turn photos into cartoons, comics, and illustrations with live camera previews and a wide range of filters. Import pictures from your library, fine-tune your artwork with editing tools, add speech bubbles and text, and decorate with stickers—perfect for creating comic pages, coloring sheets, blog graphics, greetings, and pop-art. Best of all, there are no ads and you can export high-resolution images.

Private by design: all processing happens on-device for privacy. Toonist offers a free tier with 14 filters, unlimited imports/exports, and essential text tools, plus a Pro subscription for custom color filters, outlines, watermark-free exports, and full premium filters.

## Rankings

- #71,006 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise Toonist for being easy to use and delivering fun, high-quality cartoon-style edits that boost content creation. Pros include its simplicity, entertaining filters, and an ad-light or free-access experience. Common concerns center on the expensive subscription model, changes that push users toward Pro, and reliability issues (crashes, spinning, and save/export failures). Some also note UI/export usability problems and wish for more free-version features or a one-time purchase option.

### Pros

- Easy to use with a simple, intuitive interface.
- Fun, varied cartoon-style filters with good quality results.
- Useful for content creation (memes, cartoon edits, outlines) and social sharing.
- Generally no ads and accessible features without heavy upfront costs.

### Cons

- Subscription pricing is expensive and feels like ongoing payments rather than a one-time purchase.
- Updates/pricing changes push users toward Pro and limit free editing of free filters.
- Reliability issues like crashes, endless spinning, and occasional failures to save/export.
- Export/save management issues (difficulties saving directly, and some UI elements like deleting saved items are missing).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1492735943)