Elori vs Carousel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Elori
Transform your photos and videos into beautiful scrapbook-style posts with handcrafted elements and creative layouts. This app offers simple editing tools perfect for social media, allowing you to design unique collages and visual stories in seconds.
- Remove photo backgrounds
- Add videos to collages
- Apply aesthetic filters and textures
- Add handmade stickers
- Use frames for photo styling
- Create collages with layout grids
- Ready-made templates
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Turn everyday photos and videos into scrapbook-style posts. Create visual stories with handcrafted elements, creative layouts, and simple editing tools made for social media. The editor is minimal and easy to use, while still giving you control to design unique posts and collages. Arrange photos and videos, add textures, draw, and explore layouts to create a polished scrapbook look in seconds. Features: • Remove photo backgrounds • Add videos to collages, mood boards, and posts • Apply aesthetic photo filters and textures • Add handmade stickers and decorative elements • Use frames to style your photos • Crop, resize, and rotate images and video clips • Add text with curated fonts • Draw text directly with Text Brush • Create collages with layout grids • Draw freely with brushes and pencils • Use ready-made templates for quick designs Perfect for Instagram posts, stories, reels, mood boards, and digital scrapbook pages. Some features require a subscription. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Have questions or feedback? Reach out anytime at tryelori.com@gmail.com. Follow @tryelori on Instagram and tag #elori to get featured. Terms of Use: https://tryelori.com/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: https://tryelori.com/privacy-policy/
Carousel
Easily create professional-looking social media posts, carousels, and collages without design experience. Choose from a variety of templates and customize them with a powerful editor to make scroll-stopping content for platforms like Instagram and LinkedIn.
- Create carousels and collages
- Professional templates for social media
- Powerful slide editor
- Customize text, images, and backgrounds
- Resize for any platform
- Save and export high-quality images
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Create stunning carousels, collages, and social media posts in minutes — no design skills needed. CarouselKit gives you professional templates and a powerful editor to make scroll-stopping content for social media. MADE FOR EVERYONE Create beautiful posts in minutes — no design experience needed. Whether you're a student, hobbyist, entrepreneur, or just someone who loves sharing great-looking posts, CarouselKit makes it effortless. Pick a template, make it yours, and share. PROFESSIONAL TEMPLATES - Browse ready-made carousel and collage templates - Designed for Instagram posts, LinkedIn slides, and stories - Fresh layouts for every niche and style - Start from scratch or build on a template POWERFUL SLIDE EDITOR - Add text, images, and layers with a tap - Customize fonts, colors, and backgrounds - Resize for any platform — square, portrait, or landscape - Duplicate and reorder slides instantly COLLAGE & POST MAKER - Create photo collages with flexible grid layouts - Design single posts that grab attention - Mix photos and text for maximum impact EXPORT & SHARE - Save slides as high-quality images - Export your entire carousel at once - Share directly to your favorite apps Privacy Policy: https://rajhiranisupport.github.io/carouselkitapp/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://rajhiranisupport.github.io/carouselkitapp/terms-of-use.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Elori at none against Carousel's shown. Carousel's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.2). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Elori sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Carousel sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Elori against 4.8 for Carousel. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 19 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Elori ships an update every 3 weeks, Carousel every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Elori | Carousel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (29 ratings) — better | 4.8 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Malika Sagandykova | Raj Hirani |
Customer experience
Elori
Carousel
In-app purchases
Elori
- Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Year$19.991 Year
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- Year$29.991 Year
- Year$49.991 Year
- Lifetime$44.99
- Lifetime$69.99
Carousel
- CarouselKit Weekly Pro!$6.997 Days
- Standard CarouselKit Yearly Plan3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- CarouselKit Yearly Pro!3 Days trial$39.991 Year








