A black and white image playground.
150 ways to break, bend, and re-form an image.
Experiment with images in black and white.
Mono Lab is designed for exploring the unexpected.
From subtle relief to structural collapse, topology drift, mesh warps, fracture effects, misregistration, and controlled instability, every tool is built for focused experimentation. Responsive. Direct. Tactile.
Interactive Filters (X)
Distortion that responds to you.
Shift the image through movement and contact. Tilt to bend structure. Rotate to redirect tension. Touch to anchor, drag to stretch, hold to resist. Each gesture leaves a trace. Each motion reshapes the result.
3D Surface Mode
A dimensional approach to distortion.
Map images across 12 surfaces and interpret them through 13 lenses. Adjust depth. Refine spatial tension. Each surface behaves differently. Each lens reshapes the outcome.
Monochromatic.
Structure, tone, dimension, possibility.
What You Can Do
• 150 filters for black and white distortion
• Touch and motion control transformations
• 12 surfaces. 13 lenses
• Press, drag, and hold to reshape the image like a surface
• Refine light, contrast, and structure
• Warp topology and form
• Collapse, fracture, and distort
• Create raster and vector outputs
• Build layered misregistrations
• Adjust pressure, grain, and tone
• Stack transformations
• Save your favorite filters to the Index
• Save directly to Files
Mono Lab is for designers, artists, photographers, illustrators, and visual experimenters working in black and white.
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.
Rich and comprehensive collection of FX for mono junkies
effixx
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.
Developer Response
Thank you! And thanks for spending time with the app.
amazing application
calmperil
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!
11/10 recommended
TheMeatMan64
Best photo editing app hands down with no pesky re-accruing payments.
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.
Version 4.2
The developer, Inner Circle, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
Seller
David Allen
Size
49.2 MB
Category
Graphics & Design
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.