About Pixel Stretch Pro
Pixel Stretch Pro is a mobile app that does one thing: it takes a strip of color out of your photo and stretches it into a ribbon across the frame. This page covers who builds it, why it is that narrow, and how the guides on this site are written.
Why an entire app for one effect
The pixel stretch effect has been made in Photoshop for well over a decade, and it can also be faked in video editors and general photo apps. All of those routes share a problem: the tools were built for something else, so the curve is the hardest part of the edit instead of the fun part.
Building for a single effect meant the interface could be the effect. A bar picks the colors. An arrow pulls them. Control points bend the result, and a preset can turn that path into a clean arc or an S Curve. Nothing on screen is there for a different feature.
Who makes it
Pixel Stretch Pro is built by Emre Ertunc, an independent developer. It launched on iPhone and Android in 2026 and was posted on Product Hunt in July of that year. It is a small independent project, so feature requests and bug reports reach the person writing the code.
The whole editor is open from the moment you install it, and there are no ads.
What happens to your photos
Editing runs on your device. Photos and finished images are not uploaded to our servers, and the limited usage and purchase analytics we collect never include photo content, file names, or image data. The full detail is in the privacy policy.
How the guides on this site are made
- Every example image is a real edit made in the app, not a mockup or a stock illustration. The before and after pairs are the same photo, framed the same way.
- Instructions describe what the current version of the app actually does. When a control behaves differently on iPhone and Android, the guide says so.
- Comparisons with other tools describe what those tools do, including the cases where they are the better choice. Our comparison guide has a section on when not to use this app.
- Pages carry the date they were last reviewed. When the app changes, the affected guide is updated rather than left to drift.
Contact
Email emre@ertunc.com for support, corrections, or press. We also post edits and answer questions on Instagram and TikTok. If something on this site is wrong, tell us and we will fix it.