Comparison

Mosaic vs Pixm

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

Head to head
About

Mosaic

This app transforms Flickr into a visually stunning and fluid photo gallery. It showcases millions of daily shared photos in a full-screen mosaic that perfectly fits each image, ensuring nothing is cropped and the experience flows seamlessly. Explore, dive deeper into photo details, and create your own curated collections.

Highlights
  • Full-screen mosaic photo display
  • Explore daily interesting photos
  • Search photos by natural language
  • View photo details and metadata
  • Create and sync personal mosaics
  • Slideshows with customizable effects
  • Widgets for photo display
Features
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Mosaic turns Flickr into a beautiful, fluid gallery. It brings the very best of the millions of photos shared every day to you in a full-screen mosaic that fits each photo's shape, so nothing is cropped and everything flows. EXPLORE • Today's Interesting: Flickr's most interesting photos of the day, laid out edge to edge • Explore by Date (Pro): jump to any day and see what caught everyone's eye • The Commons (Pro): photos from the world's museums, libraries and archives, with no known copyright restrictions • Recent Uploads: the latest photos from around the world • Photo Map: find photos taken near you or anywhere in your country, then open a whole area as a stream • Search the way you think: "Show me photos of mountain lakes from everyone, most interesting first" DIVE DEEPER • Open any photo for the full story: description, tags, comments and where it was taken • Follow a photo into the albums and groups it belongs to, or the photographer who took it • A browsing trail lets you wander freely and always find your way back • Your Mosaic: collect the photos you love from anyone into your own mosaics, synced with iCloud on all your devices MADE TO BE ENJOYED • Smooth zoom from the grid into each photo, and swipe through at full size • Slideshows with a gentle Ken Burns effect, or simple fades, at the pace you choose • Videos, with picture in picture • Pinch the mosaic to make photos bigger or smaller • On iPhone, follow any stream as a feed, one photo at a time, with the mosaic a tap away • Widgets, including a photo frame YOUR FLICKR Sign in with Flickr to see your photostream and contacts, comment and join group discussions. You sign in on flickr.com in a secure window; Mosaic never sees your password. MOSAIC PRO Mosaic is free to explore, with a few limits: the first 50 photos of every stream, five searches and five Photo Map searches a day (within your own country), the streams you've opened today, and widgets of Today's Interesting and photos of sunset. Try everything in Pro free for 14 days, or upgrade to Mosaic Pro with a one-time in-app purchase to unlock: • Unlimited photos in every stream • Unlimited searches, with every filter • Unlimited Photo Map searches, anywhere in the world • Albums, groups and galleries • The Commons: every institution's collection • Explore by Date: Interesting from any day • Every stream you've opened, not just today's • Favouriting photos, and saving them to your device where the owner allows • Full-size photos, from 1600 px to the original • Camera details: when each photo was taken, and with what • Adding tags and contacts, and following photographers • Widgets of any search, and of your own photos and favourites • Activity & Stats: who faved and commented on your photos, and their views • As many mosaics as you like, in folders • Replies to comments written with Apple Intelligence • Comments without the "via Mosaic" line MOSAIC PRO STUDIO A subscription for looking after your own photos on Flickr, with a 14-day free trial on the yearly plan: Auto-Upload sends new photos to Flickr by your rules, upload and edit photos (replacing the original on Flickr needs Flickr Pro), let Apple Intelligence suggest titles, descriptions and tags, share photos to Flickr from any app or with Shortcuts, change titles, tags, visibility and location for many at once, organise albums, and add photos to groups and galleries. Studio is available monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. Your subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mosaic.devedup.com/privacy/ Mosaic uses the Flickr API but is not endorsed or certified by Flickr. Flickr is a trademark of SmugMug, Inc.

About

Pixm

Browse and view photos from popular photography platforms like Flickr, 500px, and Tumblr. This app is designed for photography enthusiasts who want a centralized place to discover and enjoy images.

Highlights
  • View photos from multiple services
  • Supports Flickr, 500px, Tumblr
  • Designed for photography lovers
  • Centralized image browsing
Features
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View Photos from various services like: Flickr, 500px, Tumblr, ... You like photography? You will like Pixm!

Screenshots

Mosaic4 screens
Pixm2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pixm at 57% against Mosaic's 0%. Pixm also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.7). Mosaic's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. Mosaic sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Pixm asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mosaic holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 10 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Mosaic's written reviews are positive against 57% of Pixm's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mosaic ships an update fortnightly, Pixm every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Mosaic versus Pixm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMosaicPixm
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings) — better3.1 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews57.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings610 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.79.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB21 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperDevedUp LimitedDo Tuan Anh

Customer experience

Mosaic

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Pixm

All ratings10 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral30.0%
Negative30.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral28.6%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Mosaic

Subscriptions2
  • Mosaic Pro Studio$2.991 Month
  • Mosaic Pro Studio14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • 14-day TrialFree
  • PRO package$9.99
None

Pixm

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mosaic free?
Mosaic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixm free?
Pixm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mosaic or Pixm?
Mosaic is rated higher. Mosaic averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Pixm averages 3.1 from 10 ratings.
Do Mosaic or Pixm have ads?
Neither Mosaic nor Pixm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mosaic or Pixm?
Mosaic ships an update fortnightly, and Pixm every 2 months. Most recently, Mosaic was updated on November 6, 2026 and Pixm on November 1, 2026.

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