Comparison

Photo Collage Maker vs CaroMix

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

Head to head
About

Photo Collage Maker

Easily create stunning photo collages and edit images with a wide range of tools and templates. Design social media posts, scrapbooks, and more with intuitive controls and customizable options. Save and share your creations in high resolution.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of layouts and grids
  • Professionally designed templates
  • Background removal tool
  • Text and sticker additions
  • Customizable canvas options
  • High-resolution export
Features
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Transform your everyday photos into beautiful visual stories with Staril—this powerful, all-in-one photo collage maker and editor makes creating endlessly creative collages a breeze. Whether you want to create a stylish inspiration board, a beautiful scrapbook, or design social media posts, our powerful yet easy-to-use collage tools help you unleash your creativity. Create Stunning Photo Collages Combine multiple photos into a beautiful collage in seconds. Hundreds of layouts, grids, and freestyle options help you design unique collages for every occasion. Simply drag, rotate, scale, and adjust each photo with simple gestures—no design experience required. Perfect for travel memories, birthday wishes, or everyday moments. Beautiful Templates in Various Styles Our professionally designed templates make your collage creations quick and inspiring. Explore these layouts: * Instagram Stories and Carousels * Travel Journals and Photo Journals * Holiday Greeting Cards, Posters, and Invitations * Fashion, Food, and Lifestyle Content From minimalist grids to artistic borders, you'll always find the perfect style for your photos. Powerful Photo Editing Tools Edit like a pro with a full suite of photo tools: * Filters and Effects – Apply trendy filters and aesthetic tones. * Background Removal – Remove or replace backgrounds with a single click. * Crop and Resize – Perfectly adapted for platforms like Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, and more. * Text and Stickers – Add fun captions, stylish fonts, and cute stickers. * Customizable Canvas – Precisely adjust border size, corner styles, and spacing. With Staril, you have complete control over every detail – from color to font to layout. Design, Save, and Share Once you've finished your masterpiece, export a high-resolution version and share it wherever you want. Choose the format best suited for Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest, or Stories. Your designs will be saved locally on your device, ensuring you have complete control and privacy. Whether you're building a personal brand or designing professional-grade posts, Staril can help you. Suitable for All Creators From content creators and influencers to ordinary users, Staril helps everyone turn photos into amazing stories. Use it to design: - Mood boards and stylebooks - Scrapbooks and storyboards - Online store product layouts - Collage invitations or posters Easily turn your imagination into reality—all from your phone. Why Users Love Staril - Simple and intuitive interface - Unlimited creative options - High-quality output for print or digital media - Regular updates with new templates and stickers - No design skills required Whether you want to create an elegant wedding collage, a trendy social media post, or a heartwarming memory album, Staril has everything you need in one creative toolkit. Your Photos, Your Stories Join the ranks of creators and transform simple photos into stunning visual stories every day. Download Staril now and start creating truly unique collages. Upgrade to Staril Pro Subscribe to unlock full access to all premium features and creative tools: * Premium Templates: Access all exclusive theme layouts. * Pro Assets: Unlimited stickers, filters, and backgrounds. * No Watermarks: Export clean, professional-grade photos. * HD Saving: Save your creations in high resolution. * Unlimited Sharing: Share to social platforms without restrictions. Privacy Policy: https://deepscapetech.com/privacy.html Terms: https://deepscapetech.com/terms.html

About

CaroMix

Create stunning multi-slide social media content, including carousels, video dumps, and Reels. Combine photos, videos, text, and graphics on a flexible canvas with numerous templates and design elements.

Highlights
  • Seamless multi-slide carousel creation
  • Video, GIF, and photo integration
  • Full video editing controls
  • Ready-made templates
  • Photo and video collage tools
  • Extensive frame and graphic library
  • 700+ trendy fonts
Features
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Create seamless Instagram carousels, video carousels, Reels, photo and video dumps, collages, mood boards, invitations, flyers, and multi-slide designs - all from one flexible canvas. Carousel Post lets you combine photos, videos, GIFs, text, stickers, frames, and graphics into swipe-worthy social media content. Share a travel diary, promote your business, build an aesthetic photo dump, design an invitation, or create a branded carousel without professional design experience. CREATE SEAMLESS CAROUSELS Design connected layouts that flow smoothly from one slide to the next. Stretch photos, text, backgrounds, and graphics across multiple pages to create panoramic posts, storytelling carousels, product showcases, educational content, travel journals, and branded social media designs. VIDEO CAROUSELS, REELS & GIFS Add video clips and GIFs alongside photos, text, stickers, and graphics on the same canvas. Create video carousels, Reel-ready edits, animated photo dumps, travel videos, product promotions, story posts, and mixed photo and video collages. FULL VIDEO EDITING CONTROL Adjust playback speed, control or mute audio, and apply filters to match your photos and design style. Create slow-motion moments, faster clips, muted background videos, and coordinated color looks. READY-MADE TEMPLATES Start quickly with professionally designed multi-slide templates for photo dumps, business posts, travel stories, promotions, announcements, invitations, portfolios, mood boards, and more. Replace the sample content with your own photos or videos, customize the fonts, colors, frames, and graphics, then export a polished post in minutes. PHOTO & VIDEO COLLAGES Go beyond basic grids. Arrange, overlap, resize, rotate, crop, and layer photos and video clips to create magazine-style posts, digital scrapbooks, vision boards, memory collages, portfolios, and aesthetic photo dumps. 600+ PHOTO & VIDEO FRAMES Choose from more than 600 frame layouts, including clean grids, overlapping collages, scrapbook frames, and creative arrangements. Add a photo or video, position it, and combine frames to build a custom carousel. 10,000+ GRAPHICS & STICKERS Personalize your designs with aesthetic stickers, digital tape, paper textures, hand-drawn illustrations, decorative shapes, scrapbook elements, seasonal graphics, and more. Layer, resize, and rotate elements to create a unique style. 700+ TRENDY FONTS Create elegant invitations, bold promotional posts, modern business graphics, retro posters, minimal carousels, and expressive story designs. Customize text size, alignment, spacing, placement, color, and style. POWERFUL CREATIVE TOOLS • Free-Form Canvas: Move, resize, rotate, crop, layer, and arrange content. • Seamless Multi-Slide Layouts: Continue one design across several carousel pages. • Photo, Video & GIF Support: Mix multiple media formats in one project. • Video Editing: Adjust speed, volume, mute settings, and filters. • High-Resolution Export: Automatically divide your design into ready-to-post slides. • Templates, Frames & Stickers: Start quickly and customize every detail. CREATE, EXPORT & SHARE Turn one master design into a complete set of high-resolution carousel slides. Export your content and share it on Instagram or your favorite social media platform. Download Carousel Post and start creating seamless carousels, Reel-ready videos, photo dumps, collages, invitations, mood boards, and social media designs today. CAROUSEL POST PRO Upgrade to Carousel Post PRO to unlock premium templates, frames, fonts, stickers, graphics, and advanced creative tools. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://carouselpost.net/privacy.html Terms of Use / EULA: https://carouselpost.net/terms.html

Screenshots

Photo Collage Maker4 screens
CaroMix4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: CaroMix at 100% against Photo Collage Maker's 50%. CaroMix also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). Photo Collage Maker's advantage is ratings volume (97 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Photo Collage Maker sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and CaroMix sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CaroMix holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Photo Collage Maker has 97 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Photo Collage Maker's written reviews are positive against 100% of CaroMix's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photo Collage Maker ships an update every 2 weeks, CaroMix every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Photo Collage Maker versus CaroMix: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto Collage MakerCaroMix
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (97 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings97 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size169 MB202 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHong Kong Deepscape Technology LimitedINFOSTRING TECHNOLABS PRIVATE LIMITED

Customer experience

Photo Collage Maker

All ratings97 ratings
Positive83.5%
Neutral2.1%
Negative14.4%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

CaroMix

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Photo Collage Maker

Subscriptions7
  • Weekly Subscription$4.997 Days
  • PhotoGrid Premium Weekly$4.997 Days
  • PhotoGrid Premium Weekly3 Days trial2 variants$12.997 Days
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  • Monthly Subscription$12.991 Month
  • PhotoGrid Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription$34.991 Year
  • PhotoGrid Premium Yearly3 Days trial$35.991 Year
2 purchases

CaroMix

Subscriptions2
  • Carousel Post Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Carousel Post Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Photo Collage Maker free?
Photo Collage Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CaroMix free?
CaroMix is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Photo Collage Maker or CaroMix?
CaroMix is rated higher. Photo Collage Maker averages 4.4 out of 5 from 97 ratings, while CaroMix averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Photo Collage Maker or CaroMix have ads?
Neither Photo Collage Maker nor CaroMix shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Photo Collage Maker or CaroMix?
Photo Collage Maker ships an update every 2 weeks, and CaroMix every 4 days. Most recently, Photo Collage Maker was updated on October 30, 2026 and CaroMix on October 31, 2026.

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