KRUU vs Templation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KRUU
Capture and relive your special moments with this app. Discover, download, and interact with photos from your event, including those from a dedicated photo booth. Keep your memories organized and accessible for months.
- Discover and download event photos
- Like and comment on photos
- Automatic KRUU Photo Booth transfer
- Online photo storage
- Manage event participants
- Create and join events
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With the KRUU App, the best moments from your celebration stay in one place. Easily discover, download, like, and comment on your photos in a shared gallery. The pictures from your KRUU Photo Booth are also automatically transferred to the app after your approval. New: With the Audio Guestbook, you can listen to your guests’ voicemails again at any time. This way, not only pictures stay with you, but also personal words, lovely wishes, and funny messages. WHAT THE KRUU APP OFFERS YOU: Shared photo gallery: Collect the best photos from your event in a clear feed and share them with family, friends, and guests. KRUU Photo Booth pictures included: Your photo booth pictures are transferred to the app free of charge and can be viewed, downloaded, and shared there. Audio Guestbook: Listen to your guests’ voicemails again and again, even after the celebration. Likes & comments: Interact with your favorite pictures and relive the best moments together. Easy admin area: Manage your event and decide who you share your memories with. Free to use: The KRUU App is free and contains no in-app purchases. HOW IT WORKS: Download the KRUU App and join an event or create a new one. Invite guests, collect your photos in one place, and discover all pictures in the app after the upload. There, you can like, comment, and download them. WHY KEEP THE APP? With the KRUU App, your pictures and voicemails are always within reach, even after the celebration. You do not have to search through your entire phone and can view or listen to your shared memories again at any time. You can also use the app for future celebrations with a KRUU Photo Booth. DATA PROTECTION Your photos are only visible to you and your invited guests. They are protected according to high data protection standards and stored on German servers. WHO IS KRUU? Since 2016, more than 300,000 photo booth customers have trusted KRUU. We are Europe’s market leader in photo booth rentals and work with over 70 team members in Bad Friedrichshall near Heilbronn, Germany. Do you have questions or feedback? Feel free to contact us at support@kruu.com
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: KRUU at none against Templation's 10. KRUU also leads on chart position (#32 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). Templation's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price and ads 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. KRUU asks for nothing beyond the download.
KRUU ships an update every 3 weeks, Templation every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KRUU | Templation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (2.1K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 64.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.1K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #32 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KRUU GmbH | Marek Stadler |
Bugs and requests
KRUU
Reported bugs
3 issues- Printer malfunctions and errors
- Connectivity issues with WiFi networks
- App crashes and freezes
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to download all photos at once
- Web-based photo viewing option
- Improved app usability and navigation
- Better integration with existing accounts
Templation
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
KRUU
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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