ThemeKit vs Same Kind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ThemeKit
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# Popular on the App Store # # Top Free Graphic Design App # ThemeKit – Ultimate iPhone Themes, Wallpapers, Icons & Customization App Give your iPhone a fresh, personalized look with ThemeKit – the all-in-one app for custom themes, HD wallpapers, unique app icons, and complete home screen customization. With daily content updates, your iPhone will always look new and exciting! Fast & Easy iPhone Customization Easily customize your iPhone with just a few taps. Choose from ready-made iOS themes or design your own using your favorite photos. ThemeKit is fully optimized for iOS 18, ensuring smooth and seamless customization. Built-In Background Remover Remove backgrounds from your photos instantly within the app. Use your cutouts to create custom wallpapers, icons, or themes—no additional tools required. Stunning HD Wallpapers Discover a huge collection of high-quality wallpapers, including Depth Effect wallpapers and Dynamic Island-compatible designs. Match your lock screen and home screen with beautiful visuals. 5,000+ Custom App Icons Refresh your home screen with thousands of custom icons. Explore themes like minimalist, aesthetic, neon, retro, anime, nature, sports, gothic, and more. Mix and match for a layout that fits your vibe. Seasonal & Featured Theme Collections Celebrate every season with themed designs—Christmas, Halloween, butterflies, skulls, and more. Find the perfect look for any mood or occasion, all in one app. Why Users Love ThemeKit * Easy to use & beginner-friendly * Custom wallpapers & icons * No need for shortcuts or extra apps Information about the auto-renewable nature of the subscription. Confirm subscription: Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Manage subscriptions: Users can manage or unsubscribe in iTunes & App Store account management in the phone system settings. Auto-renewal: Apple iTunes account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current subscription period. To cancel the renewal, please turn off auto-renew manually at least 24-hours before the end of the period. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. You can go to the Account Settings to cancel the renewal before the trial ends. The current free trial will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription to the premium version before the trial period ends. By using the app, you confirm that you acknowledge and accept our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service: Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/vaishnavi-shah/privacy Terms of Service: https://sites.google.com/view/vaishnavi-shah/terms If you would like to use our App but have trouble affording it please email us at reva.desai2000@gmail.com Download ThemeKit today and turn your iPhone into a true reflection of your style!
Same Kind
This app acts as a private visual diary, organizing your photos into thematic collections based on what you photograph. It offers a quiet camera with helpful tips and an AI-powered enhancer to improve individual images, with privacy as a core design principle.
- Private photo organization by theme
- Quiet camera with scene-adaptive looks
- AI-powered photo enhancement
- Import from Apple Photos
- Visual diary and calendar view
- Multiple photo sharing layouts
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What keeps catching your eye? Same Kind is a private camera and visual diary. It gathers the photos you take and the photos you already love into kinds on your iPhone, so you start to see your own way of looking and carry it into the next shot. A QUIET CAMERA Open straight into the camera. Auto Look reads the scene and picks a look to match; touch and hold the button to change its strength or try other looks. Camera tips offer one short hint when a shot needs it, like "Wipe the lens", "Fit everyone in" or "Get down to their level", and stay quiet the rest of the time. Choose Off, Quiet or Active in Settings. YOUR PHOTOS FIND THEIR KIND Space gathers your photos into kinds: people, places, food, light, whatever you keep returning to. Photos that don't belong anywhere yet wait in Other. Open a kind to scroll through it, see it as a grid, or explore it as a map of connected photos. Rename a kind, move a photo, or tap Find another and go shoot the next one. BRING THE PHOTOS YOU ALREADY LOVE Import selected photos or a date range from Apple Photos. Same Kind makes private copies on your iPhone and never edits your originals. SEE YOUR MONTHS Calendar shows what you noticed, day by day. SHARE ONE PHOTO WELL Share a single photo as it is or in one of 13 layouts, from Film strip and Date stamp to Gallery wall and Viewfinder. IMPROVE A FAVORITE Open a photo and tap Improve. The retoucher looks at that one photo and decides what it needs: a clearer sky, richer color, lifted shadows, a straighter horizon or a better crop. It aims to keep faces, people, text and objects as they are. If a photo already looks finished, it tells you and charges nothing. The improved version appears next to the original, which never changes; touch and hold to compare. Improve uses AI image editing. Only the photo you choose is sent, resized and without location or camera data, to our server and to OpenAI. Same Kind deletes the uploaded photo when processing finishes and the result once it is on your iPhone. CREDITS AND PLANS Improve uses credits, and each Improve shows its cost on the button before you tap. A failed Improve costs nothing. • Improve Monthly: 12,000 credits every month, billed monthly. • Improve Annual: 12,000 credits every month, billed yearly. • Top up: 4,000 credits, a one-time purchase. Plan credits are used first and expire when the next month's credits arrive. Top-up credits never expire. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, and renewal is charged within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account subscription settings. The camera, Space, Calendar, import and sharing work without an account or a subscription. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your library and how it is organized stay on your iPhone; Same Kind doesn't upload your library. Improve needs Sign in with Apple to hold your credits, and it sends only the photo you choose. Optional usage analytics never include your photos. If you allow it, Same Kind tells Meta which ads brought you to the app; your photos are never shared. Terms of Use: https://www.michaelbrowk.com/samekind/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.michaelbrowk.com/samekind/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ThemeKit at none against Same Kind's shown. ThemeKit also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. ThemeKit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Same Kind sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ThemeKit ships an update weekly, Same Kind every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ThemeKit | Same Kind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 173 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vaishnavi Shah | Mikhail Dvoiniakov |
In-app purchases
ThemeKit
- Premium Monthly Access$5.991 Month
- Premium Yearly Access$29.991 Year
Same Kind
- Improve Monthly$9.991 Month
- Improve Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Improve Annual1 Year trial$89.991 Year
- 4,000 Improve Credits$1.49
- 4,000 Improve Credits$4.99









