Comparison

Photo Collage Maker vs ASTELI

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

Head to head
About

Photo Collage Maker

Easily combine multiple photos into a single image using customizable layouts. Adjust borders, corners, and photo placement to create perfect collages. Edit individual photos with filters and add text or stickers before sharing without watermarks.

Highlights
  • Customizable photo grids
  • Adjustable borders and corners
  • Drag-and-drop photo placement
  • Photo editing with filters
  • Add text and stickers
  • Save and share without watermarks
  • Project saving for later edits
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

ASTELI

Create beautiful stories with ease using this aesthetic editor. Add photos, text, stickers, and images with customizable layers and effects. Save and export your creations as PNG files.

Highlights
  • Add photos or transparent backgrounds
  • Multiple text, sticker, and image layers
  • Curated font pairings and word styling
  • Adjust color, size, position, and rotation
  • Behind Me effect for layering
  • 265+ stickers
  • Save projects and export as PNG
Features
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ASTELI is an aesthetic Story editor for anyone who wants beautiful results without complicated tools. Build a complete story right inside the app: • add your own photo or create on a transparent background; • use multiple text, sticker, and image layers on one canvas; • choose curated font pairings or style individual words; • adjust color, accents, size, position, and rotation; • place text and stickers behind a person with Behind Me; • choose from 265 stickers, including Aesthetic, Pink, Autumn, Halloween, and Velvet; • save projects and export your finished Story as a PNG. No account is required. Start with a free 7-day trial with no card and no automatic subscription. If you want to keep full access forever, unlock it with a one-time purchase. Your aesthetic. Your rules.

Screenshots

Photo Collage Maker4 screens
ASTELI4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Photo Collage Maker at 19 against ASTELI's 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Photo Collage Maker sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and ASTELI sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 — 5.0 for Photo Collage Maker against 5.0 for ASTELI. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Photo Collage Maker has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Photo Collage Maker versus ASTELI: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto Collage MakerASTELI
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (19 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB92 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperInkverseElizaveta Shcheglova

Customer experience

Photo Collage Maker

All ratings19 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral8.3%
Negative54.2%

ASTELI

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

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Photo Collage Maker

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
1 purchases

ASTELI

One-time1
  • ASTELI$9.99

Questions

Is Photo Collage Maker free?
Photo Collage Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ASTELI free?
ASTELI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Photo Collage Maker or ASTELI?
Photo Collage Maker and ASTELI are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 19 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Photo Collage Maker or ASTELI have ads?
Neither Photo Collage Maker nor ASTELI shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Photo Collage Maker or ASTELI?
Photo Collage Maker ships an update every 9 days, and ASTELI every 9 days. Most recently, Photo Collage Maker was updated on November 7, 2026 and ASTELI on October 31, 2026.

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