Comparison

PicMonkey Photo + Video Design vs Cosee Studio

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

Head to head
About

PicMonkey Photo + Video Design

This app is a versatile tool for creating stunning visual content. It offers robust photo editing capabilities, including effects, filters, and a background eraser, alongside design tools for social media posts, banners, and collages. Users can add text, graphics, and touch up portraits to enhance their visuals.

Highlights
  • Photo editing with effects and filters
  • Design maker for social media and ads
  • Sticker maker and background eraser
  • Add text with custom fonts and effects
  • Portrait touch-up tools
  • Collage creation
  • Graphic and overlay additions
Features
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PicMonkey is a photo editor, design maker, sticker maker, collage maker, ad maker, and background eraser, all rolled into one. CREATE STUNNING DESIGNS • Make a photo into a design or start with a blank canvas and add graphics and text to it. • Make Facebook post designs, ads, banners, quote posts, flyers, collages • Draw, erase, and adjust transparency on everything, including graphic stickers (overlays) • Add your own photos or graphics to a background. When you add your logo, it keeps its transparency • Tons of graphics to choose from, and fonts galore. EDIT YOUR PHOTOS • Elevate your photos with classic photo editor effects like B&W, Orton, Pixelate, Soften. • Juice the color with photo filters like ColorAmp, Tint, Ombre. • Get oldie looks with effects like Instafilm, Seventies, Light Leaks. • New effects are added all the time! You can paint them onto a specific area or apply them to the whole image. • Use our background eraser to instantly remove pixels around a photo subject. • Have fun doodling over your photos with Draw. • Crop photos and resize them—we have all the sizes. STICKER MAKER/BACKGROUND ERASER Work wonders with our insanely easy Background Remover—one tap and the pixels around your photo subject are GONE. Use it for product shots or to put people in front of different backgrounds. And you can make stickers with it, too. ADD TEXT TO PHOTOS • Add curved text and drop shadows, and adjust them to perfection • Adjust letter spacing and line height • Tons of fonts to choose from • Match any color in your design or photo with the eyedropper tool • Get an exact color using hex code, RGB code, or the color wheel TOUCH UP YOUR PORTRAITS Touch up photos on the quick with the Presto automatic adjustment or use our other tools to adjust complexions, fix blemishes, create dramatic contours, and brighten eyes and teeth (in-app purchase). BLOW UP YOUR SOCIAL CHANNELS • Create social posts by starting with a blank canvas or a photo. We have all the sizes—YouTube, Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, • and more.• • Design banners and cover images, edit profile pics, and ads for social. • Share directly to Instagram; choose Story or post. MAKE GORGEOUS COLLAGES Start with a colored background and add your own photos as graphic stickers. Make 'em grid-like or go free-form. Add text and graphic flourishes. BOOST YOUR BIZNAZZ Create banners, profile images, and store icons. Make product shots perfect with our background eraser tool —no need to use expensive photo setups. We've got all the Etsy sizes and it's easy to crop for the other online shops. WHAT OUR USERS ARE SAYING: "So easy! I have zero professional background but I love to create. This just makes it so so easy. The app and online editor work so well together. I would highly recommend! "—LizS42 CONTACT US: FOLLOW, LIKE, SHARE Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PicMonkey-363288993696707/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/PicMonkeyapp LEGAL SCHTUFF Our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: https://www.picmonkey.com/legal SUBSCRIPTIONS Touch Up is free if you have a Basic or Pro subscription. Just log in, via the gear icon in the upper left corner of the app. Or you can buy it as a one-time purchase in-app. - *Basic/Monthly* — Adds 1 GB of storage for images and full access on Desktop. Auto-renews monthly. - *Basic/Annual* — Adds 1GB of storage for images and full access on Desktop. Auto-renews annually. - *Pro/Monthly* — Adds unlimited image storage, full access on Desktop. Auto-renews annually. - *Pro/Annual* — Adds unlimited image storage, and full access on Desktop. Auto-renews annually. Subscriptions automatically renew unless you turn off auto-renewal at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. You can manage your subscription any time from your iTunes account settings—this includes renewal options and cancellations.

About

Cosee Studio

This app helps creators monetize their expertise by capturing, organizing, and selling curated product selections to their audience. AI assists in identifying product details from photos, streamlining the process of creating shoppable showcases.

Highlights
  • Capture project work on the go
  • AI product identification and spec extraction
  • Organize selections by room and category
  • Create branded shoppable showcases
  • Share project details with clients and contractors
  • Offline functionality
  • Sync between phone and desktop
Features
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Elevate the design experience by simplifying the gap between vision and execution. Co|See Studio is the companion that follows you through the workday. You capture what you're already doing — photos, selections, notes. Everything lands in your project, organized and findable the second anyone asks. CAPTURE ON THE GO Snap a photo at the job site or the showroom. Record a walkthrough. Add a note before you forget why you chose it. No forms. Capture in seconds and get back to work. REFERENCE IT ANYWHERE Your items land organized by room and category. Pull up any selection the second someone asks: the faucet spec for the plumber on-site, the paint color from the showroom, the install note from three months ago. Search by product, room, or project. SHARE FROM WHERE YOU STAND The builder needs the spec sheet. The client wants the tile photo. Send it from your phone in the moment — before the follow-up text arrives. Everyone works from the same source of truth instead of scattered texts and emails. You look organized because you are. A COMPANION, NOT ANOTHER DESKTOP TOOL * Works with a poor connection — job sites and showrooms kill bars; everything syncs when you're back in range * Capture on your phone, pick it up on any device — phone and desktop stay in sync * Notes and install instructions stay pinned to the item, not buried in a text thread * Bulk-upload past projects and shared albums — your back catalog, findable in an afternoon * The next time someone asks "which faucet?" — you'll have it before they finish the sentence. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PicMonkey Photo + Video Design4 screens
Cosee Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

PicMonkey Photo + Video Design and Cosee Studio both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 94% of Cosee Studio's written reviews are positive against 42% of PicMonkey Photo + Video Design's. Cosee Studio also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 11 days). PicMonkey Photo + Video Design's advantage is ratings volume (28K vs 27). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. PicMonkey Photo + Video Design sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Cosee Studio sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 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 — 4.8 for PicMonkey Photo + Video Design against 4.9 for Cosee Studio. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PicMonkey Photo + Video Design has 28K ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 42% of PicMonkey Photo + Video Design's written reviews are positive against 94% of Cosee Studio's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PicMonkey Photo + Video Design ships an update every 11 days, Cosee Studio every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PicMonkey Photo + Video Design versus Cosee Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPicMonkey Photo + Video DesignCosee Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (28K ratings)4.9 (27 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.0% of reviews94.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings28K — better27
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size269 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShutterstock Inc.SKL Apps LLC

Customer experience

PicMonkey Photo + Video Design

All ratings28,363 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews331 reviews
Positive42.0%
Neutral8.5%
Negative49.5%

Cosee Studio

All ratings27 ratings
Positive96.3%
Neutral3.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%

Bugs and requests

PicMonkey Photo + Video Design

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Background remover not working
  • Unable to access user's Hub
  • Login issues on mobile app
  • Syncing problems between devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add video editing capabilities
  • Improve mobile app experience
  • Provide more free features
  • Simplify subscription management

Cosee Studio

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

PicMonkey Photo + Video Design

Subscriptions6
  • Basic - Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • PicMonkey Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • PicMonkey Pro - Monthly$12.991 Month
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  • Basic - Annual7 Days trial$71.991 Year
  • PicMonkey Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$119.991 Year
  • PicMonkey Pro - Yearly$119.991 Year
One-time4
  • PicMonkey Presto Touch Up$1.99
  • Profitability Pack$1.99
  • Monolineal Pack$1.99
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  • Spring Effects$1.99
4 purchases

Cosee Studio

Subscriptions4
  • Personal Plan$8.991 Month
  • Lite Plan$14.991 Month
  • Plus Plan$24.991 Month
Show 1 more
  • Pro Plan$99.991 Month

Questions

Is PicMonkey Photo + Video Design free?
PicMonkey Photo + Video Design is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cosee Studio free?
Cosee Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PicMonkey Photo + Video Design or Cosee Studio?
Cosee Studio is rated higher. PicMonkey Photo + Video Design averages 4.8 out of 5 from 28K ratings, while Cosee Studio averages 4.9 from 27 ratings.
Do PicMonkey Photo + Video Design or Cosee Studio have ads?
Neither PicMonkey Photo + Video Design nor Cosee Studio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PicMonkey Photo + Video Design or Cosee Studio?
PicMonkey Photo + Video Design ships an update every 11 days, and Cosee Studio every 4 days. Most recently, PicMonkey Photo + Video Design was updated on October 30, 2026 and Cosee Studio on October 30, 2026.

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