Comparison

Diptic vs Image Blender

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

Head to head
About

Diptic

Create stunning photo and video collages with a vast array of customizable layouts and editing tools. Personalize your creations with text, filters, and borders, then share them across your favorite social platforms.

Highlights
  • Photo and video collage creation
  • 194+ customizable layouts
  • Text captions with font/color options
  • 14 filters and image adjustments
  • Video editing with music
  • Import from multiple sources
  • High-resolution export
Features
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Diptic, a former App Store App of the Week, helps you create and share beautiful photo and video collages. See for yourself why millions of people have downloaded this app!

 "A simple, elegant way to use pictures to tell your story." – Macworld DIPTIC 101 • Create collages with photos and videos • Super Customizable — Tons of layouts to choose from plus tons of ways to enhance each one. Save your own customized layouts for re-use • Add text captions, filters, colored borders, textured borders & more LAYOUTS AND BORDERS • Choose from 194+ layouts (additional layouts are available as in-app purchases) • Combine up to nine photos and/or videos in each layout • Customize your layouts to better fit your video or images by sliding interior frame lines or moving joints along the line • Create rectangular Diptics (great for printing) with Expandable Layouts (in-app purchase) • Round the inner and outer borders, as well as modify thickness and color, and apply textures to videos and images IMAGE ADJUSTMENTS • Choose from 14 filters, as well as adjust brightness, contrast, hue and color saturation • Pan, rotate, mirror, flip, and zoom individual photos TEXT CAPTIONS • Personalize your Diptic photo and video creations with a text caption • Adjust the font, style, color and size of the text VIDEO ADJUSTMENTS • Add music to any video collage and adjust audio start and stop time • Pick any song from your Music library • Customize video start and stop time IMPORT/EXPORT OPTIONS • Create Diptics with photos or videos from your library, Instagram, Dropbox, Facebook or Flickr, or take a photo on the spot with the camera • Save Diptics for safe keeping or share them with friends. You can send via email, or share by uploading directly to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr or any app that accepts JPGs and/or video files • High-resolution export for pixel-perfect images • Import multiple photos and videos at once and swap media between frames • Add music from your music library to any of your videos 

 Let’s connect!

 Twitter: @dipticapp
 Instagram: @dipticapp
 Facebook: facebook.com/dipticapp 
 Flickr: flickr.com/groups/diptic  Please reach out to us at support@dipticapp.com if you have any suggestions for the new video features or anything else you’d like to see... we’d love to hear from you!

About

Image Blender

Easily combine multiple photos into a single image using masks and various blend modes. Create unique visual effects, add textures, or even watermark your creations with this intuitive tool.

Highlights
  • Image blending
  • Masking tools
  • Multiple blend modes
  • Multi-exposure effects
  • Add textures and overlays
  • Watermarking
Features
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A simplistic and creative app for combining images with masks and different blend modes on your iPhone and iPad. While the use and basic idea is very simple, there's almost an endless list of things you can do with it. Some things worth highlighting are: - Multi Exposure - Choosing where and how much to apply of filter from other apps. - Adding or replacing objects. - Adding textures. - Creating your own personalised filters with overlays - Watermarking or adding logos Image Blender outputs the full resolution without any limits to the size of your source image. If you have any questions before buying, need help to get started or just want to share your work, don't hesitate to send a mail to blender@jhnd.me and I'll do my best to help.

Screenshots

Diptic4 screens
Image Blender4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Image Blender at none against Diptic's 7. Image Blender also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (85% vs 74%). Diptic's advantage is chart position (#37 vs #154) and price ($2.99 vs $3.99). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

Diptic costs $2.99 and Image Blender $3.99 up front. Diptic sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Image Blender asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Image Blender holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3K and 3.4K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Diptic's written reviews are positive against 85% of Image Blender's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diptic ships an update every 3 months, Image Blender every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 18, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Diptic versus Image Blender: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDipticImage Blender
Price$2.99 — better$3.99
Rating4.5 (3K ratings)4.9 (3.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.1% of reviews85.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3K3.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#37 — better#154
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRhia BucklinJHND i Sverige AB

Customer experience

Diptic

All ratings2,997 ratings
Positive88.7%
Neutral2.3%
Negative9.0%
Written reviews1,368 reviews
Positive74.1%
Neutral7.1%
Negative18.8%

Image Blender

All ratings3,413 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews415 reviews
Positive85.1%
Neutral2.4%
Negative12.5%

User reviews

Diptic

From 3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Versatile and creative
  • 👍 Useful for various purposes
  • 👍 Straightforward interface
  • 👍 Great for photo collages

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Freezes and crashes
  • 🐛 Photos not loading properly
  • 🐛 Exporting/saving issues
  • 🔒 Watermark removal requires in-app purchase
  • 🔒 Paid features not worth the cost

Image Blender

From 3.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🙏 Thanks
  • 💖 Enjoy creating
  • 🎨 This app changed my art
  • 🤩 Intuitive and Easy
  • 👌 Simple to use good results

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Waste
  • 🐛 can't use mask
  • 🐛 Images won't save
  • 🐛 THEY GOT RID OF PASTE FROM PASTEBOARD
  • 🐛 No instructions; bundle additions do not work!

Bugs and requests

Diptic

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to select multiple photos
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • Inconsistent performance across devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • More layout options and flexibility
  • Ability to save and edit previous collages
  • Improved text editing capabilities
  • Direct social media sharing
  • Removal of watermark without additional cost

Image Blender

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes while working
  • Watermark application issues
  • Blending text from photos comes out of focus

Requested features

5 requests
  • Masking tool improvements
  • Ability to blend more than 2 photos
  • Undo button
  • Gradient tool
  • Ability to choose certain frames from GIFs

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Diptic

One-time7
  • Expandable Layouts$0.99
  • Diamond + Triangles Layout Pack$0.99
  • Alphabet Layout Pack$0.99
Show 4 more
  • Numbers Layout Pack$0.99
  • Party Texture Pack$0.99
  • Fun Times Texture Pack$0.99
  • Video Watermark Removal$0.99
None

Image Blender

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Diptic free?
Diptic costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Image Blender free?
Image Blender costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Diptic or Image Blender?
Image Blender is rated higher. Diptic averages 4.5 out of 5 from 3K ratings, while Image Blender averages 4.9 from 3.4K ratings.
Do Diptic or Image Blender have ads?
Neither Diptic nor Image Blender shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Diptic or Image Blender?
Diptic ships an update every 3 months, and Image Blender every 4 months. Most recently, Diptic was updated on October 18, 2026 and Image Blender on October 18, 2026.
Which is more popular, Diptic or Image Blender?
Diptic currently peaks at #37 in the App Store charts, and Image Blender at #154. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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