Comparison

Made vs Stagger

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

Head to head
About

Made

Easily create stunning social media stories and posts with a vast library of photo templates. Add text, apply filters, and customize backgrounds to make your content stand out. No design experience needed.

Highlights
  • 200+ photo templates
  • Add text to photos
  • 50+ photo filters
  • Customizable backgrounds
  • Preview on social platforms
  • Reorder story pages
Features
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Made is the easy-to-use story collage maker. Create beautiful Instagram stories, Pinterest pins, social posts, and so much more — no design skills required! With over 200+ incredible photo templates, Made is the fastest way to create stories for any social platform, including Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat, and more. It's super simple, browse our library of photo templates, and select your favorite. Then, choose a few photos from your camera roll, add some text, and just like that, your photo story is ready to be shared. FREE PHOTO STORY TEMPLATES • Choose from over 200+ templates to create beautiful stories. • Curated template collections to perfectly fit your style. • Select a photo template and add your photos to quickly create content that stands out. • Change the background color of any template to match your photos. ADD TEXT TO PHOTOS • With over 25 fonts, quickly add text to photos and make your text pop. • Quickly change the color of your text to match your template. • Add color backgrounds to highlight your text. • Completly control the spacing and width of every font. PHOTO EDITING • Equipped with over 50 photo filters so you can make a quick edit. • Fine tune your photos with adjustments including brightness, sharpness, contrast, and more. CREATE, PREVIEW & REORDER • Add an unlimited number of pages to your story. Each with its own photo template. • See how your story template looks on social platforms like Instagram, Snapchat, Pinterest, and more. • Reorder pages so you can tell your story. SHARE • Save individual pages or the entire story to share on social platforms like Instagram, Snapchat, Pinterest, and more MADE PRO Join Made Pro to unlock your creative potential. Access our complete photo templates library of over 200+ templates and get all the photo templates you need to create beautiful story content for any social platform. — Made Pro will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. You may manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Terms of use: http://madeonmade.com/terms Privacy Policy: http://madeonmade.com/privacy

About

Stagger

Create continuous carousel galleries for social media using photos, videos, text, and drawings. This app helps users design customized posts tailored to their interests and passions.

Highlights
  • Continuous carousel galleries
  • Photo and video integration
  • Text and drawing tools
  • Customizable post design
  • Social media feed optimization
Features
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Meet, Stagger. An app that allows you to design continuous carousel galleries using photos/videos, text and drawings to create your customized posts on your social feeds. Designed with influencers, hobbyists, and small businesses in mind, Stagger enables social media users of all levels to showcase their posts tailored to their passions from fitness, food, travel or anything that leaves you inspired.

Screenshots

Made4 screens
Stagger4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Made at 4.7 against Stagger's 3.9. Made also leads on ratings volume (12K vs 45). Stagger's advantage is review sentiment (59% vs 26%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Made sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and Stagger sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Made holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Made has 12K ratings behind it against 45, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 26% of Made's written reviews are positive against 59% of Stagger's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Made ships an update every 2 months, Stagger every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Made versus Stagger: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMadeStagger
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (12K ratings) — better3.9 (45 ratings)
Positive reviews25.6% of reviews59.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12K — better45
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size292 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInstasize Inc.GREENSTRAW CREATIVE LLC

Customer experience

Made

All ratings12,191 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral2.4%
Negative6.2%
Written reviews285 reviews
Positive25.6%
Neutral12.3%
Negative62.1%

Stagger

All ratings45 ratings
Positive68.9%
Neutral6.7%
Negative24.4%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive59.1%
Neutral13.6%
Negative27.3%

Bugs and requests

Made

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Inability to save work
  • Inconsistent app behavior
  • Trouble uploading images
  • Text editing issues
  • Subscription problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow custom templates
  • Improve text editing capabilities
  • Provide more free templates
  • Remove watermarks on templates
  • Improve export quality

Stagger

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Made

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Premium7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Made Yearly$19.991 Year
  • Made Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
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  • Made Yearly3 Days trial$35.991 Year
4 purchases

Stagger

One-time4
  • Geometric Template$0.99
  • Ripped Template$0.99
  • Brushed Template$0.99
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  • Film Template$1.99

Questions

Is Made free?
Made is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stagger free?
Stagger is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Made or Stagger?
Made is rated higher. Made averages 4.7 out of 5 from 12K ratings, while Stagger averages 3.9 from 45 ratings.
Do Made or Stagger have ads?
Neither Made nor Stagger shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Made or Stagger?
Made ships an update every 2 months, and Stagger every 2 weeks. Most recently, Made was updated on November 3, 2026 and Stagger on November 3, 2026.

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