Comparison

Frame Collage vs Frames by Collage Collection

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

Head to head
About

Frame Collage

Create stunning photo collages with a wide variety of frames and effects. Easily add photos from your library or camera, customize backgrounds, and apply artistic filters. Save and share your creations with high-quality output.

Highlights
  • Multiple photo frames (heart, round, star, cloud)
  • Customizable backgrounds (solid colors or photos)
  • Photo effects (sepia, comic, black & white)
  • Add shadows to photos
  • Apply edits to all photos simultaneously
  • Add photos from library or camera
  • Landscape and portrait orientation support
Features
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With Frame Collage, you will enjoy collaging with various photo frames.Make terrific photo collages with it to amuse your family and friends, memorize some time and share around the world! Features: -Both Landscape and portrait orientation support. -Add photos from the photo library or camera. -Multiple adding:add multiple photos at a time. -Multiple backgrounds or you can select a photo as background. -Moving,pinching and rotating. -Multiple photo frames: heart,round,star,cloud,etc. and frame a photo whenever you like. -Add no frame:do not frame the photos to make a common collage. -Multiple frame colors available. -Auto-frame:automatically frame the newly-added photo as the last framed photo. -Collage with photo effects: blackwhite,comic,cyanotype,sepia,softlight,oldstyle,exposure,vibrance,vignette and more are coming. -Add shadow to photos. -Apply to all:apply a frame,a frame color,a photo effect or shadow to all photos by a double-tap. -High photo quality to save, mail or share on Facebook or Twitter. Tips: -Tap the background to add photos. -Tap a photo to bring it to the front or long-press to move back. -Double-tap the background or a photo to edit it. -Double-tap the frame,the frame color,the effect or the shadow buttons to apply it to all photos. -On iPhone/iPod touch,shake to show the options. See the tutorial video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlz2baKC0uk

About

Frames by Collage Collection

Transform your photos into stunning collages with a vast array of visual effects, customizable artwork, and handcrafted themes. Easily edit, add text, stickers, and filters to create unique masterpieces to share on social media. Offers an intuitive interface and offline usability.

Highlights
  • Dozens of handcrafted original themes
  • Powerful photo editing software
  • Stickers and original content
  • Custom filters
  • Huge selection of fonts and captions
  • Intuitive interface
  • Usable offline
Features
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Unlock your inner artist and transform your favorite photos into uniquely inspired collages! With this powerful photo editing and collage creating app, you get access to a huge selection of stunning visual effects and customizable artwork at your fingertips, for free. Your creative side is waiting! Collage Collection is the premier app that will turn your photos into masterpieces, allowing you to create and share your own unique artwork with friends and family on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. With a simple and intuitive interface, choose between dozens of frames, filters, effects, fonts, styles, and colors to perfectly reinvent your photos into breathtaking collages. Why you’ll love it: Using Collage Collection, you can choose custom between dozens of handcrafted original themes built for a massive variety of occasions, moods, styles and genres; giving you complete creative freedom while providing inspirational suggestions for new ways you can have fun with your photos! The design allows you to flow seamlessly through each step of editing your photos, allowing you to add all the features you want at the best possible time. The features include: Collections of themes that can help you decide on a great path to take to turn any photo into a fantastic collage. Powerful photo editing software that allows you to crop, adjust and customize your images with a wide selection of visual effects. - Stickers and original content for adding flare. - Custom filters for setting the perfect mood and lighting scheme. - A huge selection of fonts, captions and writing styles. - An intuitive interface for all users. - Usable offline - No uploading or downloading to servers - It’s free!

Screenshots

Frame Collage4 screens
Frames by Collage Collection4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Frame Collage at none against Frames by Collage Collection's shown. Frame Collage also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Frames by Collage Collection's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 73%) and ratings volume (124 vs 19). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Frame Collage sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Frames by Collage Collection sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Frame Collage against 4.5 for Frames by Collage Collection. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Frames by Collage Collection has 124 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of Frame Collage's written reviews are positive against 86% of Frames by Collage Collection's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Frame Collage ships an update every 4 months, Frames by Collage Collection every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Frame Collage versus Frames by Collage Collection: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFrame CollageFrames by Collage Collection
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (19 ratings)4.5 (124 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19124 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer志明 丁Motion Apps AB

Customer experience

Frame Collage

All ratings19 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral5.3%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral15.2%
Negative12.1%

Frames by Collage Collection

All ratings124 ratings
Positive88.7%
Neutral3.2%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative7.1%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Frame Collage

One-time1
  • All Frames$0.99
10 purchases

Frames by Collage Collection

One-time10
  • Remove ads$0.99
  • Collage pack 2$0.99
  • Template pack 1$0.99
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  • Template Pack 2$0.99
  • Template pack 3$0.99
  • Halloween pack 1$0.99
  • Christmas pack 1$0.99
  • Christmas pack 2$0.99
  • New Years Pack 1$0.99
  • All content$4.99

Questions

Is Frame Collage free?
Frame Collage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Frames by Collage Collection free?
Frames by Collage Collection is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Frame Collage or Frames by Collage Collection?
Frames by Collage Collection is rated higher. Frame Collage averages 4.4 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Frames by Collage Collection averages 4.5 from 124 ratings.
Do Frame Collage or Frames by Collage Collection have ads?
Frames by Collage Collection shows ads; Frame Collage does not.
Which is updated more often, Frame Collage or Frames by Collage Collection?
Frame Collage ships an update every 4 months, and Frames by Collage Collection every 2 months. Most recently, Frame Collage was updated on October 14, 2026 and Frames by Collage Collection on October 15, 2026.

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