Comparison

Gradient Shape, Mask Editor vs InFrame

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

Head to head
About

Gradient Shape, Mask Editor

Easily transform your photos by cropping them into over 400 unique shapes, symbols, and letters. Customize foreground colors, transparency, and size. Enhance your images with filters, frames, and text editing tools before sharing.

Highlights
  • Crop photos into 400+ shapes
  • Customize foreground color and transparency
  • Adjust shape size
  • Apply photo filters and frames
  • Add text and stickers
  • Meme generator
Features
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Transform your pics with a great tool redactor. Crop your photos into one of 400+ awesome Shapes, Symbols, Signs and Letters. Share your pics on popular social networks (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter) or save ti camera roll. How it works? - Take a photo or choose from gallery. - Choose your mask shape - Change the foreground color, from more the 500 colors! - Adjust transparency of foreground - Customize the size of your shape *****UNIQUE SHAPES***** - 450+ Total shapes + collage --20 + animals shapes - 20 + balloons shapes - 30 + original shapes - 20 + cartoon shapes - 10+ city shapes - 20+ comics symbols - 25 cool shapes - 24 + circles shapes - 20 + cute shapes - 15 + grunge shapes - 5 horror shapes - 15 iHeart shapes - 20 + invaders shapes - 30 + upper case letters shapes + original signs!!! - 20 + splatter shapes - 25 + superheroes shapes - 20 + weather shapes - many other amazing shapes **CAPTION & STYLE YOUR PIC&COLLAGE WITH AVIARY EDITOR** -- Tons of beautiful photo filters to choose from. Photo enhancer! -- Add Aviary frames to your photo -- Adjust brightness, contrast, saturation and sharpness -- Remove redeye and blemish -- Draw on your picture. Change color! -- Add texts, stickers very quickly and easily -- Easy to change text color and size -- Easy to move, resize and rotate text -- Enhancement tool to style your photo to perfection -- Meme generator Let us know how you enjoy it. Share with us and your best friends.

About

InFrame

Easily transform your photos into stunning artworks with a wide array of frames and filters. Customize backgrounds, add text with various fonts, and enjoy freestyle editing. Share your creations instantly or save them to your device.

Highlights
  • High-standard photo frames
  • Tens of expressive filters
  • Customizable backgrounds (blur, color, style)
  • Add text with plentiful fonts
  • Freestyle photo manipulation
  • Easy sharing to social media
Features
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InFrame is an extremely easy-to-use photo editor. Turn your photo to awesome artworks with our redesigned frames. Tons of features to help you level up your Instagram game. Check it out for free! Features: * Frames to High Standard With all kinds of photo frames, InFrame helps you to upgrade the beauty of your photos to as high level as of the ones taken by professionals. Explore more for yourself and create your own interesting post. * Filters to Express Yourself Every color has a story. Tens of filters in InFrame with different color schemes for you to convey your mood to others without a word. * Add Background to Show Your Style Blur Style – highlight your subject with blurred photo as the background; Color Style – modify background color from color picker to match your photo in a more converged way; InFrame – Drive from Instagram icon, purple, red and yellow, make your photo outstanding in numerous posts. * Text to Record the Moment Add text with plentiful fonts and colors to record the story behind the post, what time is it now, who are you with, where are you, how do you feel. Affix your signature to let the world know this unique post is from you! * Handy Layout Move, rotate, scale the photo by touching any part of it, crop the photo with any proportion and position, InFrame offers you a total freestyle operation to achieve our goal of ease-of-use. * Share with Your Friends Share fresh photos to Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, Twitter or any SNS if you are eager to make public, and save to camera roll. InFrame Pro Subscription Notice 1. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase 2. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period 3. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal 4. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase Terms of use: https://inframe.app/terms_of_use.html Privacy policy: https://inframe.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Gradient Shape, Mask Editor4 screens
InFrame4 screens

Verdict

The call

Gradient Shape, Mask Editor and InFrame both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 91% of InFrame's written reviews are positive against 0% of Gradient Shape, Mask Editor's. InFrame also leads on ratings volume (9.2K vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). Gradient Shape, Mask Editor's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Gradient Shape, Mask Editor sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and InFrame sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Gradient Shape, Mask Editor against 4.9 for InFrame. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: InFrame has 9.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Gradient Shape, Mask Editor's written reviews are positive against 91% of InFrame's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gradient Shape, Mask Editor ships an update every 4 months, InFrame every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Gradient Shape, Mask Editor versus InFrame: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGradient Shape, Mask EditorInFrame
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (9.2K ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews91.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB273 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNadejda TomaINFRAME CO., LIMITED

Customer experience

Gradient Shape, Mask Editor

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

InFrame

All ratings9,149 ratings
Positive97.7%
Neutral0.9%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews495 reviews
Positive91.1%
Neutral2.8%
Negative6.1%

Bugs and requests

Gradient Shape, Mask Editor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

InFrame

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Watermark not removed after paying
  • Crashes and freezes on some devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow color picker for backgrounds
  • Add more border/frame options
  • Improve image quality
  • Integrate with other photo apps

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Gradient Shape, Mask Editor

One-time10
  • Shape Maker - Basic$0.99
  • Shape Maker - Cities$0.99
  • Shape Maker - Cool$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Shape Maker - Grunge$0.99
  • Shape Maker - Horror$0.99
  • Shape Maker - I love$0.99
  • Shape Maker - Letters$0.99
  • Shape Maker - Random$0.99
  • Shape Maker - Splatter$0.99
  • Shape Maker - Pro version$3.99
2 purchases

InFrame

Subscriptions2
  • InFrame Pro$1.991 Month
  • InFrame Pro - Annual$5.991 Year

Questions

Is Gradient Shape, Mask Editor free?
Gradient Shape, Mask Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is InFrame free?
InFrame is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gradient Shape, Mask Editor or InFrame?
Gradient Shape, Mask Editor is rated higher. Gradient Shape, Mask Editor averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while InFrame averages 4.9 from 9.2K ratings.
Do Gradient Shape, Mask Editor or InFrame have ads?
InFrame shows ads; Gradient Shape, Mask Editor does not.
Which is updated more often, Gradient Shape, Mask Editor or InFrame?
Gradient Shape, Mask Editor ships an update every 4 months, and InFrame every 6 weeks. Most recently, Gradient Shape, Mask Editor was updated on October 6, 2026 and InFrame on November 2, 2026.

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