Comparison

Minipaper vs Frame Screenshots

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

Head to head
About

Minipaper

Easily create unique, minimalistic wallpapers for your phone with a variety of styles. Adjust settings to personalize your background and save or share your creations.

Highlights
  • Minimalistic wallpaper creation
  • Multiple style options (gradients, Arch, Iridescent)
  • Easy customization
  • Automatic resizing for perfect fit
  • Save and share wallpapers
Features
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Minipaper is a wallpaper maker for iPhone and iPad. Pick a style, change whatever you want, and export a custom Lock Screen or Home Screen wallpaper that fits your screen exactly. No design skills, no templates to fight with, and no two exports alike. Over 30 styles, every one of them built to be taken apart and rebuilt. STICKERS Put anything on your wallpaper. Start from the RetroTech pack or a curated set of SF Symbols, type your own with text and emoji, or drop in a photo and watch subject isolation lift it straight off the background. Drag, pinch and rotate to place, resize from the corners, then finish with a clean white border or a holographic foil. Select several at once, copy a layout from one design to another, or hit sticker-bomb and let them scatter. OBJECTS, NOT JUST GRADIENTS An iPod with a click wheel and anodized case, worn from pristine to pocket-scratched. A vinyl record. A handheld console. An AC remote, a CRT monitor, an airplane seat-back screen. The skeuomorphic styles are laid out so their screens sit exactly where your Lock Screen clock lands, and the whole phone reads as the object. GRADIENTS, GLASS AND SHAPES Aurora, Mesh Gradient, Pro Gradient and Japanese Gradient. Liquid Glass, Fluted Glass, Legacy Glass and Glass Bricks. Arch, Bento, Capsules, Plateau, Rects, Grid, Notes, Text, Tide, Topography, Mountains, Polka, Prism, Calendar and Vision OS. IPHONE AND IPAD The same app on both, laid out for each. On iPad the browse list gets a sidebar, the skeuomorphic styles keep their true proportions in the middle of the canvas instead of stretching, and the controls stay in reach. Your saved designs follow you across. MAKE IT ACTUALLY YOURS Every style opens up. Colours, layout, texture, wear, type, the lot. Nudge one setting or rebuild the thing from scratch. Save your designs and come back to them later, because a wallpaper is never quite finished. EXPORTS THAT FIT Wallpapers render at your device's full resolution and follow your device's real display corner radius, so nothing is cropped, squashed or resized to fit. Export a still or a Live Photo, save it to Photos, and set it from there. ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW New styles land regularly, along with collabs with apps and designers we like. Everything you have already made keeps working. Minipaper speaks English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch and Arabic. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Frame Screenshots

Easily transform screenshots and text into visually appealing images for social media and presentations. Add device frames, blur sensitive information, and create custom backgrounds with a few taps. Offers unlimited free use for single framed screenshots without watermarks.

Highlights
  • Add device frames to screenshots
  • Blur personal information
  • Create images from social post links
  • Add text or Markdown as images
  • Syntax-highlighted source code images
  • Batch processing for multiple images
  • Customizable backgrounds and shadows
Features
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“Shareshot does things that a shortcut can’t, and the results it produces look fantastic.” - MacStories “The first app that’s taken a spot on my main Control Center screen is Shareshot.” — Stephen Robles “One of the things I liked most about Shareshot is that it’s very intuitive.” — 9to5Mac ~~ Winner of MacStories Selects "Best Design" 2024 ~~ ~~ Upgradies 2024 Runner-up: Best Newcomer iOS App ~~ Create beautiful images for sharing screenshots, social posts, text, source code, podcasts and more so quickly it seems unreal. UNLIMITED FREE USE WITH NO WATERMARKS on single framed screenshots. WHAT YOU CAN DO * Add a perfectly fitted device frame to screenshots from iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and more. Perfect for sharing lock & home screen setups, promoting apps or adding device images to web content. Use batch mode to process many images instantly with consistent results. * Hide or blur personal information like names, faces and bank details with a single tap. * Instantly create images from social post links for reposting or adding to presentation slides, with option to include original links and QR Codes. (Supports X, BlueSky, Mastodon) * Add text or Markdown to post online as images using the supplied themes for announcements or promotions. * Paste source code fragments to get syntax-highlighted images for sharing online or in presentations. * Import links to automatically create attractive "card" images for sharing. All standard device bezels are included for free, always. A Pro subscription removes restrictions on more advanced features including: batch mode, custom background images, custom frame images, and Shortcuts. BACKGROUNDS * Add a pretty background — with thousands of gradient variations, striped patterns, and LGBTQ+ and solidarity flags to show off your screenshot. * Highlight your image with the light position control for shadow and lighting effects in the background. * Use any custom image as a background. (*) MAGIC IMPORT * Paste, Drop, Open or directly type in text that is automatically rendered as an attractive image. * Text and Markdown is converted to an image using themes provided. * Source Code is drawn with syntax highlighting. * Links to Social Posts produce social "cards" without having to crop a screenshot (X, BlueSky and Mastodon). * Apple Music, Apple Maps, App Store, YouTube and podcast links all create shareable card images. BATCH MODE (*) * Import many images in batch mode, apply the same style settings to all and see the changes instantly with automatic file naming. * Customize per-image settings like device frame, corner radius and privacy redactions. * Create framed or text-based image carousels by dropping/importing multiple files and drag out the resulting images directly into another app to post them. PRIVACY * Automatic detection of Identification, Financial information and Faces. * Always automatically hides Financial information. * Tap a button to hide a piece of information or show it. * Multiple redaction styles. THE PERFECT FRAME * Device frames always fit the resolution of the screenshot, no janky stretched or cropped images. * Add your own custom frame with a clear area where the screenshot should be — frame any images! * Use any image if no frame is required, or choose "No frame" if you prefer to go without. SHORTCUTS & SIRI * Automate batch processing with powerful Shortcuts actions to frame each screenshot in the input. * Many powerful Shortcut Intents: "Frame last screenshot", "Open Shareshot with most recent screenshot", "Frame Screenshots", "Frame Screenshots with a custom background", "Create Image from Text", "Create Image from Links" and "Create Image from Source Code". * Siri "App Shortcut" support for saying "New Shareshot" to frame the last screenshot, opens the app ready for you to tweak the background. (*) - Requires Pro For Terms of Use see: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Minipaper4 screens
Frame Screenshots4 screens

Verdict

The call

Minipaper and Frame Screenshots both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 80% of Frame Screenshots's written reviews are positive against 48% of Minipaper's. Frame Screenshots also leads on device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Minipaper sells 21 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Frame Screenshots sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Frame Screenshots holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 89 and 90 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Minipaper's written reviews are positive against 80% of Frame Screenshots's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Minipaper versus Frame Screenshots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinipaperFrame Screenshots
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (89 ratings)4.7 (90 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.3% of reviews79.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8990 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS18.618.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size126 MB253 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInsula Technology Inc.Montana Floss Co.

Customer experience

Minipaper

All ratings85 ratings
Positive87.1%
Neutral9.4%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive48.3%
Neutral10.3%
Negative41.4%

Frame Screenshots

All ratings90 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral3.3%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive79.5%
Neutral11.4%
Negative9.1%

Bugs and requests

Minipaper

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Frame Screenshots

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App doesn't see screenshots taken with Shortcuts
  • Auto-detection fails for certain devices (e.g., MacBook Air)
  • Landscape screenshots cause errors
  • Frame packs not working unless metadata matches exactly

Requested features

11 requests
  • Ability to move the iPhone frame
  • One-time payment option
  • Option for video framing
  • Support for custom export sizes
  • Support for screen recordings
Show 6 more
  • Animated backgrounds
  • Copy and delete option for screenshots
  • Support for multiple screenshots on one canvas
  • Lifetime unlock option
  • Mac App Store version
  • Framing screen recordings

In-app purchases

21 purchases

Minipaper

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Yearly - Save 80%+$19.991 Year
One-time19
  • Unlock Topography$5.99
  • Unlock Airplane Mode$5.99
  • Remove Ads$5.99
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  • Unlock Calendar Style$8.99
  • Unlock AC Remote$8.99
  • Unlock VisionOS$8.99
  • Unlock Plateau$8.99
  • Unlock Mountains$9.99
  • Unlock Prism Style$12.99
  • Unlock Tide Style$12.99
  • Unlock iPod Style$12.99
  • Unlock Notes$12.99
  • Unlock Aurora$12.99
  • Unlock Pro Gradient$12.99
  • Unlock Ultra$12.99
  • Unlock Pocket Entertainment$12.99
  • Unlock Fluted Glass$12.99
  • Unlock Vinyl$14.99
  • Lifetime Minipaper Pro$29.99
2 purchases

Frame Screenshots

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Minipaper free?
Minipaper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Frame Screenshots free?
Frame Screenshots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Minipaper or Frame Screenshots?
Frame Screenshots is rated higher. Minipaper averages 4.5 out of 5 from 89 ratings, while Frame Screenshots averages 4.7 from 90 ratings.
Do Minipaper or Frame Screenshots have ads?
Neither Minipaper nor Frame Screenshots shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Minipaper or Frame Screenshots?
Minipaper ships an update fortnightly, and Frame Screenshots fortnightly. Most recently, Minipaper was updated on October 30, 2026 and Frame Screenshots on October 30, 2026.

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