Comparison

Collage Lite vs Dark Studio

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

Head to head
About

Collage Lite

Create custom collages for your device's wallpaper using a multitouch interface. Easily move, stretch, and rotate photos, apply filters, and add borders. This version is limited to four photos per collage.

Highlights
  • Multitouch interface for photo manipulation
  • Built-in black-and-white and sepia filters
  • Add borders to photos
  • Adjust photo transparency
  • Portrait and landscape modes
Features
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Make incredible collages for your iPhone or iPod Touch wallpaper! Use a 'Minority Report'-like multitouch interface to stretch, move, and rotate photos from your photo roll. Get creative! Use the built-in black-and-white or sepia converter. Add a border. Adjust the transparency to combine two photos into one. See a demo of the full version at http://www.johnmoff.com. This version is limited to 4 photos at a time and does not have the unique crop feature that the full version does (for only 99 cents!). Features: - Easy to use multitouch interface - Fun creative options - Portrait or landscape mode Upgrade to get the following: - Import up to 16 images - Auto-save and resume - High resolution export - Custom crop tool

About

Dark Studio

This app offers a vast collection of dark and color filters for photos and videos. Enhance your media with tinted glass effects, saturation correction, and unique gradients. Create personalized filters and export in high resolution with a premium subscription.

Highlights
  • Extensive dark and color filter library
  • Saturation correction for time/weather changes
  • Customizable filter creation and saving
  • High-resolution video export (up to 4K)
  • Duotone and glow effects
  • Pixelation and movement effects
Features
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Explore the largest collection of dark filters. Access a unique library of color filters right on your device. Add a tinted glass effect by setting bright colors. Experiment with multi-colored blanks. Saturation correction allows you to completely change the time of day, temperature, or weather in your photo. Choose from a dozen blue effects to achieve twilight or cloudy weather. Choose a sunny orange preset to make your video look like it was shot at sunset or golden hour. The application contains both natural colors that perfectly imitate cloudy weather, a sandstorm and even the underwater world, and neon gradients that will replace the colors in your photos with ultraviolet or sci-fi disco, illuminate light bulbs with a different color or change the color of the moon. Use for photos and videos. Easily process high-quality media content. With a premium subscription, you can export your video masterpieces in their original format, up to 4K resolution. Apply duotone effect to make your video unique and create a retro graphic design. Immerse yourself in a dark atmosphere, like a dark room, with colored lights. Great for night shots. Create your own unique style. Extensive settings allow you to create personalized filters and remember your own collection, adding custom filters to your favorites to use your original colors in any other project. Imagine using sunglasses, become a master of customization, creating unusual dark filters, set any colors, without restrictions. Use the built-in effects, glow - blurs the bright elements in the image to get a fade, like a film camera. Pixelation, movement in a photo or zoom, to give the effect of speed. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Collage Lite4 screens
Dark Studio3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dark Studio at 100% against Collage Lite's 48%. Dark Studio also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.2) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 13 months). Collage Lite's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (2.6K vs 10). On price, ads 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. Dark Studio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Collage Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dark Studio holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Collage Lite has 2.6K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Collage Lite's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dark Studio's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Collage Lite ships an update every 13 months, Dark Studio every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Collage Lite versus Dark Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCollage LiteDark Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (2.6K ratings)4.9 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.6K — better10
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS3.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTriggerWave LLCAnatoly Lapshin

Customer experience

Collage Lite

All ratings2,606 ratings
Positive46.0%
Neutral16.2%
Negative37.8%
Written reviews126 reviews
Positive47.6%
Neutral23.8%
Negative28.6%

Dark Studio

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Collage Lite

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when trying to resize/stretch photos
  • Inconsistent behavior when adding photos
  • Saved collages appear blurry and low quality

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow more than 4 photos per collage
  • Add save option to camera roll
  • Improve image quality of saved collages
  • Add more editing tools like cropping, resizing, etc.

Dark Studio

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Collage Lite

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Dark Studio

Subscriptions3
  • 1-month Premium Access$4.991 Month
  • 1-year Premium Access$19.991 Year
  • Premium Access3 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Collage Lite free?
Collage Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dark Studio free?
Dark Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Collage Lite or Dark Studio?
Dark Studio is rated higher. Collage Lite averages 3.2 out of 5 from 2.6K ratings, while Dark Studio averages 4.9 from 10 ratings.
Do Collage Lite or Dark Studio have ads?
Neither Collage Lite nor Dark Studio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Collage Lite or Dark Studio?
Collage Lite ships an update every 13 months, and Dark Studio every 3 weeks. Most recently, Collage Lite was updated on October 18, 2026 and Dark Studio on October 17, 2026.

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