Comparison

Pic vs Alight Map

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

Head to head
About

Pic

Manage your photography workflow on the go. Create and share client galleries, upload media, and post directly to social media from your mobile device. Download high-resolution photos and videos to your device.

Highlights
  • Create and share client galleries
  • Upload any media
  • Manage work on mobile
  • Post directly to social media
  • Download high-res photos and videos
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Your galleries go where you go. The Pic-Time mobile app brings your workflow to your fingertips. Create and share galleries with clients, upload any media, and manage your work right from your phone or tablet. Post your work directly to social, or download high-res photos and videos to your device. Everything you need, always within reach.

About

Alight Map

Features
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Alight Map reads the places your photos already remember, and lights up every city you've walked — one by one — on a world map that belongs to you alone. No check-ins. No travel logs to keep. Your photos have been quietly recording where you've been all along; Alight Map simply brings that memory to light. YOUR LIBRARY, YOUR MAP • Every photo with a location becomes a ray of light on a dark, night-sky world map • Cities shine brighter the more life you've left in them • Open any city's archive: the years, the places, the visits, and every photo you took there A WEEKLY POSTCARD • Four numbers from your week, drawn as a small constellation • Share the card, or save it back to your library RELIGHT THE PAST • Old photos without coordinates? Search the city and set their light on the map yourself, by hand PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Everything is computed on your iPhone • We read only the time and place each photo carries — your photos never leave your device • No accounts, no uploads, no tracking The map only Alight Map can draw is the one you've been drawing your whole life.

Screenshots

Pic4 screens
Alight Map4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Pic at 3 against Alight Map's 1. Pic also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pic ships an update every 2 weeks, Alight Map every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pic versus Alight Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPicAlight Map
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews31.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.7K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPic-Time, Inc.KUAN HUANG

In-app purchases

None

Pic

No in-app purchases

None

Alight Map

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pic free?
Pic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Alight Map free?
Alight Map is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pic or Alight Map have ads?
Neither Pic nor Alight Map shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pic or Alight Map?
Pic ships an update every 2 weeks, and Alight Map every 11 days. Most recently, Pic was updated on October 19, 2026 and Alight Map on September 30, 2026.

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