Comparison

ringFramer vs Are

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

Head to head
About

ringFramer

Easily add unique, circular frames to your photos. The app automatically generates rings in colors matching your images, creating eye-catching and special visuals. Save your creations as high-resolution images or short, loopable videos.

Highlights
  • Randomly generated circular frames
  • Colors chosen from your picture
  • Adjustable image border width
  • Save animated frames as videos
  • Easy usability, no design skills needed
  • Save in original resolution
Features
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Make your pictures with unique, circular frames to something very special. ringFramer generates on fingertip randomly arranged rings in matching colors around your pictures. This not only looks extremely cool, but also gives your pictures a focus on the most important image area. And since ringFramer randomly chooses the colors from your pictures, you do not have to spend hours searching for matching color combinations. You just have to decide when you like it best. This leads to cool, surprising and sometimes even crazy results. All you have to do is to play around a bit, until the cool result is there. There is no limit to this with ready-made templates. So, make your pictures unique! Functions: • randomly generated rings as a frame around your pictures • colors are chosen at random from your picture • set the image area to choose colors from after import • infinite ring and color combinations • adjustable image border width • save animated frames as 12 second loopable videos at 1000 x 1000 pixel by tapping the record icon • extremely easy usability • no design skills necessary (just a little good taste ;-)) • save in original resolution plus frame without scaling And now go to the rings! Supports: iPhone 12, iPhone X, iPhone, iPad running iOS 12.0 or higher. Optimized for iOS 15+. Any problems or questions: send mail to support@mirlschnorr.de

About

Are

Transform your photos into unique digital art using machine learning. The app detects objects, faces, and animals to create abstract compositions based on customizable rules. Unleash your inner artist and see your pictures in a new light.

Highlights
  • Machine learning art creation
  • Object and face detection
  • Customizable art rules
  • Transforms photos into art
  • Unique digital compositions
Features
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Who creates art? You do.  And what is art? Almost everything, but especially all your photos. Are-We.Art is for The Artist that is You. Are-We.Art uses machine learning to create special kind of art as unique as your photos. Machine learning detects objects, rectangles, faces, animals and others in your photos and creates new piece of art from the photo based on rules. For example, each face can become a circle and each detected object can become a triangle. Are We Art? Yes, we are.

Screenshots

ringFramer4 screens
Are4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Are at Free against ringFramer's $1.99. ringFramer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). 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

Are is free to download; ringFramer costs $1.99 up front. Are sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ringFramer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ringFramer ships an update every 2 months, Are every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ringFramer versus Are: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterringFramerAre
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB253 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIlja SchnorrSami Salkosuo

In-app purchases

None

ringFramer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Are

One-time1
  • Premium features$1.99

Questions

Is ringFramer free?
ringFramer costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Are free?
Are is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ringFramer or Are have ads?
Neither ringFramer nor Are shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ringFramer or Are?
ringFramer ships an update every 2 months, and Are every 6 weeks. Most recently, ringFramer was updated on October 24, 2026 and Are on October 20, 2026.

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