Comparison

picTrove vs Mosaic

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

Head to head
About

picTrove

Easily find and save images and animated GIFs from across the web. Search multiple online sources simultaneously and organize your discoveries. Enjoy a slideshow of your saved content.

Highlights
  • Search internet photos
  • Animated GIF support
  • Saved Searches
  • Save photos with one tap
  • Image Slideshow
Features
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The best app to search the Internet for photos. Search images from multiple image, photo and GIF sources on the Web. * Animated GIF support * Saved Searches * Save photos you like with 1 tap * Image Slideshow EULA: https://traversient.com/terms-and-conditions/

About

Mosaic

This app transforms Flickr into a visually stunning and fluid photo gallery. It showcases millions of daily shared photos in a full-screen mosaic that perfectly fits each image, ensuring nothing is cropped and the experience flows seamlessly. Explore, dive deeper into photo details, and create your own curated collections.

Highlights
  • Full-screen mosaic photo display
  • Explore daily interesting photos
  • Search photos by natural language
  • View photo details and metadata
  • Create and sync personal mosaics
  • Slideshows with customizable effects
  • Widgets for photo display
Features
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Mosaic turns Flickr into a beautiful, fluid gallery. It brings the very best of the millions of photos shared every day to you in a full-screen mosaic that fits each photo's shape, so nothing is cropped and everything flows. EXPLORE • Today's Interesting: Flickr's most interesting photos of the day, laid out edge to edge • Explore by Date (Pro): jump to any day and see what caught everyone's eye • The Commons (Pro): photos from the world's museums, libraries and archives, with no known copyright restrictions • Recent Uploads: the latest photos from around the world • Photo Map: find photos taken near you or anywhere in your country, then open a whole area as a stream • Search the way you think: "Show me photos of mountain lakes from everyone, most interesting first" DIVE DEEPER • Open any photo for the full story: description, tags, comments and where it was taken • Follow a photo into the albums and groups it belongs to, or the photographer who took it • A browsing trail lets you wander freely and always find your way back • Your Mosaic: collect the photos you love from anyone into your own mosaics, synced with iCloud on all your devices MADE TO BE ENJOYED • Smooth zoom from the grid into each photo, and swipe through at full size • Slideshows with a gentle Ken Burns effect, or simple fades, at the pace you choose • Videos, with picture in picture • Pinch the mosaic to make photos bigger or smaller • On iPhone, follow any stream as a feed, one photo at a time, with the mosaic a tap away • Widgets, including a photo frame YOUR FLICKR Sign in with Flickr to see your photostream and contacts, comment and join group discussions. You sign in on flickr.com in a secure window; Mosaic never sees your password. MOSAIC PRO Mosaic is free to explore, with a few limits: the first 50 photos of every stream, five searches and five Photo Map searches a day (within your own country), the streams you've opened today, and widgets of Today's Interesting and photos of sunset. Try everything in Pro free for 14 days, or upgrade to Mosaic Pro with a one-time in-app purchase to unlock: • Unlimited photos in every stream • Unlimited searches, with every filter • Unlimited Photo Map searches, anywhere in the world • Albums, groups and galleries • The Commons: every institution's collection • Explore by Date: Interesting from any day • Every stream you've opened, not just today's • Favouriting photos, and saving them to your device where the owner allows • Full-size photos, from 1600 px to the original • Camera details: when each photo was taken, and with what • Adding tags and contacts, and following photographers • Widgets of any search, and of your own photos and favourites • Activity & Stats: who faved and commented on your photos, and their views • As many mosaics as you like, in folders • Replies to comments written with Apple Intelligence • Comments without the "via Mosaic" line MOSAIC PRO STUDIO A subscription for looking after your own photos on Flickr, with a 14-day free trial on the yearly plan: Auto-Upload sends new photos to Flickr by your rules, upload and edit photos (replacing the original on Flickr needs Flickr Pro), let Apple Intelligence suggest titles, descriptions and tags, share photos to Flickr from any app or with Shortcuts, change titles, tags, visibility and location for many at once, organise albums, and add photos to groups and galleries. Studio is available monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. Your subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mosaic.devedup.com/privacy/ Mosaic uses the Flickr API but is not endorsed or certified by Flickr. Flickr is a trademark of SmugMug, Inc.

Screenshots

picTrove3 screens
Mosaic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: picTrove at 67% against Mosaic's 0%. picTrove also leads on ratings volume (76 vs 6) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). Mosaic's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.2) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases 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. picTrove sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Mosaic sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mosaic holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: picTrove has 76 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of picTrove's written reviews are positive against 0% of Mosaic's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

picTrove ships an update every 3 months, Mosaic fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
picTrove versus Mosaic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterpicTroveMosaic
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (76 ratings)4.3 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings76 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.7
Further details — not scored
Size212 MB49 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperTraversient IncorporatedDevedUp Limited

Customer experience

picTrove

All ratings74 ratings
Positive48.6%
Neutral10.8%
Negative40.5%
Written reviews536 reviews
Positive67.0%
Neutral6.9%
Negative26.1%

Mosaic

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

picTrove

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Search results not loading properly
  • Inability to access certain search engines
  • Saved searches and history not persisting

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add option to filter out inappropriate content
  • Improve search result quality and relevance
  • Restore ability to save images directly to device

Mosaic

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

picTrove

Subscriptions2
  • No Ads Monthly$1.991 Month
  • No Ads Yearly$19.991 Year
4 purchases

Mosaic

Subscriptions2
  • Mosaic Pro Studio$2.991 Month
  • Mosaic Pro Studio14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • 14-day TrialFree
  • PRO package$9.99

Questions

Is picTrove free?
picTrove is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mosaic free?
Mosaic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, picTrove or Mosaic?
Mosaic is rated higher. picTrove averages 3.2 out of 5 from 76 ratings, while Mosaic averages 4.3 from 6 ratings.
Do picTrove or Mosaic have ads?
picTrove shows ads; Mosaic does not.
Which is updated more often, picTrove or Mosaic?
picTrove ships an update every 3 months, and Mosaic fortnightly. Most recently, picTrove was updated on November 6, 2026 and Mosaic on November 6, 2026.

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