'splain vs Before
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
'splain
Easily add text, annotations, and visual elements to your photos and videos. Customize with a variety of fonts, colors, and sizes. Save your creations or share them directly to social media.
- Point and tag functionality
- Customizable fonts, colors, and sizes
- Direct sharing to social media
- Internal photo album
- Slideshow functionality
- Supports photos and videos
- Keyframe editing for videos
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Splain your photos with speed with the best point and tag app for iPhone! * simple, easy to use interface * lots of fonts, colors, and sizes to choose from * easily share to SNS or save for later * internal photo album and slideshow functionlity * supports still photos or videos * keyframes to modify adding and moving during video playback and more!
Before
Easily create side-by-side or stacked composite images to visually compare two photos. Customize titles, fonts, colors, borders, and arrangement for impactful before-and-after visuals.
- Side-by-side or stacked photo arrangement
- Customizable titles with font, color, and position
- Adjustable border types and lengths
- Save to camera roll
- Share via popular social media and cloud services
- Adjustable save resolution
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Before photo and after photo are arranged side by side. Create a composite photo that allows you to compare the difference in those photos. You can put a title on each photo. You can also set the title font, color, shadow, size, and position. Composite images can be placed on the left or right or top and bottom. In addition, you can set the border type and border length for Photo 1 and Photo 2. [Source] - Camera - Camera roll 【Settings】 - Select photo 1 - Select photo 2 - Swap photos - Title font (Select font) - Title text (text field: typing) - Title alignment (left / center / right) - Title color (RGB color slider control) - Title shadow (slider control) - Title size (gesture: pinch in / pinch out) - Title position (gesture: pan) - Border type (none / gradation / ray / triangle / zigzag) - Border length (slider control) - Arrangement of composite photos (pile / side by side) - Save resolution: 5-100% of original resolution [Output] - Save to camera roll: Composite photo - Composite photo sharing: AirDrop, LINE, Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram, ...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: 'splain at 45% against Before's 0%. 'splain also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
'splain costs $1.99 and Before $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
'splain holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of 'splain's written reviews are positive against 0% of Before's.
'splain ships an update every 29 months, Before every 47 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 'splain | Before |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 29 months — better | Every 47 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GREEN MONSTER .INC | Masanori Katsuta |
Customer experience
'splain
Before
In-app purchases
'splain
No in-app purchases
Before
No in-app purchases
