Mimas vs Reframe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mimas
Enhance your photos with elegant, gallery-style borders and professional watermarks. This minimalist tool automatically embeds EXIF data like aperture and ISO, offering a clean interface for high-quality exports. Enjoy lifetime access with a one-time purchase.
- Gallery-style borders
- Smart EXIF data watermarking
- Minimalist interface
- High-quality export
- Lifetime access
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Elevate your photography with a touch of elegance. Mimas is a minimalist tool designed for photographers to add artistic borders and professional watermarks to their work, creating a lasting sense of ritual for every shot. - Gallery-Style Borders: Choose from classic aspect ratios and hand-drawn frame styles to give your photos a professional exhibition look. - Smart Watermarking: Automatically retrieve EXIF data (Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO, Focal Length) to create sleek, professional photo stamps. - Minimalist Interface: No clutter, just creativity. Customize your borders and watermarks with an intuitive, step-by-step workflow. - High-Quality Export: Save and share your work in high resolution, maintaining every detail for your social feed. - Lifetime Access: No subscriptions, no ads. A one-time purchase unlocks the full Pro experience forever.
Reframe
Enhance your photos by adding custom text, logos, and Exif data. Create personalized templates for batch editing and export in high-quality formats like HDR. This compact app offers powerful editing tools for both casual users and professionals.
- Add Exif data and custom text
- Overlay logos as watermarks
- Customizable templates for batch editing
- SDR to HDR conversion
- HEIF export for storage saving
- Adjustable text and logo styles
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Capture more moments, create more memories. With Reframe, your photos are not just photos. Easily add Exif data, custom text, and logos to your photos. Place these elements on the photo's frame or embed them directly like a watermark. Customizable Templates Batch edit and export with ease. Create and save your own personalized templates. Freely Adjust Styles Adjust text and logos as you like. Import custom logos in various ways and download Source Han fonts for your designs. Rich Exif Presets Provides a variety of presets automatically generated based on Exif data to streamline customization. Default HEIF Export Save up to 80% of storage while maintaining quality, with options for different export resolutions. SDR to HDR Conversion Export your photos with HDR effects. Take full advantage of display hardware to reveal a wider range of light and preserve the realistic feel of the scene. Compact and Powerful Enjoy powerful features in a compact 20MB app. *HDR Effect is available in the Photos app (iOS 17 & macOS 14), as well as in Messages, Quick Look, and Preview (iOS 18 & macOS 15), along with apps that support Gain Map, such as Instagram. Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://boringseries.notion.site/Reframe-44b30b54ef6642edac69b3075cb75f17
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Mimas at free against Reframe's free with in-app purchases. Reframe's advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Mimas sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Reframe sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mimas against 4.9 for Reframe. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reframe has 32 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Mimas ships an update weekly, Reframe every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mimas | Reframe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (32 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 97.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 32 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 文吉 李 | 银凯 朱 |
Customer experience
Mimas
Reframe
In-app purchases
Mimas
- Mimas Pro$2.99
Reframe
- Reframe Pro3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Reframe Pro3 Days trial$10.991 Year
- Reframe Pro$17.99
