Comparison

Grid・Photo Split for Instagram vs CollageThing

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

Head to head
About

Grid・Photo Split for Instagram

Easily split your photos into multiple square images to create stunning giant square posts or intricate grids for your social media feed. Enhance your profile's visual appeal with custom layouts and seamless uploads.

Highlights
  • Split photos into up to 9 squares
  • Create personalized Instagram feeds
  • Apply custom layouts
  • Save grids to camera roll
  • Seamless Instagram posting
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Wanna create personalized Instagram feed, add panoramic or giant square photos? GRD is everything you need. Just choose your favorite photos, apply best layout, turn them into a grid and upload to Instagram. Edit your feed in a few taps and impress your followers! No signup or account required. FEATURES: • Сut your photos up to 9 square pics to create personalized Insta feed. • Save your grid to the camera roll. • Post grids seamlessly to Instagram. • Download and start creating immediately. Privacy Policy: https://auth.inpreview.me/privacy.pdf Terms of Use: https://auth.inpreview.me/terms.pdf

About

CollageThing

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Make a photo collage that looks like you made it, not like a template made it. Pick a layout, drop your photos in, then pile on tape, sticky notes, doodles and stickers until it looks like yours. No ads. No watermark. Not even on the free version. WALLPAPERS AND POSTS Make a collage wallpaper for your lock screen or home screen, or a post or a story to put up. The canvas sizes are set up for both already, at exact pixel sizes, so nothing gets cropped off at the last moment. There are seven of them, down to an Apple Watch face. 21 COLLAGE LAYOUTS Photo grids, a big hero shot with smaller ones around it, filmstrips, moodboards, postcards, pinwheels, and proper messy scrapbook pages. The app puts the layouts that suit your photo count first. Slide and pinch each photo inside its frame until it sits right, and set the spacing, corner radius and margin to taste. A SCRAPBOOK, NOT JUST A PHOTO GRID This is the fun part. Torn paper notes. Washi tape at whatever angle you like. Handwriting, script, marker, chalk and typewriter fonts, ten faces in all. Seven sticker packs: love, faces, nature, weather, treats, party and marks. Hearts, stars, arrows, speech bubbles, banners, bows, fairy lights, confetti, flowers and little polaroid frames with captions. Drag it, spin it, resize it, recolor it, and layer it exactly where you want. BACKGROUNDS AND READY MADE PAGES Plain color, a gradient, paper textures, or one of your own photos blurred behind everything. Or skip the setup and start from a designed scrapbook page, already laid out, and just add your photos. Seven of them, from a clean editorial spread to a pink pinboard. MAKE THE PHOTOS MATCH Nine filters, from vivid to film to noir, plus brightness, contrast, warmth, saturation, sharpness and vignette on any photo. KEEP THE LOOK YOU LIKED Save your own collage as a layout, decorations and all, and start the next one from it with the photos empty. Your collages stay in the app to come back to, rename and duplicate. SAVED SHARP, NEVER WATERMARKED Every collage saves at full resolution, straight to your camera roll, ready to set as a wallpaper or share anywhere. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your photos never leave your phone. No account, no sign up, no tracking, no analytics. The app works in Airplane Mode. Free to use, with an optional one time unlock for the rest of the layouts, the other starter pages, gradient and textured backgrounds, patterned tape and the extra canvas sizes. One payment, no subscription.

Screenshots

Grid・Photo Split for Instagram4 screens
CollageThing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Grid・Photo Split for Instagram at none against CollageThing's 1. Grid・Photo Split for Instagram also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). CollageThing's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 4 months). On price, ads and device support 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. CollageThing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Grid・Photo Split for Instagram asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grid・Photo Split for Instagram ships an update every 4 months, CollageThing every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Grid・Photo Split for Instagram versus CollageThing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrid・Photo Split for InstagramCollageThing
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (524 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings524 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOnelight Apps CY LtdKieron Sweeney

Bugs and requests

Grid・Photo Split for Instagram

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Giant square posts are misshaped on Instagram
  • Banner posts look wonky
  • Gallery displays incorrectly with poor resolution

Requested features

3 requests
  • More grid choices (e.g., 2 tile wide splitting)
  • Vertical cut option
  • More cutting options

CollageThing

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Grid・Photo Split for Instagram

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

CollageThing

One-time1
  • Unlock Everything$1.99

Questions

Is Grid・Photo Split for Instagram free?
Grid・Photo Split for Instagram is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CollageThing free?
CollageThing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Grid・Photo Split for Instagram or CollageThing have ads?
Neither Grid・Photo Split for Instagram nor CollageThing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Grid・Photo Split for Instagram or CollageThing?
Grid・Photo Split for Instagram ships an update every 4 months, and CollageThing every 6 days. Most recently, Grid・Photo Split for Instagram was updated on October 15, 2026 and CollageThing on October 7, 2026.

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