PicMix vs PhotoLayers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PicMix
Easily blend photos into unique artwork by selectively removing or adding parts of images with intuitive brush tools. Create stunning montages, replace backgrounds, or combine pictures with multi-layer support and advanced editing options.
- Photo blending
- Selective image editing
- Brush tools for precise control
- Multi-layer support
- Save and reuse cutouts
- Color-sensitive edge detection
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Blend your photos together into an amazing work of art! With this app you have complete freedom over which parts of the photos you want to keep. You can remove (or re-add) parts of the images with your fingers, like painting. Change the settings of the brush for fine-tuning. With this technique you can create montages, replace backgrounds or combine pictures any possible way you can imagine. You can also create semi-transparent layers of photos. Multi-layer support to manipulate multiple layers separately, similar to professional desktop photo editing applications. Color-sensitive brush follows the edges automatically when cutting out shapes. You can also store the cutouts you made, so they can be reused for different montages.
PhotoLayers
Easily create stunning photo collages and composite images by layering up to 11 photos. Remove unwanted backgrounds to make subjects transparent and adjust color tones for more attractive visuals.
- Photo layering
- Background eraser
- Create collages
- Composite photos
- Color control
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◇ PhotoLayers makes photo editing and layering simple and fun. ◇ PhotoLayers is a photo montage app that helps you create beautiful photo collages, composite photos, and photomontages easily. ◇ Background Eraser Make unwanted areas transparent to cut out subjects and create a clean transparent background. ◇ Layer compositing Combine up to 11 photos at the same time to build your own montage. ◇ Color control Adjust color tone to make your images look more attractive.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PhotoLayers at Free against PicMix's $1.99. PhotoLayers also leads on review sentiment (81% vs 62%) and ratings volume (20K vs 1.1K). PicMix's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On rating and in-app purchases 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
PhotoLayers is free to download; PicMix costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for PicMix against 4.8 for PhotoLayers. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PhotoLayers has 20K ratings behind it against 1.1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of PicMix's written reviews are positive against 81% of PhotoLayers's.
PicMix ships an update weekly, PhotoLayers every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 19, 2026.
| Parameter | PicMix | PhotoLayers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.1K ratings) | 4.8 (20K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.3% of reviews | 80.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K | 20K — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Voxeloid Kft. | handyCloset Inc. |
Customer experience
PicMix
PhotoLayers
User reviews
PicMix
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Fun and versatile
- 🚀 Simple and straightforward
- 👍 Great for creating memes and edits
- 🚀 Efficient photo layering and blending
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs after updates
- 🐛 Saving issues and loss of progress
- 🐛 Quality reduction in exported images
- 🐛 Compatibility issues with newer devices
- 🐛 Unreliable performance and stability
PhotoLayers
From 20K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Powerful editing tools
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 💡 Versatile layering options
- 🎨 Excellent for photo manipulation
- 🆓 Fully functional free version
Room to improve
- 🐛 Quality loss when saving images
- 📢 Intrusive ads
- 🔒 Concerns about data privacy
- 📐 Lack of zoom/pan for precise positioning
Bugs and requests
PicMix
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes on launch
- Inability to edit layers
- Distorted or slanted image loading
- Saved projects not loading properly
- Unresponsive touch controls
Requested features
5 requests- Transparent PNG support
- Undo/redo functionality
- Advanced editing tools (hue, tint, brightness)
- Layer management and organization
- High-resolution export options
PhotoLayers
Reported bugs
3 issues- Eraser tool issues after recent update
- Crashes and freezes on some devices
- Inability to access photo library in certain cases
Requested features
4 requests- Undo/redo functionality
- Horizontal/landscape mode support
- Increased layer limit
- Ability to save edited images in higher quality
In-app purchases
PicMix
No in-app purchases
PhotoLayers
No in-app purchases
