Comparison

PicFrame vs FrameMagic

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

Head to head
About

PicFrame

Create stunning photo and video collages with over 100 adjustable templates or design your own. Easily combine multiple images and videos, add text, filters, and stickers for social media or print. Offers full creative control and high-resolution exports.

Highlights
  • 100+ adjustable layouts
  • Custom frame design
  • Combine photos and videos
  • Text, filters, and stickers
  • Drawing and shape tools
  • Multiple aspect ratios
  • High-resolution export
Features
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Turn your photos and videos into collages and grids with PicFrame, the free photo collage maker. Create beautiful layouts, digital scrapbooks, and before-after comparisons in seconds. With over 100 adjustable templates and the ability to design your own custom frames and layouts, your photos will always look their best. Whether you're scrapbooking memories, crafting a photo book, printing layouts, or designing grid posts for Instagram and TikTok, PicFrame makes every collage simple, fun, and professional-looking. Why creators love PicFrame • 100+ fully adjustable layouts, or design your own custom frames • Combine up to 16 photos or videos in one collage • Make before-after comparisons or side-by-side photo grids • Resize, rotate, zoom, and mirror each element • Add text labels with custom fonts, colors, outlines, and tape effects • Draw directly on your design using touch or Apple Pencil • Apply filters, shadows, rounded corners, and borders • Use shapes like circles, hearts, and hexagons • Add stickers and comic-style details • Include music in video collages • Choose any aspect ratio (square, 16:9, 4:5, and more) • Advanced print layout preview for perfect results • High-resolution exports and easy sharing to social apps • Drag & drop photos on iPad for fast editing • Works on iPhone and iPad, with Dark and Light Mode Perfect for • Photo collages, video grids & digital scrapbooks • Instagram, TikTok, and Threads posts • DIY crafts & creative projects • Before/after photo comparisons • Comics, photo stories, and cards • Print layouts, grids, and picture frames Rated 9/10 in the Wired App Guide. Download PicFrame, the free photo collage editor that makes your pictures and videos stand out! Terms of use: https://activedevelopment.co.nz/terms-conditions/

About

FrameMagic

Create stunning photo and video collages with a vast array of layouts, filters, text options, and music. Enhance your images with intelligent editing tools like object removal, background blur, and color splash effects.

Highlights
  • Photo collage layouts
  • Video collage and slideshows
  • Intelligent photo editing
  • Object removal
  • Background blur
  • Color splash effects
  • Customizable text and stickers
Features
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[FrameMagic] enables you to create awesome photo collage, video collage and video slideshow within just a few seconds with tons of layouts, endless options, colors, patterns, powerful text editor, beautiful filter effects, flexible play options, musics and narrations. [FrameMagic] also supports powerful and intelligent photo editors including object removal, soft skin, dark light, bokeh, sticker, silhouette, outline, hole, background blur, motion blur and color splash. [FrameMagic] also supports magical funny photo editors including face morphing, crystal(refracted) text and pic warping effect. [Photo Collage] • The ultimate photo collage layouts. - Grid : Combine multiple photos with hundreds of rectangular and polygonal layouts. - Auto : Create fully automatic collage with a single tap. - Blended : Blend multiple photos and create stunning collage. - Free Style : No limitation on how you add and arrange your photos. - Vertical Stitch : Combine multiple photos into one long. storytelling collage. - Squared : Create squared photo and video optimized for Instagram. - Montage: Create montage photo collage with powerful object masking tool. - 3D Free Style : Free style collage with 3D perspective layouts. - 3D Mesh : 3D meshed collage with beautiful mesh layouts. • Load multiple photos at once. • Unique decoration with rounded corner, margin, border, shadow. • Background colors and patterns. • Gradient and shape background color. • Powerful text editor and beautiful stickers. • Download and install custom fonts from free font servers. • Edit photo with aviary photo editor. • Easy width and height ratio. • Portrait and landscape mode. • Save and share in HD (up to 3600x3600). [Intelligent Photo Editor] • Object Removal : Remove unncessary objects from your photo in single step. • Sticker Generation : Create sticker and montage with powerful object masking tool. • Silhouette Effect : Create beautiful silhouette effect. • Outline Effect : Create beautiful outline and edge effect. • Hole Generation : Create holed image and montage. • Background Blur : Create manual depth blur effect. (aka portrait photo) • Motion Blur : Create manual panning photography. • Color Splash : Create selective color and greyscale effect. • Soft Skin : Create soft skin effect. • Bokeh : Create circular and hexagonal background bokeh effect. • Dark light : Create selective light and darkness effect. [Video Collage & Slideshow] • 101 rectangular layouts with up to 9 videos • Photo slides with your own photos • Video in video with up to 5 videos (PIP) • Load multiple videos at once • Trim each video at any time and size • Apply beautiful filters to each video • Adjust audio volume of each video • Add your own song as background music • Adjust audio volume and start/end time of background music • Unique decoration with rounded corner, margin, border, shadow • Background colors and patterns • Gradient and shape background color • Powerful text editor and stickers • Easy width and height ratio • Portrait and landscape mode • Save and share in HD (up to 1080x1080) [Fun Photo Editors] • Create face morphing effect. • Add refracted text effect. • Create warp in/out effect. [Subscription for Unlocking all features] - You can subscribe for unlimited access to all features offered for purchase within FrameMagic. - Subscriptions are billed monthly or annually. Alternatively, you can purchase each item for the life time access. - Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/site/mobilabios/terms-of-use - Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/site/mobilabios/privacy-policy

Screenshots

PicFrame4 screens
FrameMagic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PicFrame at 4.8 against FrameMagic's 4.4. PicFrame also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 62%) and ratings volume (17K vs 889). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PicFrame sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and FrameMagic sells 18 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

PicFrame holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PicFrame has 17K ratings behind it against 889, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of PicFrame's written reviews are positive against 62% of FrameMagic's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PicFrame ships an update every 9 days, FrameMagic every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PicFrame versus FrameMagic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPicFrameFrameMagic
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (17K ratings) — better4.4 (889 ratings)
Positive reviews77.9% of reviews — better61.8% of reviews
Number of ratings17K — better889
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB164 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperActive Development LimitedDongwook Cho

Customer experience

PicFrame

All ratings17,103 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews417 reviews
Positive77.9%
Neutral4.8%
Negative17.3%

FrameMagic

All ratings889 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral2.1%
Negative10.6%
Written reviews380 reviews
Positive61.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative31.8%

User reviews

PicFrame

From 17K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Reliable and consistent
  • 💡 Useful for various purposes (collages, before/after, etc.)
  • 🎨 Lots of customization options (frames, layouts, etc.)

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Locked features behind paywall
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 🤔 Confusing UI changes after updates
  • 🔍 Missing key features (e.g. image resizing)

FrameMagic

From 889 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fantastic app
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • ⭐️ Great layouts and features
  • 💻 Wonderful for collages and editing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Restore purchases not working
  • 💰 Paid features now required for basic use
  • 🔒 Locked out of previously purchased content
  • 💸 Expensive subscription model

Bugs and requests

PicFrame

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Saved photos not matching the on-screen layout
  • Inability to delete cells in a layout
  • Inconsistent behavior when adding text

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free layout and frame options
  • Ability to edit individual frame sizes
  • Improved Instagram integration
  • Ability to save and reuse custom layouts

FrameMagic

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes or freezes
  • Inability to access all photos
  • Restore purchases not functioning

Requested features

3 requests
  • Restore previously purchased content
  • Maintain free access to core features
  • Reasonable pricing for longtime users

In-app purchases

10 purchases

PicFrame

Subscriptions5
  • PicFrame Create Monthly$1.491 Month
  • PicFrame Create Monthly$1.991 Month
  • PicFrame Create Yearly3 Days trial$12.991 Year
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  • PicFrame Create Yearly1 Year trial$12.991 Year
  • PicFrame Create Yearly3 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time5
  • Food Stickers$0.99
  • Text Stickers$0.99
  • Custom Watermarks$1.99
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  • Templates$2.99
  • PicFrame Create Lifetime$49.99
18 purchases

FrameMagic

Subscriptions2
  • [Monthly Subscription]3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • [Annual Subscription]$29.991 Year
One-time16
  • [Use All Layouts]$1.99
  • [Unlock Add Song]$1.99
  • [Unlock Transition]$1.99
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  • [Vertical Stitch]$1.99
  • [Blended Collage]$1.99
  • [Auto Collage]$1.99
  • [Unlock 3D Mesh]$1.99
  • [Unlock Glitch]$1.99
  • [Pencil Sketch]$1.99
  • [Unlock Super Contrast]$1.99
  • [Unlock Face Morph]$1.99
  • [Unlock Crystal Text]$1.99
  • [Unlock Pic Warp]$1.99
  • [Unlock All Fun Items]$2.99
  • [Unlock All]$14.99
  • [Unlock All]$99.99

Questions

Is PicFrame free?
PicFrame is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FrameMagic free?
FrameMagic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PicFrame or FrameMagic?
PicFrame is rated higher. PicFrame averages 4.8 out of 5 from 17K ratings, while FrameMagic averages 4.4 from 889 ratings.
Do PicFrame or FrameMagic have ads?
Neither PicFrame nor FrameMagic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PicFrame or FrameMagic?
PicFrame ships an update every 9 days, and FrameMagic every 5 days. Most recently, PicFrame was updated on September 24, 2026 and FrameMagic on September 20, 2026.

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