Comparison

Bordure vs PRINT DOT

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

Head to head
About

Bordure

Features
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Bordure adds clean, beautiful borders to your photos, perfect for sharing on Instagram and beyond. Simply pick a photo, choose your canvas ratio, and customize the background. That's it. CANVAS RATIOS Pick the right format for every platform: • 4:5 and 1:1 for Instagram Posts • 9:16 for Instagram Stories and Reels • 16:9 for landscape content • Custom Size • And more portrait and landscape options BACKGROUNDS • Solid color — choose any color to complement your photo • (NEW) Smart Color — tap the magic wand and Bordure analyzes your photo's dominant color to suggest a harmonious complementary background, rooted in color theory • Blur — automatically extends your photo with a blurred version of itself for a seamless look PRESETS Save your favorite combinations of ratio, scale, and background as named presets. Apply them in one tap. EXPORT • Choose between JPEG, PNG, or HEIF • Control JPEG quality • Your original EXIF and GPS metadata is preserved on export THOUGHTFUL DETAILS • Pinch and drag to reposition and scale your photo within the canvas • Double-tap to reset position and scale • Undo your edits • Share directly from the app or save to your photo library No subscriptions. No ads. No accounts. Just your photos, framed.

About

PRINT DOT

Features
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Your photo, freshly printed. PRINT DOT is a small print shop for your photos. The halftone dots you see up close, the color plates sitting slightly off register, the way ink sinks into paper: PRINT DOT rebuilds that feel on top of a picture you already have. ■ Eight dot styles Fine Dot for a delicate screen. Bold Dot for big, poppy dots. Newspaper Dot for coarse monochrome. CMYK Dot for overlapping plates and misregistration. Soft Fade Dot for a gentle bleed. Grain Dot for film-like texture. Line Screen Dot for a poster look. Mono Ink Dot for one clean ink. The same photo comes out differently in every one. ■ Choose the ink Eleven ink palettes, including Vintage Red, Café Brown, Ocean Blue and Mono Black. Quiet one- and two-color runs, or something loud and neon. ■ Choose the paper Seven paper textures: smooth, rough, matte, recycled, newsprint, kraft and aged. Each one changes how the ink settles. ■ Tune it by hand Dot size, screen angle, contrast, ink bleed, paper character. Move the sliders until it looks right, and compare against the original photo at any time. ■ Keep your prints Saved work lines up in the in-app gallery. Favorite it, export it to Photos, or share it straight from there. ■ Everything stays on your iPhone All rendering happens on your device. Your photos are never uploaded. No account, no sign-in, and it works in airplane mode. ■ What's free Four dot styles, five inks and three papers. Pick a photo, adjust it and save it without paying anything. ■ PRINT DOT Premium (one-time purchase) One purchase unlocks all of this: · All eight dot styles · All eleven ink palettes · All seven paper textures · Export at a larger size · No watermark on your work It is not a subscription. You pay once, and on the same Apple ID you can bring it back with Restore Purchases after switching devices.

Screenshots

Bordure3 screens
PRINT DOT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PRINT DOT at Free against Bordure's $0.99. PRINT DOT also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

PRINT DOT is free to download; Bordure costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bordure ships an update monthly, PRINT DOT every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Bordure versus PRINT DOT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBordurePRINT DOT
Price$0.99Free — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichele De Paolakazunari aoki

In-app purchases

None

Bordure

No in-app purchases

None

PRINT DOT

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bordure free?
Bordure costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PRINT DOT free?
PRINT DOT is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bordure or PRINT DOT have ads?
Neither Bordure nor PRINT DOT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bordure or PRINT DOT?
Bordure ships an update monthly, and PRINT DOT every 6 days. Most recently, Bordure was updated on October 1, 2026 and PRINT DOT on September 30, 2026.

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