Comparison

Ink vs BrandForge

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

Head to head
About

Ink

Add beautiful handwritten fonts and text layouts to your photos and videos. Enhance your social media stories and posts to create stunning visual content quickly and easily.

Highlights
  • Fabulous handwritten fonts
  • Create text and type layouts
  • Caption photos instantly
  • Enhance social media stories
  • Sell more on e-commerce platforms
  • Simple and straightforward editing
Features
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Some days don't fit in one photo. Put the birthday, the trip or the before and after together in one collage. Free layouts save free, with no watermark and no ads. AT A GLANCE • Pick your photos and they drop into a layout right away, ready to save • Photo grids, side by side, top and bottom, or one big photo with a strip of smaller ones • Drag the lines, set the borders, round the corners, slide each photo until every face fits • Save to Photos, or share to the family chat, Facebook or Instagram Stories • Your work saves as you go and stays in Projects, ready to change later FAMILY, BIRTHDAY AND TRIP COLLAGES The grandkids, all in one picture at last. Every face from the reunion. The six best shots from the beach instead of forty in a row. A photo collage says "look at this" in a single picture, and it's the one everybody saves from the family chat. BEFORE AND AFTER, SIDE BY SIDE Two photos and one line between them: the kitchen before and after the remodel, the haircut, the garden, the fitness journey, the job you just finished. Put them side by side or top and bottom, and drag the line to give either one more room. Proof, in one picture. PHOTO GRIDS AND LAYOUTS YOU CAN ADJUST Choose your photos and Ink shows the layouts made for that many, from a pair to a full grid. The first one is already in place, so a collage can take one tap. When you want it just right, everything moves: drag the line between two photos, set the borders from none to wide, round the corners, pick the border color, and zoom and slide each photo into place until nobody's head is cut off. Long-press a photo to swap it with another. Free or Premium, every layout adjusts the same way. CAPTIONS, STICKERS AND PHOTO FRAMES Underneath the collage maker is a real editor. Give each photo its own filter and a touch of warmth or brightness, so pictures from different phones sit well together. Add a name or a date, a few stickers, or one more photo in a heart, circle or arch frame. Undo is always one tap away. SAVE AND SHARE, NO WATERMARK Save to Photos, share to any app, send it straight to Instagram Stories, or copy it to paste into a message. Saved images never carry a watermark, and Ink has no ads, not even on the way out. It all stays in Projects, so next week you can swap in a better photo and save it again. A COLLAGE MAKER AND PHOTO EDITOR IN ONE Photo collage, pic collage, photo grid, layout maker, picture editor: whatever you call it, Ink puts your pictures together and saves them clean. Free layouts, templates, fonts, frames and stickers to start with, and no watermark on what you save. Ink Premium unlocks every layout, including the curves, waves and arches and the ones for big groups, plus premium fonts, frames, icons and templates and custom sizes. Anything Premium wears a crown, so you know before you tap. The photos you love belong together. Go put them there. Your Ink Premium subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. The payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. You can manage app subscriptions in your iTunes Account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a paid subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.madewithink.com/legal/terms-of-service Privacy policy: https://www.madewithink.com/legal/privacy-policy

About

BrandForge

Features
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BrandForge is the fastest way to create a professional logo for your business, right from your iPhone. Whether you're launching a restaurant, a tech startup, a fitness brand, or a creative agency, BrandForge has a curated set of elements, backgrounds, and fonts designed specifically for your industry. No blank canvas to stare at. Just pick your category and start building. == WHAT YOU CAN DO == Design with your category in mind Choose from 12 business categories: Restaurant & Food, Tech & Startup, Fitness & Wellness, Beauty & Spa, Real Estate, Education, Creative & Agency, Medical & Health, Legal & Finance, Construction, Entertainment, and Retail. Each category comes with 50+ relevant design elements so everything you see actually fits your brand. Build on a canvas that matches your output Select your canvas size before you start: Square (1080x1080) for social media and app icons, Story (1080x1920) for Instagram and TikTok, Landscape (16:9) for YouTube and presentations, Business Card, or a fully custom size. What you see in the editor is exactly what you get when you export. Add elements that mean something Drop in icons tailored to your category. Resize them freely with a pinch gesture or the corner handle. Rotate, reposition, and layer them until it looks right. Bring your own images Import any image or icon from your photo library and place it on your canvas as a layer. Transparency is preserved, perfect for dropping in an existing logo mark or icon. Make the text yours Add text with 14 built-in fonts spanning display, script, modern, serif, and monospace styles. Adjust font size with a slider, resize the text box independently, and change colour with a tap. Align with confidence Drag any layer close to the centre and dotted guide lines appear, horizontally, vertically, or both, so you know when you're perfectly centred. Export and go When your design is ready, export it as a PNG at your chosen resolution. Save directly to your Photos, save to Files, or share instantly via any app on your device. == PLANS == Starter ($6.99/month) Unlimited logo creation, 12 categories, 50+ elements per category, 5 canvas presets, image import, PNG export, 5 saved projects. Pro Annual ($39.99/year, just $3.33/month) Everything in Starter, unlimited saved projects, HD export, commercial use licence, all future updates included. Lifetime ($89.99 one-time) Everything in Pro Annual, pay once and own it forever, early access to new features. == PRIVACY == Your designs stay on your device. BrandForge does not upload your projects to any server, does not collect personal data, and contains no ads. == LINKS == Support: https://brandforgeapp.blogspot.com/2026/05/support.html Privacy Policy: https://brandforgeapp.blogspot.com/2026/05/privacy-policy.html Terms of Service: https://brandforgeapp.blogspot.com/2026/05/terms-of-service.html

Screenshots

Ink4 screens
BrandForge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Ink at 15.0 against BrandForge's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Ink sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and BrandForge sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Ink versus BrandForge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInkBrandForge
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (19 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperInkverseAbdullah Javed

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Ink

Subscriptions5
  • Ink Premium Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Ink Premium Weekly$6.997 Days
  • Ink Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
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  • Ink Premium Monthly$11.991 Month
  • Ink Premium Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
3 purchases

BrandForge

Subscriptions2
  • Starter$6.991 Month
  • Pro Annual$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$89.99

Questions

Is Ink free?
Ink is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BrandForge free?
BrandForge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ink or BrandForge have ads?
Neither Ink nor BrandForge shows ads.

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