Comparison

Snap Markup vs DayCircle

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Snap Markup

Easily edit and annotate photos, images, and pictures with a wide array of tools. Add text, shapes, stickers, blur sensitive areas, and magnify details. Save in high quality and share your creations quickly.

Highlights
  • Crop and rotate images in various shapes
  • Add text with customizable styles
  • Pixelate and blur sensitive areas
  • Magnify sections with a loupe
  • Add emoji stickers
  • Draw arrows, shapes, and freehand lines
  • Stitch photos into panoramas
Features
Currently charting
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Snap Markup — Photo Markup & Editor Turn any photo into a polished, annotated image in seconds. Mark up screenshots, documents, receipts, real estate, and snapshots with on-device AI, pro editing tools, and effortless sharing — all in one app. ALL-IN-ONE MARKUP Crop, rotate, draw, add text, stickers, and overlays from one toolbar. Reorder tools in Settings so your favourites are always one tap away. DOCUMENT SCANNER Scan multi-page documents with auto edge detection and straightening. Export as a clean image or searchable PDF. COLLAGE MAKER Combine multiple photos into beautiful grid layouts with adjustable spacing, borders, and ratios. GIF MAKER Turn photos or video clips into animated GIFs. Add text, stickers, and overlays, then export a ready-to-share loop. BATCH RESIZE & EXPORT Resize multiple photos at once. Set custom dimensions and DPI for print or web, and export to PNG, JPG, or HEIC. PHOTO SPLITTER Slice an image into a grid for seamless social posts and carousels. SMART CROP & ROTATE On-device AI detects documents and faces and suggests the perfect crop. Free, fixed-ratio, and shape crops (rectangle, circle, star, triangle). Rotate, flip, or auto-straighten skewed documents. ADJUST & AUTO ENHANCE Fine-tune brightness, contrast, saturation, and exposure with live sliders, or tap Auto Enhance. Cinematic filters in one tap. BACKGROUND BLUR & COLOUR Powered by Apple Vision AI — blur the background for a portrait look, or swap it for any solid colour. ANNOTATE LIKE A PRO Arrows, shapes, lines, freehand pen, curves, and numbered step callouts. Customise stroke colour, thickness, and opacity. Annotate large images without cropping first. HIGHLIGHT & HIDE Spotlight key details, or pixelate sensitive info — faces, addresses, account numbers — before sharing. TEXT, STICKERS & OVERLAYS Full text styling with drag, pinch, and rotate. Emoji and shape stickers, plus photo overlays — long-press to remove a background on device. MORE TOOLS Date & location stamp, measurement ruler, speech bubbles, OCR text extraction, code scanner, translate, signature, watermark, frame, collage, photo stitch, webpage & map capture, blank canvas, and searchable PDF export. SHARE WITHOUT FRICTION Save to Photos or Files, print, copy, set as wallpaper, or share anywhere. Export lossless PNG, high-quality JPG, or HEIC. Generate custom PDFs with your choice of name, quality, and orientation. 76 LANGUAGES & THEMES Fully localised in 76 languages. Light, Dark, and Auto themes. PRIVACY FIRST All AI processing runs on device. Your photos never leave your iPhone or iPad. Feedback or suggestions? Contact us at support@appculus.com — we'd love to hear from you.

About

DayCircle

Easily track important dates like birthdays, anniversaries, and milestones. This app helps you remember and celebrate every significant event with a visually appealing interface.

Highlights
  • Track birthdays and anniversaries
  • Monitor moving dates
  • Celebrate first days
  • Visually appealing design
  • Mark down important days
Features
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Birthday, anniversaries, moving, First day of ... How to remember them all? DDay, simply marked down the day Celebrate each in full color.

Screenshots

Snap Markup4 screens
DayCircle3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Snap Markup at 3.5K against DayCircle's 202. Snap Markup also leads on chart position (#122 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). DayCircle's advantage is review sentiment (85% vs 72%). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Snap Markup costs $1.99 and DayCircle $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Snap Markup against 4.7 for DayCircle. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Snap Markup has 3.5K ratings behind it against 202, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Snap Markup's written reviews are positive against 85% of DayCircle's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Snap Markup ships an update every 3 months, DayCircle every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Snap Markup versus DayCircle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSnap MarkupDayCircle
Price$1.99 — better$2.99
Rating4.6 (3.5K ratings)4.7 (202 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.0% of reviews85.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.5K — better202
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#122 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB19 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRaghvendra BhargavaGenau Factory

Customer experience

Snap Markup

All ratings3,526 ratings
Positive91.0%
Neutral4.1%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews286 reviews
Positive72.0%
Neutral7.7%
Negative20.3%

DayCircle

All ratings200 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral4.0%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews246 reviews
Positive85.0%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.3%

User reviews

Snap Markup

From 3.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Useful markup tools
  • 🤖 Functional for various use cases
  • 💰 Good value

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy and glitchy
  • 🔍 Limited zoom and editing capabilities
  • 🎨 Lack of customization options
  • 🔀 Difficulty moving or editing annotations

DayCircle

From 202 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🎨 Aesthetically pleasing design
  • ⏱️ Effective countdown/countup functionality
  • 🎉 Helpful for tracking important dates

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional UI/UX issues
  • 🔔 Lacking advanced notification/alarm features
  • 🔄 Limited customization options
  • 🌍 Lack of language support

Bugs and requests

Snap Markup

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Keyboard issues and disappearing controls
  • Inconsistent behavior when drawing or adding text
  • Saving and exporting problems
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to move and edit annotations
  • Improve text editing and formatting options
  • Implement more advanced markup tools (e.g. curved arrows, rounded shapes)
  • Allow color customization and recent color history
  • Integrate with cloud storage and sharing

DayCircle

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Widget not updating in real-time
  • UI elements overlapping on certain devices
  • Inconsistent behavior on older iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more theme/color options
  • Implement iCloud/cloud sync
  • Introduce widget functionality
  • Allow recurring event tracking
  • Integrate with calendar apps

In-app purchases

None

Snap Markup

No in-app purchases

None

DayCircle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Snap Markup free?
Snap Markup costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is DayCircle free?
DayCircle costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Snap Markup or DayCircle?
DayCircle is rated higher. Snap Markup averages 4.6 out of 5 from 3.5K ratings, while DayCircle averages 4.7 from 202 ratings.
Do Snap Markup or DayCircle have ads?
Neither Snap Markup nor DayCircle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Snap Markup or DayCircle?
Snap Markup ships an update every 3 months, and DayCircle every 2 months. Most recently, Snap Markup was updated on November 6, 2026 and DayCircle on November 7, 2026.

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