Revisited: Create your own miniature worlds with TinyWorld and Tiny Planet Photos

With very few new, innovative and inspiring photo apps being released at present, I've decided to take the opportunity to take a look back at some of the apps that have grabbed my attention over the past few years, and see where they are, and how they perform today.

Above: The London skyline processed with "Tiny Planet Photos"To kick this "revisited" feature off, I thought I'd take a look at TinyWorld and Tiny Planet Photos, two apps that let you create your very own miniaturised worlds.

Tiny Planet Photos [App Store Link], priced at £0.69/$0.99/€0.79, lets you take or load a photo and apply either a spherical (tiny planet) effect or a tubular one, before emailing, uploading to Flickr or Tumblr, sharing on Facebook or via Twitter, or saving to the camera roll at 1000 x 1000 pixels (or 2000 x 2000 pixels via an in-app upgrade).

Above: The London skyline processed with "TinyWorld"Unlike Tiny Planet Photos, TinyWorld [App Store Link] currently priced at £0.69/$0.99/€0.79 lets you shoot with what the developers refer to as their "live preview editor", which lets you see the results before they're created.

Don't want to use live preview editor? then just as with Tiny Planet Photos, TinyWorld lets you import from the camera roll, then email, share via Twitter, send direct to Instagram, or save at 1000 x 1000 pixels.

Both apps have seen a number of improvements since their release last March and April respectively, and both apps, whilst limited in use, are comparable and fun to use, but with its "live preview editor", TinyWorld has the edge for me.

Comments

[Mel Harrison]

Thank you so much for pointing out the higher resolution for tiny planets in the upgrade pack!! I'd missed that completely and use it a lot!

[Hank Dunkermann]

Thanks for comparing these two apps.

So, Tiny Planets has the optional higher resolution, but you have to pay extra for that. And TinyWorld has live preview and editing, and does not require extra payments.

I agree with you: TinyWorld is the best!