Comparison

Freshtext vs PicDeploy

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

Head to head
About

Freshtext

Easily add text and artistic elements to your photos and videos. Customize with various fonts, styles, and filters to create unique graphics for social media, cards, and more.

Highlights
  • Add text with various styles and fonts
  • Apply artistic and photo filters
  • Video animation for text creations
  • Color gradients for text
  • Adjust photo brightness and contrast
  • Download high-quality internet photos
Features
Read full description

Beautiful text styles, fonts, speech bubble, color gradients, artistic filters, photo filters, text arrangement, high quality internet photos and more. Features: • Photo adjustments: Brightness, contrast, vignette, etc. • Many text styles, typography styles, text style variations and image filters. • Video animation of your text creation • Colorize your text creations. Use fantastic color gradients. • Change the text layout. • Apply photo filters and artistic filters to your images. • Download high quality internet photos. • Share your photo text creations on Instagram, Facebook and more. Ideas and possibilities: • Graphics and videos for blog posts • Text on photos • Greeting cards • Image and video Posts on Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook, Tumblr, Imgur • Flyers and posters for events • Photo watermarks (text) • Cover art • Email newsletter images and graphics • Advertisement and promotional design • Wallpaper images with text for the iPhone • Captions • Quotes on photos • Infographics with photos and text • Invitations • Profile photos • Youtube intros or intro videos For suggestions or questions write to support@freshtext.app Do you like Freshtext? Recommend us and write a comment. Thanks a lot. Terms of Use This service is not intended for people under the age of 13 see https://freshtext.app/Terms-of-Use.pdf and https://freshtext.app/Privacy-Policy-Freshtext.pdf Icons from https://icons8.com In-App Purchases: • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable

About

PicDeploy

Features
Read full description

PicDeploy is the IPTC editor for iPhone and iPad, made by pros for pros: caption, tag and export your photos with real IPTC and EXIF fields — no Mac or pro software required. Whether shot with a pro camera or captured quickly on your iPhone: PicDeploy reads the existing metadata of every photo and lets you edit title, caption, photographer, copyright and keywords directly. IPTC & EXIF — READ AND WRITE • View the existing IPTC and EXIF data of every photo • Edit title, caption, photographer, copyright, location and keywords • Per image or as batch metadata across an entire series • Also instructions, job identifier, usage terms, copyright status and photographer contact details • Enter copyright and creator once and have them remembered for good • Optionally strip all metadata including GPS • Works with imported pro camera images just as well as photos taken directly on iPhone PRESETS — SET UP ONCE, USE AGAIN AND AGAIN • IPTC presets: save photographer, copyright, location, keywords and more as a template and apply it to the whole batch with one tap • Export presets for size, quality and file name — "Web 1920", "Social Media 1080" and "Email 500 KB" are included • Mark one preset as default to apply it automatically at launch • Import the metadata templates you already have, in .lrtemplate and XMP format • Export presets to a file and share them between iPhone and iPad • Your last size, quality and file name settings are kept after a restart RESIZE & WATERMARK • Resize by max edge, percentage or maximum file size • Text or image watermarks with freely adjustable position, opacity and size • Adjustable JPEG quality FLEXIBLE EXPORT • Save to your device, iCloud Drive or a custom folder • Your originals stay untouched – every export is a new file • Fully configurable filename template with tokens for date, series, number and more GERMAN, ENGLISH, SPANISH, JAPANESE PicDeploy speaks four languages — including the IPTC field names. Switch any time in Settings. ONE-TIME PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION PicDeploy uses a one-time purchase price instead of a subscription. FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS ON THE GO Built for sports photography, events, reportage, and every moment a photo needs to go out fast with correct IPTC data to clients or the newsroom — no computer nearby required. YOUR DATA STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE PicDeploy works entirely locally on your device. No account, no backend, no tracking — your photos and metadata only leave your device when you export them yourself.

Screenshots

Freshtext4 screens
PicDeploy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Freshtext at Free against PicDeploy's $3.99. Freshtext also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). PicDeploy's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On 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

Freshtext is free to download; PicDeploy costs $3.99 up front. Freshtext sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. PicDeploy asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Freshtext ships an update every 2 months, PicDeploy every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Freshtext versus PicDeploy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFreshtextPicDeploy
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank—#184 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size242 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel SchwarzArdan Fuessmann

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Freshtext

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime$3.99
None

PicDeploy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Freshtext free?
Freshtext is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PicDeploy free?
PicDeploy costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Freshtext or PicDeploy have ads?
Neither Freshtext nor PicDeploy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Freshtext or PicDeploy?
Freshtext ships an update every 2 months, and PicDeploy every 3 weeks. Most recently, Freshtext was updated on October 3, 2026 and PicDeploy on October 31, 2026.

Other comparisons