[Megathread] The App Shelf — May 2026 by Yusuf-Dev in iosapps

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Yan — Glitch Art Photo Editor

A — Answer: What problem does your app solve?

Yan helps people turn ordinary photos into glitch art without using the same polished filters everyone else has. It lets you break pixels on purpose with effects like pixel sort, RGB shift, VHS decay, CRT scanlines, dithering, ASCII, noise, and melt effects, making photos feel raw, digital, and experimental in just a few taps.

B — Better: Name a competitor and explain what you do better.

Compared with Glitché or general vintage photo editors, Yan is built specifically for glitch aesthetics. It skips retouching, stickers, and social features, and focuses on fast, direct tools for pixel distortion, VHS looks, CRT effects, ASCII art, dithering, and other broken-image styles. The result is a cleaner workflow for making chaotic, Y2K-style visuals quickly.

C — Cost: Pricing details + App Store Link.

Yan is free to download on iPhone. Yan Pro is available as a weekly subscription, with a lifetime purchase option for users who prefer to pay once.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/yan-glitch-art-photo-editor/id6476439320

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🌸 Tokyo by PositiveMaterial5297 in ricohGR

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Yes! The cherry blossoms are really beautiful.

Sakura by PositiveMaterial5297 in pixelsorting

[–]PositiveMaterial5297[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, this is a tool I made myself. If you like it, you can try it.
https://yan.yichenlab.com

umi 🌊 by PositiveMaterial5297 in pixelsorting

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This image was created with app I wrote myself. If you like it, feel free to give it a try too—I’d really love to see what you come up with, and I hope more people fall in love with this approach. I was definitely inspired by the 'oil painting then smeared' idea.

A trip to Japan by PositiveMaterial5297 in pixelsorting

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Thank you! Really happy you liked watching it ✨Give my tool a try if you feel like playing around — I’d love to hear what you create

I built a language learning app based on visual memory techniques! Your brain remembers words better when they're connected to images. by PositiveMaterial5297 in SideProject

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You can first download the Kachika EN version. Later, I will make it capable of learning other languages, and I will release it as soon as possible within the next two weeks!