Comparison

Garny vs Apiks

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

Head to head
About

Garny

Plan and preview your social media feed before posting. Organize content, schedule posts with reminders, and manage multiple accounts. Design your perfect grid with editing tools and hashtag collections.

Highlights
  • Content planning and preview
  • Post scheduling with reminders
  • Image and video editing
  • Hashtag collection management
  • Multiple account support
  • Drag and drop reordering
Features
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Garny shows how your Instagram feed will look before you post. Add photos, videos and carousels, put them in the right order and keep your grid consistent. FEED PREVIEW & GRID PLANNING • Preview your grid in 4:5 or 3:4 • Drag and drop or swap posts to find the best order • Connect an Instagram professional account (Business or Creator) to plan next to already published posts • Hide extra Reels and pinned posts in the preview • Create several boards and compare layouts STORIES, REELS & TIKTOK • Separate boards for Feed, Stories, Reels and TikTok • Plan Reels together with their previews in the grid CAPTIONS, HASHTAGS & AI • Generate captions and hashtags with AI • Save caption templates and text snippets • Keep hashtag collections ready to paste REMINDERS & CALENDAR • Pick a date and time and get a reminder to post • See planned posts in a calendar • Share to Instagram in one tap: Garny copies the caption, you publish the post yourself PHOTO EDITING • Crop and edit photos • Apply aesthetic filters for a consistent look No login is needed to start planning. GARNY PREMIUM • Unlimited boards • More AI requests per day • Unlimited caption templates, reminders and archive • Swap multiple posts at once • Multiple hashtag collections • All filters • No ads Privacy Policy: https://garny.app/pp.html Terms of Use: https://garny.app/tos.html Questions and ideas: garny.support@garny.io

About

Apiks

Create professional videos with a comprehensive editing suite. Add captions, music, and effects, and refine your story with timeline-based tools. Supports multiple tracks for video, audio, and text.

Highlights
  • Split, trim, and rearrange video clips
  • Add captions from speech recognition
  • Multiple video, audio, and text tracks
  • Apply filters, effects, and masks
  • Keyframe animation for scale and position
  • Save and export in chosen resolution and frame rate
Features
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APIKS is a video editor for iPhone. Combine videos and photos, add captions, music and effects, and shape your story with tools close to the timeline. VIDEO EDITING • Split, trim and rearrange clips. • Work with multiple video, audio and text tracks. • Add overlays and transitions between clips. • Adjust speed, crop and image position. • Use keyframes to change scale and position over time. • Undo edits and return to earlier steps. CAPTIONS AND TEXT • Generate captions from the speech in your video. • Choose templates for phrases or individual words. • Adjust color, size, outlines and active-word highlighting. • Place translated captions above or below the original, or show the translation on its own. • Edit text and styling on separate tracks. IMAGE AND AUDIO • Apply filters, effects and masks. • Add music and audio from other videos. • Adjust the volume of individual clips. • Place text and images over your footage. PROJECTS AND EXPORT • Save projects on your device and continue editing later. • Choose the resolution and frame rate before export. • Save and share your finished video. Automatic speech recognition and translation require an internet connection. Speech recognition sends audio to a server. See the privacy policy for details about data processing. Support: https://rynpro.ru/piks/ Privacy policy: https://rynpro.ru/piks/privacy.html

Screenshots

Garny4 screens
Apiks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Apiks at 100% against Garny's 49%. Apiks also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). Garny's advantage is ratings volume (222 vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Garny sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Apiks asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Apiks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Garny has 222 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Garny's written reviews are positive against 100% of Apiks's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Garny ships an update every 3 weeks, Apiks every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Garny versus Apiks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGarnyApiks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (222 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings222 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSelf-Made Millionaire Academy, Inc.Alexander Ryndin

Customer experience

Garny

All ratings219 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.2%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive48.6%
Neutral11.4%
Negative40.0%

Apiks

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Garny

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Cannot log in via Instagram
  • Login issues after updates
  • App does not open after update
  • Error message when trying to log in
  • Session expired error
Show 5 more
  • Cannot connect Instagram account (insufficient rights)
  • App trying to charge for subscription after trial/deletion
  • Facebook cookies warning blocks login
  • Posts duplicate in app feed
  • Cannot see co-authored Reels

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add a close button for ads
  • Improve post reordering (drag and drop)
  • Allow more than 5 hashtag sets
  • Option to add frames to photos
  • Pay option to avoid ads

Apiks

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Garny

Subscriptions3
  • Feed planner app & Preview$6.991 Month
  • Stories and Feed planner app7 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Premium 12 Months7 Days trial$44.991 Year
None

Apiks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Garny free?
Garny is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Apiks free?
Apiks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Garny or Apiks?
Apiks is rated higher. Garny averages 4.6 out of 5 from 222 ratings, while Apiks averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Garny or Apiks have ads?
Garny shows ads; Apiks does not.
Which is updated more often, Garny or Apiks?
Garny ships an update every 3 weeks, and Apiks every 4 days. Most recently, Garny was updated on November 7, 2026 and Apiks on November 6, 2026.

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