Comparison

Layout vs Grid Spacer

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

Head to head
About

Layout

Easily combine your favorite photos into stunning collages with a wide variety of layouts, shapes, and styles. Enhance your creations with filters and share unique visual stories. The app offers a flexible, quick, and simple workflow for creating eye-catching content.

Highlights
  • Wide array of layouts, shapes, and styles
  • Rotate, resize, and rearrange photos freely
  • Extensive collection of filters
  • Video collages for Instagram
  • Simple and quick workflow
  • Instagram-ready grid templates
Features
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Your memories deserve more than a basic grid. Turn your favorite moments into visual masterpieces with Layout—the premier photo collage maker for creators. Ranked #1 in Graphics & Design across multiple countries, Layout is the modern successor to the classic collage experience. It is a professional-grade photo collage maker and video collage editor built for fast, aesthetic storytelling. From seamless Instagram carousels to viral Reels, Layout removes the friction between your creative idea and the final export. The Creator’s Choice: 500+ Layouts & Frames Massive Template Library: Explore over 500+ handcrafted collage layouts, ranging from classic photo grids to artistic freeform scrapbooks. Seamless Carousels: Easily stitch and combine images into continuous, swipeable Instagram Carousels with perfect transitions. Iconic Film & Polaroid Frames: Elevate your photo collage with Vintage textures, Film frames, Retro Polaroid borders, and minimalist aesthetics. Hybrid Video Collage: Don’t choose between formats. Our video collage maker lets you seamlessly mix 4K videos and high-res photos in one stunning frame. Smart AI Cutout: Break the grid! Use the precision cutout tool to remove backgrounds and create layered, journal-style collages and custom stickers. Social UI Templates: Unique collage maker templates featuring iMessage, Instagram, Facebook, and Google Search interfaces. Designed for Every Special Moment: Life’s Big Milestones: Celebrate everything from newborn baby showers and milestone birthdays to beautiful wedding galleries. Seasonal Inspirations: Fresh photo collage designs added weekly for every major holiday—from Easter and Valentine’s Day to the magic of the Winter Season. Trend-Ready Tools: Instantly generate Year-in-Review recaps, Top 9 grids, Photobooth strips, and professional Before & After transformation shots. Print-Ready Quality: Export in ultra-high resolution. Perfect for physical photo albums, professional portfolios, or wall art. Wallpaper & Poster Maker: Design custom, aesthetic phone wallpapers using flexible collage tools and specialized aspect ratios. Precision Controls & Global Exports: Pixel-Perfect Editing: Enjoy fluid controls to mirror, flip, drag, and scale with total accuracy inside your photo grid. Optimized Aspect Ratios: Instant presets for Instagram Stories, TikTok, Pinterest, and Reels, plus standard dimensions for professional printing. Perfect For: Content Creators building aesthetic video collages and seamless carousels for social media. Memory Keepers creating digital scrapbooks, travel journals, and baby books. Small Businesses designing professional before & after showcases for fitness, beauty, or home decor. Digital Artists looking for a freeform collage maker to build unique moodboards. Stop settling for boring photo frames. Join millions of users worldwide. Download Layout—the top-ranked photo collage maker—and start creating today! ---- Subscribe to take advantage of the features described above. Subscription length: weekly, monthly, yearly By subscribing you get unlimited edits and access to our tools. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable For the Terms of service and privacy policy, please check: http://braincake.net/collage_privacy.html http://braincake.net/collage_terms.html

About

Grid Spacer

Easily add uniform spacing between your photos for a cohesive grid layout. This tool allows you to select images, apply basic edits like filters and cropping, and precisely adjust spacing with a slider. Preview your edits on a grid mockup and choose background colors before saving your final image.

Highlights
  • Add precise spacing to photos
  • Uniform grid layout creation
  • Apply filters, crop, and resize
  • Slider for fine-tuning spacing
  • Grid mockup preview
  • Customizable background colors
Features
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Precisely add spacing to your photos to create a uniform look on your grid. Choose photos from your photo library to apply filters, crop and resize. Finely tune your spacing by using the slider and preview your photo on a grid mockup. Choose between different background colors. When you have finished editing, tap 'Save to Photo Library' to export the final image into your photo library. ◆ Customer Support You can reach us at contact@tlogicsofthouse.com and we will do our best to solve all of your problems and questions related to the app. Enjoy! ◆ Customer Support You can reach us at contact@tlogicsofthouse.com and we will do our best to solve all of your problems and questions related to the app. We would love to hear from you! Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns or suggestions by sending an email to: contact@tlogicsofthouse.com

Screenshots

Layout4 screens
Grid Spacer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Grid Spacer at free with in-app purchases against Layout's subscription. Grid Spacer also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). Layout's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (48K vs 10). On price, rating, 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. Layout sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Grid Spacer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Grid Spacer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Layout has 48K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Layout ships an update every 6 days, Grid Spacer every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Layout versus Grid Spacer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLayoutGrid Spacer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (48K ratings)4.8 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings48K — better10
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#9 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size195 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFitness LabsT-Logic

Customer experience

Layout

All ratings47,457 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral4.2%
Negative5.4%
Written reviews5,086 reviews
Positive89.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative6.3%

Grid Spacer

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Layout

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Difficulty uploading recent photos
  • Inconsistent behavior when rotating or resizing images
  • Saving issues and lost progress

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free layout and design options
  • Ability to resize and reposition photos within templates
  • Integration with social media platforms
  • Improved photo editing capabilities

Grid Spacer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Layout

Subscriptions8
  • Collage Maker Pro7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Photo Collage Maker7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Collage Maker Pro7 Days trial2 variants$4.997 Days
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  • Collage Pro$19.991 Year
  • Photo Collage maker Pro1 Month trial$29.991 Year
  • Collage Pro1 Month trial$29.991 Year
  • Photo Collage Maker Pro1 Month trial$29.991 Year
  • Collage Maker Pro - Family Plan$39.991 Year
1 purchases

Grid Spacer

One-time1
  • Plus$4.99

Questions

Is Layout free?
Layout is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Grid Spacer free?
Grid Spacer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Layout or Grid Spacer?
Grid Spacer is rated higher. Layout averages 4.6 out of 5 from 48K ratings, while Grid Spacer averages 4.8 from 10 ratings.
Do Layout or Grid Spacer have ads?
Neither Layout nor Grid Spacer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Layout or Grid Spacer?
Layout ships an update every 6 days, and Grid Spacer every 6 weeks. Most recently, Layout was updated on November 12, 2026 and Grid Spacer on November 3, 2026.

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