Comparison

Collage Maker vs Pic Collage Post for Instagram

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

Head to head
About

Collage Maker

Create stunning photo and video collages with over 20,000 layouts, effects, and stickers. This all-in-one editor offers AI tools for background removal, image enhancement, and artistic filters. Design unique scrapbooks, animated collages, and personalized cards for any occasion.

Highlights
  • 20,000+ stylish layouts
  • AI tools (background removal, art generator)
  • Video collage and slideshow maker
  • Exclusive stickers and backgrounds
  • Freestyle scrapbook mode
  • Pro selfie editor
  • 3D and curve text design
Features
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#1 All-In-1 pic collage maker, photo editor, collage maker, photo collage, carousel collage, video collage and AI Tools for your best moments & memories! Make perfect collages, videos with 20000+ layouts, effects, stickers & tools. 100 million+ installs, Collage Maker - LiveCollage is the #1 photo collage maker & photo editor app. Download the best, the easiest app for editing photos and videos, making perfect free cards, slideshows and creative carousel collage for Instgram. Choose from trendy grid layouts, collage styles and sizes, awesome effects, exclusive stickers, background patterns, gradients and doodle on collages to TELL YOUR STORY with one framed picture, video! And edit & touch up your pics, videos with powerful editing tools, filters, beauty retouch essentials. Awesome Features - 20000+ STYLISH and FREE Layouts in different shapes, sizes, styles! Mix-match your photos, crop, rotate, move and set them up as you like - All in 1 AI tools: AI Remove background, AI Image Edit, AI Art Generator, AI Cartoon yourself, AI Remove Objects, and AI Enhance. - Carousel Collage: Create unique and creative photo collages by layer photos and videos across multiple frames for a seamless Instagram layout. - Powerful & Easy to use Video Editor, Video Collage, SLIDESHOW Maker. Including Trim,Crop,Reverse,Split,Adjust video speed, volume, Add animations, Music tools. - Make animated collages with one tap - Stunning AI ARTISTIC FILTERS turn photos into artworks in styles of famous artists: Picasso, Van Gogh, etc - AI Background Eraser change photo background with one tap in seconds - Thousands of EXCLUSIVE and FREE stickers, backgrounds, patterns, frames to beautify your photos & stories - Use FREESTYLE to make a SCRAPBOOK of special moments & memories - DOODLE and write on your photos in your own unique handwriting - CUTOUT photos by tracing shapes with your finger - Beautify your portrait with PRO Selfie Editor! It include a collection of the best pro retouching tools - Typographic text design: Create beautiful text visuals - 3D & Curve Text: Create 3D effect & CURVE text to make fantastic artwork Features: - 20000+ STYLISH Layouts Choose from a wide variety of layouts, preset templates or use freestyle mode to create a photo collage in your own UNIQUE STYLE - Adjustable Layout Fully ADJUSTABLE basic layout by adjusting the FRAME,COLORS and PATTERNS. - Remix more than 64 Shots Combine 2 ~ 64+ photos into a single awesome pic and video - Stitches Combine more than 16 photos into a long story picture - Stickers & Decorations Decorate your photos with tons of exclusive and TRENDY stickers! Personalize your collages and add extra fun in your own style - Cards & Posters Choose from 5000+ preset layouts for every occasion such as Christmas, birthday, holidays, newborn babies, weddings, anniversaries and graduation - Backgrounds Choose & change any color, opacity, beautiful gradients and patterns - 100+ Fonts Add colorful TEXT & next trending MEME with funky FONTS to make them even more expressive! - Photo Frames Beautify your photos into framed artwork with CREATIVE photo borders - Effects Create a whole different photo mood with TRENDY filters - Blur Blur background to make STYLISH photo - Aspect Ratios for fb cover/post, twitter post, iPhone wallpaper - Photo Editor Trendy filters, touch-up tools(CROP, DRAW, REDEYE, BLEMISH...) and more - Selfie Editor Smooth out skin, reshape face, whiten teeth, remove blemishes & pimples and more - Video Editor Create MUSIC VIDEO, Add text on Videos and make photos into stunning SLIDESHOW with free musics. Trim, speed, crop, rotate, move, flip, apply filter, add COOL effect VIP LiveCollage VIP is a subscription that provides access to all templates, layouts, effects, backgrounds and more! And to access our exclusive set of Features. With the 3-day trial, you can try it for free! Terms & Privacy: https://bit.ly/term_privacy EULA: https://bit.ly/appleeula

About

Pic Collage Post for Instagram

Easily create stunning photo collages and grid layouts for social media. Combine multiple pictures with customizable backgrounds, text, and stickers to make your posts stand out. Share directly to platforms like Instagram or save to your device.

Highlights
  • Create photo collages quickly
  • Customizable backgrounds and colors
  • Photo grid layout options (3x1 to 3x5)
  • Add text with various fonts and colors
  • Incorporate stickers from a library
  • Direct posting to social media
  • Save high-resolution images
Features
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Create beautiful photos with Pic Collage! Posting camera images directly to social media is so boring. You need to spice them up to make the pics nice and make people love photos of you. You don’t need to spend money at all to do this because InstaGrid is a FREE-to-edit photo software that will help you create the most stunning grid collage. Pic Collage is one of the easier yet powerful collage making tools in the App Store. You can combine many amazing pictures into collage photo wall that you can post on social media such as Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, or other social networking sites. Pic Collage features: - Create beautiful pic collage within a minute with using Pic Collage - Amazing backgrounds - Adjust the background color - Create collage photo free - Collage photos templates - Post your amazing pictures collage directly to Instagram or save to Photos - Crop your favorite photo into 3x1, 3x2, 3x3, 3x4 or 3x5 grids - Add stickers from our library to make your pics nice & cute - Write text on your love photos - Customize texts with different colors, size, or fonts - High resolution images - Easy to use and very simple - Post your amazing pictures collage on Social Media Feedback: - If you like our application please rate 5 stars for us - If you find any problems with InstaGrid please E-mail us Subscription pricing and terms: For unlocking all features and content, auto-renewable subscription offer two options: - 1 Week: $5.99 / weekly (You can try free 3 days) - 1 Month: $9.99 / monthly (You can try free 3 days) - 1 Year: $19.99 / yearly (You can try free 3 days) Payment and Subscription Information: - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchases. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. You can cancel your subscription via this url: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 - Link to Privacy Policy: https://app.termly.io/document/privacy-notice/03b09d8d-3a6d-4cb9-8e0a-7e944f884e93 - Link to Terms of Use: https://mtekapps.neocities.org/terms_grid/ Thank for your using Pic Collage.

Screenshots

Collage Maker4 screens
Pic Collage Post for Instagram4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Collage Maker at 62% against Pic Collage Post for Instagram's 8%. Collage Maker also leads on ratings volume (177K vs 435) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Pic Collage Post for Instagram's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Collage Maker sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Pic Collage Post for Instagram sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Collage Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Collage Maker has 177K ratings behind it against 435, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Collage Maker's written reviews are positive against 8% of Pic Collage Post for Instagram's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Collage Maker versus Pic Collage Post for Instagram: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCollage MakerPic Collage Post for Instagram
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (177K ratings) — better4.6 (435 ratings)
Positive reviews62.2% of reviews — better7.7% of reviews
Number of ratings177K — better435
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#88 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size260 MB151 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVIDEO EDITOR PTE. LTD.SCEP LLC

Customer experience

Collage Maker

All ratings177,056 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews988 reviews
Positive62.2%
Neutral6.6%
Negative31.2%

Pic Collage Post for Instagram

All ratings435 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral2.5%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive7.7%
Neutral7.7%
Negative84.6%

Bugs and requests

Collage Maker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Saving issues and lost work
  • Compatibility problems with older devices
  • Unreliable performance and frequent crashes

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free templates and layouts
  • Improved text editing capabilities
  • Better video editing features
  • Ability to use own fonts and backgrounds

Pic Collage Post for Instagram

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Collage Maker

Subscriptions9
  • Collage Maker$4.991 Month
  • Collage Maker ▣7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Photo Collage Maker$4.991 Month
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  • The Best Photo Collage Maker ◈$4.997 Days
  • Photo Collage Maker AI$12.991 Month
  • Collage Maker ◧3 Days trial$35.991 Year
  • Collage Maker$39.991 Year
  • Collage Maker ◈$47.991 Year
  • The Best Collage Maker AI3 Days trial$69.991 Year
One-time2
  • JointerFree
  • All in one$9.99
10 purchases

Pic Collage Post for Instagram

Subscriptions10
  • Weekly Plan3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • Grids – Monthly Subscription$7.991 Month
  • Monthly Plan$9.991 Month
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  • Monthly Plan3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Grids – Quarterly Subscription$18.993 Months
  • Yearly Plan3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Grids – Annual Subscription$19.991 Year
  • Bundle – Monthly Subscription$19.991 Month
  • Bundle Quarterly Subscription$38.993 Months
  • Bundle – Annual Subscription$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Collage Maker free?
Collage Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pic Collage Post for Instagram free?
Pic Collage Post for Instagram is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Collage Maker or Pic Collage Post for Instagram?
Collage Maker is rated higher. Collage Maker averages 4.8 out of 5 from 177K ratings, while Pic Collage Post for Instagram averages 4.6 from 435 ratings.
Do Collage Maker or Pic Collage Post for Instagram have ads?
Collage Maker shows ads; Pic Collage Post for Instagram does not.
Which is updated more often, Collage Maker or Pic Collage Post for Instagram?
Collage Maker ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pic Collage Post for Instagram every 3 weeks. Most recently, Collage Maker was updated on September 25, 2026 and Pic Collage Post for Instagram on September 17, 2026.

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