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Mono Lab

by Inner Circle

iPhone · iPad

Active Last checked 31 Jul 2026

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  • $4.99
  • In-app purchases

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  • Price: $4.99
  • ASCII Set — $4.99
  • Dither Set — $4.99
  • Print Set — $4.99

Ratings & reviews

App Store

5.0 21 ratings · App Store

  1. 5/5Rich and comprehensive collection of FX for mono junkies

    Very impressive library of effects: you’ve got all the staples for image definition and basic processing, including dithering patterns and grunge. But also, a seemingly endless library of unexpected and unique ways to glitch, distort, and even create algorithmic vectorization. Even lets you save vector effects as PDF for further manipulation on the desktop. For the price, it’s a great value.

    effixx · 31 Jul 2026

  2. 5/5Amazing!!

    Mono Lab is honestly perfect for making zines. It’s super easy to mess around with, and you can get really weird, raw results fast without overthinking it. The filters don’t feel basic, they actually change the vibe of an image in a real way. I’ve been using it to build pages and textures, and everything just comes out feeling more intentional. It’s one of those apps you open and lose time in.

    XavierAllenM · 31 Jul 2026

  3. 5/5amazing application

    If I could only add one more thing it’d be to maybe save drafts to come back to and work later. Completely Worth the price!

    calmperil · 31 Jul 2026

  4. 5/511/10 recommended

    Best photo editing app hands down with no pesky re-accruing payments.

    TheMeatMan64 · 31 Jul 2026

  5. 5/5ur excellency

    i’m always looking for new ways to demolish, reconstitute and otherwise obliterate images (if that makes sense) and this is a spectacular application for all of the above. well worth every penny P.S. the Smear capability, along with the other pressure sensitive capacities that come with this app r beautiful, those alone r well worth the price of admission

    highlikeafly · 31 Jul 2026

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Versions

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  • 1.6
  • 2.0

    Introducing 3D Surface Mode: a new way to think about image distortion. Sculpt images across 12 dimensional surfaces and view them through 13 unique lenses. More responsive and more to do: • 17 new filters • Major performance optimization • Searchable Looks Guide • UI refinements across the app • Hundreds of subtle visual improvements Built for play and experimentation. Refined for control.

  • 2.1

    Intelligent Filter Menu, link to new website, link to new Help & Tips page. Fine tuning of the 3D Surface Mode: a new way to think about image distortion. Sculpt images across 12 dimensional surfaces and view them through 13 unique lenses.

  • 2.2

    This update expands Mono Lab’s halftone and surface tools. • New halftone shapes: squares and plus grids • Added advanced dithering algorithms: Floyd–Steinberg, Atkinson, Stucki, and Ordered • Added intelligence to the 3D Surface menu • Improved halftone rendering and visibility • Performance improvements and stability updates Thanks for using Mono Lab!

  • 2.5

    New Filters Edge Halo - Creates a glowing edge-trace effect around subjects Phase Veil - Organic band warping with subject emphasis for dreamy, layered looks Signal Drift - Parallel scan-lines that follow image tone with natural drift Signal Field - Flow-field lines that trace image gradients for a topographic, engraved look Improved Filters Local Threshold - New geometric shape options for varied pattern styles Engraving - Advanced angle, jitter, and adaptive spacing controls Refined Experience Streamlined slider controls across multiple filters: fewer knobs, better defaults Better stability when working with 3D surfaces Performance and code quality improvements under the hood

  • 3.0

    X Filters - Your Motion, Your Image Six new reactive filters that respond to how you hold and move your phone. Tilt to shift thresholds, melt surfaces, collapse ink, and create ghostly trails… all in real time. Capture any moment with the FREEZE button to export exactly what you see. Six new Distort filters let you tap anywhere on your image to set the effect center. Spin pixels into a vortex with Event Horizon, stretch them like elastic fabric with Gravity Stretch, or shatter them into corrupted signal fragments with Fragment Field: each with a shape picker and fine-tuned controls. Three new Live filters that let you Freeze and capture your image. Five new vector filters: Trace Tone, Relief, Echo Grid, Parasite, and Residual Self. PDF & SVG export. Performance & Polish Faster rendering, sharper exports, cleaner controls, and a streamlined filter library. 124 filters total. All processing stays on your device.

  • 3.2

    New Filters Dot Field (DOTF) - Digital stippling filter Bitmap Ghost (BMGX) - Destroyed bitmap print simulation Moiré Drift (MOIR) - Live animated moiré interference pattern with optical shimmer and tonal displacement Velvet Phase - Smooth, rich grayscale tonal filter Hollow Tone - Edge-focused tonal filter with adjustable edge retention Performance Enhancements Viewfinder Mode - Triple-tap the logo for a clean, distraction-free editing view Fragment Union Scatter upgrade for more creative control Optimizations across 6 X/Warp filters Better preview-to-export consistency across all filters X Filters - Motion based filter optimization. The six reactive filters have been streamlined behind the scenes. Tilt to shift thresholds, melt surfaces, collapse ink, and create ghostly trails… all in real time. Capture any moment with the FREEZE button to export exactly what you see.

  • 3.3

    Mono Lab 3.3 - 3 new filters, 6 optimized Dither Press - Tone decomposition filter with three distinct modes. Overlight - Live animated luminance filter. Highlights shimmer and breathe with two animation modes. Lines - Vertical polyline displacement filter flows around the contours of your photo, creating a warped wireframe-like interpretation. Optimized: Dot Field - Digital stippling filter Bitmap Ghost - Destroyed bitmap print simulation Moiré Drift - Live animated moiré interference pattern with optical shimmer and tonal displacement Velvet Phase - Smooth, rich grayscale tonal filter Hollow Tone - Edge-focused tonal filter with adjustable edge retention

  • 3.5

    Three new distortion filters: // Temporal Shatter - Time fractures across the image. Moments split, repeat, and misalign, as if multiple exposures are trying to exist at once. // Pressure Veil - Invisible forces reshape the image. Structure compresses, swells, and bends as if pressed through shifting fields. // Consumption - Dark mass overtakes the image. Structure is gradually absorbed, leaving behind only fragments of what was there. # Filter Info Overlay - Tap the "?" button next to any filter name to see an explanation of the filter concept, how it behaves, and tips for getting the most out of it. Tap anywhere to dismiss. Optimization: Auto-select first filter when switching tabs Fixed settings leaking between filters Performance and thumbnail optimizations

  • 3.6

    Optimized distortion filters: // Temporal Shatter - Time fractures across the image. Moments split, repeat, and misalign, as if multiple exposures are trying to exist at once. // Pressure Veil - Invisible forces reshape the image. Structure compresses, swells, and bends as if pressed through shifting fields. // Consumption - Dark mass overtakes the image. Structure is gradually absorbed, leaving behind only fragments of what was there. # Filter Info Overlay fix - Tap the "?" button next to any filter name to see an explanation of the filter concept, how it behaves, and tips for getting the most out of it. Tap anywhere to dismiss. Optimization: Persistent Menu Fix Auto-select first filter when switching tabs

  • 4.0

    // Surface Yield - A new tool to push, pull, and break images. Your image becomes a liquid surface. Press, drag, and hold. 10 New Filters // Selection based Break Select - isolate a subject instantly Echo Rupture - scatter and pressurize a region Depth Breach - tear depth layers apart // Subject Isolation Figure Drift - subject holds, background stretches Dimensional Break - split the image into spatial slabs // Depth Aware Depth Map - rebuild the image as spatial tone Depth Breach - depth distortion within a selection Dimensional Break - depth + segmentation combined // Pure Form Isoform - contour banding Isobloom - expanding contour outlines Residual Spine - reduced to skeletal structure ...What’s New at the Core Surface Yield introduces real-time deformation. New filters bring depth awareness and selection control. Images aren’t just edited. They’re shaped. // Performance Improvements New Streamlined Interface New Indexed drawer of favorite filters Faster. Smoother. More reliable. Responsive tools with live progress Reduced lag on large images Improved stability across the app

  • 4.1

    Ability to purchase Filter Packs! Edits and improvement to: // Surface Yield - A new tool to push, pull, and break images. Your image becomes a liquid surface. Press, drag, and hold. 10 New Filters // Selection based Break Select - isolate a subject instantly Echo Rupture - scatter and pressurize a region Depth Breach - tear depth layers apart // Subject Isolation Figure Drift - subject holds, background stretches Dimensional Break - split the image into spatial slabs // Depth Aware Depth Map - rebuild the image as spatial tone Depth Breach - depth distortion within a selection Dimensional Break - depth + segmentation combined // Pure Form Isoform - contour banding Isobloom - expanding contour outlines Residual Spine - reduced to skeletal structure ...What’s New at the Core Surface Yield introduces real-time deformation. New filters bring depth awareness and selection control. Images aren’t just edited. They’re shaped.

  • 4.2

    Ability to purchase Filter Packs! Filter packs have been optimized. Edits and improvement to: // Surface Yield - A new tool to push, pull, and break images. Your image becomes a liquid surface. Press, drag, and hold. 10 New Filters // Selection based Break Select - isolate a subject instantly Echo Rupture - scatter and pressurize a region Depth Breach - tear depth layers apart // Subject Isolation Figure Drift - subject holds, background stretches Dimensional Break - split the image into spatial slabs // Depth Aware Depth Map - rebuild the image as spatial tone Depth Breach - depth distortion within a selection Dimensional Break - depth + segmentation combined // Pure Form Isoform - contour banding Isobloom - expanding contour outlines Residual Spine - reduced to skeletal structure ...What’s New at the Core Surface Yield introduces real-time deformation. New filters bring depth awareness and selection control. Images aren’t just edited. They’re shaped.

  • 4.3

    • Desktop: import photos straight from Finder/Files, plus a manual SLIDE control for motion filters. • Cleaner two-section filter navigation. • DITHER SET, expanded: a wave of new dithering styles - Blue Noise, Grain Field, Dust, Frost, Entropy, Cascade, Riemersma, and a new MONO group (Pressure Field, Tectonic, Mycelium, Constellation, Magnetic).

  • 4.4

    UI Fix for filter buttons on older phones. Desktop: import photos straight from Finder/Files, plus a manual SLIDE control for motion filters.

  • 4.4.1

    UI tweak for filter buttons on older phones. ISOFORM filter update to better match view finder

  • 4.5

    More UI tweaks for older phones with smaller screens. // Eight new system filters FIBER DRAG (FIBR) - smears the image along a swirling flow into fibrous strands. DEAD SCANNER - a faulty scan head that sticks, grinds, and tears with lamp flare. THERMAL SLUMP - soft midtones sag and drip like melting wax while darks stay anchored. REWOVEN - cuts the image into ribbons that weave, slip, and fray like cloth. COLLAPSE FEEDBACK - feeds the frame into itself for interference patterns. DENSITY CRUSH - clusters of midtones collapse into darker masses. DEAD WEIGHT - drapes the image over hung silk, with darks sagging and folds shaded for depth. SEDIMENT - rain washes bright material down the frame in dry, granular sediment streaks.

  • 5.0

    MONO LAB 5.0 - THE PROJECTS UPDATE // PROJECTS - Your work now lives somewhere. A full project system: every edit is saved as a recipe, automatically. Reopen a project days later and pick up exactly where you left off. Organize projects into folders. Browse everything in a new directory with thumbnails. // UNDO FLATTEN - Baked a filter and regretted it? Step back. The new state record keeps a timeline of everything you've done to an image. //.MONOLAB FILES. Export any project as a single file. Share it, back it up, import it on another device. Your originals, your recipe, your history: all inside. // TEAR TABLE. A new surface tool. Tear your image into pieces like paper (draw the tear lines yourself) then rearrange the scraps into a collage and flatten at full resolution. //COPY BED - Run your image through a machine that was never serviced and move the image while you do. Duplication with degradation. // NEW EDITOR TOOLBAR - The top bar was rebuilt, with a tools drawer that keeps the viewfinder clear. // FINE CONTROL! Every slider now supports fine-precision scrubbing - drag away from the track to slow the scale down. Plus: smoother screen transitions, refined filter defaults across the board, and dozens of small fixes.

  • 5.0.1

    MONO LAB 5.0.1 Quick Fix: Fixed an issue where the app could become unresponsive after saving an image. // PROJECTS - Your work now lives somewhere. A full project system: every edit is saved as a recipe, automatically. Reopen a project days later and pick up exactly where you left off. Organize projects into folders. Browse everything in a new directory with thumbnails. // UNDO FLATTEN - Baked a filter and regretted it? Step back. The new state record keeps a timeline of everything you've done to an image. //.MONOLAB FILES. Export any project as a single file. Share it, back it up, import it on another device. Your originals, your recipe, your history: all inside. // TEAR TABLE. A new surface tool. Tear your image into pieces like paper (draw the tear lines yourself) then rearrange the scraps into a collage and flatten at full resolution. //COPY BED - Run your image through a machine that was never serviced and move the image while you do. Duplication with degradation. // NEW EDITOR TOOLBAR - The top bar was rebuilt, with a tools drawer that keeps the viewfinder clear. // FINE CONTROL! Every slider now supports fine-precision scrubbing - drag away from the track to slow the scale down. Plus: smoother screen transitions, refined filter defaults across the board, and dozens of small fixes.

  • 5.0.2

    MONO LAB 5.0.2 New Filter Set: PHENO (Phenomena) with Quick Fix: Fixed an issue where the app could become unresponsive after trying to view Filter Pack preview screens. // PROJECTS - Your work now lives somewhere. A full project system: every edit is saved as a recipe, automatically. Reopen a project days later and pick up exactly where you left off. Organize projects into folders. Browse everything in a new directory with thumbnails. // UNDO FLATTEN - Baked a filter and regretted it? Step back. The new state record keeps a timeline of everything you've done to an image. //.MONOLAB FILES. Export any project as a single file. Share it, back it up, import it on another device. Your originals, your recipe, your history: all inside. // TEAR TABLE. A new surface tool. Tear your image into pieces like paper (draw the tear lines yourself) then rearrange the scraps into a collage and flatten at full resolution. //COPY BED - Run your image through a machine that was never serviced and move the image while you do. Duplication with degradation. // NEW EDITOR TOOLBAR - The top bar was rebuilt, with a tools drawer that keeps the viewfinder clear. // FINE CONTROL! Every slider now supports fine-precision scrubbing - drag away from the track to slow the scale down. Plus: smoother screen transitions, refined filter defaults across the board, and dozens of small fixes.

  • 5.1 · 27 Jul 2026

    MONO LAB 5.1 Quick Fixes: Fixed an issue where the projects intermittently wouldn't move to directories. MYSM and and TMPS filter outputs were fixed to match the view finder version more accurately. // PROJECTS - Your work now lives somewhere. A full project system: every edit is saved as a recipe, automatically. Reopen a project days later and pick up exactly where you left off. Organize projects into folders. Browse everything in a new directory with thumbnails. // TEAR TABLE. A new surface tool. Tear your image into pieces like paper (draw the tear lines yourself) then rearrange the scraps into a collage and flatten at full resolution. //COPY BED - Run your image through a machine that was never serviced and move the image while you do. Duplication with degradation. // FINE CONTROL! Every slider now supports fine-precision scrubbing - drag away from the track to slow the scale down.

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