Collage Maker vs StickLink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Collage Maker
Transform your photos into stunning collages, stories, and posts with over 1000 layouts and themed templates. Easily edit up to 20 photos with tools like filters, background remover, and text to create beautiful, aesthetic visuals for any occasion.
- 1000+ Layouts
- Freestyle Collage
- Themed Templates
- Background Remover
- Photo Editing Tools
- Grid Maker
- Carousel Maker
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CollagePlus turns your favorite memories into beautiful collages, stories, and posts — from everyday moments to special celebrations. Whether you're celebrating a birthday, sharing a sweet couple story, or making a before-and-after comparison, CollagePlus offers 1000+ layouts and themed templates so you can always find the perfect style. Remix up to 20 photos with tools simple enough for quick edits yet flexible enough for creative projects. Plus, tools like filters, cutouts, background remover, text, and stickers help your photos look clean and aesthetic with minimal effort, making creative editing easy and enjoyable. Features • 1000+ Layouts: Classic, modern, and aesthetic designs. Combine up to 20 photos with adjustable spacing, borders, and backgrounds. • Freestyle: Place photos anywhere on a blank canvas. Great for moodboards, journaling, and scrapbooks. • Templates: Curated designs for stories, posters, cards, and aesthetic collages. • Live Collage: Blend Live Photos with still images for dynamic effects. • Stitch: Create long images for Pinterest, screenshots, comparisons, and social media posts. • Square Fit: Add backgrounds, choose ratios, and export no-crop photos. Batch supported. • Wallpaper Maker: Create personalized wallpapers with clean layouts and special ratios. • Background Remover & Cutout: Remove backgrounds instantly and make custom stickers. • Grid Maker: Split photos into 3, 6, 9, or 12 grids for seamless panoramas. • Carousel Maker: Generate multi-frame Instagram carousels. • Photo Editing Tools: Filters, text, stickers, color picker, watermark, and more. • Celebration Packs: Create birthday posts and seasonal collages with themed stickers. Who It’s For • People creating posts for birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, and special celebrations. • Couples who love sharing daily sweet moments or relationship stories. • Moms and families documenting their kids’ everyday life, growth, and milestones. • Travelers who want to share memories from trips, weekend adventures, and scenic moments. • Students and creators who enjoy making moodboards, journals, vision boards, and aesthetic layouts. • Social media users who want clean, beautiful visuals for Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Pinterest. • Influencers, small-business owners, and sellers who create product photos, promo layouts, and campaign visuals. • Anyone who makes comparison visuals — Before & After, A/B choices, outfit comparisons, glow-ups, or progress photos. • People who simply want an easy, fun way to turn everyday photos into something beautiful. Subscription • CollagePlus Pro unlocks premium layouts, templates, backgrounds, and advanced tools. • Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. • Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. • If offered, a free trial will convert to a paid subscription unless canceled before the trial ends. Privacy Policy: https://collage.plus/privacy Terms and Conditions: https://collage.plus/terms
StickLink
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Snap it, make it a sticker, trade it only with people you meet. StickLink turns a photo into a single sticker you carry around and trade 1:1 with people you actually meet. ■ Snap it. It's a sticker. ・Shoot with the in-app camera and the subject is cut out automatically into a white-border die-cut sticker ・Your username is printed under every sticker you make ・Library photos can't be used. Only photos taken here and now become stickers ■ Trade 1:1, only in person ・Find a nearby iPhone, connect, pick one sticker each, and confirm ・You can't send stickers to people far away. Trades only happen on the spot ・A traded sticker goes into the other person's sticker book and leaves yours ■ Your own sticker book ・Drag stickers anywhere on dotted-paper pages ・Overlap them, move them across pages ・Share a page as an image to Instagram and other social apps ■ Follow the journey of stickers you gave away ・See whose hands a sticker you made passed through and where it went, on a timeline ・Journey Map from the capture spot to each trade location (Pro) ■ Look back by date ・The days you captured, received, and gave stickers appear on the calendar ■ StickLink Pro (monthly subscription) ・Sticker book grows from 5 pages (30 stickers) to 25 pages (150 stickers) ・Journey Map ・No ads On the Free plan, one ad sticker appears for every 10 stickers you own. To trade, turn on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on both iPhones and allow Local Network access. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://poppiny.github.io/privacy.html
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Verdict
Collage Maker and StickLink are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Collage Maker sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and StickLink sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Collage Maker | StickLink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (794 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 72.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 794 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 226 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shamble, Inc. | Yu Iwata |
Bugs and requests
Collage Maker
Reported bugs
1 issue- Family sharing not functioning on latest iPhones
Requested features
3 requests- More filter options
- 5x4 landscape layout option
- Collage history/save feature
StickLink
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Collage Maker
- Collage Maker Pro - Monthly$3.991 Month
- Collage Maker Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
- Collage Maker Pro - Yearly$12.991 Year
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- Collage Maker Pro - Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Collage - Special Offer14 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Photo Collage - Limited Offer1 Year trial$29.991 Year
- Collage Maker Pro - Yearly$29.991 Year
- Collage Maker Pro - Lifetime$34.99
- Collage Maker Pro - Lifetime$59.99
StickLink
- StickLink Pro$0.491 Month
Questions
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