iPhotoCanvas vs Slate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iPhotoCanvas
Transform your favorite photos into stunning canvas art. Upload images from various sources and have them professionally printed on high-quality archival canvas in a range of sizes. Customize your art with different framing options and layouts to create unique home decor.
- Upload photos from Instagram, Facebook, Cloud, Dropbox, and camera roll
- Professional digital artist transformation
- Archival quality canvas prints
- Multiple size options (6"x8" to 30"x40")
- Panoramic print support for new iPhones and iPads
- Gallery wrapped, framed, or rolled options
- Various layout configurations (gallery wall, canvas splits, story canvases)
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iPhotoCanvas is an application where you can create incredible canvas art. Upload your photo direct from your Instagram, Facebook, Cloud, Dropbox and Iphone camera roll! Our digital artists transform your photos to art on our own fine art archival canvas - you can print your photos in a variety of sizes from 6"x8" to 30"x40"- we support the new iphones and ipads for panoramic prints! Choose your image gallery wrapped, framed, or rolled in a tube. We offer 10 different gallery wall configurations, canvas splits, story canvases (multiple photos on one canvas) and single panel canvases. Turn your photos of captured memories and incredible snapshots in to canvas art that will hang in your home as priceless art works bringing you a life time of enjoyment.
Slate
Record your screen as you type text, add photos, and music to create engaging videos. Share your creations easily on social media platforms.
- Real-time canvas recording
- Text input animation
- Add photos and music
- Square video clipping
- Social media sharing
- Diverse effects
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iPhone realtime canvas record app, Slate. Introduce Slate by Good Effect that hundred thousands of download record by E-book authoring tool Book Writer, Fairy Tale. Do you want to write what you want to show like a telling? You can improve your expression by using procedure that completing words by typing a letter by letter. Slate record your text input procedure as you see and create a movie. Method of use is very simple. Make a scene by select Photo, Text, Music item and put them the canvas. And Select record button then your screen will recorded as you see. Share your movie that created yourself. Your video will clipped as square so it would be nice to using Instagram, Facebook. You can create fun movie by using diverse effect. Show your sense! Please follow Instagram ID @slateapp to get information and wonderful movie. Please visit http://goodeffect.com for more information. Or contact to jameslee@goodeffect.com. Require iOS 9, iPhone 5S above.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: iPhotoCanvas at 87% against Slate's 13%. iPhotoCanvas also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (22 vs 4). Slate's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
iPhotoCanvas holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iPhotoCanvas has 22 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of iPhotoCanvas's written reviews are positive against 13% of Slate's.
iPhotoCanvas ships an update every 6 weeks, Slate weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iPhotoCanvas | Slate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (22 ratings) — better | 1.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.7% of reviews — better | 12.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blanc Photo and Fine Art Media Inc. | Good Effect |
Customer experience
iPhotoCanvas
Slate
Bugs and requests
iPhotoCanvas
Reported bugs
3 issues- App freezes
- Order not received
- No response to inquiries
Requested features
1 request- Ability to ship to the UK
Slate
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iPhotoCanvas
No in-app purchases
Slate
No in-app purchases
Questions
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