Comparison

Plain Collage vs Tilea

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

Head to head
About

Plain Collage

Create beautiful photo collages with a minimalist, ad-free experience. All your images are processed locally on your device for enhanced privacy and security. Enjoy a simple, intuitive interface for quick and distraction-free collage creation.

Highlights
  • Minimalist, ad-free design
  • Local image processing for privacy
  • Simple and intuitive interface
  • Distraction-free collage creation
  • Offline image processing
Features
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Plain Collage is minimalist, distraction-free, and reduced to the essentials. All your images are processed locally on your device — keeping your data private. Effortlessly create beautiful collages without ads, subscriptions, or hidden costs. Highlights: Ad-free and minimalist design Images are processed offline and locally Simple and intuitive to use Perfect for anyone who wants to create collages quickly, securely, and without distractions.

About

Tilea

Effortlessly create stunning photo collages with a clean, intuitive interface. This app offers a one-time purchase for full functionality, focusing on ease of use and creative control without ads or watermarks.

Highlights
  • Intuitive photo selection and layout application
  • Automatic photo arrangement and cropping
  • One-tap 'Magic' makeover for layout, framing, and filters
  • Split photo feature to create multi-tile compositions
  • Customizable filters, captions, and edge styling
  • Device-based processing for privacy and speed
  • Export in HEIC or JPEG without watermarks
Features
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Pick. Place. Done. Tilea turns your photos into a beautiful collage in seconds — no ads, no watermark, and the collage editor is a one-time purchase. Choose the photos, tap a layout, save or share. Most collage makers are stuffed with sticker packs, filter stores and pop-ups fighting for your attention. Tilea takes the opposite road: one thing, done properly. Every screen earns its place. Every tap does exactly what you expect. MADE TO GET OUT OF YOUR WAY • Start straight from Photos: select pictures → Share → Tilea. Your collage is ready before the moment passes. • Prefer to start in the app? A fast picker that feels like Photos: pinch to resize the grid, open any photo full screen and select right there. • Layouts appear the instant you pick your photos — classic grids, diagonals, even a circle with photos fanned around it. Tap to switch, drag the borders until it feels right. • Your photos arrange themselves as they load: the best shot takes the biggest cell, and every crop centres on faces. It happens quietly, before you touch anything. • Auto-tune gives every collage the full makeover as it opens — layout, framing, background and color chosen to match your photos. Choose Light, Medium or Strong in Settings. • Photos fill their cells by default. Switch to Whole Photo to see each image uncropped against the background, then move, shrink or rotate it freely. Choose the starting mode in Settings. • Touch and hold a photo to swap it with another or remove it. The grid adjusts to the remaining photos. ONE PHOTO, MANY TILES • Split turns a single photo into a grid: pick how many parts (2 to 9) and the photo is cut across them, flowing seamlessly from tile to tile. • Carousel cuts one photo into 4:5 slides for a seamless swipe post. Story turns several photos into a set of pages, each one yours to edit. • Move and zoom the photo under the whole grid at once, so the part that matters lands exactly where you want it. MAKE IT YOURS • Filters, contrast and sharpness — the everyday adjustments, applied to the whole collage at once. • Add a few words: up to three captions, dragged and rotated wherever you want them, in the font style, size and color you choose. • Soft edges melt each photo into the background. Spacing, corner radius and an outer frame set the rhythm between them. • Decor patterns lay stars, sun rays, birds, snow, hearts, sparks, mist or soft shapes over the collage — subtle, along the edges, in any size and color. • Pick the aspect ratio for where it's going: square, portrait, landscape, stories or widescreen. Background: white, black or any color you like. • Reimagine redraws your collage or photo in a theme — anime, comics, art, nature and more — or in your own words. Your first generation is free, then Tilea Plus, an optional subscription, gives ten a week. BUILT LIKE IT MATTERS • Export in HEIC or JPEG without watermarks, with a choice of quality settings in the app. • Your collage keeps the original date, location and camera details, so it lands in your photo timeline exactly where it belongs. • Editing, Auto-tune and export run on your device — no internet required. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account needed, no ads, no tracking. Your photos stay on your device: only when you tap Reimagine does the chosen picture go to Google's AI to be redrawn, and we keep no copy. With Tilea Plus, your works can sync between your devices — photos are end-to-end encrypted, so only you can see them. Speaks 24 languages, and there's a left-handed mode that moves the floating controls to the other side. HONEST PRICING Your first 5 saves are free — the whole editor, not a crippled trial. One small one-time purchase then unlocks unlimited saves for good, on iPhone and iPad. With Family Sharing your whole family shares the unlimited saves too. Tilea. All collage, no clutter. Terms of Use: https://tilea.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://tilea.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Plain Collage3 screens
Tilea4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Plain Collage at 4.7 against Tilea's 4.0. Plain Collage also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (15 vs 2). Tilea's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tilea sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Plain Collage asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Plain Collage holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plain Collage has 15 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plain Collage ships an update every 5 weeks, Tilea every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 3 level
Plain Collage versus Tilea: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlain CollageTilea
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (15 ratings) — better4.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings15 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB53 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperDaniel Marner Softwareentwicklung UG (haftungsbeschränkt)Evgeny Shatilo

In-app purchases

None

Plain Collage

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Tilea

One-time4
  • 10 Reimagine tries$0.99
  • 20 Reimagine tries$1.99
  • 40 Reimagine tries$2.99
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  • Tilea Editor — Lifetime$7.99

Questions

Is Plain Collage free?
Plain Collage is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tilea free?
Tilea is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Plain Collage or Tilea?
Plain Collage is rated higher. Plain Collage averages 4.7 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Tilea averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Plain Collage or Tilea have ads?
Neither Plain Collage nor Tilea shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plain Collage or Tilea?
Plain Collage ships an update every 5 weeks, and Tilea every 4 days. Most recently, Plain Collage was updated on October 25, 2026 and Tilea on October 28, 2026.

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