Comparison

BeFunky vs TurboCollage

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

Head to head
About

BeFunky

Easily edit photos, create stunning collages, and design graphics with AI-powered tools. Transform images with artistic effects, enhance portraits, and remove unwanted objects. Access a wide range of editing features and design templates.

Highlights
  • AI-powered photo editing
  • Artsy effects and filters
  • Background removal
  • Portrait retouching
  • Collage creation
  • Graphic design templates
  • Text editor with free fonts
Features
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Edit photos. Design beautiful collages. Create stunning design layouts. With BeFunky, you can do it all! Our AI-powered one-tap photo editing tools, intelligent auto-collage features, and professionally made design templates take the complexity out of your creative process. With BeFunky, there’s NO ADS or registration necessary! TURN YOUR PHOTOS INTO PAINTINGS, CARTOONS, SKETCHES, AND MORE BeFunky’s Artsy effects are the most unique feature of our Photo Editor. With one tap, your photos will take on stunning, artistic characteristics. With realistic textures & natural-looking brush strokes, these effects will instantly turn your photo into a work of art! ENHANCE IMAGES IN A SINGLE TAP With a single tap, the Image Enhancer intelligently intensify colors, balance exposure, and correct contrast to make your photos stand out. Our Portrait Enhancer does all that AND softens blemishes, whitens teeth, and more. REMOVE BACKGROUNDS AND ERASE UNWANTED OBJECTS Easily remove distracting backgrounds, turn a dreary sky into sunshine, and erase unwanted objects. Our AI-powered tools give you the control to make seamless edits. RETOUCH AND RELIGHT YOUR PORTRAITS With an entire suite of Touch Up tools, you can make subtle edits to your portrait to bring out their natural beauty. If the lighting isn’t very inspiring, you can re-imagine your scene with the Portrait Relight tool. Go from professional studio lighting to neon glow in a tap. A FULL SUITE OF PHOTO EDITING TOOLS While it’s our effects that make headlines, BeFunky is also a full-service photo editor. Crop, Upscale, adjust levels, dodge and burn, and so much more. Everything you need from a photo editor in an easy-to-use package. ADJUST YOUR PHOTOS WITHOUT LOSING A SINGLE PIXEL Is your photo slightly crooked or not the right size? Or maybe your subject just needs to be moved a bit to the right. With BeFunky’s Expand, Straighten, and Detach Subject tools, our AI technology fills in the surrounding area, allowing you to keep the entire image intact and make edits with ease. APPLY EFFECTS AND FILTERS Find new ways to get creative! You’ll find everything from Vintage and Chromatic effects to B&W and Pop Art filters to transform your photo in seconds. CREATE PHOTO COLLAGES WITH A SINGLE TAP Our Collage Wizard generates optimal collage layouts in high resolution without cropping or losing image details. It’s collage technology like no other! REMOVE BLUR AND IMPROVE SHARPNESS BeFunky has all the tools to get your photo looking sharp. Deblur to reduce blurriness. Denoise low-light photos to bring out details. Get clear, sharp images in a single tap! ACCESS HUNDREDS OF FREE FONTS Our Text Editor has many fonts and customization options to add text to photos, designs, and collages. Choose from our collection of hand-selected fonts by our graphic designers, or upload your own fonts! FREE TEMPLATES FOR QUICK AND EASY GRAPHIC DESIGN Our design templates are the perfect starting point for any project, offering thousands of professional templates for birthdays, weddings, social media posts, and more. BEFUNKY ON ALL YOUR DEVICES Access your stored projects and images across our mobile and desktop apps by logging in to your BeFunky account. ACCESS HUNDREDS OF ADDITIONAL PREMIUM FEATURES WITH BEFUNKY PLUS Subscribe to BeFunky Plus monthly or yearly to access premium photo editing, collage-making, and graphic design tools. Access our Plus features across our mobile and desktop apps by logging into your BeFunky account. Start your Plus membership with a free trial! Limited to one free trial per Apple ID. When you start a trial, select a monthly or yearly subscription term. Once the trial ends, you’ll be charged a subscription fee for your Plus subscription that is charged to your App Store account. Your Plus subscription will auto-renew until auto-renew is turned off. You can manage your BeFunky Plus subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://befunky.com/terms

About

TurboCollage

Easily create beautiful picture collages on your iPhone. Choose from various layouts like grids, piles, or mosaics, and customize with text, borders, and rounded corners. Save, edit, and share your creations directly to social media.

Highlights
  • Multiple collage styles (Grid, Pile, Mosaic)
  • Add and customize text
  • Pan and zoom individual pictures
  • Shuffle for new layouts
  • Rounded corners for pictures
  • Direct social media sharing
Features
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Create stunning picture collages on your iPhone. Setup a collage with a prominent center picture, arrange pictures in a regular grid, or create a random picture pile. Tie fond memories together into gorgeous picture mosaics. With an intuitive interface, TurboCollage gives you complete control over your collage design. Simply start by adding a few pictures to your collage. Choose a collage style from six exciting variants. Select from a range of aspect ratios. Select Landscape or Portrait orientation. Exchange pictures by dragging one picture on another. Add text to your collage. Shuffle the collage to get another exciting layout. TurboCollage even lets you pan and zoom individual pictures within their frames so that they are positioned just as you wish. COLLAGE STYLES • Picture Pile • Picture Grid • Mosaic • Center Frame • Zig Mosaic • Photohive FEATURES • Add unlimited number of pictures to collage • Add text to collage • Drag a picture on another picture to exchange them • Shuffle collage to get a completely new layout • Pan and zoom pictures within their frames • Drag, scale, or rotate pile pictures • Change pile order to bring more prominent pictures on top • Create Landscape or Portrait collages • Customize text color, opacity, and alignment • Resize, rotate, or move text • Use Instant Camera or Postage Stamp border styles in Pile collage • Set rounded corners on pictures in Grid, Mosaic, Center Frame, Zig Mosaic, and Photohive collages • Upload collage directly to Facebook • Share collage on Twitter • Save collage design to edit later • Works in both Landscape and Portrait orientations FEEDBACK & SUGGESTIONS We love to hear from our users. You might have a suggestion for a feature or you might like to report an issue you faced. Please email us at apps@silkenmermaid.com

Screenshots

BeFunky4 screens
TurboCollage4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BeFunky at Free against TurboCollage's $1.99. BeFunky also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (11K vs 198). TurboCollage's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 15.6). On rating, review sentiment, 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

BeFunky is free to download; TurboCollage costs $1.99 up front. BeFunky sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. TurboCollage asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for BeFunky against 4.6 for TurboCollage. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BeFunky has 11K ratings behind it against 198, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of BeFunky's written reviews are positive against 86% of TurboCollage's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BeFunky ships an update every 2 months, TurboCollage every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
BeFunky versus TurboCollage: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeFunkyTurboCollage
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.7 (11K ratings) — better4.6 (198 ratings)
Positive reviews83.4% of reviews85.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11K — better198
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 16 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.610.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size212 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeFunky IncSilkenMermaid

Customer experience

BeFunky

All ratings10,972 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral2.6%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews962 reviews
Positive83.4%
Neutral4.8%
Negative11.9%

TurboCollage

All ratings197 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral3.6%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews254 reviews
Positive85.8%
Neutral6.7%
Negative7.5%

User reviews

BeFunky

From 11K App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐ Awesome
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🎨 Great editing tools
  • 🖼️ Excellent for collages
  • 💻 Works well on desktop and mobile

Room to improve

  • 💰 Subscription model is expensive
  • 🔒 Paywall for basic features
  • 🤔 Confusing UI changes
  • 🙄 Forced to pay for previously free features
  • 🤯 Buggy and crashes frequently

TurboCollage

From 198 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Versatile collage functions
  • 👍 Convenient for creating collages
  • 👍 Excellent app for photographers
  • 👍 Great for sharing photos on social media

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Issues with loading all photos
  • 🐛 Inability to select multiple photos at once
  • 🐛 Unintuitive controls for zooming and repositioning photos
  • 🐛 Limited photo editing options

Bugs and requests

BeFunky

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login issues and account problems
  • Inability to upload or edit photos
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Distorted image quality after editing

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add more free filters and effects
  • Improve text editing tools
  • Implement batch editing for collages
  • Allow custom color selection
  • Add support for video editing
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  • Improve alignment and resizing tools

TurboCollage

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes or freezes
  • Inconsistent behavior when adding photos
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to select multiple photos at once
  • Improve photo editing tools (cropping, resizing, etc.)
  • Expand layout and design options for collages
  • Add support for batch photo uploads

In-app purchases

2 purchases

BeFunky

Subscriptions2
  • BeFunky Plus - Monthly7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • BeFunky Plus - Yearly7 Days trial$83.901 Year
None

TurboCollage

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BeFunky free?
BeFunky is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TurboCollage free?
TurboCollage costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BeFunky or TurboCollage?
BeFunky is rated higher. BeFunky averages 4.7 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while TurboCollage averages 4.6 from 198 ratings.
Do BeFunky or TurboCollage have ads?
Neither BeFunky nor TurboCollage shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BeFunky or TurboCollage?
BeFunky ships an update every 2 months, and TurboCollage every 16 months. Most recently, BeFunky was updated on November 12, 2026 and TurboCollage on November 10, 2026.

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