Comparison

PicCollage vs Video Editor Magic Effect

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

Head to head
About

PicCollage

Create stunning photo and video collages, cards, and slideshows with a wide range of editing tools, templates, and creative assets. Easily personalize your designs with text, stickers, and AI-powered features for unique and memorable creations.

Highlights
  • Create photo and video collages
  • Edit photos and videos with filters and cutouts
  • Use ready-to-use layouts and animated templates
  • Personalize with fonts, stickers, and doodles
  • AI-powered background removal
  • Curved text editor
  • Thousands of exclusive backgrounds and stickers
Features
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PicCollage - the app that lets you create anything to celebrate everything! With PicCollage, you can turn your photos and videos into memories you want to save and share. Whether you’re looking to flex your creativity with a freestyle collage, stitch together a photo dump of your adventures, or create a quick card for a birthday. PicCollage is the perfect app for the job. Plus, you can even add videos to your collages and create video collages and slideshows that will make your friends and family say, “OMG, where’d you get that?” It's easy, fun, and completely free. Start right now and create your first collage or card! PicCollage at a glance - Create collages, cards and much more - Edit photos and videos easily - filter, cutout, retouch - Use ready-to-use layouts, grids & animated templates - Personalize with fonts, stickers and doodles - Get VIP access for unlimited creativity Try PicCollage now! Our free starter pack is full of new stickers to help you edit photos and videos, create collages and design cards instantly. CREATE COLLAGES, DESIGN CARDS AND MORE You can let your creativity run wild! Whether you want to make a freestyle collage, create a picture collection, or design a card for a birthday, PicCollage offers you the perfect solution! EDIT VIDEOS AND PHOTOS - CUT, FILTER, RETOUCH You can personalize any creations to make your photo and video fit perfectly into your collages with features like cutouts, doodles and animations, and even add videos to your collages to create stunning video collages and slideshows. Enhance your creations by adding pages and save them as a video or slideshow. USE TEMPLATES OR CREATE FREESTYLE You can use a grid, or animated template to create unique cards for any occasion. Add frames around your photos and spice up your collage with fun animations. Our new AI-powered highlight detection keeps the focus of the photo front and center. Of course, you can also design in freestyle mode. REMOVE BACKGROUNDS WITH AI With our cutout tool, you can easily remove the background from a photo to isolate people and pets! But our cutout tool isn’t just a background eraser, it also has fun designs that let you cut photos into stars, hearts, squares and more. We’re always updating this feature to give you the sharpest finish possible. CHOOSE FROM A VARIETY OF FONTS Add more fun to your collage with text! We offer a variety of fonts for you to choose from, from handwritten to formal. If you want something special, explore our curved text editor to effortlessly display your text in a rounded arc, circle, around your photos, or in other creative ways. AI-powered font pairing in our speedy suggested layouts mode will take your designs to the next level. ADD BACKGROUNDS AND STICKERS Thanks to our worldwide collaboration with famous artists and illustrators, PicCollage offers you thousands of exclusive backgrounds and stickers. Add a background to your photos and collages and embellish everything with trendy stickers! PERSONALIZE WITH DOODLES To add a personal touch to your collage, card or slideshow, you can create your own drawings and doodles. This is the perfect way to add the finishing touch to your creation. USE TEMPLATES FOR YOUR INSTAGRAM STORY Whenever you're on Insta and want to create impressive posts, try our templates. Create an Instagram story or reel and share it directly with your followers! PICCOLLAGE VIP PicCollage VIP is a subscription that offers advanced features and removes watermarks and ads. With the 7-day trial version, you can test it for free! As a VIP, you get access to thousands of stickers and backgrounds, as well as exclusive fonts and layouts. Get the PicCollage photo and video editor and let your memories shine! PicCollage(TM) and “Pic Collage” are trademarks of Cardinal Blue Software. Terms of Service: http://cardinalblue.com/tos Privacy Policy: https://cardinalblue.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Video Editor Magic Effect

Easily create engaging videos with a variety of touch magic effects, mixed effects, and decorative stickers. Enhance your videos or photos with unique designs, create GIF-like slideshows, and share your creations across social media platforms.

Highlights
  • Touch magic effects
  • Mixed effects
  • Stickers and emojis
  • GIF/Slideshow creation
  • Multiple aspect ratios
  • Video trimming and cropping
Features
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Video Editor Magic Effect is the best video editor & video maker with effects. With Magic Video, you can easily add touch magic effects, mixed effects, stickers, emojis. -Edit videos with coolest touch video effects. - Surprise your friends with coolest effect mix. - Add touch stickers & emojis to videos or photo. - Decorate your video or photo with multiple stickers to edit your video. - Create a unique video with photo, just like Gif or Slideshow. -Multiple ratios supported, like 1:1, 4:5,3:5,9:16 - Video Edit: Video trim, video crop,Show video different ratios. - Share video Use Facebook,Instagram,Mail

Screenshots

PicCollage4 screens
Video Editor Magic Effect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: PicCollage at none against Video Editor Magic Effect's shown. PicCollage also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (1.8M vs 3). Video Editor Magic Effect's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. PicCollage sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Video Editor Magic Effect sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Video Editor Magic Effect holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PicCollage has 1.8M ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PicCollage ships an update every 3 weeks, Video Editor Magic Effect every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
PicCollage versus Video Editor Magic Effect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPicCollageVideo Editor Magic Effect
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.8M ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.8M — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#21 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size201 MB121 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCardinal BlueHimanshu Yadav

Customer experience

PicCollage

All ratings1,848,205 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews9,449 reviews
Positive91.5%
Neutral2.3%
Negative6.1%

Video Editor Magic Effect

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

PicCollage

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Collages randomly disappearing or getting deleted
  • Layered text elements getting hidden
  • Slow performance and crashes on certain devices
  • Issues with restoring in-app purchases

Requested features

10 requests
  • More free stickers and backgrounds
  • Ability to change text outline color
  • Underline text option
  • In-app camera with filters
  • Easier layer management
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  • Option to toggle seeing premium items
  • Ability to make your own stickers
  • Sync collages across devices
  • Folder organization for collages
  • Improved search functionality

Video Editor Magic Effect

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

PicCollage

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Annual1 Year trial$35.991 Year
  • Annual VIP for Collage Makers7 Days trial$35.991 Year
One-time7
  • Christmas Pattern Backgrounds$0.99
  • Words$0.99
  • Accessories$0.99
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  • XOXO shape pack$0.99
  • *Bling Bling*$1.99
  • Remove Watermark and Ads$1.99
  • Glitter Party Backgrounds$1.99
4 purchases

Video Editor Magic Effect

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Subscription$0.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$4.491 Year
One-time1
  • One Time Purchase$11.99

Questions

Is PicCollage free?
PicCollage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Video Editor Magic Effect free?
Video Editor Magic Effect is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PicCollage or Video Editor Magic Effect?
Video Editor Magic Effect is rated higher. PicCollage averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.8M ratings, while Video Editor Magic Effect averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do PicCollage or Video Editor Magic Effect have ads?
Video Editor Magic Effect shows ads; PicCollage does not.
Which is updated more often, PicCollage or Video Editor Magic Effect?
PicCollage ships an update every 3 weeks, and Video Editor Magic Effect every 9 months. Most recently, PicCollage was updated on November 7, 2026 and Video Editor Magic Effect on November 2, 2026.

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