Comparison

Photo Editor vs MergeEasy

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

Head to head
About

Photo Editor

This app is a powerful, all-in-one design studio for photo editing. It allows users to create unique images with a wide range of tools, filters, effects, and templates. Easily enhance selfies, food shots, scenery, and more for professional-looking results.

Highlights
  • Photo filters and effects
  • Stickers, overlays, and artwork
  • Magazine-style templates
  • Drawing and text tools
  • Cropping and collage maker
  • Photo booth fun
Features
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Photo Editor, is one of the most powerful design studios that fits in the palm of your hands. With over 50 million installs, Photo Editor is the premier all-in-one editor to fulfill all of your photo editing needs. If you're looking for an easy way to create unique looking pictures and convey a message, this is the way to do it! Easily edit photos of any kind - selfies, food, architecture, scenery, and fashion. Use items like masks, captions, quotes, watermarks, and memes that you create in the app. Add beautiful typography & artwork, apply stunning filters and photo effects, and add an ever-growing collection of shapes, light FX, textures, borders, patterns, and more to your photos and share them to your favorite social networks. The beauty of Photo Editor is that you don't have to be a professional photographer or a graphic artist to create professional looking results. This app is designed to be easy and quick to use so anyone can benefit from it. Photo Editing Features: Stickers & Artwork • Choose from a delightful collection of stickers, overlays & artwork to add onto your photos. - Expressing yourself has never been more fun! Photo Filters • Apply one of our 50+ gorgeous photo filters - with more on the way. • Enable the Photo Editor photo extension in the iOS Photos app to natively apply Photo Editor filters when editing in your Camera Roll. Photo Effects • Choose from our carefully crafted blends of light leaks, film grains, textures, gorgeous gradients, magical effects, and more! Image Overlays and Masks • Impress your friends by applying a collection of hundreds (and growing) of shapes, borders, overlays, textures and more to add that extra flair to your photos. Magazine Templates • Choose from incredible magazine-style templates to create your own custom cover story. Announce your birthday party, baby shower or job promotion with magazine templates inspired by publications like Time, Forbes, People, Bon Appétit and many more! Custom Artwork • Import custom artwork or your own logo, and use it in your photos as a fully editable layer. This is perfect for the mobile creative, and a big plus to branding efforts everywhere. Drawing Tool • Perfect for those who want to draw some rough notes, instructions, captions & more on their photos. Crop Photos • Easily crop photos using our preset ratios - including the popular 1:1 ratio - perfect for Instagram, or drag cropping tool to your desired width and height. Collage Tool • Choose from our great selection of unique and fun collages. Photo Booth • Endless fun awaits in the Photo Editor Photo booth. You'll never get tired of sharing your awesome photos with your friends. Sticker Pack • Fun set of iMessage stickers included with each download, with the option easily share images created with Photo Editor. This robust photo editing app for iPhone or iPad allows you to create unlimited fun, quirky, or professional photo edits. After installing this app, you will have access to the perfect photo editor for Instagram and for creating beautiful and unique pictures right at your fingertips. Easily upload, edit, and share as many photos as you want, whenever you want. No previous design experience or knowledge is needed to use our photo editing app. View our Terms of Service at: https://maplemedia.io/terms-of-service/ Download. Create. Share. We can't wait to see your creativity in action with Photo Editor! Support: contact@maplemedia.io Happy Editing, The Photo Editor Team

About

MergeEasy

Easily combine multiple screenshots, photos, or images into a single, long image. Perfect for stitching chat conversations, web pages, or receipts for seamless sharing. Offers both vertical and horizontal merging with intuitive drag-and-drop alignment.

Highlights
  • Vertical image stitching
  • Horizontal image stitching
  • Drag-and-drop image alignment
  • High-quality image saving
  • Combine chat conversations
  • Merge web page screenshots
Features
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Need to combine multiple screenshots into one long image? MergeEasy makes it easy to stitch screenshots, photos, and images together. Perfect for chat conversations, web pages, news articles, receipts, and any content that needs to be combined into a single image. Screenshot Stitching • Select multiple screenshots or photos from your Photos library • Vertical stitching: Combine images from top to bottom into one long screenshot • Horizontal stitching: Place images side by side to create a wider image • Drag images to adjust their position and remove overlapping areas Simple & Easy to Use: 1.Select your photos 2.Tap the gap between images to adjust the stitching 3.Drag images to align them perfectly 4.Save your finished image Your merged image is saved in high quality to your Photos library, ready to share anytime. Great for: • Stitching chat screenshots • Combining web page screenshots • Merging news screenshots • Creating long screenshots • Joining multiple photos • Combining images into one • Creating photo collages PRO Membership: • Subscription: PRO Membership • Plans: Monthly / Yearly • Price: $3.99/month; $19.99/year • Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account when you confirm your purchase. • Your subscription automatically renews unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. • Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. • You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy:https://www.easysoft.xin/mergeeasy/PrivacyPolicy.html Terms of Use (EULA):https://www.easysoft.xin/mergeeasy/TermsOfUse.html

Screenshots

Photo Editor4 screens
MergeEasy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MergeEasy at every 3 days against Photo Editor's every 3 months. MergeEasy also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Photo Editor's advantage is ratings volume (43K vs 1). On price, ads, 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. Photo Editor sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and MergeEasy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MergeEasy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Photo Editor has 43K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photo Editor ships an update every 3 months, MergeEasy every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Photo Editor versus MergeEasy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto EditorMergeEasy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (43K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings43K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size224 MB51 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMaple Media Apps, LLC荣归 黄

Customer experience

Photo Editor

All ratings43,073 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral4.5%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews2,089 reviews
Positive72.6%
Neutral7.4%
Negative20.0%

MergeEasy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Photo Editor

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Text formatting issues
  • Inability to change font color
  • Crashes and freezes when using multiple features

Requested features

3 requests
  • Restore previous sticker packs
  • Improve text editing capabilities
  • Add undo/redo functionality

MergeEasy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Photo Editor

Subscriptions2
  • Photo Editor Pro$3.991 Month
  • Photo Editor Pro Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time8
  • Remove Watermark$1.99
  • The Big Stickers Bundle$1.99
  • Unlock All Fonts$3.99
Show 5 more
  • All Collages$3.99
  • All Sticker Packs$4.99
  • All Overlays$4.99
  • Remove Ads$9.99
  • Unlock Bundle$49.99
2 purchases

MergeEasy

Subscriptions2
  • PRO monthly membership$1.991 Month
  • PRO annual membership$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Photo Editor free?
Photo Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MergeEasy free?
MergeEasy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Photo Editor or MergeEasy?
MergeEasy is rated higher. Photo Editor averages 4.6 out of 5 from 43K ratings, while MergeEasy averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Photo Editor or MergeEasy have ads?
Both Photo Editor and MergeEasy show ads.
Which is updated more often, Photo Editor or MergeEasy?
Photo Editor ships an update every 3 months, and MergeEasy every 3 days. Most recently, Photo Editor was updated on November 7, 2026 and MergeEasy on October 31, 2026.

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