Xer vs Muze Frame
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Xer
This app offers advanced photo editing capabilities with multiple layers, allowing for precise adjustments, effects, and text overlays. Create artistic photo montages and enhance images with a wide range of tools for daily editing needs.
- Multiple-layer editing
- Real-pixel editing
- Perspective transformations
- Color eraser
- Extensive photo effects
- Text layer addition
- Project auto-save
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Xer is a versatile photo editor to make excellent photos basing on multiple-layer editing. It is to meet all the daily demands for photo editing: rotation, cropping, flipping, applying photo effects, adding text, making artistic or funny photo montages, etc. Whenever it can help, it's trying to be sufficient and handy. Features: + Real-pixel editing. + Create projects with photos or a blank background. + Multiple-layer editing: Tap on a layer to select it. + Add new layers from the photo album or the camera. + Move, rotate, flip a layer, zoom in/out to edit with accuracy. + Move up a layer with a double-tap. + Change a layer's width or height. + The only app in the App Store capable of performing perspective transformations. + Color eraser: Quickly erase a layer's background color. + Eraser: Erase on a layer with desired size and offset. + Add transparency to a layer. + Copy a layer or the whole image. + Crop a layer. + Delete a layer. + Add a text layer. + Control your photos: Contrast, Saturation, Brightness, Tint, Exposure, Blur, USM, Vibrance, Gloom, Vignette, Gamma, Bloom, Sepia Tone, Posterize, Hue Adjust, etc. + Apply combined photo effects with convenience. + Project auto-save. + Save or mail. + Share to SNS. THE ONLY TIP: ALWAYS SELECT A LAYER BEFORE DOING ANYTHING TO IT. See the demo on the support website.
Muze Frame
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Features: * Share your personal slideshow with a link * Run your slideshow as a digital frame on a iPad or tablet * Create groups with family or friends. No login / no account * Enhance pictures with our automatic border color * Arrange pics into galleries Terms of Use: https://www.muzeframe.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Xer at none against Muze Frame's 6. Xer also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.5). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Muze Frame sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Xer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Xer ships an update monthly, Muze Frame every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Xer | Muze Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 志明 丁 | Shagbark LLC |
Bugs and requests
Xer
Reported bugs
11 issues- App crashes frequently during editing
- Eraser tool causes app to crash or malfunction
- Layers disappear randomly during work
- Undo function doesn't work properly
- Unresponsive buttons and controls
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- Tutorial exit button unresponsive on iOS 8
- Photos won't load or get stuck loading
- Image quality drastically decreases on import
- Erased content reappears before crashing
- App circles back to instructions instead of functioning
- Photos move around uncontrollably on screen
Requested features
10 requests- Layer tab/panel for easy layer management and visibility
- Ability to add more than 3 layers
- Save and resume projects functionality
- HD/high-quality image export options
- Undo functionality that actually works
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- Individual side adjustment for canvas resizing
- Comprehensive user instructions and tutorials
- Button labels and icon descriptions
- Ability to delete and reload pictures
- Smart layer selection without moving other layers
Muze Frame
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Xer
No in-app purchases
Muze Frame
- Basic: 10 min video, 500 pics$0.991 Month
- Premium 20 min video 1000 pics$1.491 Month
- Deluxe 30 min video, 2000 pics$1.991 Month
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- Basic: 10 min video, 500 pics$8.991 Year
- Premium 20 min video 1000 pics$10.991 Year
- Deluxe 30 min video, 2000 pics$12.991 Year









