Comparison

Panols vs Interfere

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

Head to head
About

Panols

Easily split any photo from your library into multiple squares for seamless posting on Instagram. Showcase your panoramic shots or other images across your profile grid. Organize and edit your photos with metadata, tags, and personal branding.

Highlights
  • Split photos into multiple squares
  • Post panoramas to Instagram
  • Edit and organize photos
  • Add personal branding
  • View photo metadata
  • Sync edits with Photo Library
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Your story. Beyond the frame. Turn one photo into a seamless, swipeable story. Panols gives every detail room—and every frame your personal touch. CREATE Choose a photo and a layout. Make a single-image post or spread your story across 2–5 tiles. Or ask Siri: “Create a new Panol.” MAKE IT YOURS Refine the crop and rotation. Add borders, rounded corners, colors, and watermarks. Find the words with optional title and description suggestions from Apple Intelligence—or write your own. SHARE Export your images in order, ready to share. Your original stays untouched. Revisit saved Panols or explore your geotagged moments on the Globe. YOUR LANGUAGE. YOUR WAY. More languages. Layouts for larger text and right-to-left reading. Clearer accessibility labels and support for your motion and transparency settings. On iOS 27, bring supported RAW and ProRAW photos into your editing workflow with Apple’s new RAW 9 processing. The frame is limited. Your story isn’t. For iPhone and iPad running iOS/iPadOS 18 or later. AI suggestions require iOS 27 and supported Apple Intelligence capabilities. RAW processing requires iOS 27 and supported, local, unadjusted photos. Some layouts and branding tools require Panols+. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Interfere

Create mesmerizing Moiré patterns and algorithmic artworks with an interactive generative drawing tool. Shape evolving geometries by moving control points on the canvas, generating layered variations and emergent structures. Export high-resolution images for further editing in other creative software.

Highlights
  • Generative Moiré and interference patterns
  • Control line density, curvature, and spacing
  • Interactive control point manipulation
  • Real-time pattern evolution
  • High-resolution JPG and vector export
  • Educational tool for interference phenomena
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Interfere is an iOS-exclusive generative drawing tool for creating mesmerising Moiré patterns, interference structures, entangled geometries, and algorithmic artworks. Instead of drawing lines manually, you shape evolving geometries through an interactive generative system. Add and move control points across the canvas while the engine continuously generates layered variations, emergent structures, and flowing interference patterns. Interfere combines tactile interaction with controlled randomness, allowing every composition to evolve in unexpected ways while remaining fully explorable and editable. Features: • Create generative Moiré and interference patterns • Control line density, curvature, randomness, spacing, and thickness • Move, add, and remove control points in real time • Export high-resolution JPG images and vector graphics • Continue your work in Illustrator, Photoshop, or 3D software • Designed for artists, designers, illustrators, tattooists, and experimental creators Interfere can also be used as an educational and exploratory tool for studying interference phenomena, optical illusions, repetition, and emergent visual structures inspired by mathematics, geometry, and generative art. – Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Panols4 screens
Interfere4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Panols at free with in-app purchases against Interfere's subscription. Panols also leads on ratings volume (120 vs 14). Interfere's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Panols sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Interfere sells 4 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 — 4.4 for Panols against 4.5 for Interfere. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Panols has 120 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 48% of Panols's written reviews are positive against 50% of Interfere's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Panols ships an update every 5 days, Interfere every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Panols versus Interfere: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPanolsInterfere
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (120 ratings)4.5 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.1% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings120 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJuan ArreguinFabio Morreale

Customer experience

Panols

All ratings120 ratings
Positive85.8%
Neutral3.3%
Negative10.8%
Written reviews108 reviews
Positive48.1%
Neutral9.3%
Negative42.6%

Interfere

All ratings14 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Panols

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • App freezes during image creation
  • App crashes when loading images
  • App crashes on high-resolution photos
  • App crashes on iPhone X
  • App crashes upon choosing a photo
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  • App stalls or does nothing when clicking split button
  • App doesn't export photos
  • Photos not saved to library
  • In-app purchases not restoring
  • App adds a vignette effect
  • Seams visible in split photos
  • Lower quality in one half of split photo
  • App doesn't start or respond to input
  • App freezes or shows black screen
  • Unable to restore purchases

Requested features

7 requests
  • Option to choose number of parts to split into
  • Support for more than 3 parts/squares
  • Ability to split into portrait orientation
  • Add spaces between generated images
  • Support for 3x2, 3x3, 4x1, or more grid sizes
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  • Option to make pictures over more than one row
  • Add vignette effect removal option

Interfere

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Panols

Subscriptions2
  • Panols+ Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Panols+ Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time5
  • Portrait Formats$0.99
  • Watermarks$1.99
  • Multi-grid Formats$2.99
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  • Unlock All Features$4.99
  • Panols+ Lifetime$24.99
4 purchases

Interfere

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription$1.991 Month
  • Drawing bundle - monthly3 Days trial$3.991 Month
One-time2
  • Lifetime subscription$9.99
  • Drawing bundle - lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Panols free?
Panols is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Interfere free?
Interfere is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Panols or Interfere?
Interfere is rated higher. Panols averages 4.4 out of 5 from 120 ratings, while Interfere averages 4.5 from 14 ratings.
Do Panols or Interfere have ads?
Neither Panols nor Interfere shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Panols or Interfere?
Panols ships an update every 5 days, and Interfere every 9 days. Most recently, Panols was updated on September 19, 2026 and Interfere on September 30, 2026.

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