Comparison

Carousel vs GridMakr

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

GridMakr

Features
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Your feed. But couture. You take the photos. GridMakr does the rest: hang a gallery wall across the slides of a carousel, turn one wide shot into panels that line up at the seams, stack a few favourites into one post — and mix all three in a single carousel. Or hand a pile of photos to Magic and get the whole post in one tap. Then hand Instagram numbered, full-size files. MAGIC Pick a pile of photos. Magic deals them into a complete post: stacks, mosaics, panoramas and gallery walls, mixed. Not that one? Tap again for another take. Two knobs: Vibe, from calm to wild, and Order, which sorts your photos by colour so neighbours blend or pop. Every take is one undo away, and every slide stays editable. STACK Two to six photos in rows or columns inside one 3:4, 4:5 or 1:1 post. Drag the dividers; they snap to halves and thirds. SLICE One wide shot spread across up to 20 carousel panels. Pan and zoom it as one canvas; the seams snap so the swipe is seamless. HANG A GALLERY WALL Pick a handful of photos and get a proposed hang across the slides. Shuffle, tweak scatter and sizes, pin the frames you love, move the rest by hand. VIDEO, TOO Videos go wherever photos go: a stack of clips playing side by side, a video hung on the gallery wall, a panorama cut from one wide clip. Any slide with a video on it goes out as a video. Shaky clip? Send it to Video Stabilizer Pro and it comes back steady, into the same cell. ONE CAROUSEL, ANY MIX A stack, then a panorama, then a gallery — in one post. Ratio and frame are shared across every slide, just like Instagram wants it. Leave a post unfinished and pick it up from Home later. BUILT FOR HOW INSTAGRAM WORKS • 3:4, 4:5 and 1:1, including the 3:4 profile grid • Every slide previewed before it goes out, then exported in order at 1080 px — or 1440 px with Pro • Plain JPEGs and videos that are yours — post them, send them, print them NOTHING LEAVES THIS IPHONE No upload, no account, no tracking, no ads. GridMakr uses Apple's photo picker, so it only ever sees the photos you hand it, and it never asks for access to your library. GRIDMAKR PRO Every feature is free to use and export. Free exports carry a small GridMakr mark in the corner of each slide; GridMakr Pro removes it and exports at 1440 px. Pro is an auto-renewing subscription: • GridMakr Pro Weekly — billed every week • GridMakr Pro Yearly — billed every year, starting with a 3-day free trial Prices are shown in the app before you buy and may vary by country. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. A subscription renews automatically unless it is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use (Apple's standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gridmakr.dmrschmidt.de/privacy/

Screenshots

Carousel4 screens
GridMakr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: GridMakr at none against Carousel's shown. Carousel's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Carousel sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and GridMakr sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Carousel ships an update every 5 days, GridMakr weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Carousel versus GridMakr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCarouselGridMakr
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRaj HiraniDennis Schmidt

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Carousel

Subscriptions2
  • CarouselKit Weekly Pro!$6.997 Days
  • CarouselKit Yearly Pro!3 Days trial$39.991 Year
2 purchases

GridMakr

Subscriptions2
  • GridMakr Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
  • GridMakr Pro Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Carousel free?
Carousel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GridMakr free?
GridMakr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Carousel or GridMakr have ads?
Carousel shows ads; GridMakr does not.
Which is updated more often, Carousel or GridMakr?
Carousel ships an update every 5 days, and GridMakr weekly. Most recently, Carousel was updated on October 7, 2026 and GridMakr on October 8, 2026.

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