Panols vs OpenPhotos
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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/
OpenPhotos
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This is an ios client for OpenPhotos server. Download server at https://openphotos.ca/download/index.html or GitHub: https://github.com/openphotos-ca/openphotos
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OpenPhotos at none against Panols's 7. Panols's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Panols sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. OpenPhotos asks for nothing beyond the download.
Panols ships an update every 5 days, OpenPhotos every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Panols | OpenPhotos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (122 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 48.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 122 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Juan Arreguin | iDeskCentric Inc |
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
OpenPhotos
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Panols
- Panols+ Monthly$3.991 Month
- Panols+ Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- 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
OpenPhotos
No in-app purchases
