Comparison

Pixcall vs Hive

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

Head to head
About

Pixcall

Manage your creative assets with this cloud-based mobile tool. Upload photos, videos, and any file type, then organize them with folders and tags. Keep your phone and computer files synchronized in real time.

Highlights
  • Cloud library for photos, videos, and files
  • Organize with folders and tags
  • Real-time sync between phone and computer
  • Supports all file types
  • Mobile companion to desktop app
Features
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Pixcall is your mobile companion for managing massive creative assets. Here's what I can do: - Upload photos, videos, and any file type from your phone to your cloud library - Organize all your files with folders and tags - Keep assets in sync between your phone and computer in real time, both ways Note: Pixcall mobile works best alongside the desktop Application, seamlessly bridging your phone and computer for asset synchronization.

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

Pixcall4 screens
Hive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pixcall at none against Hive's 3. Pixcall also leads on review sentiment (91% vs 78%). Hive's advantage is ratings volume (36 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Hive sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Pixcall asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pixcall against 4.9 for Hive. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hive has 36 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Pixcall's written reviews are positive against 78% of Hive's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pixcall versus Hive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixcallHive
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (36 ratings)
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews — better77.8% of reviews
Number of ratings136 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB94 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperHangzhou SimpleEasy Network Co., Ltd.易泓 刘

Customer experience

Pixcall

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative0.0%

Hive

All ratings36 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral2.8%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews99 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral10.1%
Negative12.1%

In-app purchases

None

Pixcall

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Hive

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Annually$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is Pixcall free?
Pixcall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hive free?
Hive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pixcall or Hive?
Pixcall is rated higher. Pixcall averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Hive averages 4.9 from 36 ratings.
Do Pixcall or Hive have ads?
Neither Pixcall nor Hive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pixcall or Hive?
Pixcall ships an update every 3 days, and Hive every 3 days. Most recently, Pixcall was updated on September 20, 2026 and Hive on September 27, 2026.

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