Panostory Pro vs Curated
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Curated
Visually plan your Instagram feed before posting. This app allows you to preview how your photos will look in your grid, manage drafts, and experiment with layouts. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited planning and features.
- Grid layout preview
- Photo history access
- Favorite photos
- Draft caption management
- Clone grid layouts
- Grid shift functionality
- No Instagram login required
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Curated is designed for regular instagram users who want to test the aesthetic of their instagram posts, before they post. It allows you to organise your photos in advance and experiment with how it will look before committing to a post. 1. SHORTLIST your favourite photos and easily access them from a pull up tab bar at the bottom 2. PLAN your posts ahead and see how they will look together in the grid 3. Sort your CAROUSEL post pic order and preview how they will look 4. IMPORT your existing Instagram posts with just a screenshot of your profile. No login required. 5. COMPOSE the caption and hashtags for your posts, and set a REMINDER to post. —— I personally don’t want to pay for a subscription for do such things. So I designed this app, full featured and powerful. Most people are not influencers or social media managers. A subscription to use it properly is not worth it. So curated works great in Free mode. For those that want more, you can upgrade to Pro for a one time purchase. —— NO LOGIN REQUIRED - Import all your existing pics just using a SCREENSHOT - Therefore unlike similar apps, WORKS WITHOUT AN INSTAGRAM BUSINESS ACCOUNT Key Features ——————— FAVOURITES Shortlist all your favourite pics so you can quickly get to them for potential posts HISTORY Easily access past images you have tried without going back into your photo library to find them PULL UP TAB BAR Provides easy access to the favourites and history, allowing you to easily drag photos from them into the main grid CAROUSELS A pull down bar from the top allows you to easily dive into your carousel post and arrange it perfectly. PREVIEW Preview your carousel posts in different aspect ratios and see how it will finally look CAROUSEL COVER CHOOSER Easily scroll all the carousel photos into the cover position to see which stands out the most COMPOSE All your draft captions are kept in one place so you don’t have to keep clicking through to different photos to find them REMINDERS Schedule reminders for when to post your posts. Export pics to your a single photo library folder PREPARE Export your chosen photos to a folder in your photo library so you can easily find them when preparing your post on Instagram. SCREENSHOT IMPORT Provide a screenshot of your existing Instagram profile and we’ll import your posts just through that CLONE GRIDS So you can experiment with changes without losing what you had before GRID SHIFT Shift your photos over a column and see how they’ll look in all configurations PROFILE PICS See how your profile pic will look at all different sizes used within Instagram before you post it NO SUBSCRIPTION For those that wish to upgrade to the full version can do so for a one-time fee. NO INSTAGRAM LOGIN REQUIRED You don’t need to connect your instagram to be able to use the app. SLICK UI A great deal of love has been put into the app to make sure its intuitive and looks great. Pro Features ------------- UNLIMITED GRID SPACE Plan ahead as far as you want. UNLIMITED CAROUSEL SPACE Add more than 10 pics to your carousel post. FULL USE OF HISTORY AND FAVOURITES Access a much bigger history and tag as many favourites as you like, with virtually no limit. FAVOURITES SUB FOLDER SUPPORT Organise your favourites into sub folders so you can shortlist pics for specific carousel posts UNLIMITED GRIDS For each account have as many copies and permutations of the grid as you like UNLIMITED ACCOUNTS Have as many accounts with their own history/favourites, connected instagram account, and set of grids as you like. iCLOUD SUPPORT Backs up to iCloud so you’ll never lose your work. Syncs between all your devices. Get Curating!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Curated at 4.6 against Panostory Pro's 4.1. Curated also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 71%) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid). Panostory Pro's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (22 vs 7). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Panostory Pro sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Curated sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Curated holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Panostory Pro's written reviews are positive against 96% of Curated's.
Panostory Pro ships an update fortnightly, Curated every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Panostory Pro | Curated |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (22 ratings) | 4.6 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 96.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 锐 王 | David Blake |
Customer experience
Panostory Pro
Curated
In-app purchases
Panostory Pro
- Monthly VIP$0.991 Month
- Monthly VIP$2.991 Month
- Yearly VIP$6.991 Year
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- Yearly VIP$16.991 Year
- Lifetime VIP$24.99
Curated
- Pro Mode$4.99
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