PICSPLAY Classic vs Panogrid
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PICSPLAY Classic
This app offers a comprehensive suite of photo and video editing tools. Create artistic images with a wide range of filters, analog effects, and design elements. It also features a pro camera with real-time filters and video editing capabilities.
- Hand-picked filter effects
- Analog film effects
- Text, stickers, and borders
- Professional editing tools (RGB Curves, Levels)
- Basic editing functions
- Pro camera with real-time filters
- Video camera with live filters
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PicsPlay Pro has come back with a renewal, PICSPLAY Classic™ PICSPLAY Classic is an all-in-one photo editor that provides hand-picked filter effects and versatile editing functions. Make your photos a piece of art with PICSPLAY Classic! FILTERS Provides selected filters ranging from color filters for daily life and landscape to professional film filters CREATE ANALOG PHOTOS Textures and light leak effects to add vintage texture and an analog film sensation Vignetting effect to reproduce the lens sensation of lomo camera and toy camera DESIGN TOOLS FOR CREATORS Text, Stickers, Borders, Painting, Mosaic, Square for Instagram PROFESSIONAL EDITING RGB Curves, RGB Levels, Selective Color, Dodge/Burn, Blur, Double Exposure BASIC EDITING Undo/Redo, Crop, Rotate, Straighten, Skew, Clarity, Exposure(Brightness & Contrast), Color(Hue & Saturation, Vibrance), White Balance(Color Temperature & Tint), Fade, Highlights/Shadows, Highlights Tone, Shadows Tone, Sharpen PRO CAMERA Real-time filters and out-of-focus effect Combine up to 9 shots in a single frame Continuous shooting VIDEO CAMERA Live video filters Amazing motion graphics : Vintage light leak, video magazine covers, polaroid layouts * All users who previously purchased the original PicsPlay Pro from the App Store can use PICSPLAY Classic™ at no additional charge. * Have a question or suggestion? We are waiting for your feedback! Facebook: facebook.com/PICSPLAY Instagram: @PICSPLAY_Official
Panogrid
This app helps you divide panoramic photos into multiple square or portrait-oriented images for use in carousel posts. It offers customization options for borders, previews, and directional arrows, while preserving metadata and supporting 360-degree panoramas.
- Slice panoramas into grid sections
- Create square or 4x5 portrait grids
- Add custom borders with adjustable size and color
- Preview full-size image with custom background
- Add directional arrows to guide viewers
- Support for 360-degree panoramas
- Preserves location and metadata
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Cut your panoramic photos to square or portrait orientation rectangle (4x5) grid to use in a single carousel posts in other apps. Fast and with convenient options, preserving location info and all other metadata. Additionally you can: • add border with custom color and size to your panorama before slicing it, • adjust border's corner radius and fill percentage for it, • generate full-size preview with custom background color, • add small arrow to the first image to pay additional attention of viewer about other parts of panorama on the right. Choose style, color size and position, • flip horizontally your panorama to change what will appear first to the viewer, • support for 360 degree panoramas! • support for Dark appearance. • support for images with wide-gamut content (Display P3) and HDR.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PICSPLAY Classic at 86% against Panogrid's 13%. PICSPLAY Classic also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (130 vs 4). Panogrid's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $9.99). On update cadence, 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
PICSPLAY Classic costs $9.99 and Panogrid $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PICSPLAY Classic holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PICSPLAY Classic has 130 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of PICSPLAY Classic's written reviews are positive against 13% of Panogrid's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PICSPLAY Classic | Panogrid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (130 ratings) — better | 3.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.9% of reviews — better | 12.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 130 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 203 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JellyBus Inc. | Yury Golubinsky |
Customer experience
PICSPLAY Classic
Panogrid
Bugs and requests
PICSPLAY Classic
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when trying to load photos
- Incompatible with iPhone 5S and newer devices
- App freezes and becomes unusable after iOS updates
Requested features
5 requests- Update the app to work with latest iOS versions
- Add collage and layering features
- Implement blemish removal tools
- Include a color picker tool
- Add the ability to save text/copyright overlays
Panogrid
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PICSPLAY Classic
No in-app purchases
Panogrid
No in-app purchases
