CollageBook vs 字探
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
字探
Discover unique retro artistic fonts and design inspiration. This app offers over 2000 Chinese characters and 1000 high-quality artistic font images across various categories to spark your creativity in design projects.
- Explore retro artistic fonts
- Over 2000 Chinese characters
- 1000+ high-quality font images
- Categorized by design type
- Search by character
- Favorite and collect fonts
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探索复古的美术字体，发现独特的设计灵感！本应用专为设计师和字体爱好者打造，提供超过 2000 个汉字和 1000 多张高质量的美术字图片，涵盖图书、报刊、杂志、广告、商标、包装、海报等多个类别，帮助你在设计中寻找新的创意。 主要功能： - 分类浏览：按照图书、广告、商标、海报等多个类别分类，帮助你获得设计参考与灵感。 - 按字检索：输入任意汉字，立即查找对应的美术字体。 - 任意收藏：收藏你喜欢的字体，随时查看、对比。 立即下载，开启你的字体设计之旅！ 如遇到错误或者提供意见与建议，请联系邮箱 yuliuapp@icloud.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: 字探 at 100% against CollageBook's 75%. 字探 also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. CollageBook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and 字探 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CollageBook ships an update every 2 months, 字探 fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CollageBook | 字探 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 小波 司 | 宇 刘 |
Customer experience
CollageBook
字探
In-app purchases
CollageBook
- CollageBook Pro$4.99
字探
- 永久会员$0.99
