Annotate+ Markup image vs Annotate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Annotate+ Markup image
Easily mark up images with a wide array of tools like lines, text, and effects. Create collages, combine screenshots into long images, and manage photos with widgets. Share annotated images directly.
- Extensive annotation tools (lines, text, effects)
- Fast tool switching with swipe gestures
- 29 collage formats
- Long screenshot combining
- Widget for photo preview and deletion
- Action extension for pre-share annotation
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Annotate & Markup images ever faster and easier. POWERFUL TOOLS: Annotate now including line, dash line, curve line, arrow, twins arrow, curve arrow, rect, text, magnifier, spotlight, clip, blur effect and mosaic tools. DO FASTER & DO EASIER It’s like using shortcut in Photoshop, switch tools ever fast on a touch screen, just one swipe, the tools will automatic expand, keep swiping to switch, then release your finger to select. COLLAGE: 29 collage format bright up your photos. LONG SCREENSHOT: Automatically combine your screenshots into one full content image. SMALL WIDGETS, DOING A GREAT JOB Preview, Delete your photos right on widgets page, and the network activity monitor shows your device network status, upload/download speeds, received/sent data, storage in real time. ACTION EXTENSION: Annotate an image before you share it.
Annotate
Quickly enhance screenshots and images with a variety of tools for adding text, shapes, and effects. Features include auto-redaction for sensitive information and animated GIF support. Create polished visuals with layers, templates, and custom styles.
- 17 annotation tools
- Animated GIF support
- Auto-Redact sensitive info
- Customizable styles and layers
- Templates for quick reuse
- Apple Pencil support
- Shortcuts integration
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Annotate helps you quickly mark up screenshots and images with clean, readable shapes and text - built for fast, polished results on iPhone and iPad. • 17 tools: Crop, Blur, Pixelate, Text, Number, Stamp, Rect, Oval, Arrow, Pen, Marker, Highlight, Loupe, Backdrop, Image, GIF, Watermark • Clean shapes and highlights, plus freehand pen and marker • Animated GIFs - bring your screenshots to life: search KLIPY right in the editor, drop a GIF on the canvas, and your export turns into a video. Powered by KLIPY • Text with font, size, alignment, and optional background • Number badges and SF Symbols stamps (with search) • Blur or pixelate areas, and use a loupe to magnify details • Auto-Redact: detect and hide sensitive info in one tap - credit cards, phone numbers, emails, license plates, and faces • Full control over style: stroke width, fill, outlines, shadow, opacity, configurable arrowheads, and more • Free rotation - turn shapes, text, stamps, images, GIFs, and more to any angle with a precision dial • ∞ Layers: one layer per annotation - select, reorder, and delete • Helpful extras: snapping for neat alignment, undo/redo, zoom to fit/100% • Apple Pencil ready - palm rejection kicks in automatically so the Pencil draws while your fingers still pan and pinch • Grow the canvas - add space on any edge to make room for callouts and shapes • Backdrop styles - frame your screenshot with gradients or solid colors, and choose whether the backdrop pads the canvas or fits inside it • Watermark - add text or a logo across the whole image (tiled) or in a corner to brand and protect your work • Templates - save a set of annotations, backdrop, and watermark, then reapply them to any image; positions adapt to the new aspect ratio • Start from Photos, Files, clipboard, or a blank canvas - or pick an iOS device preset (iPhone 17, iPad Pro, etc.) • Export and share fast (PNG, JPEG, or HEIC) • Shortcuts - run Auto-Redact and Framing from the Shortcuts app, Spotlight, and Siri Test free for the first 5 annotated images. Annotate is brought to you by the developer of Dropshare - the file sharing app for macOS and iOS.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Annotate at 4.7 against Annotate+ Markup image's 4.0. Annotate also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). Annotate+ Markup image's advantage is ratings volume (116 vs 7) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.2). 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. Annotate+ Markup image sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Annotate sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Annotate holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Annotate+ Markup image has 116 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Annotate+ Markup image ships an update every 2 weeks, Annotate every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Annotate+ Markup image | Annotate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (116 ratings) | 4.7 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 116 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 奕才 杨 | Timo Josten |
Customer experience
Annotate+ Markup image
Annotate
In-app purchases
Annotate+ Markup image
- Annotate+ Pro$4.99
Annotate
- Full Version$8.99
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