Comparison

Image Expert vs Profile Border

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

Head to head
About

Image Expert

Easily enhance your photos with a variety of editing tools and creative filters. Adjust brightness, contrast, and saturation, or apply unique looks like vintage and noir. Crop, rotate, and smooth skin for polished results.

Highlights
  • Brightness, contrast, and saturation adjustments
  • Modern filter presets
  • Filter intensity control
  • Crop and rotate with aspect ratios
  • Skin smoothing and red-eye cleanup
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • JPEG, PNG, HEIC export
Features
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Turn the photo you took into the image you imagined. Image Expert gives you a focused photo studio for iPhone and iPad, with thoughtful controls for light, color, composition, and the finishing touches. START WITH A PHOTO Open an image from Photos or Files, use the camera, or explore the included sample photo. Pinch to inspect details and double-tap to zoom or fit your image. SHAPE LIGHT AND COLOR Balance tone and color with Auto Enhance, then fine-tune exposure, brightness, contrast, highlights, shadows, warmth, tint, vibrance, and saturation. Add sharpening or a vignette and use the histogram to inspect your edits. FIND YOUR LOOK Explore color, black-and-white, and film-inspired looks. Adjust a filter's strength and save your own combinations of filters and adjustments as reusable looks. Add film grain or give highlights and shadows their own color with color grading. REFINE THE FRAME Crop to common aspect ratios, zoom and reposition your photo, rotate, and use composition guides to find your framing. Soften a photo with blur, smooth portrait texture, or correct red-eye. EXPLORE WITH CONFIDENCE Compare your work with the untouched original. Undo and Redo restore both the image and its controls, and even Reset can be undone while the photo is open. The adaptive layout gives your photo and tools room on iPad, with support for larger text and accessible controls. EXPORT YOUR FINISHED COPY Preview your photo, check its pixel dimensions and actual file size, and choose JPEG, lossless PNG, or HEIC where supported. Set compression quality for JPEG and HEIC, choose whether to include photo metadata, and save a copy to Photos or share to Files and other apps. Editing happens on your device. No account, subscriptions, or in-app purchases are required. Your original photo stays unchanged. Export a finished copy before closing your photo or leaving the app; editing sessions are not saved as projects.

About

Profile Border

Easily add stylish frames to your profile pictures for social media. Create eye-catching circular avatars with a variety of custom borders, including popular styles like Instagram Story and Donut. Enhance your online presence with unique photo frames.

Highlights
  • Add custom frames to profile pictures
  • Create circular avatar images
  • Variety of border styles
  • Instagram Story border
  • Facebook and Instagram Close Friends Stories
Features
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Your photo. Framed beautifully. Make your profile picture feel like you with Border. Add a circular frame to a selfie, portrait, emoji or Memoji, explore different styles, and save your favorite look. FIND YOUR STYLE • Choose colorful gradients, floral, botanical, patterned and minimal frames. • Adjust the frame color to match your photo or mood. • Try different designs and see how they look around your image. CREATE AND SAVE Choose your image, pick a frame, and save the result to Photos. Use it as your profile picture in social apps and messaging services that let you upload an image. From a subtle outline to a bold statement, find a frame for your everyday look or a special occasion. Some frames and features require an in-app purchase. Choose a photo. Find your frame. Make it yours.

Screenshots

Image Expert4 screens
Profile Border3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Profile Border at 4.6 against Image Expert's 2.8. Profile Border also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 50%) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 4). Image Expert's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Profile Border sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Image Expert asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Profile Border holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Profile Border has 1.1K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Image Expert's written reviews are positive against 77% of Profile Border's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Image Expert ships an update every 3 months, Profile Border monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Image Expert versus Profile Border: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImage ExpertProfile Border
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (4 ratings)4.6 (1.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews76.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings41.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer福恩 毛Dima Komar

Customer experience

Image Expert

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Profile Border

All ratings1,104 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral3.1%
Negative8.5%
Written reviews497 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative19.3%

Bugs and requests

Image Expert

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Profile Border

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Unable to delete or remove borders
  • Inconsistent border appearance across devices
  • Difficulty canceling subscription

Requested features

4 requests
  • More holiday-themed borders
  • Ability to add custom text or designs
  • Metallic/glossy border options
  • Improved color customization

In-app purchases

None

Image Expert

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Profile Border

Subscriptions7
  • One Month Borders and Memoji3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • One Month Borders Pro$6.991 Month
  • One Year Borders Subscription3 Days trial$6.991 Year
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  • Borders Subscription1 Month trial$9.991 Month
  • One Year Borders Pro$9.991 Year
  • Custom Profile Borders Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • One Year Borders Pro$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Image Expert free?
Image Expert is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Profile Border free?
Profile Border is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Image Expert or Profile Border?
Profile Border is rated higher. Image Expert averages 2.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Profile Border averages 4.6 from 1.1K ratings.
Do Image Expert or Profile Border have ads?
Neither Image Expert nor Profile Border shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Image Expert or Profile Border?
Image Expert ships an update every 3 months, and Profile Border monthly. Most recently, Image Expert was updated on October 23, 2026 and Profile Border on October 25, 2026.

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