Comparison

Lilacpane vs GridSticker

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

Head to head
About

Lilacpane

Easily create professional app promotional graphics, frame your photos with decorative borders, and design multi-photo postcards. Utilize smart backgrounds, canvas splitting, and batch export for efficient workflow. Start with templates or a blank canvas to bring your creative visions to life.

Highlights
  • Device frames for screenshots
  • Decorative photo frames
  • Multi-photo postcard layouts
  • Split continuous canvas designs
  • Smart background generation
  • Batch export of images and videos
  • Customizable templates
Features
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Create app promotional graphics, frame your photos, and turn multiple photos into postcard layouts. Start with a template or a blank canvas, then bring your work together with smart backgrounds, canvas splitting, and batch export. DEVICE FRAMES FOR SCREENSHOTS & VIDEOS Add phone, tablet, computer, and watch frames to screenshots, photos, or existing screen recordings. Choose a device and adjust its position, size, and angle. Arrange multiple devices on one canvas to showcase different screens and use cases. PHOTO FRAMES Give your photos a different look with decorative frames. Adjust the crop and spacing to create framed compositions for travel photos, portraits, and everyday moments. MULTI-PHOTO POSTCARD LAYOUTS Arrange photos and text to make travel keepsakes, everyday photo stories, or greeting postcards. Bring several moments together in one shareable composition. SPLIT A CONTINUOUS CANVAS Arrange images, text, and backgrounds across one continuous canvas, then export it as 2 or 3 separate images. Create connected app promotional graphics and multi-panel displays that flow from one image to the next. SMART BACKGROUNDS Build a coordinated background from colors in your imported image, or use a blurred version of the image as a backdrop. Choose solid colors, gradients, or your own background image to refine the overall look. TEXT, ICONS & BADGES Add headings, captions, icons, and badges. Adjust text styles and colors to make important details stand out and keep your message clear. TEMPLATES & FLEXIBLE EDITING Start with a ready-made template and replace the images and text, or design your own layout on a blank canvas. Save frequently used layouts as custom templates for your next project. MULTIPLE CANVASES & BATCH EXPORT Import multiple images or videos, switch between canvases, and keep a series of designs consistent. Export your work in batches, with PNG and JPEG for images and MP4 and MOV for videos. Free templates are available, including selected photo-frame and photo-layout templates. Exporting designs with Pro features, split-canvas export, batch export and video export require a paid subscription or lifetime purchase. Adding Pro features to a free template also makes export require Pro. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://lilacpane.com/privacy?lang=en User Agreement: https://lilacpane.com/terms?lang=en

About

GridSticker

Easily transform AI-generated or scanned images into custom sticker packs for popular messaging apps. Automatically removes backgrounds, adds outlines, and allows for fine-tuning before exporting to WhatsApp, Telegram, LINE, or iMessage.

Highlights
  • AI art to sticker pack conversion
  • Automatic background removal
  • Customizable sticker outlines
  • Multi-app export (WhatsApp, Telegram, LINE, iMessage)
  • Animated sticker support
  • Grid-slicing for any layout
  • Fine-tuning and editing tools
Features
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GridSticker turns AI-generated sticker sheets into ready-to-send sticker packs for WhatsApp, Telegram, LINE, and iMessage. Point the camera at something and snap it straight into a sticker. Or drop in a video and get animated ones. Start free — your first pack costs nothing, with every tool and every export included. No watermark, nothing held back. GridSticker Pro is a one-time unlock for unlimited packs after that. One payment, no subscription. Drop in any sheet — 2×2, 3×3, 4×4, anything up to 10×10 — and GridSticker slices it into individual stickers automatically. Tweak the grid by hand if it gets it wrong. Then ship the pack to WhatsApp or Telegram in one tap, build a LINE Creator ZIP ready for upload, send a real sticker pack to iMessage, or save the high-res PNGs to Photos. WHAT'S INSIDE • Grid-slicing for any sticker sheet — any layout, any size, up to 10 rows × 10 columns • Video import — drop in a clip and get animated stickers, with the frame rate set per sticker • Camera capture — snap a photo and the subject gets cut out for you. Continuous shooting keeps the camera open, with flash, rotate, and delete right there • Custom sticker tray — browse curated packs, drag the ones you want into your own mix • Animated stickers. Drop a multi-frame sheet, line frames up with onion-skin, then export as animated WebP for WhatsApp or as a GIF to Photos • Smooth corners via vector contour tracing — no staircase pixels along the edge • The white outline that makes a sticker read as a sticker, with adjustable width • Background removal: pick your subject, or just remove the white with a tolerance dial when the source is messy • Erase brush for stray pixels the auto-cutout missed. Undo if you slip, and the brush sits where your thumb is whether you're lefty or righty • Per-tile fine-tuning when one sticker won't cooperate • Lossless WebP under WhatsApp's 100KB limit, lossy when it has to be • Hi-res Photos export with the transparent background intact WHO IT'S FOR • You generated emoji stickers in any of the popular AIs and want them as a real WhatsApp, Telegram, LINE, or iMessage pack • You scan or photograph drawings and want them clipped, outlined, and shareable • You run a Cricut and need clean white-bordered PNGs for Print-then-Cut sticker projects EXPORT TO • WhatsApp — full sticker pack in one tap, static or animated • Telegram — full sticker pack via Telegram's own importer • LINE Creator — bundled ZIP with the right sticker dimensions, main image, and chat-tray icon, ready to upload at creator.line.me • iMessage — a real Messages sticker pack, in your Stickers tray in one tap • Photos — full PNG, transparent background, no compression • Photos GIF — for animated packs you want to share outside chat apps Made on a small island. gridsticker.peterong.dev

Screenshots

Lilacpane4 screens
GridSticker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: GridSticker at 4.3 against Lilacpane's 4.1. Lilacpane's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Lilacpane sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and GridSticker 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

GridSticker holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Lilacpane's written reviews are positive against 80% of GridSticker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lilacpane ships an update every 2 weeks, GridSticker every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Lilacpane versus GridSticker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLilacpaneGridSticker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (8 ratings)4.3 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size189 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer文阳 贺Peter Ong

Customer experience

Lilacpane

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%

GridSticker

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Lilacpane

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$1.491 Month
  • Pro Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Professional Edition$14.99
1 purchases

GridSticker

One-time1
  • GridSticker Pro$7.99

Questions

Is Lilacpane free?
Lilacpane is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GridSticker free?
GridSticker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lilacpane or GridSticker?
GridSticker is rated higher. Lilacpane averages 4.1 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while GridSticker averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Lilacpane or GridSticker have ads?
Neither Lilacpane nor GridSticker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lilacpane or GridSticker?
Lilacpane ships an update every 2 weeks, and GridSticker every 10 days. Most recently, Lilacpane was updated on November 7, 2026 and GridSticker on November 5, 2026.

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