Comparison

PhotoGrid vs e8st

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

Head to head
About

PhotoGrid

Create stunning social media content with a versatile collage maker. Combine photos and videos, add text and stickers, and design custom layouts for platforms like Instagram and TikTok. Offers powerful editing tools and marketing features.

Highlights
  • Video collage creation
  • Social media marketing tools
  • 20,000+ collage templates
  • Freestyle photo stitching
  • Powerful photo editing tools
  • Customizable watermarks and text
Features
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This is the best Collage App to create stunning images for social media, like Instagram, TikTok posts and stories, Facebook posts, banners and covers, YouTube thumbnails, and Pinterest collections. •Create memory collages with ease •Create amazing social media content •Grow a new business Feature Highlights Video Editor & Video Grid Maker • Combine photos and videos to make video grids, trim your video easily! • Best Instagram video and photo editor, add blurred backgrounds without cropping them or adding unexpected watermarks! •You can synchronize your video clips so that they are all aligned to the same moment in time. •Up to 9 Videos. Social-Media Marketing Tool • Watermark: Customize your own logo and Watermark, add Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp logo easily with your name. • Ratio: Tons of popular ratios including Facebook cover, Apple Watch, A4, A3 sizes, and more which allows you slay on social media! • Text: Add any font you want and add beautiful curved texts on your photo. The most complete collage app •20000+ different collage templates. Re-mix up to 16 of your photos at a time to create fun, personalized layouts, and collages. • Design your own photo creations! Make beautiful filmstrip and cool photo stitches! • You can also personalize your own scrapbook with freestyle pic stitches! Happy scrapbooking! Powerful photo editor •Crop, rotate, resize, blur, and beautify your photos easily, you can even frame your images in Instagram's 1:1 aspect ratio! • Add stickers, text, backgrounds, graffiti, boarders, and mosaic, or adjust the brightness, contrast, saturation, and layout of your photos! • Convert a raw photo into a powerful image all in one app. You can also customize templates to suit your needs! = Contact Us = • Email: photogridapp.feedback@gmail.com PHOTOGRID PREMIUM PLAN Functions • Access to 20000+ Elements • Create VideoGrids up to 15 minutes long. High-quality full HD 4K VideoGrid. • Freely decide aspect ratio for your photo • Enjoy an ads-free experience • Share with friends without any watermarks Billing • Payment: - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - All premium plans will be auto-renewed at the end of each period. - Cancellation must be made at least 24 hours before the end of the valid period to avoid a nonrefundable auto-renewal. - Cancellation requests made prior to the end of the period will become effective at the end of that period term. - You can manage and turn off auto-renewal in your Apple Account Settings. • Premium Plan Choices - Initiation or termination of a premium plan must be done through the iTunes App Store, which may be subject to a sales tax in your area. Note: you are responsible for checking the Terms of Service of your app store for detail and applicability of sales tax. • Refund Please be aware that refund is NOT available after purchase. Other • 2025 PhotoGrid.app reserves the right to adjust the pricing for its products and services in the future. • Terms of Use: https://media.grid.plus/doc/grid_plus_terms_of_service • Privacy Policy: https://media.grid.plus/doc/grid_plus_privacy_policy

About

e8st

Features
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Turn any photo into a frame from a film — then watch it move. e8st brings cinematic color, real lens character, and motion grading to your phone. No desktop software, no flat one-tap presets. Just filmic looks you shape yourself. Start with any photo. Choose a cinematic grade, add optical lens character, and tune it inside a darkroom-inspired workspace built for mobile. Then bring it to life — grade Live Photos and motion clips frame by frame, the one thing a still filter can't do. WHAT YOU CAN DO • 17 cinematic color grades — and counting • Real lens looks: depth, compression, bokeh, anamorphic character • Precision tuning: mood, neon, depth, drift, skin, sky, flora, bloom • Frame tools: zoom, pan, crop, scope, type, aspect ratios up to 2.39 • Grade Live Photos and motion clips, not just stills • Export before/after reveals and coordinate stamps • Export .cube LUTs for Premiere, DaVinci, and Final Cut A darkroom in your pocket — for people who want their photos to look like cinema, not a filter. — Designed and owned by Truong Ly Design Inc.

Screenshots

PhotoGrid4 screens
e8st4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: e8st at none against PhotoGrid's 13. e8st also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). PhotoGrid's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and chart position (#60 vs unranked). On price 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. PhotoGrid sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. e8st asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PhotoGrid ships an update weekly, e8st every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
PhotoGrid versus e8st: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhotoGride8st
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (118K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings118K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
Best chart rank#60 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size380 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJUPITER PALACE PTE. LTD.Zero2mill Inc.

Bugs and requests

PhotoGrid

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Photos get blurry when uploaded to the app
  • Editing tools like eraser are glitchy and unreliable
  • Saved projects sometimes lose formatting and layouts
  • Login issues and inability to restore purchases

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add search function for stickers and backgrounds
  • Allow custom watermark uploads
  • Improve video editing and syncing capabilities
  • Provide one-time purchase option instead of subscription
  • Restore previously free features that are now paywalled

e8st

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

PhotoGrid

Subscriptions10
  • Remove Watermark$0.997 Days
  • Perfect Grid Experience7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • PhotoGrid weekly2.99$2.997 Days
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  • PhotoGrid Pro7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • PhotoGrid Plus$4.991 Month
  • Perfect Grid Experience7 Days trial$23.991 Year
  • PhotoGrid Pro3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • PhotoGrid VIP$33.991 Year
  • PhotoGrid VIP3 Days trial$33.991 Year
  • PhotoGrid Premium3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time2
  • Layout Package$0.99
  • AI Vidoe$2.99
None

e8st

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PhotoGrid free?
PhotoGrid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is e8st free?
e8st is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PhotoGrid or e8st have ads?
PhotoGrid shows ads; e8st does not.
Which is updated more often, PhotoGrid or e8st?
PhotoGrid ships an update weekly, and e8st every 3 weeks. Most recently, PhotoGrid was updated on October 26, 2026 and e8st on October 25, 2026.

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