Comparison

CollageBook vs ARStain

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

Head to head
About

CollageBook

Create stunning collages with intuitive gesture controls. Expand your canvas freely, arrange layers easily, and export multi-page designs as PDFs or image collections. Access a library of stickers and save custom gradient effects.

Highlights
  • Intuitive gesture controls
  • Expandable and freeform canvas
  • Precise canvas size settings
  • Multi-page PDF/image export
  • Easy layer management
  • Photo subject recognition
  • Sticker library
  • Saveable gradient effects
Features
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+ A flexible and efficient design tool where all actions are completed with basic gestures like tapping, dragging, and pinching. + The canvas can be expanded, focused, and cropped freely. No more worrying about collage elements going off the edge or running out of canvas space. + Canvas size supports precise settings, allowing you to export pixel-perfect creations. + Supports one-tap export of multi-page collages as PDFs or image collections. + Easily drag elements to switch layers. Adjusting the layer order is now more intuitive and efficient than ever before. + Recognize photo subjects, enabling copy, paste, and flexible operations. + All collage elements support complex gestures like dragging, pinching, zooming, stretching, and rotating. + A wide variety of beautiful stickers are available. + Save gradient effects to a library at any time, applicable to photo outlines or canvas backgrounds. + Save your collage to the creation library, ready for export or further editing at any time. Terms of Use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

ARStain

Features
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Create together with ARStain, an AR drawing experience for children and parents. Choose a Bird or Car and place it in the live AR view. Move and resize it to explore. For Birds, move the colorful AR Bird aside to reveal its sketch. The sketch guides your drawing; the color Bird gives you a visual reference. Switch to Draw and make your picture with a finger. Return to AR to check the sketch or color reference, then keep drawing. When you're ready, save your drawing to Photos. The saved image contains only your drawing, not the camera view, AR objects, or app controls. Hummingbird and all Cars are free. A one-time, non-consumable Premium in-app purchase unlocks nine additional Birds; it is not a subscription. If you purchased Premium before, open a locked Bird and choose Restore Purchases.

Screenshots

CollageBook4 screens
ARStain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CollageBook at every 2 months against ARStain's every 36 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. CollageBook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ARStain sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CollageBook ships an update every 2 months, ARStain every 36 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
CollageBook versus ARStain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCollageBookARStain
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews75.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 2 months โ€” betterEvery 36 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better15.1
Further details โ€” not scored
Size41 MB85 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerๅฐๆณข ๅธOlexandr Prodan

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CollageBook

One-time1
  • CollageBook Pro$4.99
1 purchases

ARStain

One-time1
  • Premium Birds$0.99

Questions

Is CollageBook free?
CollageBook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ARStain free?
ARStain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CollageBook or ARStain have ads?
Neither CollageBook nor ARStain shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CollageBook or ARStain?
CollageBook ships an update every 2 months, and ARStain every 36 months. Most recently, CollageBook was updated on October 14, 2026 and ARStain on October 4, 2026.

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