Comparison

Carousel vs Glassy

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Glassy

Create stunning photo carousels, seamless panoramas, and animated collages. Enhance your images with translucent layers, real-time data stickers, and cross-slide elements for a dynamic visual experience. Offers a robust toolkit for various creative projects.

Highlights
  • Liquid Glass translucent layers
  • Real data stickers (weather, workouts, music)
  • Cross-slide image and text layers
  • Motion export for Live Photos
  • Object removal tool
  • Comprehensive editing toolkit
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Glassy is a carousel maker for seamless carousels, photo dumps, and panorama posts. Photos become collages and scrolling videos that flow across every slide. • Liquid Glass: translucent layers with tint, blur, and depth, and the content underneath still shows through. • Real Data Stickers: with your permission, bring weather, workouts, routes, time, location, music, lyrics, and movie details into a design. • Cross-Slide Layers: run images, text, stickers, and frames across several slides for a seamless swipe. • Motion: preview and export while Live Photos and animated elements keep moving. • Erase and Remove: erase part of a photo, bring it back, or remove an unwanted object right on your iPhone, free. • A full toolkit: photos, text, widgets, stickers, frames, grids, drawings, gradients, and textures, starting from a template or a blank canvas. Make photo dumps, travel journals, lyric cards, workout recaps, mood boards, and posters. Free tools and materials cover everyday creation and still-image export. Anyone can add videos and Live Photos, and the first three motion exports are free with a small Glassy mark. Glassy Plus unlocks Plus templates, premium materials, and unlimited motion exports without the mark. Exporting a design that contains premium content also requires Plus. Terms of Use: Apple's standard end-user license agreement applies: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Carousel4 screens
Glassy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Glassy at none against Carousel's shown. Glassy also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Carousel's advantage is ratings volume (19 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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. Carousel sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and Glassy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Glassy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Carousel has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Carousel ships an update every 4 days, Glassy weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Carousel versus Glassy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCarouselGlassy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (19 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB165 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRaj Hirani伟滔 黄

Customer experience

Carousel

All ratings17 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Glassy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Carousel

Subscriptions3
  • CarouselKit Weekly Pro!$6.997 Days
  • Standard CarouselKit Yearly Plan3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • CarouselKit Yearly Pro!3 Days trial$39.991 Year
2 purchases

Glassy

Subscriptions2
  • Glassy Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Glassy Plus Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Carousel free?
Carousel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Glassy free?
Glassy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Carousel or Glassy?
Glassy is rated higher. Carousel averages 4.8 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Glassy averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Carousel or Glassy have ads?
Carousel shows ads; Glassy does not.
Which is updated more often, Carousel or Glassy?
Carousel ships an update every 4 days, and Glassy weekly. Most recently, Carousel was updated on October 31, 2026 and Glassy on November 5, 2026.

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