Grid vs Waypoint
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grid
Plan and perfect your Instagram feed with a drag-and-drop editor. Preview images and videos to strategize content for multiple accounts months in advance. Achieve a cohesive feed to grow your follower count.
- Manage multiple Instagram accounts
- Drag-and-drop grid arrangement
- Preview images and videos
- Plan captions
- Direct posting to Instagram
- Unlimited feed and post planning
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The Grid provides easy-to-use tools to plan and perfect your Instagram feed. Using our simple drag and drop editor, you can preview your images and videos to plan multiple Instagram accounts months in advance. A cohesive Instagram feed is the key to more followers. The Grid is a strategy tool that can help you achieve the best Instagram feed possible for you or your business. Join over 1 million creators that have used The Grid to manage and grow their Instagram followers. MAIN FEATURES: - Manage multiple Instagram accounts, login optional - Create multiple grids to find your perfect look - Simple drag-and-drop to arrange your grid - Plan your captions - Post to IG directly from the Grid, only when you’re ready - Plan unlimited feeds - Unlimited posts - Plan unlimited Instagram accounts PLAN & PREVIEW YOUR GRID - Add as many photos and videos as you want - Drag-and-drop to plan your feed - Connect your Instagram account to match your existing aesthetic - Test ideas with multiple grid support MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS & GRIDS - Connect and manage multiple IG feeds and switch between them easily - Support for Creator and Business IG accounts - Secure Instagram connection reviewed by Meta - we don’t store or have access your account credentials - Create multiple grids to test out new ideas - Create grids to plan from scratch, without linking an IG account CAPTION AND POST TO INSTAGRAM - Plan your captions ahead of time along with your photos and videos - Post directly to Instagram from the Grid with your caption - Support for original, full quality photos and videos Subscription - Our goal is to offer as many planning features for free as possible. If you want to post directly to Instagram, our Pro subscription lets you do that. Need help or have feedback? support@thegridapp.co Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Waypoint
Transform your photos into travel memories by adding location, date, weather, music, and flight paths. This app preserves original photo data and creates AI-generated travelogues locally. Organize your adventures with an in-app travel album.
- Add location, date, weather, music, and flight paths to photos
- High-quality camera with 8 filters
- AI-generated travelogues (on-device)
- In-app travel album
- Preserves original photo metadata
- Supports 11 languages
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Waypoint は、あなたの写真を旅の思い出に変えるカメラアプリです。 撮影した一枚に(または写真ライブラリから読み込んだ一枚に)、場所・日付・天気・お気に入りの曲、そして世界地図上のフライト航路まで重ねられます。写真は高解像度のままカメラロールへ保存され、元の撮影日時・位置も保持されるので、アルバムの時系列が崩れません。 アカウント登録は不要。アップロードもなし。すべて端末内で完結します。 主な機能 • 高画質カメラ+8種のフィルター • 4スタイルのオーバーレイ(場所・日付・天気・音楽・航路) • フライトモード:航路(例 NRT → BKK)をベクター世界地図に描画 • 過去の写真を読み込み(元の撮影日時・GPSを引き継ぎ) • 音楽:膨大な楽曲を検索、プレイリスト作成、時間帯・天気に合うおすすめ • 元の撮影日時・位置を保持してカメラロールへ保存 • AI旅行記:撮った写真から旅の物語をオンデバイス生成(完全ローカル・費用0) • アプリ内 旅行アルバム:撮影を旅ごとに自動でまとめて見返せる • 11言語対応 · iPhone & iPad 旅を、写真に刻もう。 利用規約(EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ プライバシーポリシー: https://1984agentoffice-eng.github.io/waypoint-legal/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Waypoint at 100% against Grid's 31%. Waypoint also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 8 days). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Grid sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Waypoint sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Grid ships an update every 8 days, Waypoint every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grid | Waypoint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (482 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 30.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 482 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VexAI | Daisuke Iwamoto |
Customer experience
Grid
Waypoint
Bugs and requests
Grid
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to connect Instagram account
- Incorrect/repeated posts shown in grid
- Planned content disappearing after updates
- App not loading or crashing on launch
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for videos and reels
- Improve photo rearrangement functionality
- Provide option to hide/exclude past posts
- Allow exporting/saving of planned grids
Waypoint
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Grid
- Weekly Subscription$2.997 Days
- Weekly subscription3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Grid Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
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- Weekly Subscription$3.997 Days
- Annual Membership$4.997 Days
- Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription$5.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription$7.991 Month
- Premium Weekly$9.997 Days
- Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year
- Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Annual Subscription$24.991 Year
- Yearly Subscription$29.991 Year
- Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Unlock Pro Features$14.99
Waypoint
- Standard$1.991 Month
- Premium$2.991 Month









