Profile Border vs Frames
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Profile Border
Easily add stylish frames to your profile pictures for social media. Create eye-catching circular avatars with a variety of custom borders, including popular styles like Instagram Story and Donut. Enhance your online presence with unique photo frames.
- Add custom frames to profile pictures
- Create circular avatar images
- Variety of border styles
- Instagram Story border
- Facebook and Instagram Close Friends Stories
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The application adds a frame of posted story to profile picture on Instagram or any other social network with circular avatar image. We've made lots of cute custom borders just for you, and we are working hard to deliver even more borders soon. Check out the : Instagram Story, Space or even Donut border! We also have Facebook and Instagram Close Friends Stories!! For now this application is unique on the app store, don't miss the chance to check it out!!
Frames
Enhance your social media profile pictures with unique borders and stickers. Easily create a more remarkable and distinctive look for your online presence. The app guides you through selecting photos, applying frames, and saving your creations.
- Add circular borders
- Apply stickers
- Change sticker colors
- Select photos from library
- Save edited pictures
- Monthly subscription for full access
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Create awesome profile pictures and increase your social media followers with the Frames Application. Create a different profile picture than the other social media users profiles and be more remarkable. Add stickers and borders or circular for your social media profile picture. Also you can change the colors of your profile picture's stickers. How To Use: 1. Tap + button and select photo from your device's photo library 2. Select borders and see it. 3. Tap "Save" button to save your new profile picture into the your photo library. 4. Open Instagram application and change your profile picture. That's it! Disclaimer: This app is not affiliated with Instagram App. This app only helps you making circular profile picture with borders or frames. *** Unlock All Profile Picture Frames *** Monthly subscription: $2.99/month About Subscriptions: After the 3 days trial period, Monthly subscription automatically renews for $2.99 per month unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the trial period. Your Apple ID account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the trial period. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. You can be inform to cancel your subscription by entering the following address: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 Privacy Policy: https://frames.esasmobile.com/privacy-policy Terms Of Services: https://frames.esasmobile.com/terms-of-service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Profile Border at 1.1K against Frames's 9. Profile Border also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Frames's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Profile Border sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Frames sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Profile Border against 4.6 for Frames. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Profile Border has 1.1K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Profile Border ships an update monthly, Frames every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Profile Border | Frames |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better | 4.6 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| 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, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dima Komar | Emre Kaya |
Customer experience
Profile Border
Frames
Bugs and requests
Profile Border
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unable to delete or remove borders
- Inconsistent border appearance across devices
- Difficulty canceling subscription
Requested features
4 requests- More holiday-themed borders
- Ability to add custom text or designs
- Metallic/glossy border options
- Improved color customization
Frames
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Profile Border
- One Month Borders and Memoji3 Days trial$5.991 Month
- One Month Borders Pro$6.991 Month
- One Year Borders Subscription3 Days trial$6.991 Year
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- Borders Subscription1 Month trial$9.991 Month
- One Year Borders Pro$9.991 Year
- Custom Profile Borders Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- One Year Borders Pro$19.991 Year
Frames
- Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
Questions
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