Comparison

Split Pic Collage Maker Layout vs Layout

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

Head to head
About

Split Pic Collage Maker Layout

Create unique photo collages and special effects by dividing your camera into sections. Blend or contrast images, apply filters, and edit with various tools. Collaborate with friends and save your projects.

Highlights
  • Multiple free layouts
  • Blend or contrast images
  • Import from Camera Roll
  • Photo editing tools (crop, rotate, color)
  • Custom photo filters
  • Collaborate with friends
  • In-app library for unfinished projects
Features
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The (new and improved) Original Collage & Cloning App with over 50 MILLION satisfied users! Split Pic divides your camera into several sections with several free layouts to choose from. You can choose to blend these images together creating a flawless looking special effect or make a sharp contrast between the photos to collage multiple images. The possibilities are limitless! HOW IT WORKS: • Select a layout • Take photos or import images from your Camera Roll. You can now choose the order you take your images and if you’re not feeling the layout no problem just press the random button to check out more layout options! • To blend or not to blend, it’s up to you! You can blend the images together to look like one photo and fool all your friends or keep the sharp contrast and show off your artistic side. The blend bar is now available immediately so you can test it before moving on to the editing process! • Adjust your images. Zoom-in or out, move the split bars, move your images around, and choose from various photo editing options like crop, rotate, color adjustments, etc! • Choose from 14 custom photo filters to get your Split Pic looking fly. You can filter each section separately to switch it up or make the each frame the same filter! • Save it to your Camera Roll or share it with friends! With our integrated social media posting to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, Email, or SMS is just a click away. FEATURES: • COLLABORATE with friends anywhere in the world (heck even Mars if they have wifi)! Just take part of a Split Pic and select which of your Facebook friends you want to complete it. Way better than a postcard! •Beautiful, Exclusive Artwork and Stickers to apply over your edits. • Any unfinished Split Pics get automatically saved to your in-app LIBRARY! You can save your projects to easily come back and work on it over time or make several combinations and choose your favorite. • Need some Split Pic-spiration? Check out the HALL OF FAME section to see what amazing images users are creating all around the world...your photo can be featured too just post your creations to Instagram with the hashtag #splitpic to enter your photo! • Having trouble or want to give us feedback? Go to SETTINGS to send us feedback, ask for help, or to just say Hi! SUBSCRIPTION INFO: Subscribe to take advantage of the features described above. • Subscription length: weekly • Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase. • You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Account Settings after the purchase. • Your subscription will renew automatically, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • The cost of renewal will be charged to your account in the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. • When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription. Terms of service: https://support.bendingspoons.com/tos?app=570748340 Privacy policy: https://bendingspoons.com/privacy.html?app=570748340 Have a feature request you would like to see in a future version of the app? Do not hesitate to contact us at splitpic@bendingspoons.com

About

Layout

Easily combine your favorite photos into stunning collages with a wide variety of layouts, shapes, and styles. Enhance your creations with filters and share unique visual stories. The app offers a flexible, quick, and simple workflow for creating eye-catching content.

Highlights
  • Wide array of layouts, shapes, and styles
  • Rotate, resize, and rearrange photos freely
  • Extensive collection of filters
  • Video collages for Instagram
  • Simple and quick workflow
  • Instagram-ready grid templates
Features
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Your memories deserve more than a basic grid. Turn your favorite moments into visual masterpieces with Layout—the premier photo collage maker for creators. Ranked #1 in Graphics & Design across multiple countries, Layout is the modern successor to the classic collage experience. It is a professional-grade photo collage maker and video collage editor built for fast, aesthetic storytelling. From seamless Instagram carousels to viral Reels, Layout removes the friction between your creative idea and the final export. The Creator’s Choice: 500+ Layouts & Frames Massive Template Library: Explore over 500+ handcrafted collage layouts, ranging from classic photo grids to artistic freeform scrapbooks. Seamless Carousels: Easily stitch and combine images into continuous, swipeable Instagram Carousels with perfect transitions. Iconic Film & Polaroid Frames: Elevate your photo collage with Vintage textures, Film frames, Retro Polaroid borders, and minimalist aesthetics. Hybrid Video Collage: Don’t choose between formats. Our video collage maker lets you seamlessly mix 4K videos and high-res photos in one stunning frame. Smart AI Cutout: Break the grid! Use the precision cutout tool to remove backgrounds and create layered, journal-style collages and custom stickers. Social UI Templates: Unique collage maker templates featuring iMessage, Instagram, Facebook, and Google Search interfaces. Designed for Every Special Moment: Life’s Big Milestones: Celebrate everything from newborn baby showers and milestone birthdays to beautiful wedding galleries. Seasonal Inspirations: Fresh photo collage designs added weekly for every major holiday—from Easter and Valentine’s Day to the magic of the Winter Season. Trend-Ready Tools: Instantly generate Year-in-Review recaps, Top 9 grids, Photobooth strips, and professional Before & After transformation shots. Print-Ready Quality: Export in ultra-high resolution. Perfect for physical photo albums, professional portfolios, or wall art. Wallpaper & Poster Maker: Design custom, aesthetic phone wallpapers using flexible collage tools and specialized aspect ratios. Precision Controls & Global Exports: Pixel-Perfect Editing: Enjoy fluid controls to mirror, flip, drag, and scale with total accuracy inside your photo grid. Optimized Aspect Ratios: Instant presets for Instagram Stories, TikTok, Pinterest, and Reels, plus standard dimensions for professional printing. Perfect For: Content Creators building aesthetic video collages and seamless carousels for social media. Memory Keepers creating digital scrapbooks, travel journals, and baby books. Small Businesses designing professional before & after showcases for fitness, beauty, or home decor. Digital Artists looking for a freeform collage maker to build unique moodboards. Stop settling for boring photo frames. Join millions of users worldwide. Download Layout—the top-ranked photo collage maker—and start creating today! ---- Subscribe to take advantage of the features described above. Subscription length: weekly, monthly, yearly By subscribing you get unlimited edits and access to our tools. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable For the Terms of service and privacy policy, please check: http://braincake.net/collage_privacy.html http://braincake.net/collage_terms.html

Screenshots

Split Pic Collage Maker Layout4 screens
Layout4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Split Pic Collage Maker Layout at free with in-app purchases against Layout's subscription. Split Pic Collage Maker Layout also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Layout's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Split Pic Collage Maker Layout sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Layout sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. 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 — 4.6 for Split Pic Collage Maker Layout against 4.6 for Layout. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16K and 46K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Split Pic Collage Maker Layout's written reviews are positive against 89% of Layout's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Split Pic Collage Maker Layout ships an update every 2 months, Layout every 5 days. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Split Pic Collage Maker Layout versus Layout: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSplit Pic Collage Maker LayoutLayout
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (16K ratings)4.6 (46K ratings)
Positive reviews87.4% of reviews88.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16K46K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
Best chart rank#46#11 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB187 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMosaic S.r.l.Fitness Labs

Customer experience

Split Pic Collage Maker Layout

All ratings15,676 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral4.6%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews2,172 reviews
Positive87.4%
Neutral5.8%
Negative6.8%

Layout

All ratings46,075 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral4.2%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews3,050 reviews
Positive88.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative7.1%

User reviews

Split Pic Collage Maker Layout

From 16K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Efficient photo editing
  • 💡 Unique photo blending effects
  • 🎨 Lots of creative options
  • ⭐ Excellent photo collage features

Room to improve

  • 💰 Paywall for many features
  • 🔍 Limited customization options
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and freezes
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🙄 Intrusive ads

Layout

From 46K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Straightforward and efficient
  • 💡 Lots of free features and customization options
  • ⭐ Great app for creating collages
  • 👌 Simple and user-friendly interface

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Limited access to premium features without subscription
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 💰 Subscription model can be costly for some users
  • 🔍 Lack of advanced editing tools

Bugs and requests

Split Pic Collage Maker Layout

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Difficulty uploading photos from camera roll
  • Blending issues when using certain layouts
  • Watermark removal not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add video support
  • Improve photo alignment tools
  • Provide more free editing options
  • Implement an undo/redo function
  • Allow saving custom layouts

Layout

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Difficulty uploading recent photos
  • Inconsistent behavior when rotating or resizing images
  • Saving issues and lost progress

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free layout and design options
  • Ability to resize and reposition photos within templates
  • Integration with social media platforms
  • Improved photo editing capabilities

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Split Pic Collage Maker Layout

Subscriptions7
  • Pro Subscription3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Pro Subscription7 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Weekly with Free Trial7 Days trial$3.997 Days
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  • Weekly Subscription$3.997 Days
  • Weekly Sub with Free Trial7 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • Weekly Premium Subscription$5.997 Days
  • Yearly with Free Trial7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time7
  • No ads$0.99
  • Censored Artwork$0.99
  • 4 Splits & No Ads!$0.99
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  • Remove Watermark$0.99
  • Vintage Filters$1.99
  • Pro Layouts$1.99
  • Pro Bundle Pack$3.99
8 purchases

Layout

Subscriptions8
  • Collage Maker Pro7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Photo Collage Maker7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Collage Maker Pro7 Days trial2 variants$4.997 Days
Show 5 more
  • Collage Pro$19.991 Year
  • Photo Collage maker Pro1 Month trial$29.991 Year
  • Collage Pro1 Month trial$29.991 Year
  • Photo Collage Maker Pro1 Month trial$29.991 Year
  • Collage Maker Pro - Family Plan$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Split Pic Collage Maker Layout free?
Split Pic Collage Maker Layout is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Layout free?
Layout is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Split Pic Collage Maker Layout or Layout?
Split Pic Collage Maker Layout and Layout are both rated 4.6 out of 5 on the App Store, from 16K and 46K ratings respectively.
Do Split Pic Collage Maker Layout or Layout have ads?
Split Pic Collage Maker Layout shows ads; Layout does not.
Which is updated more often, Split Pic Collage Maker Layout or Layout?
Split Pic Collage Maker Layout ships an update every 2 months, and Layout every 5 days. Most recently, Split Pic Collage Maker Layout was updated on September 24, 2026 and Layout on September 24, 2026.
Which is more popular, Split Pic Collage Maker Layout or Layout?
Split Pic Collage Maker Layout currently peaks at #46 in the App Store charts, and Layout at #11. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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