Comparison

Instagram vs Poze

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

Head to head
About

Instagram

Connect with friends and discover new content through photos, videos, and short-form entertainment. Share your daily moments and life's highlights, or dive into personalized feeds based on your interests.

Highlights
  • Short-form video creation and discovery (Reels)
  • Ephemeral content sharing (Stories & Notes)
  • Private group chats (Close Friends)
  • Personalized content feeds (Explore)
  • Customizable posts with templates and filters
  • Discover brands and shop products
Features
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Little moments lead to big friendships. Share yours on Instagram. — From Meta Connect with friends, find other fans, and see what people around you are up to and into. Explore your interests and post what's going on, from your daily moments to life's highlights. Share what you’re up to and into: - Turn your life into a movie and discover short, entertaining videos on Instagram with Reels. - Keep up with friends on the fly with Stories and Notes that disappear after 24 hours. - Start group chats and share unfiltered moments with your Close Friends. - Share memories from recent events or trips in Feed. - Customize your posts with exclusive templates, music, stickers and filters. Dive into your interests. - Watch videos from your favorite creators and discover new content that’s personalized to your interests. - Get inspired by photos and videos from new accounts in Explore. - Discover brands and small businesses, and shop products that are relevant to your personal style. Some Instagram features may not be available in your country or region. Terms and Policies: https://help.instagram.com/581066165581870 Consumer Health Privacy Policy: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policies/health Learn how we're working to help keep our communities safe across Meta technologies at the Instagram Safety Center: https://about.instagram.com/safety

About

Poze

This app provides pose guides created by professionals to help users capture stunning photos and videos. It offers a vast library of poses for various subjects and allows users to create custom guides from their own images. Discover popular photo locations and navigate to them easily.

Highlights
  • Extensive library of over 8,000 pose guides
  • Custom pose guide creation from personal photos
  • Discover and navigate to Instagrammable spots worldwide
  • High-resolution image and video capture
  • Support for various resolutions and aspect ratios
Features
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Poze helps you take the best picture/video with pose guides that influencers and professional photographers made. It helps you get the right pose and best angle when taking photos and videos. POSE GUIDE You can choose a pose guide for females, males, couples, friends, family, product, and even with landmarks or your pets. There are more than 8,000 pose guides so that you can get the best pictures/videos whenever you want. YOUR OWN GUIDE Load a picture from your album and make it a transparent guide for you. You can capture something on Instagram, or just take a picture and load it as a guide. You can make the perfect guide whenever you want with this “Load” function. GUIDES FOR INSTAGRAM SPOTS Discover Instagram spots around you and take the best pictures/videos with the guide for them. There are so many Instagram spots in 191 cities around the world on this app. INSTAGRAM SPOT MAP Save your time with “Map“ and “Direction“ functions to find out Instagram spot and get there. Don’t waste your precious time when traveling. HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGES/VIDEOS Take pictures and videos with high resolution. Poze app supports a variety of resolutions and aspect ratios.

Screenshots

Instagram4 screens
Poze4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Poze at 81% against Instagram's 31%. Poze also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.3). Instagram's advantage is ratings volume (30M vs 24) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Instagram sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and Poze sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Instagram holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Instagram has 30M ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 31% of Instagram's written reviews are positive against 81% of Poze's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Instagram versus Poze: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInstagramPoze
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (30M ratings) — better4.5 (24 ratings)
Positive reviews31.4% of reviews80.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings30M — better24
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#3 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.312.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size583 MB248 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperInstagram, Inc.Poze Inc.

Customer experience

Instagram

All ratings29,507,938 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral2.4%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews20,327 reviews
Positive31.4%
Neutral7.0%
Negative61.6%

Poze

All ratings24 ratings
Positive79.2%
Neutral16.7%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive80.8%
Neutral7.7%
Negative11.5%

Bugs and requests

Instagram

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Unable to post or view videos due to app crashing
  • Saved posts and drafts randomly disappearing
  • Notifications not working or showing outdated information
  • Inability to log in or switch between multiple accounts

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to edit/delete individual photos from a multi-photo post
  • Option to view posts in chronological order instead of algorithmic feed
  • Better tools for small businesses to manage and grow their presence
  • Improved accessibility features for users with disabilities

Poze

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Instagram

Subscriptions1
  • Meta Verified Standard9 variants$14.991 Month
One-time2
  • Instagram Badge$0.99
  • Instagram Badge$4.99
9 purchases

Poze

Subscriptions9
  • Poze month subscription$1.991 Month
  • Poze year subscription1 Month trial$4.991 Year
  • Poze year subscription3 Days trial2 variants$4.991 Year
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  • Poze year subscription7 Days trial$5.491 Year
  • Poze year subscription14 Days trial$5.491 Year
  • Poze year subscription1 Month trial$10.491 Year
  • Poze year subscription7 Days trial$10.491 Year
  • Poze year subscription14 Days trial$10.491 Year
  • Poze year subscription3 Days trial$10.491 Year

Questions

Is Instagram free?
Instagram is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Poze free?
Poze is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Instagram or Poze?
Instagram is rated higher. Instagram averages 4.7 out of 5 from 30M ratings, while Poze averages 4.5 from 24 ratings.
Do Instagram or Poze have ads?
Instagram shows ads; Poze does not.
Which is updated more often, Instagram or Poze?
Instagram ships an update weekly, and Poze weekly. Most recently, Instagram was updated on September 26, 2026 and Poze on September 20, 2026.

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