Comparison

NiceShots vs Hive

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

Head to head
About

NiceShots

Easily add device frames and backgrounds to your screenshots and images. Create professional-looking mockups for websites, apps, and social media with customizable layouts and export options.

Highlights
  • Add device frames to images and videos
  • Customizable video size ratios
  • Variety of background configurations
  • Pre-made layouts
  • Beautiful device mockup backgrounds
  • Export in various proportions
  • Support for iPhone, iPad, iMac, iWatch, MacBook mockups
  • 3D phone mockups
Features
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When you want to add a background to the most satisfying photo, when you want to beautify your screenshots, when you want to show how your website or app looks on the device mockups... Then you can try NiceaShots. It offers pixel-level design perfection, ensuring that your photos or screenshots fit perfectly into the device. NiceShots has received a major update! This time, NiceShots supports adding phone models to videos, customizing video size ratios, and offers a variety of exquisite video background configurations. Easily create a perfect video. Embrace the ease of designing with Shots. Create beautiful mockups in seconds, giving you more time to focus. Any Mockup that you need. Choose a mockup that suits your needs add your screenshot, design or any image to get started. Pre-made Layouts. Transform how your mockup looks from our many custom tailored layouts. Beautiful Device Mockup Backgrounds. Variety of hand-picked background packs including gradients, images & more. Export for anywhere: Various proportions. Export pixel perfect images with pre-made frames based on the social media of your choice. You are very welcome to use NiceShots to make beautiful screenshots,NiceShots can easily and happily achieve shell screenshots, shell screenshots, screenshot beautification. It is a powerful model editor. We are also continuously enriching various phone mockups (iPhone 15, iPhone14, other phone) and other device mockups (iPad, iMac, iWatch, MacBook). Simplicity and efficiency have always been what NiceShots stands for, and I hope you can get your work done with a minimum of manipulation, just a few easy clicks, and create beautiful images that will make you look great when you share them! I added a very nice 3D phone mockups and now NiceShots can make amazing 3D phone mockups! There are many size models, many proportions, many backgrounds and many style combinations to make your pictures stand out and make your work shine on forums or social platforms! Support common picture proportions, almost cover any kind of scene. Rich background color types, you can complete their own personalized Settings. You can use the background blur effect or adjust the level of background blur. In addition, when you want to customize the background color, you can choose any color on the color palette. You can use any image in your album as a background! Of course, you can also set a transparent background, but remember to use png format export. Yes, we support image export in two formats: jpg and png. NiceShots also offers a variety of built-in background color images, including mixed colors, solid colors, and image types. We provide clear export Settings that allow you to export high quality pictures without affecting the original pictures, and the exported pictures take up very little memory on your device, which is crucial! This enables you to easily share with friends or upload online without having to worry about speed and data usage. 【 About Members 】 Subscription monthly membership Annual membership Permanent member Please note: Prices may vary by region. Prices are subject to change due to promotions. The payment will be deducted directly from your iTunes account. After purchase or trial, the subscription will automatically renew, your iTunes account will be charged within 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period, and the subscription period will be extended by one subscription period upon successful debit. A current subscription that has been started cannot be cancelled. Subscriptions can be managed by the user, and automatic renewal can be turned off in the user account Settings after purchase. Privacy policy: https://fishy-puppet-bb8.notion.site/29de2b5496274180b77c99aa3a2aba2a The terms of service: https://fishy-puppet-bb8.notion.site/5ec0ae2867ed4731bf54a317d0afd4d5 If you experience any problems while using the app, the "feedback" function within the app contacts us and we will respond quickly.

About

Hive

This app helps designers, creators, and innovators organize and manage all their creative assets in one place. It offers smart photo organization, an integrated video player, and multiple ways to save inspirations, streamlining your creative process. Effortlessly sort, categorize, and find your ideas with advanced filtering and search capabilities.

Highlights
  • Organize creative assets
  • Smart photo organizer
  • Integrated video player
  • Multiple save methods
  • Web capture
  • Multi-level folder system
  • Advanced search and filter
Features
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Hive is a private visual reference library for designers, illustrators, photographers, and creative teams. Save references the moment you find them—Share Sheet, clipboard, Safari, and links—then keep images, video, and files in one library you actually control. No feed. No tracking theater. Just a calm place to store and reopen what you need. Organize for real work • Folders, tags, filters, and search built for reference retrieval • Smart Folders to surface the set you need for a project • Mixed media in one place: images, video, links, and files Built for mobile creative workflows • Fast capture on iPhone and iPad • Browse and reuse references on the go • Works with an Eagle-compatible library workflow on mobile Privacy by default • Your library stays yours Hive is for people who already collect inspiration in Pinterest, moodboards, or Eagle on the desktop—and need a private, organized library on iOS. Download Hive and turn scattered references into a library you can find again. Privacy Policy: https://hive.ink/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

NiceShots4 screens
Hive4 screens

Verdict

The call

NiceShots and Hive both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of NiceShots's written reviews are positive against 79% of Hive's. NiceShots also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). Hive's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. NiceShots sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Hive sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. 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 — 4.8 for NiceShots against 4.9 for Hive. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 39 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of NiceShots's written reviews are positive against 79% of Hive's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NiceShots ships an update every 2 weeks, Hive every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
NiceShots versus Hive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNiceShotsHive
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (31 ratings)4.9 (39 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better78.8% of reviews
Number of ratings3139 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB186 MB
Age rating4++17
DeveloperChengdu Xiaomeng Huanian Technology Co., Ltd.易泓 刘

Customer experience

NiceShots

All ratings31 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Hive

All ratings39 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral2.6%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews104 reviews
Positive78.8%
Neutral9.6%
Negative11.5%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

NiceShots

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription$0.991 Month
  • Yearly subscription$1.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime membership$3.99
3 purchases

Hive

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Annually7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is NiceShots free?
NiceShots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hive free?
Hive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NiceShots or Hive?
Hive is rated higher. NiceShots averages 4.8 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Hive averages 4.9 from 39 ratings.
Do NiceShots or Hive have ads?
Neither NiceShots nor Hive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NiceShots or Hive?
NiceShots ships an update every 2 weeks, and Hive every 4 days. Most recently, NiceShots was updated on November 7, 2026 and Hive on November 8, 2026.

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