Comparison

PXL vs Panostory Pro

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

Head to head
About

PXL

Transform your photos into unique mosaic art. Create personalized collages from your smartphone memories, perfect for printing as gifts or keepsakes. Share your artistic creations globally.

Highlights
  • Create mosaic art from photos
  • Generate unique photo collages
  • Save high-definition images (1620px)
  • Printable art designs
  • Fast photo sharing
Features
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Your photos will be born again as a wonderful art. This photo collage is what makes you feel more happy and pleased. Let's share the photo collage art to all over the world. - One and only photo collage art in the world - Fast sharing PXL (Pixel) creates a new mosaic art using your memories that were taken by smart phone. Let's color the world with your memories. PXL is designed to create printable mosaic art. You can print: - Wedding welcome board - Anniversary posters - Gift for your precious one All the collage photo is able to save as 1620px high-definition image.

About

Panostory Pro

Create personalized photo collages, widgets, and wallpapers with various layout styles. Stitch multiple images together, cut pictures with shape masks, and even take video screenshots. Share your creations easily to social media platforms.

Highlights
  • Photo widget for home screen
  • Multiple collage layout styles
  • Stitch photos horizontally, vertically, or in a grid
  • Cut pictures with shape masks
  • Take frame screenshots from videos
  • Create custom wallpapers
Features
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Panostory Pro turns your screenshots and photos into clean long images, grids, and swipeable posts. Everything runs on your iPhone. Your photos are never uploaded. STITCH SCREENSHOTS - Auto Stitch finds screenshots that belong together and joins them into one seamless long image - Perfect for chats, web pages, and articles - Stitch any photos vertically or horizontally, and fine-tune each joint by hand LONG IMAGE COLLAGE - Combine multiple photos into one long image, vertically or horizontally - Or arrange them into a 3x3 grid in a single image - Adjust spacing, borders, and background color SPLIT AND POST - Split any photo with a custom ratio and tile count, including 3x3 grids - Posts & Stories: cut a wide image into seamless swipeable slides, ready for Instagram carousels - Keep the original image or fill each tile SMART CURATION - Magic Collage arranges 3 or more photos into a complete layout automatically - Browse your library sorted by color, place, and category, each turned into ready-made collages - New collages from today's photos, every day COLLAGE TEMPLATES - Hundreds of layouts in every ratio, with new templates in every update - Change backgrounds, borders, and spacing in a tap MORE TOOLS - Batch watermark, white borders, and EXIF info - Subject blur backgrounds and quick blur - Video frame capture, wallpapers, and home screen photo widgets PANOSTORY PRO VIP Unlock every template, Smart Curation, and Magic Collage. Monthly, yearly, and lifetime options are available. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Privacy Policy: https://wangruiapk.github.io/panostorypro/?lang=en Support: https://wangruiapk.github.io/about/?lang=en Questions or ideas? Email wrzxnx@gmail.com. Panostory Pro is made by an independent developer and updated regularly.

Screenshots

PXL4 screens
Panostory Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Panostory Pro at Free against PXL's $3.99. Panostory Pro also leads on review sentiment (71% vs 32%) and iOS requirement (18 vs 26.0). PXL's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and rating (4.5 vs 4.1). On update cadence, 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

Panostory Pro is free to download; PXL costs $3.99 up front. Panostory Pro sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. PXL asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PXL holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PXL has 433 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 32% of PXL's written reviews are positive against 71% of Panostory Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PXL ships an update every 2 weeks, Panostory Pro fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
PXL versus Panostory Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPXLPanostory Pro
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (433 ratings) — better4.1 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews31.9% of reviews71.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings433 — better22
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.018 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB105 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNorikazu Muramoto锐 王

Customer experience

PXL

All ratings435 ratings
Positive86.9%
Neutral3.9%
Negative9.2%
Written reviews141 reviews
Positive31.9%
Neutral11.3%
Negative56.7%

Panostory Pro

All ratings22 ratings
Positive77.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.7%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

Bugs and requests

PXL

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • App crashes during rendering phase (stuck at 0%)
  • App crashes on startup
  • App crashes after selecting photos and pressing next
  • Frozen interface when insufficient images selected
  • Unable to render photos from camera roll
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  • Settings inaccessible
  • App crashes after uninstall/reinstall with same photos still loaded
  • Expired certificate causing security warnings
  • Incompatibility with iOS 14 and iPhone 11

Requested features

9 requests
  • Ability to select photos from specific folders instead of entire library
  • Option to select multiple albums simultaneously
  • Back button to modify photo selections without reinstalling
  • Landscape mode support for iPad
  • Control over optimization/pixelation level
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  • Select all photos option
  • Image count display showing number of selected photos
  • iPhone X notch compatibility
  • English language UI for all menu options

Panostory Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

PXL

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Panostory Pro

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly VIP$0.991 Month
  • Monthly VIP$2.991 Month
  • Yearly VIP$6.991 Year
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  • Yearly VIP$16.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime VIP$24.99

Questions

Is PXL free?
PXL costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Panostory Pro free?
Panostory Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PXL or Panostory Pro?
PXL is rated higher. PXL averages 4.5 out of 5 from 433 ratings, while Panostory Pro averages 4.1 from 22 ratings.
Do PXL or Panostory Pro have ads?
Neither PXL nor Panostory Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PXL or Panostory Pro?
PXL ships an update every 2 weeks, and Panostory Pro fortnightly. Most recently, PXL was updated on November 6, 2026 and Panostory Pro on November 6, 2026.

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