Raindrops vs Christmas frames
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Raindrops
Transform your photos into scenes that look like they're viewed through a rainy window. Add realistic splatter and smear effects to any image from your library or captured with your camera. Easily share your creations or save them for later.
- Add rain splatter and smear effects
- Use photos from library or camera
- Apple Photos plug-in included
- Share to social media
- Save to device library
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By adding splatter and smear to your image, it can look like a rainy window.. Use any image from your Library, or take a new image with your camera. When you’re done, share with Facebook/Twitter/Flickr (login required), or save to your library, print, message or email. ** A plug-in for Apple Photos is included. **
Christmas frames
Create festive holiday memories with animated frames, GIFs, stickers, and special effects. Add custom text and music to your creations, then save them as images, videos, or GIFs to share on social media. Enjoy a completely ad-free experience.
- Animated holiday frames
- GIF integration
- Sticker library
- Animated custom text
- Special effects (snow, decors)
- Background music
- Save as image, video, or GIF
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With Christmas frames - Frame It!, you can select frames from a wide variety of attractive Christmas/holiday frames. You can enrich your frames with: • Gifs (from in-app library or Giphy) • Stickers • Animated custom text • Special effects such as falling snow, Christmas decors etc. • Background music • Adjust duration (if to be saved as video) Once satisfied with your creation, you can save the frame as an image, video(.mp4) or gif to the camera roll. Share the magic on social media! Totally ad free!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Christmas frames at Free against Raindrops's $1.99. Christmas frames also leads on rating (2.3 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). Raindrops's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Christmas frames is free to download; Raindrops costs $1.99 up front. Christmas frames sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Raindrops asks for nothing beyond the download.
Christmas frames holds the better App Store score, 2.3 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Raindrops ships an update every 5 months, Christmas frames every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Raindrops | Christmas frames |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 2.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 146 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Dombrowski | Priyadarshi Bhattacharya |
Customer experience
Raindrops
Christmas frames
In-app purchases
Raindrops
No in-app purchases
Christmas frames
- Christmas Frames Download$1.99
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