Comparison

FrameMagic vs PicFrame

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

Head to head
About

FrameMagic

Create stunning photo and video collages with a vast array of layouts, filters, text options, and music. Enhance your images with intelligent editing tools like object removal, background blur, and color splash effects.

Highlights
  • Photo collage layouts
  • Video collage and slideshows
  • Intelligent photo editing
  • Object removal
  • Background blur
  • Color splash effects
  • Customizable text and stickers
Features
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[FrameMagic] enables you to create awesome photo collage, video collage and video slideshow within just a few seconds with tons of layouts, endless options, colors, patterns, powerful text editor, beautiful filter effects, flexible play options, musics and narrations. [FrameMagic] also supports powerful and intelligent photo editors including object removal, soft skin, dark light, bokeh, sticker, silhouette, outline, hole, background blur, motion blur and color splash. [FrameMagic] also supports magical funny photo editors including face morphing, crystal(refracted) text and pic warping effect. [Photo Collage] • The ultimate photo collage layouts. - Grid : Combine multiple photos with hundreds of rectangular and polygonal layouts. - Auto : Create fully automatic collage with a single tap. - Blended : Blend multiple photos and create stunning collage. - Free Style : No limitation on how you add and arrange your photos. - Vertical Stitch : Combine multiple photos into one long. storytelling collage. - Squared : Create squared photo and video optimized for Instagram. - Montage: Create montage photo collage with powerful object masking tool. - 3D Free Style : Free style collage with 3D perspective layouts. - 3D Mesh : 3D meshed collage with beautiful mesh layouts. • Load multiple photos at once. • Unique decoration with rounded corner, margin, border, shadow. • Background colors and patterns. • Gradient and shape background color. • Powerful text editor and beautiful stickers. • Download and install custom fonts from free font servers. • Edit photo with aviary photo editor. • Easy width and height ratio. • Portrait and landscape mode. • Save and share in HD (up to 3600x3600). [Intelligent Photo Editor] • Object Removal : Remove unncessary objects from your photo in single step. • Sticker Generation : Create sticker and montage with powerful object masking tool. • Silhouette Effect : Create beautiful silhouette effect. • Outline Effect : Create beautiful outline and edge effect. • Hole Generation : Create holed image and montage. • Background Blur : Create manual depth blur effect. (aka portrait photo) • Motion Blur : Create manual panning photography. • Color Splash : Create selective color and greyscale effect. • Soft Skin : Create soft skin effect. • Bokeh : Create circular and hexagonal background bokeh effect. • Dark light : Create selective light and darkness effect. [Video Collage & Slideshow] • 101 rectangular layouts with up to 9 videos • Photo slides with your own photos • Video in video with up to 5 videos (PIP) • Load multiple videos at once • Trim each video at any time and size • Apply beautiful filters to each video • Adjust audio volume of each video • Add your own song as background music • Adjust audio volume and start/end time of background music • Unique decoration with rounded corner, margin, border, shadow • Background colors and patterns • Gradient and shape background color • Powerful text editor and stickers • Easy width and height ratio • Portrait and landscape mode • Save and share in HD (up to 1080x1080) [Fun Photo Editors] • Create face morphing effect. • Add refracted text effect. • Create warp in/out effect. [Subscription for Unlocking all features] - You can subscribe for unlimited access to all features offered for purchase within FrameMagic. - Subscriptions are billed monthly or annually. Alternatively, you can purchase each item for the life time access. - Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/site/mobilabios/terms-of-use - Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/site/mobilabios/privacy-policy

About

PicFrame

Easily combine multiple photos into a single, creative collage. Share your masterpieces directly to social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr. Perfect for showcasing collections of memories.

Highlights
  • Combine multiple photos
  • Create photo collages
  • Share to social media
  • Facebook sharing
  • Twitter sharing
  • Tumblr sharing
Features
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Stitch multiple photos into single one. Share it via Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.

Screenshots

FrameMagic4 screens
PicFrame2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: FrameMagic at none against PicFrame's shown. FrameMagic also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). PicFrame's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. FrameMagic sells 18 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and PicFrame 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

PicFrame holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 890 and 1.4K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of FrameMagic's written reviews are positive against 55% of PicFrame's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FrameMagic ships an update every 5 days, PicFrame every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FrameMagic versus PicFrame: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFrameMagicPicFrame
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (890 ratings)4.7 (1.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.8% of reviews — better55.3% of reviews
Number of ratings8901.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size164 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDongwook Cho益 李

Customer experience

FrameMagic

All ratings890 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral2.1%
Negative10.6%
Written reviews385 reviews
Positive61.8%
Neutral6.2%
Negative31.9%

PicFrame

All ratings1,365 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral2.6%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive55.3%
Neutral10.5%
Negative34.2%

User reviews

FrameMagic

From 890 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fantastic app
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • ⭐️ Great layouts and features
  • 💻 Wonderful for collages and editing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Restore purchases not working
  • 💰 Paid features now required for basic use
  • 🔒 Locked out of previously purchased content
  • 💸 Expensive subscription model

PicFrame

From 1.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🚀 Efficient for creating photo collages
  • 💡 Useful for scrapbooking and photo projects

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs with saving and loading photos
  • 🔍 Limited functionality and customization options
  • 💸 Intrusive ads that can't be easily dismissed

Bugs and requests

FrameMagic

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes or freezes
  • Inability to access all photos
  • Restore purchases not functioning

Requested features

3 requests
  • Restore previously purchased content
  • Maintain free access to core features
  • Reasonable pricing for longtime users

PicFrame

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Photos not displaying correctly in frames
  • App crashing or freezing during use
  • Inability to save or export created collages

Requested features

3 requests
  • More frame and layout options
  • Ability to upload photos from device library
  • Improved performance and reliability

In-app purchases

18 purchases

FrameMagic

Subscriptions2
  • [Monthly Subscription]3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • [Annual Subscription]$29.991 Year
One-time16
  • [Use All Layouts]$1.99
  • [Unlock Add Song]$1.99
  • [Unlock Transition]$1.99
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  • [Vertical Stitch]$1.99
  • [Blended Collage]$1.99
  • [Auto Collage]$1.99
  • [Unlock 3D Mesh]$1.99
  • [Unlock Glitch]$1.99
  • [Pencil Sketch]$1.99
  • [Unlock Super Contrast]$1.99
  • [Unlock Face Morph]$1.99
  • [Unlock Crystal Text]$1.99
  • [Unlock Pic Warp]$1.99
  • [Unlock All Fun Items]$2.99
  • [Unlock All]$14.99
  • [Unlock All]$99.99
1 purchases

PicFrame

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is FrameMagic free?
FrameMagic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PicFrame free?
PicFrame is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FrameMagic or PicFrame?
PicFrame is rated higher. FrameMagic averages 4.5 out of 5 from 890 ratings, while PicFrame averages 4.7 from 1.4K ratings.
Do FrameMagic or PicFrame have ads?
PicFrame shows ads; FrameMagic does not.
Which is updated more often, FrameMagic or PicFrame?
FrameMagic ships an update every 5 days, and PicFrame every 2 months. Most recently, FrameMagic was updated on October 26, 2026 and PicFrame on November 1, 2026.

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