Explote vs PhotoFrame for Instagram
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Explote
Control your media players like Plex and Kodi from your device. Easily switch between different media server clients with a single tap. Compatible with a range of popular media server software.
- Remote control for media players
- Supports Plex, Kodi, Rasplex, OpenPHT
- Switch between media clients
- Easy to use interface
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You can exchange the media player at any time by tapping the last selected name at the top of the screen. Works with Rasplex, OpenPHT, Plex, Kodi and all the others that use the same commands.
PhotoFrame for Instagram
Easily create stunning profile picture frames with customizable borders, colors, and gradients. Enhance your photos with AI-powered theme color extraction and flexible editing tools before sharing to stories or saving.
- Customizable frame borders
- Solid and gradient color options
- AI theme color extraction
- Photo editing and zooming
- Direct sharing to stories/feed
- Share widget integration
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PhotoFrame is the sleekest app to create beautiful frames for your profile photos. • Fully customizable frame with solid or gradient border, border thickness, inset, border steps with variable thickness and spacing. • Choose from Photos or use our Integrated advanced camera to take photos on the go. • Artificial Intelligence engine automatically extracts the theme colors from your photo and lets you choose the best colors for the frame. • Beautiful hand-crafted solid colors and gradients to choose from, for the frame. • Rotate. move and zoom photo within the app as needed. • Choose to post to Story or Feed or save in your Photos. • Send any photo to PhotoFrame app from iPhone Photos and other apps directly through the Share widget. • No logins, No subscriptions, No Ads
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PhotoFrame for Instagram at 5.0 against Explote's 3.9. Explote's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 11 months). On price, ads, monetization model and device support 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
Both are free to download. PhotoFrame for Instagram sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Explote asks for nothing beyond the download.
PhotoFrame for Instagram holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Explote has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Explote ships an update every 6 months, PhotoFrame for Instagram every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Explote | PhotoFrame for Instagram |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Heitz Bruno | Tech Positive |
Customer experience
Explote
PhotoFrame for Instagram
In-app purchases
Explote
No in-app purchases
PhotoFrame for Instagram
- Lifetime Unlock$4.99
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