makeART vs CollaPic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
makeART
Transform your device into a digital canvas with an interactive art studio. Create stunning artwork using intuitive touch controls, a vast library of assets, and AI-powered styles. Save your creations to a personal gallery and share them on social media.
- Intuitive touch creation
- Customization suite
- Freestyle mode with millions of assets
- Infinite art styles
- Personal gallery for saving
- Social media ready content
- Professional quality artwork
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Tap the canvas and art appears. makeART is a collage art studio for iPhone and iPad. Mix art pieces, photos, gifs and stickers into art that looks like you. Start with curated art styles or make your own, then layer it, animate it, draw on it and share it. TAP TO MAKE ART • Pick an art style, then tap or swipe: pieces land where your finger goes • Shuffle for a fresh mix, or change every piece at once • Size and opacity sliders, plus undo and redo • Move, scale and rotate any piece CURATED + DESIGNED ART STYLES TO MIX • glass, flowers+time, new classics, rain, neomesh, freestyle and more • Several variants inside each style • Search art styles by name and jump back into recent canvases MAKE YOUR OWN ART STYLE • Mix art pieces, photos and gifs from every style into a set that is all yours • Name it, save it, and make art with it like any other style • Build mood boards, vision boards and scrapbook pages from your own pieces COLLAGE PHOTOS, GIFS + STICKERS • Add photos from your library • Search gifs and stickers from GIPHY and photos from Unsplash • Cut the subject out of a photo and use it like a sticker • Make images with Image Playground on supported devices LAYERS, TEXT + BACKGROUNDS • Background, pieces, overlay and text layers • Drag pieces to reorder them • Backgrounds in solid colors, gradient meshes (iOS 18 and later) or your own photo • Tap any piece to swap it, add filters, duplicate it or change its order, with a live preview BRING YOUR ART TO LIFE • Animations: appear, bounce, change, cloud, grow, rotate, shift, thunder and wave • Animation is part of the makeART+ membership • Record a time-lapse video of your art coming together DRAW ON YOUR ART • Sketch right on top of your pieces with your finger • Use Apple Pencil on iPad SAVE, KEEP EDITING + SHARE • Save to your gallery and reopen any artwork to keep editing • Download to Photos • Share in sizes for Instagram posts and Stories, TikTok, Pinterest, Facebook and X • Choose fill or fit and a background color before you share makeART+ MEMBERSHIP Choose monthly or annual. Membership includes: • Every art style and variant • Unlimited art styles of your own • Animation • Every saved version of your art • Unlimited gallery • All filters, tools and canvases • Sharing with no watermark We read every note: thoughts@makeartapp.com Designed by humans who love art and tech. Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula
CollaPic
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CollaPic is a powerful and easy-to-use collage and photo design app that helps you create beautiful images in minutes. CollaPic offers a wide collection of collage templates and poster templates, perfect for daily sharing, travel memories, food posts, and social media content. You can quickly combine multiple photos, apply ready-made layouts, and create eye-catching designs with just a few taps. In addition to templates, CollaPic supports free collage layouts and multiple cropping tools. You can freely arrange photos, use shape cropping, and adjust image sizes and ratios to match your creative ideas. Designed for simplicity and efficiency, CollaPic makes photo editing and design accessible to everyone. Whether you want to create collages, posters, or stylish social posts, CollaPic helps you craft your photos with ease.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CollaPic at none against makeART's 2. makeART's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. makeART sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. CollaPic asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | makeART | CollaPic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 424 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Make Art Inc. | 巧仪 梁 |
In-app purchases
makeART
- makeART+ Monthly Membership$7.991 Month
- makeART+ Annual Membership$39.991 Year
CollaPic
No in-app purchases









