instax mini Link vs Templation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
instax mini Link
Easily print photos from your smartphone using a compatible instax mini Link printer. Enhance your images with frames, collages, and AR decorations. Remotely control your camera and even create fun photobooth-style prints.
- Simple photo printing from smartphone
- Frame and collage creation
- Remote camera shutter
- AR content decoration
- Photobooth-style prints
- Air drawing with instax mini Link 2
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This app is exclusively for use with the FUJIFILM instax mini Link™ printer series. Access the following features by connecting your instax mini Link™ printer to this app via Bluetooth. <Features for all instax mini Link™ printers> (1) Simple Print* Easily print images with your smartphone! *You can also print from videos. (2) Frame Print / Collage Print Add fun, creative frames to your images, or share your latest adventure as a collage, combining your snaps into one instax™ photo! (3) instax Camera™ Take photos with your smartphone, remotely, using the printer's power button as a shutter release! (4) instax AiR Studio™ Decorate the space with your favorite AR contents! Capturing photos with decorated AR contents anytime, anywhere! (5) Click to Collage Enjoy the photobooth experience with Click to Collage! Take a series of six images at three second intervals. 3, 2, 1... Smile! (6) Match Test Will you find your perfect match? Take the Match Test to find out! (7) Content Printing Mode Import your favorite images and content saved in your smartphone's photo app directly into the app, simulate how you'll use them after printing, and then print! <Exclusive Function for instax mini Link 2™> (8) instaxAiR™ Show off your creativity! Simply press & hold the feature button, then draw in the air with the printer! [Supported OS] iOS17.0 or later
Templation
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Finished designs that look like a studio made them – you only swap the text and the photos. Templation gives you 40 fully designed templates for your business and your celebrations, right on your iPhone. No design skills, no dragging things around, no layouts falling apart. TEMPLATES FOR YOUR FIELD • Restaurant & Café – menus, daily specials, food posts • Business – services, strategy, skyline, app idea • Beauty & Fashion – treatments, looks, moodboards • Fitness & Health – routines, goals, training plans • Travel & Adventure – travel journal, Amalfi, Santorini, city trips • Wedding – invitation, dinner, rooftop, concert night • Events & Parties – invitations from elegant to neon • Christmas & New Year – greeting cards for clients and partners • Sale & Offers – Black Friday, season sale, weekend deals HOW IT WORKS Tap a template, change the text, drop in your own photos – done. The layout stays locked so nothing can slip: spacing, sizes and composition are set by the designer. You decide on content, font, colour and images. Went too far? Undo takes you straight back. Export as an image for social media, or as a PDF for printing – posters, flyers and the menu on the counter. PHOTO FRAMES 16 elegant scenes – arch, wave, oval, marble and pool – that your photo fits into pixel-perfectly. Three of them are free. WHEN YOU WANT FULL FREEDOM • Collages: 170+ layouts – grids, waves, zigzags, sun rays, honeycombs, hearts and more. Drag the dividers with your finger. Magic Fill drops your photos into every frame with one tap. • Carousel: one background flowing seamlessly across up to 10 pages. • Storyline: tell your story along a flowing line – perfect for trips, recaps and tutorials. • Flex: the free canvas. Photos in custom shapes, frames, depth blur, text in 17 fonts, stickers and finger drawing. • Photo layouts: six ready-made arrangements for your pictures – polaroid wall, film strip, honeycomb and more. Tap, drop in your photos, done. • Dashboard: numbers and goals as a clean chart sheet. EVERY FORMAT, ONE DESIGN Square for the feed, portrait for Instagram, 9:16 for Stories and Reels, 16:9 for YouTube, 4:1 for LinkedIn banners. Every format is labelled and exports at native resolution. YOUR BRAND, EVERYWHERE (STUDIO) Set your brand colours, font and logo or text watermark once – Templation applies them everywhere. Made for freelancers, restaurants, studios and small brands. THOUGHTFUL DETAILS • Automatic subject cut-out – on device, no cloud • Projects save themselves: keep working, rename, undo and redo • iCloud backup: your designs are backed up to your private iCloud automatically – no account needed • Your photos stay yours: on your device and in your iCloud. No tracking, no ads. START FOR FREE Browse every template before you decide. Designing is free right away: collages, carousels up to 4 pages, export with a watermark. Try Templation Pro free for 3 days – cancel anytime. BUY ONCE INSTEAD OF SUBSCRIBING Only need the templates for your field? Buy your category pack once for €8.99 (Sale & Offers €4.49, Christmas & New Year €4.99) – every template in that category is yours for good. No subscription, no renewal. TEMPLATION PRO (subscription) Personalise all 40 templates and every photo frame, plus all layouts and styles, Storyline, carousels up to 10 pages, all of Flex, exports and PDFs without a watermark. €4.99/month or €49.99/year, 3 days free. TEMPLATION STUDIO (subscription) Everything in Pro plus the Brand Kit: brand colours, font, your own watermark and "Your Style". All style packs and photo layouts included. €9.99/month or €99.99/year. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period via your App Store account. Individual style packs are available as one-time purchases. Terms: https://templation.netlify.app/#agb Privacy: https://templation.netlify.app/#datenschutz Questions or ideas? Write to us in the app under Profile → Support.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: instax mini Link at none against Templation's 10. instax mini Link also leads on chart position (#167 vs unranked). Templation's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Templation sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. instax mini Link asks for nothing beyond the download.
instax mini Link ships an update every 2 months, Templation every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | instax mini Link | Templation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (53K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 53K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #167 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 951 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FUJIFILM Corporation | Marek Stadler |
Bugs and requests
instax mini Link
Reported bugs
5 issues- Printer not recognized by app
- Prints coming out blurry or pixelated
- Wasted film due to unexplained errors
- Bluetooth connection issues
- App crashing or freezing
Requested features
5 requests- More frame and sticker options
- Ability to save edited photos
- Improved print quality
- Dedicated photo booth mode
- Easier access to hidden albums
Templation
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
instax mini Link
No in-app purchases
Templation
- Coffee$4.99
- Californication$4.99
- Photo Templates$4.99
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- Restaurant & Café$8.99
- Business$8.99
- Beauty & Fashion$8.99
- Travel & Adventure$8.99
- Wedding$8.99
- Fitness & Health$8.99
- Events & Parties$8.99
Questions
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Do instax mini Link or Templation have ads?
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