Comparison

Button Badge Maker vs PhotoPacker

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

Head to head
About

Button Badge Maker

Easily design custom button badges by arranging and cropping your images. The app automatically generates A4 printable layouts, simplifying the creation of DIY merchandise and craft projects without complex design software.

Highlights
  • One-tap button badge layout
  • Circular image cropping
  • Automatic A4 print layout
  • Arrange multiple images
  • Create printable templates
  • DIY merchandise creation
Features
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Make your own buttons and badges — easily. Button Badge Maker is a layout tool for badges, buttons and DIY merch. Pick your photos and they are instantly cropped into the shape you choose, arranged in one step, and turned into a print-ready A4 template. No design software, no manual repositioning — just faster, simpler badge making. Key features: • One-tap layout: many photos are auto-cropped to the chosen shape and grid-centered on an A4 page — up to 50 per page, with a clear hint if some don't fit • 21 badge shapes: circle, square, triangle, star, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, diamond, heart, oval, shield, water drop, candy, cloud, bookmark, bell, tag and more • Real-world sizing: enter the finished size (e.g. 58 mm diameter) and spacing in millimetres — the whole page recalculates and stays centered • Rounded corners & cut lines: adjustable corner radius on polygonal shapes, with dashed cut lines to guide trimming • Fine-tune each photo: drag it inside its shape individually, duplicate favorites, or delete the ones you don't need • 28 photo looks: Hasselblad Blue, Leica Vibrant, Japanese Style, Black & White, Sepia, film tones, Hong Kong Neon, Teal & Orange and more — applied to the whole set or restyled one photo at a time • Text & symbols: add text along a circle's outline or a shape's bottom edge, with full control over color, letter spacing, bold and shadow; insert single-color symbols and the full set of colorful emoji with one tap • Pick any font: bundled fonts (MiSans by default) plus import from TTF / OTF / TTC files • Print & export: AirPrint the A4 sheet directly, or export high-resolution images to save and share • 7 interface languages: English, 简体中文, 繁體中文, Deutsch, Français, 日本語, 한국어 Everything is processed on your device — no account needed. The free version allows one export per day; upgrade to Pro for unlimited printing and exporting. From badges and round buttons to stickers, cards and hand-made merch: select, arrange and print — your own set, ready in minutes.

About

PhotoPacker

Features
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Print your photos efficiently with PhotoPacker. Select multiple images from your library, set each photo’s print size in mm, cm, or inches, and choose how many copies you need. PhotoPacker automatically arranges images across one or more pages to use as little paper as possible. Key features: • Select multiple photos for batch printing • Set custom print sizes per photo • Choose copy counts for each image • Automatic page layout to maximize paper usage • Easy photo adjustment with zoom and position editing • Crop tool with draggable handles — trim a photo and its print size updates to match • Works across multiple pages when needed • Optional crop marks make prints easy to cut out • Optional photo borders in a custom colour and width (inset or outset) • Optional automatic size — print every photo as large as possible, all sharing the same area (each keeping its own aspect ratio and crop), filling up to a chosen number of pages • Optional layout area — pack photos into a custom-sized rectangle, centred and printed with crop marks for cutting; combine it with automatic size to fill the rectangle with the largest possible prints • One free print with no photo or copy limits, so you can finish a real page before deciding whether to buy Perfect for creating proof sheets, photo layouts, and print-ready pages with minimal effort. PhotoPacker is free to use, with a one-time Pro purchase — no subscription — that lifts the photo and copy limits and unlocks custom margins and gaps, 90° rotation, photo borders, automatic sizing, and custom layout areas.

Screenshots

Button Badge Maker4 screens
PhotoPacker3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Button Badge Maker at every 5 days against PhotoPacker's every 3 weeks. Button Badge Maker also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads, 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. Button Badge Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PhotoPacker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Button Badge Maker ships an update every 5 days, PhotoPacker every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Button Badge Maker versus PhotoPacker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterButton Badge MakerPhotoPacker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer云涛 贾Willem de Jonge

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Button Badge Maker

One-time1
  • Unlimited Export$2.99
1 purchases

PhotoPacker

One-time1
  • Pro$1.99

Questions

Is Button Badge Maker free?
Button Badge Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PhotoPacker free?
PhotoPacker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Button Badge Maker or PhotoPacker have ads?
Neither Button Badge Maker nor PhotoPacker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Button Badge Maker or PhotoPacker?
Button Badge Maker ships an update every 5 days, and PhotoPacker every 3 weeks. Most recently, Button Badge Maker was updated on October 1, 2026 and PhotoPacker on September 17, 2026.

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