Comparison

Xer vs Muze Frame

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Multiple-layer editing
  • Real-pixel editing
  • Perspective transformations
  • Color eraser
  • Extensive photo effects
  • Text layer addition
  • Project auto-save
Features
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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.

About

Muze Frame

Features
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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

Screenshots

Xer4 screens
Muze Frame4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Xer ships an update monthly, Muze Frame every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Xer versus Muze Frame: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXerMuze Frame
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.5
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB52 MB
Age rating4+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

None

Xer

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Muze Frame

Subscriptions6
  • 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

Questions

Is Xer free?
Xer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Muze Frame free?
Muze Frame is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Xer or Muze Frame have ads?
Neither Xer nor Muze Frame shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Xer or Muze Frame?
Xer ships an update monthly, and Muze Frame every 2 months. Most recently, Xer was updated on October 23, 2026 and Muze Frame on October 26, 2026.

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