Comparison

Photo Grid vs CollageThing

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

Head to head
About

Photo Grid

Easily create stunning photo and video collages with a user-friendly interface. Transform your images and clips into professional-looking visual stories in seconds, perfect for social media sharing.

Highlights
  • Photo collage creation
  • Video collage creation
  • Customizable grid layouts
  • Professional photo editing tools
  • Real-time preview
  • Direct social media sharing
Features
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Are you tired of struggling with complicated photo editing software just to create a simple collage? What if you could turn your favorite photos and videos into stunning visual stories in just seconds? Collage Maker: Photo Grid is the all-in-one creative tool designed for anyone who wants to create professional-looking photo collages and video collages without learning complex software. Whether you're an Instagram creator, TikTok enthusiast, or someone who simply loves sharing memories, our app makes it effortlessly simple to transform your images into beautiful creations. Create stunning photo collages and carousel collages with complete creative freedom. Browse our collection of thoughtfully designed photo grid layouts or build your own from scratch. Our smart grid system suggests optimal arrangements while letting you customize every detail with precision. Whether you're designing carousel posts for Instagram, creating professional photo montages, or exploring artistic grid arrangements, Photo Grid adapts perfectly to your vision. Merge videos with professional results using intuitive controls. Our video collage maker lets you combine multiple clips into cohesive compositions, create video carousel content for TikTok and Instagram Reels, or build polished montages for YouTube Shorts. Content creators love how quickly they can produce engaging video content without spending hours learning new tools. You don't need to be a video editor expert to create something that looks professionally produced. Your photo editor and collage maker comes with powerful tools that feel easy to use. Stitch photos together seamlessly, apply artistic effects, adjust colors, add beautiful filters, and enhance your work with professional photo editing touches. The real-time preview shows your changes instantly, so you always see exactly what you're creating. Fine-tune every element until it's perfect, then share your masterpiece directly to Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, or your favorite social media platform with just one tap. Photo Grid works beautifully for everyone. Photographers appreciate the precision controls and HD collage quality output. Content creators love the speed and variety of layouts for daily posting. Families use it to preserve and share memories in creative ways. Social media enthusiasts build engaging feeds that stand out from the crowd. Beginners get professional results without the steep learning curve of traditional image editor software. The beauty of Collage Maker: Photo Grid is how it combines powerful features with intuitive design. You don't need experience with complex photo editing or video editing software. Just select your photos and videos, choose a layout that speaks to you, customize with your favorite filters and effects, and you're done. Many users tell us they're amazed at how professional their creations look and shocked at how little time it takes. Whether you're creating content for work, sharing special moments with friends and family, or simply exploring your creative side, Collage Maker: Photo Grid gives you the tools professionals use without the complexity they deal with. Your photos and videos deserve to be beautifully presented, and our photo grid editor makes it possible for everyone to shine. Join thousands of creative people who've already discovered how easy it is to make stunning collages and merge videos into professional-looking content. Your next favorite creation is just a few taps away. Download Collage Maker: Photo Grid today and start transforming your photos and videos into visual stories worth sharing. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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CollageThing

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Make a photo collage that looks like you made it, not like a template made it. Pick a layout, drop your photos in, then pile on tape, sticky notes, doodles and stickers until it looks like yours. No ads. No watermark. Not even on the free version. WALLPAPERS AND POSTS Make a collage wallpaper for your lock screen or home screen, or a post or a story to put up. The canvas sizes are set up for both already, at exact pixel sizes, so nothing gets cropped off at the last moment. There are seven of them, down to an Apple Watch face. 21 COLLAGE LAYOUTS Photo grids, a big hero shot with smaller ones around it, filmstrips, moodboards, postcards, pinwheels, and proper messy scrapbook pages. The app puts the layouts that suit your photo count first. Slide and pinch each photo inside its frame until it sits right, and set the spacing, corner radius and margin to taste. A SCRAPBOOK, NOT JUST A PHOTO GRID This is the fun part. Torn paper notes. Washi tape at whatever angle you like. Handwriting, script, marker, chalk and typewriter fonts, ten faces in all. Seven sticker packs: love, faces, nature, weather, treats, party and marks. Hearts, stars, arrows, speech bubbles, banners, bows, fairy lights, confetti, flowers and little polaroid frames with captions. Drag it, spin it, resize it, recolor it, and layer it exactly where you want. BACKGROUNDS AND READY MADE PAGES Plain color, a gradient, paper textures, or one of your own photos blurred behind everything. Or skip the setup and start from a designed scrapbook page, already laid out, and just add your photos. Seven of them, from a clean editorial spread to a pink pinboard. MAKE THE PHOTOS MATCH Nine filters, from vivid to film to noir, plus brightness, contrast, warmth, saturation, sharpness and vignette on any photo. KEEP THE LOOK YOU LIKED Save your own collage as a layout, decorations and all, and start the next one from it with the photos empty. Your collages stay in the app to come back to, rename and duplicate. SAVED SHARP, NEVER WATERMARKED Every collage saves at full resolution, straight to your camera roll, ready to set as a wallpaper or share anywhere. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your photos never leave your phone. No account, no sign up, no tracking, no analytics. The app works in Airplane Mode. Free to use, with an optional one time unlock for the rest of the layouts, the other starter pages, gradient and textured backgrounds, patterned tape and the extra canvas sizes. One payment, no subscription.

Screenshots

Photo Grid4 screens
CollageThing4 screens

Verdict

The call

Photo Grid and CollageThing are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 Grid sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and CollageThing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photo Grid ships an update every 11 days, CollageThing weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Photo Grid versus CollageThing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto GridCollageThing
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOleksandr OhurtsovKieron Sweeney

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Photo Grid

Subscriptions2
  • Video Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Video Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$39.99
1 purchases

CollageThing

One-time1
  • Unlock Everything$1.99

Questions

Is Photo Grid free?
Photo Grid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CollageThing free?
CollageThing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Photo Grid or CollageThing have ads?
Neither Photo Grid nor CollageThing shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Photo Grid or CollageThing?
Photo Grid ships an update every 11 days, and CollageThing weekly. Most recently, Photo Grid was updated on October 30, 2026 and CollageThing on October 31, 2026.

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