Comparison

Panols vs MediaUtilityPro

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

MediaUtilityPro

Features
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Media Utility Pro — Timeline Video Editor for Filmmakers & Creators on iPhone, iPad and Mac Edit videos on your phone, tablet, or Mac. Media Utility Pro is a multi-track timeline video editor for cutting and finishing clips, then exporting HD video—fast. Free forever • Timeline editing — Arrange clips and build your story. • Cut, trim & split — Core tools to shape each shot. • Speed — Change clip speed (constant speed). • Crop, rotate, flip & reverse — Adjust framing and playback. • Transitions — Simple transitions between clips. • Titles & stickers — Add text and stickers on your edit. • Captions — Add captions for clearer viewing. • Music, Film Sound & voiceover — Background music, Film Sound beds, VO, and ducking so speech stays clear. • Basic looks — Simple color filters. • Export — Share up to 1080p HD. • Optional iCloud — Access projects across devices when signed in. Filmmaker Pro — one-time unlock (no subscription) Only finishing tools that are ready to use: • Film looks — Cinematic grades that match on export. • 3D LUT — Built-in and imported .cube LUTs in preview and export. • Color grade & denoise — Exposure, contrast, temperature, vignette, grain, and denoise. • Dialogue cleanup — Clean and isolate voice on the timeline. • Speed ramp — Smooth speed changes on a clip. • Person mask — On-device person masking for selective looks. • 4K / Maximum export — Higher-quality delivery presets. • ProRes export — ProRes 422 edit masters for desktop handoff. Start free. Unlock Filmmaker Pro once when you need cinema finishing—no subscription.

Screenshots

Panols4 screens
MediaUtilityPro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MediaUtilityPro at none against Panols's 7. MediaUtilityPro also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Panols's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Panols sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. MediaUtilityPro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Panols ships an update every 5 days, MediaUtilityPro every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Panols versus MediaUtilityPro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPanolsMediaUtilityPro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (122 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews48.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings122 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJuan ArreguinSanjay Korde

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

MediaUtilityPro

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
None

MediaUtilityPro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Panols free?
Panols is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MediaUtilityPro free?
MediaUtilityPro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Panols or MediaUtilityPro have ads?
Neither Panols nor MediaUtilityPro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Panols or MediaUtilityPro?
Panols ships an update every 5 days, and MediaUtilityPro every 4 months. Most recently, Panols was updated on October 20, 2026 and MediaUtilityPro on October 15, 2026.

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