Comparison

Pass Maker vs Frame Screenshots

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

Head to head
About

Pass Maker

Design and create personalized digital passes for your Apple Wallet. Easily customize colors, fonts, and images to make unique passes for events, loyalty cards, or boarding. Securely store and share your creations with a simple one-click add.

Highlights
  • Customizable pass design
  • User-friendly interface
  • Secure storage on iPhone/Apple Watch
  • One-click add to Apple Wallet
  • Versatile usage for events, loyalty, and more
  • Comprehensive analytics
Features
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Create Apple Wallet passes from a prompt, image, template, or manual editor. PassMaker helps you make boarding passes, event tickets, coupons, loyalty cards, and generic passes. Build faster: - Start from ready-made templates and customize key details - Use AI to turn a description or image into a structured draft - Add up to two Featured Actions, including website and phone links - Import attendee CSVs and generate personalized passes in bulk - Save drafts, preview passes as you build, and export Wallet-ready files Free accounts include two passes per day. Pro plans support higher-volume creation. App EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Frame Screenshots

Enhance your screenshots by adding custom device frames, backgrounds, and lighting effects. Perfect for showcasing app designs, home screen layouts, or gaming captures with a professional touch. Automate the process with shortcuts and Siri integration.

Highlights
  • Add device frames (iPhone, iPad, Mac, etc.)
  • Apply custom backgrounds (gradients, patterns, images)
  • Adjust lighting and shadow effects
  • Automatic screenshot detection
  • Batch processing with Shortcuts and Siri
  • Custom frame support
Features
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“Shareshot does things that a shortcut can’t, and the results it produces look fantastic.” - MacStories “The first app that’s taken a spot on my main Control Center screen is Shareshot.” — Stephen Robles “One of the things I liked most about Shareshot is that it’s very intuitive.” — 9to5Mac ~~ Winner of MacStories Selects "Best Design" 2024 ~~ ~~ Upgradies 2024 Runner-up: Best Newcomer iOS App ~~ Create beautiful images for sharing screenshots, social posts, text, source code, podcasts and more so quickly it seems unreal. UNLIMITED FREE USE WITH NO WATERMARKS on single framed screenshots. WHAT YOU CAN DO * Add a perfectly fitted device frame to screenshots from iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and more. Perfect for sharing lock & home screen setups, promoting apps or adding device images to web content. Use batch mode to process many images instantly with consistent results. * Hide or blur personal information like names, faces and bank details with a single tap. * Instantly create images from social post links for reposting or adding to presentation slides, with option to include original links and QR Codes. (Supports X, BlueSky, Mastodon) * Add text or Markdown to post online as images using the supplied themes for announcements or promotions. * Paste source code fragments to get syntax-highlighted images for sharing online or in presentations. * Import links to automatically create attractive "card" images for sharing. All standard device bezels are included for free, always. A Pro subscription removes restrictions on more advanced features including: batch mode, custom background images, custom frame images, and Shortcuts. BACKGROUNDS * Add a pretty background — with thousands of gradient variations, striped patterns, and LGBTQ+ and solidarity flags to show off your screenshot. * Highlight your image with the light position control for shadow and lighting effects in the background. * Use any custom image as a background. (*) MAGIC IMPORT * Paste, Drop, Open or directly type in text that is automatically rendered as an attractive image. * Text and Markdown is converted to an image using themes provided. * Source Code is drawn with syntax highlighting. * Links to Social Posts produce social "cards" without having to crop a screenshot (X, BlueSky and Mastodon). * Apple Music, Apple Maps, App Store, YouTube and podcast links all create shareable card images. BATCH MODE (*) * Import many images in batch mode, apply the same style settings to all and see the changes instantly with automatic file naming. * Customize per-image settings like device frame, corner radius and privacy redactions. * Create framed or text-based image carousels by dropping/importing multiple files and drag out the resulting images directly into another app to post them. PRIVACY * Automatic detection of Identification, Financial information and Faces. * Always automatically hides Financial information. * Tap a button to hide a piece of information or show it. * Multiple redaction styles. THE PERFECT FRAME * Device frames always fit the resolution of the screenshot, no janky stretched or cropped images. * Add your own custom frame with a clear area where the screenshot should be — frame any images! * Use any image if no frame is required, or choose "No frame" if you prefer to go without. SHORTCUTS & SIRI * Automate batch processing with powerful Shortcuts actions to frame each screenshot in the input. * Many powerful Shortcut Intents: "Frame last screenshot", "Open Shareshot with most recent screenshot", "Frame Screenshots", "Frame Screenshots with a custom background", "Create Image from Text", "Create Image from Links" and "Create Image from Source Code". * Siri "App Shortcut" support for saying "New Shareshot" to frame the last screenshot, opens the app ready for you to tweak the background. (*) - Requires Pro For Terms of Use see: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Pass Maker4 screens
Frame Screenshots4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Frame Screenshots at 79% against Pass Maker's 46%. Frame Screenshots also leads on device support (4 vs 1). Pass Maker's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pass Maker sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Frame Screenshots sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pass Maker ships an update weekly, Frame Screenshots every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pass Maker versus Frame Screenshots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPass MakerFrame Screenshots
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (89 ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.2% of reviews79.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—89 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB251 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSwapnanil DholMontana Floss Co.

Customer experience

Pass Maker

Written reviews13 reviews
Positive46.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative46.2%

Frame Screenshots

All ratings89 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral3.4%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive79.1%
Neutral11.6%
Negative9.3%

Bugs and requests

Pass Maker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Frame Screenshots

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App doesn't see screenshots taken with Shortcuts
  • Auto-detection fails for certain devices (e.g., MacBook Air)
  • Landscape screenshots cause errors
  • Frame packs not working unless metadata matches exactly

Requested features

11 requests
  • Ability to move the iPhone frame
  • One-time payment option
  • Option for video framing
  • Support for custom export sizes
  • Support for screen recordings
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  • Animated backgrounds
  • Copy and delete option for screenshots
  • Support for multiple screenshots on one canvas
  • Lifetime unlock option
  • Mac App Store version
  • Framing screen recordings

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Pass Maker

Subscriptions3
  • PassMaker Weekly$1.997 Days
  • PassMaker Monthly$6.991 Month
  • PassMaker Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time4
  • 1 Pass Credit$1.99
  • 5 Pass Credits$6.99
  • 10 Pass Credits$11.99
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  • Lifetime$39.99
2 purchases

Frame Screenshots

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Pass Maker free?
Pass Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Frame Screenshots free?
Frame Screenshots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pass Maker or Frame Screenshots have ads?
Neither Pass Maker nor Frame Screenshots shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pass Maker or Frame Screenshots?
Pass Maker ships an update weekly, and Frame Screenshots every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pass Maker was updated on October 24, 2026 and Frame Screenshots on October 24, 2026.

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