Comparison

Freelo vs PolarGrid

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

Head to head
About

Freelo

This app assists photographers in Latin America by providing an objective, fast, and effective method for calculating the fair price of their photographs. It simplifies the pricing process for visual content creators.

Highlights
  • Objective photo pricing
  • Fast calculation
  • Effective pricing method
  • For Latin American photographers
Features
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Freelo is a mobile app that helps photographers across Latin America calculate the price of their photographs in an objective, fast, and effective way. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.freelo.pro/privacidad

About

PolarGrid

Easily add clean borders to photos, create collages with multiple images, and design flowing carousels. Process your images privately on your device with no uploads or tracking. Offers extensive editing tools and customisable layouts for your visual content.

Highlights
  • Adjustable white or custom photo borders
  • Create multi-photo collages and carousels
  • Full photo editing suite (exposure, contrast, etc.)
  • Batch export up to 15 photos (Pro)
  • Private, on-device processing with no uploads
  • Multiple aspect ratio options
Features
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PolarGrid does what photographers keep needing: a clean border around a photo, several photos laid out into one image, and carousels that flow from one post into the next — in full quality, with nothing uploaded anywhere. WHITE BORDER • Adjustable border, in white or any colour • Aspect ratios: Original, 1:1, 4:5, 5:6, 3:4, 9:16 — vertical or horizontal • Crop to fill, or show the whole photo uncropped • Rotate and flip, drag to reposition, pinch to zoom • Batch mode: set it once, export up to 5 photos together (15 with Pro) • Write a line of text under the photo, in the bottom border (Pro) • Export on a 9:16 background — a colour, or the photo itself, sharp or blurred — ready for Stories and Reels (Pro) EDIT AND RETRO • Edit each photo, free: exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, blacks, saturation, vibrance, temperature and tint • Colour mix by hue, vignette and sharpness, free • Curves and film grain (Pro) • Healing brush: paint over a small distraction and it’s filled in from around it (Pro) • Retro: eleven original film looks with adjustable intensity (Pro) • Press and hold to compare with the original CAROUSEL • A strip of 2 to 5 posts, with photos running across from one post into the next • Layouts built for the number of photos you pick, or place them freely, with a border or an instant-photo frame • Each post exports as its own photo, ready to upload in order — free • Your photo behind the whole carousel, sharp or blurred (Pro) COLLAGE • 2 to 9 photos in one image • Template grids, including creative layouts • Resize cells by dragging their edges; rotate and flip each photo • Free mode: place, resize and rotate each photo by hand • Control outer border and spacing, square or rounded cells PRIVATE BY DESIGN Every photo is processed on your device. No account, no uploads, no tracking. Works with no internet connection, on iPhone and iPad. POLARGRID PRO Free to use, with no watermark. PolarGrid Pro is a one-time purchase — no subscription — that adds maximum-quality export, unlimited border colours (including any custom colour), curves, film grain, Retro, the Healing brush, text under the photo, the 9:16 background export, your photo behind carousels, and batches of up to 15 photos with one edit synced to all.

Screenshots

Freelo4 screens
PolarGrid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Freelo at free against PolarGrid's freemium. PolarGrid's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Freelo against 5.0 for PolarGrid. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Freelo's written reviews are positive against 100% of PolarGrid's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Freelo ships an update every 10 days, PolarGrid weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Freelo versus PolarGrid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFreeloPolarGrid
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFreelo S.A.SFrangell Vasquez

Customer experience

Freelo

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

PolarGrid

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Freelo

No in-app purchases

None

PolarGrid

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Freelo free?
Freelo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PolarGrid free?
PolarGrid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Freelo or PolarGrid?
Freelo and PolarGrid are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Freelo or PolarGrid have ads?
Neither Freelo nor PolarGrid shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Freelo or PolarGrid?
Freelo ships an update every 10 days, and PolarGrid weekly. Most recently, Freelo was updated on October 2, 2026 and PolarGrid on October 19, 2026.

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