Comparison

Batch Photo Borders vs Pally Studio

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

Head to head
About

Batch Photo Borders

Easily add borders and custom backgrounds to multiple photos at once without cropping. Preserve your original composition and export in full resolution with EXIF data intact. Create stunning carousels, collages, and add text or watermarks.

Highlights
  • Bulk photo padding with custom borders
  • No-crop aspect ratio fitting
  • Carousel planner and templates
  • Panoramic photo splitting
  • Collage and grid layouts
  • EXIF data and logo watermarks
  • Add text and magazine-style headlines
  • Over 100 editable photo presets
Features
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Stop editing your photography one photo at a time or losing your composition to forced crop grids. Batchpad lets you add a border to photos in a batch, fitting each full image to your target ratio without cropping. Process 100+ photos on-device in just 3 taps, with full native image quality and no cloud uploads. HOW IT WORKS 1. Select your entire shoot or camera roll. 2. Pick one of 100+ presets, or choose a target aspect ratio: 4:5 Portrait, 1:1 Square, 9:16 Story, or 2:3 Pinterest. 3. Fill the space with white borders, a solid or auto-matched color, or a blurred background. 4. Add "Shot on" EXIF camera stamps, your logo, color palettes, or magazine-style text. 5. Export full-resolution images in seconds with EXIF metadata preserved. KEY FEATURES • Bulk Batch Photo Padding: Add clean white or custom color margins to 100+ photos simultaneously without cropping. • Any Aspect Ratio, No Crop: Instagram 4:5, Stories 9:16, Pinterest 2:3, and Square 1:1, filled with solid color, auto color, blur, or gradient. • Carousel Planner & Templates: Preview 12 carousel templates with your own photos, then arrange singles and multi-page spreads in a drag-and-drop storyboard. • Seamless Panoramic Splits: Slice wide landscape photos across 2 to 4 contiguous carousel slides. • Collage & Grid Maker: Fit every photo, uncropped, into rows, grids, and masonry layouts. • EXIF & Logo Watermarks: "Shot on" camera stamps with shutter speed, aperture, ISO, focal length, and camera body, plus your own logo and color palettes. • Add Text to Photos: Magazine covers, travel titles, movie-poster headlines, and captions. • 100+ Photo Presets: Classic borders, film frames, posters, editorial layouts, notes & keepsakes, and collages. Every preset stays editable. • 100% On-Device Processing: Full-resolution exports, and your photos never leave your device. Stop cropping your compositions. Download Batchpad and present your photos exactly as you shot them. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://yellowsquared.us/privacy_policy

About

Pally Studio

Features
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Every day has a color. Pally Studio turns any photo — or video — into a designer-ready color palette, and shares it as a beautifully composed image, ready for Instagram, a design moodboard, or anywhere you take inspiration. Just pick a photo. Pally analyzes it instantly and pulls the colors that define it. Choose where the palette sits, tap Share, and send a polished, social-ready image to your camera roll or wherever you want it. WHAT YOU GET FOR FREE • Pull up to 5 colors from any photo, and Regenerate until one feels right • Tap any swatch to sample an exact color from your photo — a magnifier shows exactly where you're picking • Place the palette left, right, top, or bottom of your photo • Photo padding that keeps your picture perfectly centered • A picker that remembers where you left off, with quick access to the last 3 days, recently added photos, and your albums • Reset everything in one tap • Share a crisp 2048 px square — no account, no watermark PALLY PRO — UNLOCK MORE With a 7-day free trial, then $0.99/month or $11.99/year: • Choose 1 to 10 colors in every palette • Video: trim on a filmstrip, crop, keep or mute the sound, and export a square video up to 2160 px • Presets: save your whole look and apply it to any photo in one tap — colors always come fresh from the new photo • Crop window with 11 aspect ratios, 90° rotation, and a Straighten slider to level any horizon • Background color: neutrals, your palette, a full color picker, or a color sampled from the photo • Overlay the palette on your photo, with shadow and border controls • Swatch borders in any color, plus fine control over size and spacing • Precise X / Y placement — set the exact gap between your palette and your photo • Two-page Instagram carousel — photo on page one, palette on page two • Color values in HEX, RGB, and CMYK, neatly aligned and sized to fit • Smart captions in Auto, Split, and Free layouts, with six typefaces, letter case, bold and italic, and quick S / M / L sizes or your own • Captions that fill in the date each photo was taken • Export at full resolution, up to 4000 px DESIGNED TO STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY Captions place themselves. Labels stop growing before they collide. Text turns white on dark backgrounds. Double-tap any slider to reset it. Pally handles the fiddly parts, so you stay focused on the colors. PRIVACY THAT'S ACTUALLY PRIVATE Pally processes everything on your device. No accounts, no analytics, no ads, no third-party SDKs. Your photos never leave your phone — by design. Pally Studio was made by a designer who wanted a faster way to capture the colors of everyday moments. Every detail is hand-crafted — minimalist by intent, considered down to the millimeter. — Subscriptions are billed through your Apple ID and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions in iOS Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://samsalek.com/pally/#legal Privacy Policy: https://samsalek.com/pally/#legal

Screenshots

Batch Photo Borders4 screens
Pally Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pally Studio at none against Batch Photo Borders's shown. Batch Photo Borders's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Batch Photo Borders sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Pally Studio sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Batch Photo Borders ships an update every 2 days, Pally Studio every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Batch Photo Borders versus Pally Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBatch Photo BordersPally Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYellowsquared LLCSEYED SAM SHAYEGAN SALEK

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Batch Photo Borders

Subscriptions2
  • Batchpad Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Batchpad Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • BatchPad Pro$49.99
2 purchases

Pally Studio

Subscriptions2
  • Pally Pro Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Pally Pro Annual7 Days trial$11.991 Year

Questions

Is Batch Photo Borders free?
Batch Photo Borders is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pally Studio free?
Pally Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Batch Photo Borders or Pally Studio have ads?
Batch Photo Borders shows ads; Pally Studio does not.
Which is updated more often, Batch Photo Borders or Pally Studio?
Batch Photo Borders ships an update every 2 days, and Pally Studio every 4 weeks. Most recently, Batch Photo Borders was updated on November 4, 2026 and Pally Studio on October 31, 2026.

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