Comparison

Image Utils vs PinWall

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

Head to head
About

Image Utils

Enhance and stylize your photos with a variety of pro filters and editing tools. Resize, rotate, and flip images, then export them in popular formats like JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, and PDF. Explore over 30 filters across five collections to perfect your pictures.

Highlights
  • Image resizing and rotation
  • Multiple pro filter collections
  • Over 30 unique filters
  • Export to JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, PDF
  • Stylize and enhance images
  • Rotate and flip functionality
Features
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Edit, stylize and enhance your photos and images with ease! Image Utils is a collection of tools and pro filters that allows you to unleash your creativity and create the perfect version of any picture! Resize your images properly, rotate, flip and apply pro filters to tweak your images and make they look awesome without effort. Export your images to popular formats such as JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP and PDF! There are 5 collections of filters: - Photo Filters - Halftone Effects - Stylize Filters - Blur Filters - Sharpen Filters Totalizing an amount of more than 30 filters to create the perfect image! Image Utils is now available for all iOS Devices! ------ Terms of Use: https://imageutils-cb5ef.firebaseapp.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://imageutils-cb5ef.firebaseapp.com/privacy.html

About

PinWall

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Create a personal iPhone Lock Screen with sticky notes, reminders, quotes, and photo stickers. PinWall is a wallpaper editor for the things you want to keep in view. Add a to-do list, an inspiring sentence, or a favorite photo to your own background. Move, resize, rotate, and style each element to make a Lock Screen that feels like yours. MAKE IT YOURS - Choose a wallpaper background from Photos or Files. - Add notes with custom fonts, colors, alignment, and backgrounds. - Add photos or transparent images and give them sticker outlines or a paper backing. - Arrange notes and images in layers with drag, pinch, rotation, and alignment guides. SAVE AND APPLY - Your current wallpaper draft saves automatically on your device. - Save the finished PNG to Photos or share it with another app. - Follow the illustrated guide in Settings to set your wallpaper manually on your iPhone. - Or add the included companion shortcut to set your Lock Screen through Apple Shortcuts. - If photo saving is denied, open iPhone Settings from PinWall to allow adding photos. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your text, photos, and wallpaper draft are processed on your device. No account is required, and PinWall includes no ads or third-party analytics SDKs. PinWall supports portrait iPhone layouts on iOS 18 or later. Saving and sharing images, and following the manual wallpaper guide, do not require Shortcuts. The Set Wallpaper action uses Apple's Shortcuts app and requires adding the companion shortcut. Notes are part of the exported image; they are not interactive widgets or notification alerts. PINWALL PRO The free plan includes one note and one image per wallpaper. All sticker styles, export and Shortcuts are included. Upgrade to PinWall Pro for unlimited notes and images with a lifetime one-time purchase or a monthly auto-renewable subscription. Prices are shown in the app for your App Store region. When Pro ends, each wallpaper keeps only its most recently added note and image. Older items are permanently deleted and are not restored if you purchase Pro again. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Monthly subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in App Store subscription settings. Restore Purchases is available in PinWall Settings. Privacy Policy: https://github.com/ywang035/pinwall-ios-app/blob/main/PRIVACY.md Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Image Utils3 screens
PinWall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PinWall at every 2 days against Image Utils's weekly. Image Utils's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, 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. Image Utils sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and PinWall sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Image Utils ships an update weekly, PinWall every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Image Utils versus PinWall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImage UtilsPinWall
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArthur Eduardo Skaetta Alvarez Desenvolvimento de Software LTDA.Yang Wang

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Image Utils

Subscriptions1
  • Image Utils Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • ImgUtils Premium$2.99
2 purchases

PinWall

Subscriptions1
  • PinWall Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • PinWall Pro Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Image Utils free?
Image Utils is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PinWall free?
PinWall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Image Utils or PinWall have ads?
Neither Image Utils nor PinWall shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Image Utils or PinWall?
Image Utils ships an update weekly, and PinWall every 2 days. Most recently, Image Utils was updated on November 3, 2026 and PinWall on October 31, 2026.

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