Comparison

Piclip vs XPics

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

Head to head
About

Piclip

Easily divide photos into grids for dynamic social media posts. Create shareable GIFs from your images. Perfect for unique visual storytelling on platforms like Instagram and Facebook.

Highlights
  • Add watermarks
  • Nine-square grid layouts
  • Custom photo cuts
  • Ordered saving to album
  • GIF generation from images
  • Social media publishing
Features
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Piclip supports adding watermarks, nine-square grids (four-square grids, etc.), and a custom number of cuts to a picture, and these cut pictures will be saved in the album in order, and can be published on social platforms such as Weibo, Moments, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc., to get a very interesting dynamic article display style. In other words, as long as the social platform supports this kind of compartment layout, it can be done well using the Piclip application. Piclip also supports the generation of GIFs from selected images for sharing or socializing, as well as for memes. Hope you all have a pleasant experience!

About

XPics

This photo editing tool offers a wide range of features for image manipulation, including stitching, cropping, filters, and creating grids. It also provides a private album for secure storage and the ability to generate QR codes.

Highlights
  • Long image stitching
  • Batch cropping
  • Nine-square grid
  • Filters
  • Picture splitting
  • Private photo album
  • Two-dimensional code creation
Features
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XPics is an amazing image processing software. Functions include: long picture stitching, batch cropping pictures, filter, nine-square grid, split picture, blank, two-dimensional code production, whiteboard, private photo album, holiday avatar and other functions. 【Features】 - Support iPhone & iPad; - [Long image stitching] 24 original images stitching, original image quality output, support horizontal and vertical directions, one-key automatic stitching; - [Picture batch cropping] Batch cropping pictures, custom cropping area, movable and stretchable cropping area; - 【Nine Palaces】Mix multiple pictures into one picture in grid form; - 【Blank】Leave a blank for the picture; - [Filters] 14 carefully selected high-quality filters; - [Picture] Cut a picture into multiple pictures in equal proportions; - [Free Puzzle] Freely splice multiple pictures; - [Timeline] Multiple pictures are combined into a story wall; - [Two-dimensional code creation] Generate text into two-dimensional code pictures; - [Whiteboard] Picture graffiti; - 【Privacy Album】Store private photos and videos; Produced by the author of JPics, original image quality output; no ads, no in-app purchases; PS: More features will be launched in subsequent versions, so stay tuned ------------- (Dividing line)-------- If you like, you can introduce XPics to your friends as support

Screenshots

Piclip3 screens
XPics4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: XPics at every 6 weeks against Piclip's every 4 months. XPics also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). On price, review sentiment, 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

Piclip costs $0.99 and XPics $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Piclip ships an update every 4 months, XPics every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Piclip versus XPics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiclipXPics
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating—3.3 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better69.6% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer伟 邓捷 廖

Customer experience

Piclip

Written reviews20 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

XPics

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive69.6%
Neutral13.0%
Negative17.4%

In-app purchases

None

Piclip

No in-app purchases

None

XPics

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Piclip free?
Piclip costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is XPics free?
XPics costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Piclip or XPics have ads?
Neither Piclip nor XPics shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Piclip or XPics?
Piclip ships an update every 4 months, and XPics every 6 weeks. Most recently, Piclip was updated on September 22, 2026 and XPics on September 18, 2026.

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