Comparison

Pastille vs ImgRef

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

Head to head
About

Pastille

Create custom lock screens with your favorite app icons and contacts. This app offers automatic setup for popular apps and a clean interface for personalization.

Highlights
  • Add favorite app icons
  • Add favorite contacts
  • App search with millions of entries
  • Automatic icon and title setup
  • Pre-configured app links
  • Customize lock screen widgets
  • Light and Dark themes
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Pastille lets you add your favorite app icons, contacts, and shortcuts on the lock screen of your device on iOS 16+. Features: - Add your favorite apps - App your closest contacts - Powerful app search option with millions of entries - Automatic title and icon setup - Automatic app link creation for the most popular apps with more than 500 pre-configured links - Customize your lock screen with your favorite app widgets - Clean and friendly UI - Light and Dark themes Soon: - Add your favorite contacts - Add useful shortcuts - Access a list of exclusive backgrounds made for iOS 16+

About

ImgRef

This app is an all-in-one creative tool for mood boards, reference images, and collaging. It offers smart asset management, precise color picking, and free-form layout capabilities across multiple devices. Designed for various creative professionals, it streamlines workflows with advanced editing and import/export features.

Highlights
  • Unlimited canvas with smart caching
  • Multi-select batch processing
  • Professional workflow with keyboard shortcuts
  • Image editing and adjustments
  • Dynamic color picker
  • Cross-platform support (iOS/macOS)
  • Video frame extraction
  • GIF decomposition
Features
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「App Store Editor's Choice」 「98% 5-Star Ratings」 「Cross-Platform for iPhone/iPad/MacOS」 Redefine your creative workflow - an all-in-one tool combining mood boards, reference images, smart asset management, precise color picking, and free-form collaging across devices. Designed for UI/brand/illustration/photography/architecture/video storyboard and other creative scenarios, this is your professional reference image and inspiration board on iPhone / iPad / macOS. Core Features: 1. Unlimited Canvas: Smart caching and image management for large long-term libraries and smooth browsing. 2. Multi-Select Batch Processing: Select multiple images for adaptive scaling, smart layout, uniform size, copy, and alignment. 3. Professional Workflow: Full keyboard shortcuts (Mac / iPad keyboard) for faster frequent actions. 4. Image Editing: Rotate, crop, desaturate, flip, adjust opacity, layers, scale, and more. 5. Dynamic Eyedropper: Pick any canvas color in real time and get common color codes. 6. Video Processing: MP4 playback and 4K still extraction for faster storyboards, covers, and video references. 7. Stylized Text: Built-in fonts and styles make notes, titles, and labels clearer on the canvas. 8. Magnetic Guides: Alignment hints and smart snapping for precise layouts. 9. GIF Decomposition: Break animations into frames for clearer detail references. 10. Import & Backup: Clipboard, photos, folders, drag & drop, export, full backup. 11. Web Drag & Drop: Drag images from Pinterest / ArtStation / Midjourney / Pixiv / Instagram and more. 12. Multiple Modes: View, lock, and edit modes keep browsing and editing separate. 13. Brush Tools: Annotate and highlight key areas for more intuitive communication. 14. File Management: Grid/list views with multiple sorting options. 15. Canvas Zoom: Smooth zoom and pan for comfortable detail viewing. 16. Multi-Select Quick Alignment: Quick alignment/distribution after multi-select. Enhanced Features: 1. Image/GIF/Video Notes: Add notes to capture ideas and key points. 2. Preview Mode: Switch to a clean preview for focused viewing and presentations. 3. Advanced Crop: Fit different aspect ratios and compositions faster for cleaner output. 4. Image Blur: Blur images for privacy protection and richer visual layering. 5. High-Resolution Scene Export (PNG): Export full scenes as HD PNG for sharing and delivery. 6. File Favorites: Save frequent files for quick access to key references. 7. Category Tags: Tag files by use, project, or status for faster filtering. 8. Dotted Background: Toggle a dotted background for clearer edge contrast. 9. Canvas Grayscale: Focus on tone and composition with grayscale view. 10. Image Color Analysis: Extract dominant colors to understand palette relationships. 11. Layer Panel: Preview names, reorder, and quick select for efficient layer management. 12. Scheduled Playback: Timed switching, playback controls, and countdown. 13. Layer Search: Filter by type and keyword to quickly locate target content among many layers. 14. Brush Presets: Switch stroke width, color, and opacity for annotation, highlighting, and sketching. 15. Canvas RGB Single-Channel Preview: View R/G/B channels separately to analyze color distribution, tone, and detail. 16. Link Cards: Turn webpages into cover cards pinned on the canvas; one tap to open 17. Image OCR: One tap reads the text in an image and turns it into a note beside it, so titles, copy, and labels on posters, interfaces, and screenshots can be lifted without retyping. You can subscribe to ImgRef Pro. Charged to your iTunes account on confirmation. Auto-renews unless canceled 24+ hours before period end. Manage in iTunes Store. Privacy Policy: https://xunhuaref.cn/index.php/privacypolicy/ Terms of Use: https://xunhuaref.cn/index.php/privacypolicy/eula-en/ Download now and experience the smoothest creative tool in the Apple ecosystem! Thank you for reading. Contact us: Email: imgref@163.com

Screenshots

Pastille4 screens
ImgRef4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pastille at none against ImgRef's 2. Pastille also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 77%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). ImgRef's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (126 vs 2). On price, ads, monetization model and iOS requirement 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. ImgRef sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Pastille asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pastille holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ImgRef has 126 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Pastille's written reviews are positive against 77% of ImgRef's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pastille ships an update monthly, ImgRef every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pastille versus ImgRef: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPastilleImgRef
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.7 (126 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better77.3% of reviews
Number of ratings2126 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAli KARAGOZ文荣 李

Customer experience

Pastille

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ImgRef

All ratings126 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral0.8%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive77.3%
Neutral4.5%
Negative18.2%

Bugs and requests

Pastille

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

ImgRef

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Trouble importing images from other apps

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add cropping functionality
  • Implement doodle/text feature for notes
  • Add GIF frame reading function

In-app purchases

None

Pastille

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

ImgRef

Subscriptions2
  • pro_monthly$0.991 Month
  • ImgRef Annual Subscription$5.991 Year

Questions

Is Pastille free?
Pastille is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ImgRef free?
ImgRef is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pastille or ImgRef?
Pastille is rated higher. Pastille averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while ImgRef averages 4.7 from 126 ratings.
Do Pastille or ImgRef have ads?
Neither Pastille nor ImgRef shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pastille or ImgRef?
Pastille ships an update monthly, and ImgRef every 4 days. Most recently, Pastille was updated on October 4, 2026 and ImgRef on October 17, 2026.

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