Comparison

Lifecards vs CataImage

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

Head to head
About

Lifecards

Create personalized postcards using your own photos and text. Design imaginative cards with various templates, stickers, and editing tools. Share your creations instantly via social media or export them for printing.

Highlights
  • Design postcards with up to 7 photos
  • Insert text, balloons, and stickers
  • Personalize with filters and blend modes
  • Sign with your finger
  • Export as PDF, JPEG, and PNG
  • Share via social media or email
  • Over 350 templates available
Features
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With Lifecards you can use up to 7 of your photos to design your own imaginative postcard directly on your phone. Share with friends and family using Facebook and other social networks. Freely zoom and pan to get the important details right while you edit. Insert, move, scale, and rotate photos from your photo-album or directly from you camera. Insert texts, balloons, and stickers to personalize your photos. Features: • Select from more than 350 templates • Add up-to 7 photos on one card • Add text and speech balloons • Add stickers • Sign with your finger • Control scale, position, and rotation of photos • Control alignment, color, size, and font of text • Freely pan and zoom while creating card • Apply filters to your photos • Email or submit to Facebook, Twitter, or Flickr • Automatically adapts to landscape and portrait mode • Cards are automatically saved • Advanced text settings (perspective and warp) • Install fonts • PDF, JPEG and PNG export • Advanced blend modes for stickers and images • "Snail mail" cards with Kite.ly ---- What the review sites say ---- "I was really impressed with the feature set and the attention to detail. If you are looking for a post card app, this is the one!" - Epic iPhone apps: "The entire interface from creation to completion of the card is very well thought and implemented. Lifecards will certainly make your friends feel jealous of your iPhone/iPod touch." -Touch Reviews

About

CataImage

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Cataimage is the professional app for photographers that combines a powerful catalog with a true RAW editor, on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Organize thousands of photos, develop your RAW files without compromise, and manage IPTC metadata like a pro — all in a single app. PROFESSIONAL RAW EDITOR • Non-destructive RAW development with real-time preview • Exposure, contrast, highlights/shadows, whites/blacks, temperature, and tint • Curves, HSL, color grading, and Point Color for total color control • Local masks with automatic subject selection (AI) • Healing and cloning to remove imperfections • Over 60 film simulations with realistic grain • Automatic lens and perspective correction (distortion, vignetting) • Cropping, straightening, and perspective correction • Negative to positive: scan and convert your negatives • Soft proofing and single or batch export (JPEG, TIFF, HEIF, PNG) IPTC CATALOG AND METADATA • Unlimited photo management, organized with ease • Complete IPTC editor: title, caption, author, keywords, copyright, location • Find and replace across the metadata of all your images at once • Reusable IPTC templates with batch application • Star ratings and color labels • Batch rename and move ALL YOUR FORMATS • RAW: Canon CR3/CR2, Sony ARW, Nikon NEF, Fujifilm RAF, Leica/Adobe DNG, Pentax PEF, and more • Plus JPEG, HEIF, TIFF, and PNG, with format filtering in the grid ON ALL YOUR DEVICES • Mac, iPhone, and iPad, with an interface optimized for each • Access your photos via iCloud too Whether you need to catalog an archive, develop a RAW shot, or give your files the look of film, Cataimage has everything you need. Cataimage PRO is an auto-renewable subscription (monthly or yearly). Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.cataimage.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Lifecards4 screens
CataImage4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CataImage at Free against Lifecards's $1.99. CataImage also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 7 months). Lifecards's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CataImage is free to download; Lifecards costs $1.99 up front. CataImage sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Lifecards asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lifecards ships an update every 7 months, CataImage every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Lifecards versus CataImage: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLifecardsCataImage
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB54 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperVivid AppsMarco Ottico

Bugs and requests

Lifecards

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Pictures not showing up
  • Cannot resize postcards
  • Text function is buggy
  • Text size changes put spaces
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  • Left side of text cut off when printing
  • Poor quality and blurry when printing
  • Facebook posting issues
  • Program shuts down when trying to put on Facebook
  • Non-English text prints garbled
  • Crashes with some font changes
  • Crashes when changing fonts
  • Text display terrible at any resolution
  • Program crashed when looking at font options
  • Interface with Facebook issues
  • Non-functional since OS 3.0 update
  • Pan/zoom button awkward

Requested features

102 requests
  • New and modern borders
  • Ability to add/use custom borders
  • More card variety
  • Option to move frames
  • Option to move text
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  • More stickers
  • More professional templates
  • Ability to change backgrounds
  • GPS location maps as option
  • HDR support
  • Option to choose number of photos per template
  • More templates
  • Ability to delete templates
  • Create own layouts
  • Choice of stamps
  • Ability to design own templates
  • Modify existing templates with backgrounds
  • Cropping area for text
  • More frames (pet type)
  • Sell frame packs
  • Free version with limited frames
  • More card designs
  • Ability to move around pictures
  • Ability to move text
  • More templates for children's section
  • Option to print & mail
  • More calendar templates
  • Tap on date to enter text
  • Add small cliparts
  • Small photo on special dates
  • Send small music file
  • More professional templates
  • Allow different fonts in same text box
  • Creation of custom templates
  • Email directly from app (hi-res)
  • Make cards larger (hi-res)
  • Ability to transfer e-card to actual postcard
  • Add stamp with place and date
  • More catagories
  • More portrait orientation options
  • Option to freely position and layer pasted images
  • Stamps
  • Send button to transfer card to email app
  • Float text anywhere
  • Background colors (with or in place of a photo)
  • No photo templates
  • More styles
  • Indentation for text
  • In-place text typing
  • Larger template previews
  • Separate text input for areas right/left of center-line
  • Single-picture with postcard back options
  • Text improvements
  • More backgrounds/choices
  • More catagories
  • More portrait orientation options
  • Option to freely position and layer pasted images
  • Stamps
  • Send button to transfer card to email app
  • Float text anywhere
  • Background colors (with or in place of a photo)
  • No photo templates
  • More styles
  • Indentation for text
  • In-place text typing
  • Larger template previews
  • Separate text input for areas right/left of center-line
  • Single-picture with postcard back options
  • Text improvements
  • More backgrounds/choices
  • More catagories
  • More portrait orientation options
  • Option to freely position and layer pasted images
  • Stamps
  • Send button to transfer card to email app
  • Float text anywhere
  • Background colors (with or in place of a photo)
  • No photo templates
  • More styles
  • Indentation for text
  • In-place text typing
  • Larger template previews
  • Separate text input for areas right/left of center-line
  • Single-picture with postcard back options
  • Text improvements
  • More backgrounds/choices
  • More catagories
  • More portrait orientation options
  • Option to freely position and layer pasted images
  • Stamps
  • Send button to transfer card to email app
  • Float text anywhere
  • Background colors (with or in place of a photo)
  • No photo templates
  • More styles
  • Indentation for text
  • In-place text typing
  • Larger template previews
  • Separate text input for areas right/left of center-line
  • Single-picture with postcard back options
  • Text improvements
  • More backgrounds/choices

CataImage

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Lifecards

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

CataImage

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
  • 3 Months1 Month trial$14.993 Months
  • Yearly1 Month trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Lifecards free?
Lifecards costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CataImage free?
CataImage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lifecards or CataImage have ads?
Neither Lifecards nor CataImage shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lifecards or CataImage?
Lifecards ships an update every 7 months, and CataImage every 5 weeks. Most recently, Lifecards was updated on September 29, 2026 and CataImage on September 24, 2026.

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