Comparison

Certificate Creator vs Poster Maker

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

Head to head
About

Certificate Creator

Easily design professional certificates, vouchers, and awards in minutes, even without design experience. Access millions of free images, templates, fonts, and icons. Download high-resolution files for free without watermarks.

Highlights
  • Professional certificate design
  • Free image, font, and icon library
  • Import custom images
  • Downloadable high-resolution files
  • No watermarks
  • Automatic resizing
  • Version history and restore
Features
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The easiest way to design professional certificates, vouchers and awards (even without a day’s design experience). In a matter of minutes, you can be done with designing, sending or printing your certificate. The Certificate Maker App is packed with loads of free resources including millions of images & hundreds of templates, fonts and icons that you can use entirely free. Customize it any way you want and download print-ready high-resolution files for free! Plus, the Certificate Creator app comes packed with Desygner functionality as covered by Forbes, Product Hunt, Social Media Examiner, Entrepreneur and Terra. Join 4 million+ people using Desygner to create beautiful content quickly and for free. CREATE EASILY: ALL the powerful and easy-to-use editing tools you need such as resize, font change, color change, align, layer order & much more. Edit images, text & icons in any way you want. FREE IMAGES, ICONS & FONTS: No more paying for packs like other apps, sometimes up to $10 an image or icon. Certificate Creator app comes with beautiful royalty-free content to use for free without worrying about licenses! IMPORT YOUR OWN IMAGES: Add content from your camera roll, social media & storage drives. DOWNLOAD & SHARE FOR FREE WITH NO WATERMARKS: There is no catch! Anything you create using the Certificate Creator app is yours to use as you wish. – SHARE designs through email, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter & more. – DOWNLOAD as JPEG, PNG or PDF. – PRINT from your phone in seconds. AUTOMAGICALLY RESIZE: You don't have to upgrade to resize & repurpose your Certificates, Vouchers & Awards. Resize your files as many times as you want for free. RESTORE PREVIOUS VERSIONS: “Hum... I think it looked better yesterday”. No worries, simply access and restore the best version of your Certificates, Vouchers & Awards. STORE & EDIT AT ANY TIME: Create as many Certificates, Vouchers & Awards as you like and store them all for free. They will always be editable from your computer & mobile device with your Desygner account. Looking to create more than just Certificates, Vouchers & Awards? Try the Desygner App. It offers 1000s of professionally designed templates already perfectly sized for everything you will ever need, including social media posts, ads, presentations, cards, flyers & more. LOOKING FOR A CORPORATE SOLUTION? Check out our Enterprise Marketing Hub at desygner.com/enterprise used by the largest blue chips in the World. The PRO annual subscription is auto-renewable and it’s charged to your iTunes account and renewed for the same amount within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You'll be automatically charged at the end of your trial unless you cancel prior. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited after your purchase. We make no warranties or representations that any of its services will continue to be available for any period of time, and you acknowledge and agree that the services could change or terminate at any time in the future. View Terms & Privacy Policy for details. For more information, please consult our Privacy Policy at https://desygner.com/legal/privacy-policy and Terms of Service at https://desygner.com/legal/terms-of-service.

About

Poster Maker

Easily create professional-looking posters, invitations, and flyers without design experience. Choose from over 100 templates, stylish fonts, and decorative elements to personalize your creations. Save and share your designs as images or PDFs.

Highlights
  • 100+ pre-made poster templates
  • 50+ stylish fonts
  • 150+ decorative elements
  • 30+ professional filters
  • Save and share as PDF/image
  • My Collection for saved designs
  • Multiple design categories
Features
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Poster Maker has now made designing personalised portfolios, posters, and designs super quick, easy, and effortless. You don’t need to have design skills to make striking posters. Now elevate your portfolio and flyer games by selecting from 100+ pre-made posters, 50+ stylish fonts, and 150+ elements! It's time to make your work more professional and put it out there for all to see! Whether you just want to showcase your artwork, create a fancy invite for an event or just put out flyers for your real estate. Use the posters to instantly and quickly create brochures to share them with the world. Our key features? - Get access to 100+ posters and select the one best suited to your occasion and purpose. - Mix and match different posters across different categories to best suit your thought and design process. - Share and save your designs as PDFs or images and share them on social media. - Fonts: Add color and style to your design by selecting from multiple stylish fonts. - Filters: Enhance your images by choosing from 30+ professional-grade filters. - Elements: Use the key elements based on categories that best suit your design purpose. - My Collection: We know you hold your creations dearly. Hence, you can access the saved ones in your collection space to share them as and when needed. -You can choose from the following themes or categories to create your masterpieces: -Invitation -Collage -Profile -Photography -Creative -Travel -Restaurant -Portfolio -Real Estate -Promotion This is not all!!! We are constantly working on increasing the number of themes and posters, so if you have any suggestions, do let us know at feedback@maximaapps.com! Also, do not miss the details. Here is the required content for you. Privacy Policy: maximaapps.com/policy/privacy_policy.html Terms of Use: maximaapps.com/policy/terms_of_use.html

Screenshots

Certificate Creator4 screens
Poster Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Poster Maker at none against Certificate Creator's shown. Poster Maker also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and ratings volume (121 vs 21). Certificate Creator's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (75% vs 50%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Certificate Creator sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Poster Maker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Poster Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Poster Maker has 121 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Certificate Creator's written reviews are positive against 50% of Poster Maker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Certificate Creator ships an update every 2 days, Poster Maker every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Certificate Creator versus Poster Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCertificate CreatorPoster Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (21 ratings)4.8 (121 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings21121 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size163 MB156 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDesygner Pty LtdMaxima Apps

Customer experience

Certificate Creator

All ratings21 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Poster Maker

All ratings121 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral1.7%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative37.5%

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Certificate Creator

Subscriptions4
  • Pro+ Weekly7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Pro+ Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Certificates PRO7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Annual PRO Plus$69.991 Year
One-time11
  • Credit pack: 5 credits$4.99
  • Shutterstock image$4.99
  • Special credit pack$7.99
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  • Credit pack: 10 credits$7.99
  • Spark — 500 AI Credits$9.99
  • Credit pack: 30 credits$19.99
  • Lite — 1,350 AI Credits$24.95
  • Plus — 2,900 AI Credits$49.90
  • Pro Pack — 2,000 AI Credits$99.90
  • Max — 33,000 AI Credits$499.00
  • Ultra — 70,000 AI Credits$999.00
2 purchases

Poster Maker

Subscriptions2
  • Poster Maker Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Poster Maker Pro Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Certificate Creator free?
Certificate Creator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Poster Maker free?
Poster Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Certificate Creator or Poster Maker?
Poster Maker is rated higher. Certificate Creator averages 4.6 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Poster Maker averages 4.8 from 121 ratings.
Do Certificate Creator or Poster Maker have ads?
Certificate Creator shows ads; Poster Maker does not.
Which is updated more often, Certificate Creator or Poster Maker?
Certificate Creator ships an update every 2 days, and Poster Maker every 6 weeks. Most recently, Certificate Creator was updated on September 18, 2026 and Poster Maker on September 29, 2026.

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