Comparison

Collage Maker vs Photo Collage Maker +

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, video collage, AI sticker maker, AI Edit Assistant and AI Tools for your best moments & memories! 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 for birthdays & holidays, slideshows, photo dumps and creative carousel collages for Instagram. Choose from trendy collage 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 - AI Edit Assistant: just ask - it edits, retouches and edits your collage - Animated Stickers & GIFs: photos into cute GIFs - Remove Video Background: drop the background - 20000+ STYLISH and FREE Layouts in different shapes, sizes, styles! Mix-match your photos, crop, rotate, move and set them up as you like - NEW Free Layer Stacking: Make a FREESTYLE COLLAGE! Unlock the grid and stack photos, stickers & text in any order - perfect for scrapbooks of special moments & memories - NEW Mini Me Stickers: AI turns your photos into cute Mini Me characters & fun stickers in seconds, in different art styles - share them or add them to WhatsApp - NEW AI Text Effects: Bring your words to life with AI-powered text effects - All in 1 AI tools: AI Remove background, AI Image Edit, AI Enhance and AI Art Generator. - 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 - NEW Background Adjustments: Fine-tune scale, opacity, blur, brightness & saturation of any background so your photos stand out - Thousands of EXCLUSIVE and FREE stickers, backgrounds, patterns, frames to beautify your photos & stories - DOODLE and write on your photos in your own unique handwriting - CUTOUT photos by tracing shapes with your finger - NEW Text Styles: Make words pop with rich fonts, strokes, textures, 3D & CURVE text, plus tag, torn or slice label backgrounds Features: - 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 - Cards & Posters Choose from 5000+ preset layouts for every occasion such as Christmas, birthday, holidays, newborn babies, weddings, anniversaries and graduation - 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 - Aspect Ratios for Instagram post & story, 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 Download LiveCollage and turn your best moments into collages worth sharing! 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

Photo Collage Maker +

Create unique photo collages with a wide variety of templates, filters, and fonts. Easily edit and arrange your photos, then share them in HD to social media.

Highlights
  • 70+ collage templates
  • 54 style filters
  • 78 background textures
  • Special fonts for text
  • Photo editing (move, resize, rotate)
  • HD resolution sharing
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Insteam - Add an artistic feel to your photos. New Photo Widget for iOS 14! Now you can use the Insteam Widgets to better decorate your home screen. You can choose any template and add style filters, artistic fonts, background textures, etc. to each photo, making the photo more unique. ● Templates 70+ exquisite collage templates, including movie, magazine, Polaroid, cyberpunk and other series styles. ● Filters 54 advanced style filters, which can be easily matched with various scenes to decorate your photos. ● Background 78 background textures, as well as solid color, gradient color, black and white background styles to choose from. ● Special Fonts Use special fonts to add text content to photos. ● Free Collage Use Insteam can combine great photos into a collage.  ● Edit Photos Support moving, resizing and rotating photos. ● Quickly Share Save your photos in HD resolution for sharing to social platforms like Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Thanks for creating with Insteam! We love hearing your ideas and feedback. Feel free to contact us that you have any problems or suggestions. Email: insteam123@outlook.com

Screenshots

Collage Maker4 screens
Photo Collage Maker +4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Collage Maker at 63% against Photo Collage Maker +'s 25%. Collage Maker also leads on ratings volume (179K vs 23) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Photo Collage Maker +'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 13) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15). On price, update cadence, 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. Collage Maker sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Photo Collage Maker + asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Collage Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Collage Maker has 179K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Collage Maker's written reviews are positive against 25% of Photo Collage Maker +'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Collage Maker versus Photo Collage Maker +: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCollage MakerPhoto Collage Maker +
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (179K ratings) — better4.5 (23 ratings)
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings179K — better23
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#101 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS1511.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size259 MB109 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVIDEO EDITOR PTE. LTD.开学 唐

Customer experience

Collage Maker

All ratings178,892 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews1,017 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral6.8%
Negative30.7%

Photo Collage Maker +

All ratings23 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

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

Photo Collage Maker +

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 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-time4
  • JointerFree
  • 200 AI Credits$4.99
  • All in one$9.99
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  • 1000 AI Credits$19.99
None

Photo Collage Maker +

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Collage Maker free?
Collage Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Photo Collage Maker + free?
Photo Collage Maker + is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Collage Maker or Photo Collage Maker +?
Collage Maker is rated higher. Collage Maker averages 4.8 out of 5 from 179K ratings, while Photo Collage Maker + averages 4.5 from 23 ratings.
Do Collage Maker or Photo Collage Maker + have ads?
Both Collage Maker and Photo Collage Maker + show ads.
Which is updated more often, Collage Maker or Photo Collage Maker +?
Collage Maker ships an update fortnightly, and Photo Collage Maker + fortnightly. Most recently, Collage Maker was updated on October 29, 2026 and Photo Collage Maker + on October 10, 2026.

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