Comparison

PicCollage vs Flipper

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

Flipper

Easily transform your photos with a variety of mirror effects. Select images from your library or camera, choose from dozens of unique reflection styles, and fine-tune the positioning and size with intuitive gestures. Save and share your creative mirror images to social media.

Highlights
  • Apply mirror effects to photos
  • Choose from 36 unique mirroring styles
  • Adjust mirror image position and size with gestures
  • Save and share to social media
  • Select photos from camera roll or take new ones
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Choose photo from your camera roll or take a photo, and automatically turn it into a photo with mirror effects. Pick the effect you like best, then edit it to make it your own. Flipper's smooth, intuitive process gives you complete creative control. Tap to select style of mirror, scroll to positioning, pinch to zoom in or out. You're the editor, change the look of your regular photos to convey a mood or theme. FEATURES * Select photo from your albums or take a photo, and automatically turn it into a photo with mirror effects. * Pick one of the 36 unique mirroring effects. * Enlarge, Shrink, Move, and use gestures to make mirror images. * Save your layouts to your camera roll and share them seamlessly to Instagram or other networks. * Download and start creating mirror photo immediately.

Screenshots

PicCollage4 screens
Flipper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PicCollage at 91% against Flipper's 52%. PicCollage also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.8M vs 8.2K). Flipper's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). 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 11 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Flipper sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PicCollage holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PicCollage has 1.8M ratings behind it against 8.2K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of PicCollage's written reviews are positive against 52% of Flipper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PicCollage ships an update every 3 weeks, Flipper every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
PicCollage versus Flipper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPicCollageFlipper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.8M ratings) — better4.6 (8.2K ratings)
Positive reviews91.1% of reviews — better52.1% of reviews
Number of ratings1.8M — better8.2K
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#29 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size225 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCardinal BlueAleksandr Romanchev

Customer experience

PicCollage

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

Flipper

All ratings8,188 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral4.1%
Negative6.2%
Written reviews236 reviews
Positive52.1%
Neutral8.1%
Negative39.8%

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

Flipper

From 8.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use on the first try
  • 🎨 Helps generate creative ideas
  • 💡 Useful for mirroring images

Room to improve

  • 🚫 Ads even after paying for ad-free
  • 🚫 Watermark added to images
  • 🐛 Freezing and crashing issues
  • 🚫 Limited functionality

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

Flipper

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to delete pictures after editing
  • Incompatibility with iOS 13
  • Ads still shown after purchasing premium

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add random mirror function
  • Support more aspect ratios
  • Improve image quality and resolution
  • Allow landscape mode

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
1 purchases

Flipper

One-time1
  • Premium Version$1.99

Questions

Is PicCollage free?
PicCollage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flipper free?
Flipper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PicCollage or Flipper?
PicCollage is rated higher. PicCollage averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.8M ratings, while Flipper averages 4.6 from 8.2K ratings.
Do PicCollage or Flipper have ads?
Flipper shows ads; PicCollage does not.
Which is updated more often, PicCollage or Flipper?
PicCollage ships an update every 3 weeks, and Flipper every 2 months. Most recently, PicCollage was updated on September 24, 2026 and Flipper on September 22, 2026.

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