Comparison

Panostory Pro vs Photo Compressor App

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

Head to head
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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Stitch screenshots into one long image, build photo collages and grids, and make home screen widgets — all on your device, with nothing ever uploaded. SCREENSHOT STITCHING - Merge multiple screenshots into a single long image — chat threads, articles, receipts, order histories. - Trim, reorder, and adjust each screenshot before exporting. - Control spacing, borders, and corner radius between pieces. LONG PHOTO STITCH - Combine any number of photos into one long image — horizontal, vertical, or a nine-square grid. - Free stitch mode: place, scale, and layer photos anywhere on the canvas with no fixed layout. COLLAGE MAKER - Grid layouts for 1 to 9 photos, plus templates for weddings and baby albums. - Text with custom fonts, colors, gradients, strokes, shadows, and masks. - Solid, gradient, or image-sampled backgrounds. - Frames, stickers, filters, blur, and shape masks. DEPTH TEXT - Place text behind the subject of a photo for a layered, three-dimensional look. PHOTO WIDGETS - Small, medium, and large home screen widgets from your own photos. - Single photo, blurred, or 2–4 photo collage styles. - Calendar widget with your photo as the background. WALLPAPER MAKER - Turn any collage into a wallpaper sized for your device. - Solid color and gradient wallpapers. PHOTO CUT - Slice one photo into a nine-square grid in a single tap — ready to post as a carousel. - Shape masks for non-rectangular cuts. BATCH TOOLS - Watermark many photos at once, including "Shot on" device text pulled from each photo's EXIF data. - Add borders to a whole batch in one pass. - Position, size, and opacity are yours to set. VIDEO FRAME CAPTURE - Pull still frames from any video at the interval you choose. - Stitch the extracted frames into a single storyboard image. DEVICE MOCKUPS - Drop a screenshot into an iPhone frame for app showcases and product shots. DUAL CAMERA - Shoot with the front and rear cameras at the same time. - Four-shot burst mode, laid out automatically. EXPORT - Choose your export resolution and quality. - Save to Photos or Files, or share anywhere. VIP MEMBERSHIP - VIP includes every feature from the earlier paid version, plus Curator: it goes through your library on its own and builds collages for you. - Curator modes: long-screenshot stitching, Color Flow (grouped by color tone), Shot On (grouped by the camera that took them), and 9-Photo Fit (picks nine photos that belong together and fits them into a nine-square grid). - Monthly — $3.99 per month, auto-renewing. - Yearly — $29.99 per year, auto-renewing. - Lifetime — $39.99, one-time purchase, never renews. - Payment is charged to your Apple ID account once you confirm the purchase. - A subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. - Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Deleting the app does not cancel a subscription. - Prices are in US dollars and may differ by region. PRIVACY Panostory Pro never uploads your photos. Every edit happens on your device. Photo library access is used only to read the images you pick and to save the results. I'm an independent developer and I read every message. If something is broken or missing, email wrzxnx@gmail.com and I'll take a look. Privacy Policy: https://wangruiapk.github.io/panostorypro/?lang=en Terms of Use: https://wangruiapk.github.io/terms/?lang=en

About

Photo Compressor App

Easily shrink your photos to save device storage and make sharing simpler. Adjust quality and resolution to create smaller files, perfect for freeing up space or sending via messages. This tool helps manage large image files effectively.

Highlights
  • Compress photos easily
  • Save device space and storage
  • Choose desired quality and resolution
  • Resize photo files
  • Clean up large photos
  • Share smaller photo files
Features
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Photo Compressor is a simple photo compression app for iPhone and iPad. Compress photos, reduce photo size, resize images, and make large photo files easier to store, send, and share. Need to compress a photo that is too large? Choose your photos, select your preferred image quality and resolution, and reduce photo file size in just a few taps. Photo Compressor helps you create smaller image files. Use Photo Compressor to: • Compress photos on iPhone and iPad • Reduce photo size and save storage space • Make image file sizes smaller • Shrink large photos before sharing • Compress JPEG and JPG photos • Reduce JPEG file size • Resize photos and images • Reduce image resolution • Choose your preferred compression quality • Compress multiple photos • Make photos smaller for email and other apps • Free up storage by reducing large photo files Large photos, high-resolution images, screenshots, and pictures taken with your iPhone camera can take up a lot of storage space. With Photo Compressor, you can compress image files, reduce large photos, and keep smaller copies on your device. Trying to send photos by email? Compress your images before attaching them. Trying to share photos through apps? Reduce photo file size before sending. Trying to free up storage space? Compress large photos and keep smaller versions. Need to resize an image? Choose a lower resolution to reduce the dimensions. Photo Compressor is useful when you need: • A photo compressor for iPhone • An image compressor • A JPEG compressor • A JPG compressor • A photo size reducer • An image file size reducer • A photo resize app • An image resizer • A way to reduce photo file size • A way to make photos smaller • A way to save storage space Choose the photo quality and resolution that works for you and create smaller image files that are easier to save, send, and share. Compress photos, resize images, reduce image file size, and save valuable storage space on your iPhone or iPad. Download Photo Compressor and start reducing photo file sizes today. • Subscriptions & Terms • Free trial automatically converts to a paid subscription unless canceled at least 24-hours before the end of the trial period. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. All subscriptions automatically renew if it is not cancelled within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for the next subscription period up to 24 hours prior to the current subscription expiring. It is not possible to cancel an existing in-app subscription. You can disable the automatic renewal function at any time by adjusting your account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: https://www.algotwist.com/apps/photo-compress/privacy-policy-and-terms-of-use

Screenshots

Panostory Pro4 screens
Photo Compressor App3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Panostory Pro at 71% against Photo Compressor App's 17%. Panostory Pro also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Photo Compressor App's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (283 vs 22). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Panostory Pro sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Photo Compressor App sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Photo Compressor App holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Photo Compressor App has 283 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Panostory Pro's written reviews are positive against 17% of Photo Compressor App's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Panostory Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, Photo Compressor App every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Panostory Pro versus Photo Compressor App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPanostory ProPhoto Compressor App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (22 ratings)4.7 (283 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better16.7% of reviews
Number of ratings22283 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1815.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer锐 王AlgoTwist Ltd

Customer experience

Panostory Pro

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

Photo Compressor App

All ratings283 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral0.7%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Panostory Pro

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly VIP$1.991 Month
  • Monthly VIP$3.991 Month
  • Yearly VIP$12.991 Year
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  • Yearly VIP$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime VIP$29.99
5 purchases

Photo Compressor App

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime Full Access$3.99
  • Lifetime Full Access$29.99

Questions

Is Panostory Pro free?
Panostory Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Photo Compressor App free?
Photo Compressor App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Panostory Pro or Photo Compressor App?
Photo Compressor App is rated higher. Panostory Pro averages 4.1 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Photo Compressor App averages 4.7 from 283 ratings.
Do Panostory Pro or Photo Compressor App have ads?
Neither Panostory Pro nor Photo Compressor App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Panostory Pro or Photo Compressor App?
Panostory Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, and Photo Compressor App every 2 months. Most recently, Panostory Pro was updated on October 26, 2026 and Photo Compressor App on October 24, 2026.

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