Reframe vs Frame Elf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reframe
Enhance your photos by adding Exif data, custom text, and logos. Create personalized templates and export in high-quality HEIF or HDR formats. This compact app offers powerful editing tools for memorable images.
- Add Exif data, text, and logos
- Customizable templates
- Batch editing and export
- HEIF and HDR export options
- Import custom logos
- Adjust text and logo styles
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Capture more moments, create more memories. With Reframe, your photos are not just photos. Easily add Exif data, custom text, and logos to your photos. Place these elements on the photo's frame or embed them directly like a watermark. Customizable Templates Batch edit and export with ease. Create and save your own personalized templates. Freely Adjust Styles Adjust text and logos as you like. Import custom logos in various ways and download Source Han fonts for your designs. Rich Exif Presets Provides a variety of presets automatically generated based on Exif data to streamline customization. Default HEIF Export Save up to 80% of storage while maintaining quality, with options for different export resolutions. SDR to HDR Conversion Export your photos with HDR effects. Take full advantage of display hardware to reveal a wider range of light and preserve the realistic feel of the scene. Compact and Powerful Enjoy powerful features in a compact 20MB app. *HDR Effect is available in the Photos app (iOS 17 & macOS 14), as well as in Messages, Quick Look, and Preview (iOS 18 & macOS 15), along with apps that support Gain Map, such as Instagram. Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://boringseries.notion.site/Reframe-44b30b54ef6642edac69b3075cb75f17
Frame Elf
Easily add borders and watermarks to your photos in batches. Create stunning collages with over 100 layouts and customize your images with a vast library of fonts and EXIF data. Supports Live Photos and offers multiple export options for social media.
- Batch border and watermark addition
- Collage creation with 100+ layouts
- Live Photo support
- Customizable EXIF information
- Over 200 frame templates
- 1600+ fonts
- Cloud template saving
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A treasure of an app for photographers, supporting batch addition of borders and watermarks to photos, adding borders to Live Photos, and creating collages. Over 200 beautifully designed frame templates and 100+ grid layouts (with customizable EXIF information). Multiple batch operations and free editing are supported, along with common graphic design software features like pinch-to-zoom, single-click selection, and flipping. Multiple export options are available, including lossless export to Moments, Xiaohongshu, and Douyin. We strive to continuously improve the app's functionality while ensuring ease of use. If you like our app, please give us a thumbs-up. [Create your own frame and watermark photos] Over 200 frame templates are preset, continuously updated, and automatically recognize EXIF. [Supports live photo] All EXIF templates are supported. [Create collages + watermarks] Over 100 grid layouts and multiple templates are preset. Both grid and custom collage styles are supported. [Colorwalk] Quickly create Colorwalk images, automatically recognizing parameters and colors. [Create vibrant calendars] Multiple templates are available, with customizable features like calendar size, lunar calendar display, calendar layout, and formatting. [Supports Overall Ratio Adjustment] All templates support this feature! [Save Templates] Save templates to the cloud, so you don't have to worry about losing them when you change devices. [Custom EXIF Recognition Format] Customize the recognition results based on your preferences. [Easily Add Custom Text or Images] Add and adjust your own text and images with high operability, including alignment guides and text style font adjustment. [Batch Function] Apply fonts and backgrounds in batches, with any background color. Automatically adjust the watermark color for solid backgrounds. [1600+ Fonts] With over a thousand fonts from Google, there's always one you'll love. [Auto-Layout Watermark] Adjust watermark text and line breaks at will without messing up the layout. ———— Frame Watermark Wizard Membership Guide ———— - Access member-only templates - Batch edit images - Save templates to the cloud - Export at full resolution Premium membership available as lifetime purchase or auto-renewable subscription. —— Auto-Renewable Subscription Details —— Payment: Auto-renewable monthly/yearly subscriptions will be charged to your iTunes Account upon confirmation. Renewal: Subscription automatically renews 24 hours before expiry. Your iTunes Account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Cancellation: To cancel auto-renewal, turn it off in your iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Member Agreement https://frameelf.com/apple/MemberServiceAgreement-en.html Terms of Service https://frameelf.com/apple/userServiceAgreement-en.html Privacy Policy https://frameelf.com/apple/privacyPolicy-en.html Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Reframe at 4.9 against Frame Elf's 3.0. Reframe also leads on review sentiment (98% vs 76%) and ratings volume (34 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Reframe sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Frame Elf sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Reframe holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reframe has 34 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 98% of Reframe's written reviews are positive against 76% of Frame Elf's.
Reframe ships an update every 2 weeks, Frame Elf weekly. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.
| Parameter | Reframe | Frame Elf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (34 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 97.5% of reviews — better | 76.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 银凯 朱 | 冠庆 陈 |
Customer experience
Reframe
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In-app purchases
Reframe
- Reframe Pro3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Reframe Pro3 Days trial$10.991 Year
- Reframe Pro$18.99
Frame Elf
- Monthly$6.991 Month
- Yearly$17.991 Year
- Lifetime$39.99









