Flickr vs develop.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flickr
Connect with a global community of photographers to share and discover billions of images. Easily organize, edit, and upload your photos from any device. Find inspiration and connect with like-minded individuals.
- Photo uploading and sharing
- Photo editing tools
- Discover inspiration
- Join photography groups
- Organize photos easily
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Join the largest, most influential community of photographers in the world. Upload, edit, and share your photos from any device, anytime. • Find your inspiration, find your people. Flickr is home to billions of photos and millions of groups of passionate photographers. • Organization and sharing made simple. Browse with ease, select and organize hundreds of photos with one gesture, and share in seconds. • Unleash your creativity. Edit your photos, add filters, crop images, and more! Flickr and SmugMug are Awesome. Learn more at www.awesome.co We’re committed to making Flickr a better place to grow, and we’d like to hear your feedback. Let us know your thoughts here: https://help.flickr.com/contact/contact-us-rkBc7roJQ Terms of Use: https://www.flickr.com/help/terms
develop.
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develop. is a quiet daily record of how you actually felt. take one photo a day. tag the mood. it develops overnight and reveals the next morning at 7am, the way a roll of film used to come back from the lab. no feed to scroll, no likes to chase. just an honest picture of your days. how it works · one photo, once a day. · choose from eight emotion families, then the exact word for it. · add a private note if you want to say more. it is yours alone. · the photo develops overnight and reveals at 7am. look back · your month and your year, drawn as maps of colour. one shade per mood. · tap any day to reopen that photo and its note. · your whole history, free. · save any of it as a clean image to keep or share. see your patterns · mood insights show what you have mostly felt, how often you showed up, and your most-used word, by month or by year. a gentler community, if you want it · post a photo anonymously to a global feed, or keep everything private. · it is off unless you choose it, every single time. · no names, no profiles, no follower counts, no comments and likes. develop+ · remove ads. · unlock your full mood insights, month and year. · $1.99 / month. develop. is for anyone who wants to notice their life a little more honestly, one photo at a time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://cbtincpt.com/develop-privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is chart position: Flickr at #155 against develop.'s unranked. Flickr also leads on device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Flickr sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.00 per month and develop. sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flickr | develop. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (15K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #155 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Flickr, Inc. | Emily Willis |
Bugs and requests
Flickr
Reported bugs
5 issues- Frequent app crashes
- Unreliable photo uploads
- Inconsistent account management
- Inaccurate photo metadata display
- Glitches in group and album features
Requested features
5 requests- Improved mobile app functionality
- Better photo editing and management tools
- Easier sharing and collaboration options
- Expanded free account capabilities
- More responsive customer support
develop.
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Flickr
- MONTHLY PLAN$11.001 Month
- ANNUAL PLAN$82.001 Year
develop.
- develop+$1.991 Month









