Comparison

PicCollage vs InstaSize

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

Head to head
About

PicCollage

Create personalized photo collages, cards, and video slideshows. Easily edit photos and videos with filters, cutouts, and animations. Personalize your designs with fonts, stickers, and backgrounds for any occasion.

Highlights
  • Create collages and cards
  • Edit photos and videos
  • Use ready-to-use layouts and templates
  • Personalize with fonts and stickers
  • Add videos to collages
  • AI-powered background removal
  • Curved text editor
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

InstaSize

This comprehensive photo and video editor offers AI-powered tools to enhance images, remove unwanted objects, and create collages. Resize and crop content for any social platform, or use advanced features like background removal and batch editing.

Highlights
  • AI-powered image expansion (Magic Fill)
  • Object and background removal
  • Photo and video resizing/cropping
  • Batch editing for multiple images
  • Collage maker with templates
  • Over 130 filters and presets
Features
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With over 100 million creators, InstaSize is the complete photo editor + crop made just for you. Easily edit and resize photos or videos with premium photo filters, presets, cropping, and color editing tools. Quickly combine images to make a fun, one-of-a-kind photo collage layout. Resize and crop your photo or video to fit perfectly on any social platform including Instagram, Snapchat, Pinterest, Twitter and more. MAGIC FILL™ • Easily Expand and uncrop your image to fit any aspect. • Use cutting-edge AI to intelligently generate pixels, ensuring extensions blend seamlessly with the existing image, maintaining quality and integrity. • Perfect for eliminating white borders and fitting images into any aspect ratio, making it ideal for social media, web design, and all forms of digital content creation. OBJECT REMOVAL • Effortlessly remove unwanted objects from your photos with precision, letting your images look clean and professional. FREE PHOTO EDITOR • Instantly make your photos look better with our free photo filters and presets. • Enhance your image with powerful photo editing tools including contrast, exposure, saturation, grain, and clarity RESIZE & CROP • Quickly resize photos and crop videos for social networks including Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Pinterest, and more. • Crop pictures to the perfect format every time — the ultimate image cropper tool. BACKGROUND REMOVAL • Instantly transform your photos with our powerful background removal tool. • Effortlessly isolate your subject for a clean, professional look. • Perfect for product images, profile photos, or creative edits BATCH EDIT • Revolutionize your image processing with our robust batch editing tool. • Quickly process and edit multiple images simultaneously. Applying changes such as resizing, presets and adjustments across all your photos. • Maintain consistent high-quality results across all images, ensuring your resized photos maintain clarity and quality FREE VIDEO EDITOR • Quickly create and edit videos with our easy-to-use video editor. • Edit your videos with our premium video filters and effects. • Crop and export video for any format size including Instagram Stories, TikTok, and Snapchat. FILTERS & PRESETS • Over 130 filters for photos and videos makes it easy to add your favorite presets on any image. • From natural look filters to retro aesthetic presets, there is always the perfect filter for your photo or video. COLLAGE MAKER • Easily combine multiple photos with our easy to use free photo collage maker app. • Choose your favorite photo collage template from hundreds of different possible layouts. • Try different frames and backgrounds to give your photo collage a unique touch. PREMIUM Unleash your creativity with InstaSize Premium! Transform your photos effortlessly with our exclusive tools: • Magic Fill: Easily Expand and uncrop your image to fit any aspect. • Object Removal: Say goodbye to unwanted distractions with just a tap. • Background Remover: Instantly isolate your subject for a clean, professional look. • 130+ Premium Filters: From retro vibes to natural aesthetics, get the perfect filter for every mood. — Instasize Premium will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. You may manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Terms of use: http://instasize.com/terms Privacy Policy: http://instasize.com/privacy

Screenshots

PicCollage4 screens
InstaSize4 screens

Verdict

The call

PicCollage and InstaSize both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 91% of PicCollage's written reviews are positive against 58% of InstaSize's. PicCollage also leads on ratings volume (1.8M vs 325K). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 11 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and InstaSize sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for PicCollage against 4.7 for InstaSize. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PicCollage has 1.8M ratings behind it against 325K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of PicCollage's written reviews are positive against 58% of InstaSize's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PicCollage ships an update every 3 weeks, InstaSize every 10 days. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
PicCollage versus InstaSize: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPicCollageInstaSize
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.8M ratings) — better4.7 (325K ratings)
Positive reviews91.1% of reviews — better58.4% of reviews
Number of ratings1.8M — better325K
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#30 — better#43
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size225 MB187 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCardinal BlueInstasize Inc.

Customer experience

PicCollage

All ratings1,832,918 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews7,226 reviews
Positive91.1%
Neutral2.4%
Negative6.5%

InstaSize

All ratings325,314 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral2.2%
Negative6.2%
Written reviews1,715 reviews
Positive58.4%
Neutral3.4%
Negative38.1%

User reviews

PicCollage

From 1.8M App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💻 Easy to use
  • 🎨 Lots of creative features
  • 🤳 Great for making collages and cards
  • 🌟 Awesome app overall
  • 🎉 Fun and inspiring

Room to improve

  • 💰 Too many premium features
  • 🔒 Frustrating to be limited by VIP access
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and glitches
  • 🔍 Difficult to find specific stickers/backgrounds
  • 🙄 Annoying pop-ups about VIP subscription

InstaSize

From 325K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Useful for resizing photos
  • 👍 Good photo editing features
  • 👍 Helpful for Instagram
  • 👍 Customizable filters and borders

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Aggressive subscription model
  • 🔒 Difficult to use without premium subscription
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🐛 Quality issues with saved photos
  • 🐛 Unreliable performance

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

InstaSize

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashing on launch
  • Inability to save edited photos
  • Distortion of photos after editing
  • Unreliable performance with video editing

Requested features

5 requests
  • Batch processing option
  • Ability to save edited photos without subscription
  • More free filters and features
  • Improved collage and layout options
  • Ability to adjust edited photos after saving

In-app purchases

11 purchases

PicCollage

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Annual1 Year trial$35.991 Year
  • Annual VIP for Collage Makers7 Days trial$35.991 Year
One-time8
  • Party$0.99
  • Christmas Pattern Backgrounds$0.99
  • Words$0.99
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  • Accessories$0.99
  • XOXO shape pack$0.99
  • *Bling Bling*$1.99
  • Remove Watermark and Ads$1.99
  • Glitter Party Backgrounds$1.99
12 purchases

InstaSize

Subscriptions12
  • Instasize + Premium$4.997 Days
  • Instasize Premium3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Instasize Premium Membership3 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • Instasize Premium Subscription3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Instasize Premium - AI3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Monthly Instasize Premium3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Instasize Premium + AI$11.991 Month
  • Instasize Premium AI3 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Monthly Instasize Membership3 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • AI Instasize Premium3 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Instasize Premium3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Instasize Premium AI3 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is PicCollage free?
PicCollage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is InstaSize free?
InstaSize is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PicCollage or InstaSize?
PicCollage is rated higher. PicCollage averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.8M ratings, while InstaSize averages 4.7 from 325K ratings.
Do PicCollage or InstaSize have ads?
Neither PicCollage nor InstaSize shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PicCollage or InstaSize?
PicCollage ships an update every 3 weeks, and InstaSize every 10 days. Most recently, PicCollage was updated on September 24, 2026 and InstaSize on September 24, 2026.
Which is more popular, PicCollage or InstaSize?
PicCollage currently peaks at #30 in the App Store charts, and InstaSize at #43. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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