Comparison

GemIQ vs Panoslice

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

Head to head
About

GemIQ

Capture professional-quality photos and videos of jewelry with ease. This app connects wirelessly to a compatible device, offering one-click capture, adjustable brightness for perfect white backgrounds, and various video modes. It includes a dedicated gallery to organize and export your creations.

Highlights
  • Wireless Bluetooth turntable control
  • Studio-quality image capture
  • Adjustable brightness for white backgrounds
  • One-click studio-quality video capture
  • Multiple video modes (45, 90, 360 degrees)
  • Built-in media gallery
  • Export images and videos
Features
Read full description

Welcome to the GemIQ App made the GemLightbox and Picup Media family! The GemIQ App is created to be used with GemLightbox and allows you to capture studio quality images and videos in just one click. Features and functions: 1. Connect to your GemLightbox Turntable wirelessly via Bluetooth. This will allow you to control the turntable wirelessly. 2. Take studio quality images; tap to focus on your item and control the brightness using our brightness bar. The brightness bar is made for jewelry and helps achieve a complete white background. 3. Capture studio quality videos: Take videos in just one click. We have different modes for 45 degrees, 90 degrees and also 360 degrees. The brightness bar is made for jewelry and helps achieve a complete white background. 4. A built in gallery separate from your native iPhone gallery. The GemLightbox gallery allows you to keep all images and videos in one place. Simply select the image/video you need and export to anywhere you wish.

About

Panoslice

Create stunning Instagram carousels and collages with this app. It offers a seamless canvas, over 400 templates, and AI-powered tools for background removal, caption writing, and design generation. Perfect for enhancing your social media storytelling.

Highlights
  • Seamless carousel creation
  • 400+ pre-made templates
  • AI-powered caption writer
  • Background removal tool
  • AI photo collage generator
  • Digital scrapbook styles
  • Multi-slide support
Features
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Panoslice is a unique collage & story maker for instagram. Photo dump your camera roll using seamless carousels! Create aesthetics like Polaroid, Film, Digital Scrapbooks in minutes on 10+ slides. Create post layouts like an influencer! Layer images across a seamless canvas, edit pics, remove BG, add text on photo & much more. Stop the scroll with design from scratch or use any of the 400+ pre-made templates. Panoslice is also powered with AI tools to enhance your creative workflows & minimize those repetitive tasks like making carousels, AI writer for captions & hashtags, text-to-design to make compelling educational posts. What are Instagram Carousels? Carousels are swipeable scroll posts available as a format on most social media platforms including IG, Tiktok, Linkedin & Facebook. Such slides are visually appealing as a seamless collage, generating more engagement. With Panoslice you can create in minutes & level up your storytelling to grow more followers on instagram. Panoslice will help you create a unique photo collage in a few taps that will surely get noticed by your audience. Seamless Carousel is great for Creators, Photographers, Small Brands, Influencers to grow online. How to create seamless carousel or photo collage in Panoslice? * Create a blank project : choose from different insta sizes like square, portrait, story & landscape. * Add images to the seamless canvas : edit pic, add text on photo & overlays like Film, Polaroid or Journal * Once you’ve made your design : preview for feed. * Click Save. The app automatically splits the images into equal parts ready to post on instagram.  Don't forget to use #panoslice while posting your photo collage :) Unlimited Creative Potential Make unique photo collage like influencer in seconds. Take it further after you add text on photo, stickers, AI images, remove background & more! AI writer for captions and hashtags. This story maker will save you hours. Seamless Canvas with Photo Split Add upto 10 slides & 10+ photos to your canvas. Zoom in & zoom out to get a view of the canvas - make changes you want. After saving, your photo collage, the app will crop the images & download as a series of photos to post on instagram. Creative Carousel Templates Collage & Story Maker with 400+ layout for all sizes & aesthetics like film, polaroid, digital scrapbook, minimal, journal & more! Digital Scrapbooks Draw on photos using drawing tools to enhance your polaroid scrapbooks AI tools for 10x speed Content creation can be tiring sometimes - so we’ve added 6 AI tools to help you make content in a few taps! Remove BG, Write captions, create AI carousel, AI photo collage & more! The AI tools are available : - AI Writer for Caption & Hashtags : Write captions for any brand or page with a few taps, research hashtags with AI - Remove BG : One tap background remove for quick creative layouts - AI photo collage : Just add 20+ images & the app automatically creates a layout. Once created you can customize it by add text on photo, sticker, overlay & more. Preview feed once done. - Text Carousel : Create text carousel easily, just need to add text prompt - that's it! - Blog to Carousel : Convert long form blogs to carousel in minutes with AI. Just paste the URL & you're done Add Text on photo 200+ stylish fonts to choose from advanced text editing features like line spacing, letter spacing & more. Preview for feed Preview your post before cropping - press the preview button & swipe through your scroll post. Save to the gallery once done. “BEST DESIGN & PHOTO APPS 2023” - Inventiva Join 500,000 creators in their journey to grow online Follow @panosliceapp for inspiration on instagram. Tag us #panoslice to get featured. Contact : Care@panoslice.com. Privacy Policy : https://raveensasidharan.github.io/privacy-policy.html ToS : https://raveensasidharan.github.io/terms-and-conditions.html

Screenshots

GemIQ4 screens
Panoslice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: GemIQ at 4.7 against Panoslice's 4.2. GemIQ also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Panoslice sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. GemIQ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GemIQ holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 135 and 44 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of GemIQ's written reviews are positive against 24% of Panoslice's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
GemIQ versus Panoslice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGemIQPanoslice
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (135 ratings) — better4.2 (44 ratings)
Positive reviews38.5% of reviews — better23.5% of reviews
Number of ratings135 — better44
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size157 MB178 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHEIG LIMITEDBLANK CANVAS DESIGNS PRIVATE LIMITED

Customer experience

GemIQ

All ratings135 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral2.2%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews91 reviews
Positive38.5%
Neutral13.2%
Negative48.4%

Panoslice

All ratings44 ratings
Positive79.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.5%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive23.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative76.5%

Bugs and requests

GemIQ

Reported bugs

38 issues
  • App crashes
  • Bluetooth not working
  • Cannot connect to lightbox
  • Disconnects within seconds
  • App logs out
Show 33 more
  • SKUs wiped out
  • Logos and watermarks not working
  • Internal server error
  • Camera crashes app
  • App does not focus
  • Image quality decreased after update
  • Zoom limited to 2x
  • UI less responsive
  • Reset automatically selects GemAI
  • Zoom/focus slider disappeared
  • Picture is blur and very confusing
  • Losing features even if not used
  • App size becomes very large (bloatware)
  • Cannot use cameras to full potential
  • Doesn't allow saving photos or videos
  • Doesn't connect anymore
  • Eclipse mode missing
  • Sync with older GemLight boxes not working
  • Color quality issues in eclipse mode
  • Force auto coloration in eclipse mode
  • AI generate description function is awful and cannot be disabled
  • Blurry and do not focus since phone upgrade
  • Calibrate function doesn't do anything
  • Distortion when zooming
  • App crashes when editing and saving
  • Brightness adjustment issues (too bright/too dark)
  • Color slides to bright or dark finish
  • Background blows out jewelry when making background white
  • App drains battery incredibly fast
  • Image gets stuck when switching to photo mode after video
  • New update messed up Bluetooth connection with turntable and aerial
  • Timer runs but table doesn't move
  • Timestamp added to SKU number in image file name

Requested features

18 requests
  • Add eclipse mode
  • Bring back search bar
  • Add 9:16 ratio option
  • Add zoom percentage indicator
  • Add text editing to videos
Show 13 more
  • Increase upload limit for photos/videos
  • Add option to delete/share multiple items at once
  • Add logo to video
  • Add more media editing tools
  • Allow video background removal
  • Add try-on links to mobile app
  • More complimentary add-ons for editing
  • Allow video without turntable
  • Adjust brightness manually
  • Improve photo/video quality
  • Fix Bluetooth connection
  • Add SKU numbers to file names/viewable
  • Make login optional

Panoslice

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

GemIQ

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Panoslice

Subscriptions9
  • Panoslice Editor Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Panoslice Elite Weekly$7.997 Days
  • Panoslice Editor Monthly$8.991 Month
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  • PanoSlice Elite Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Panoslice Editor Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Panoslice Editor Yearly3 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Panoslice Editor Yearly$29.991 Year
  • PanoSlice Elite Yearly$34.991 Year
  • PanoSlice Elite Yearly$44.991 Year

Questions

Is GemIQ free?
GemIQ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Panoslice free?
Panoslice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GemIQ or Panoslice?
GemIQ is rated higher. GemIQ averages 4.7 out of 5 from 135 ratings, while Panoslice averages 4.2 from 44 ratings.
Do GemIQ or Panoslice have ads?
Panoslice shows ads; GemIQ does not.
Which is updated more often, GemIQ or Panoslice?
GemIQ ships an update weekly, and Panoslice weekly. Most recently, GemIQ was updated on October 16, 2026 and Panoslice on October 15, 2026.

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