Connect Fireside vs Collage My Pics Frames Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Connect Fireside
Share photos, videos, and thoughts with a community focused on privacy and user interests. This app offers a paid membership model to avoid ads and data exploitation.
- Photo sharing
- Video sharing
- Thought sharing
- Ad-free experience
- Privacy-focused
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We built Fireside because we are pretty sure Zuckerberg and the armies of venture capitalists don’t have our best interests in mind. You are welcome to use it. There is a membership fee of $5/month because servers, maintenance and updates don’t grow on trees. Your first month of membership is included in the app download, after which you will be asked to purchase a membership to continue using our service. We trust us. But we understand you don’t know us, so we made simple user agreements and privacy policies. The short story is by charging for our service, we don’t need to hold your eyeballs and personal data hostage with ads and click bait. We are literally two people, so send us an email and one of us will be in touch. Email: connect@connectfireside.com Learn more at: www.connectfireside.com
Collage My Pics Frames Editor
Create stunning picture collages with over 70 frame styles. Enhance your photos with a built-in editor offering filters, effects, and a meme maker. Let your images tell a story with this versatile photo editing tool.
- Over 70 frame styles
- Picture collage creation
- Built-in image editor
- FX, Frames, Color Tones, Filters
- Red Eye Removal
- Meme editor
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Collage My Pics is the app that lets you transform your images in so many different ways! Choose from over 70* different frame styles to create amazing picture collages, merge, center, flexibility is limited only by your own creativity! Collage My Pics also features a built in image editor courtesy of Aviary SDK, which is a fantastic way to enhance your photographs, with features such as FX, Frames, Color Tones, Filters, Red Eye Removal and even a MEME editor! So, let your pictures tell a story, with Collage My Pics! *Collage My Pics features In-App purchase functionality, payment is not required to use the app itself, however extra features such as additional frames are available as part of an in-app upgrade.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Connect Fireside at 4.8 against Collage My Pics Frames Editor's 1.0. Connect Fireside also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). Collage My Pics Frames Editor's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment 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. Connect Fireside sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Collage My Pics Frames Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Connect Fireside holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Connect Fireside has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 96% of Connect Fireside's written reviews are positive against 100% of Collage My Pics Frames Editor's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Connect Fireside ships an update every 2 months, Collage My Pics Frames Editor every 7 months. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.
| Parameter | Connect Fireside | Collage My Pics Frames Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (11 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 96.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Connect Fireside | iDevver Apps Limited |
Customer experience
Connect Fireside
Collage My Pics Frames Editor
In-app purchases
Connect Fireside
- 6 Month Membership$29.99
- Six Month Subscription$29.99
- 1 Year Membership$59.99
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- Twelve Month Subscription$59.99
Collage My Pics Frames Editor
- Removes Ads$1.99
Questions
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