Framed vs Muse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Framed
This app helps you take better photos by analyzing scenes in real-time and providing guidance on composition, zoom, exposure, and angle. It offers subject tracking and smart zoom recommendations to ensure every shot is intentional and well-framed.
- Real-time composition analysis
- Subject tracking reticle
- Smart zoom recommendations
- Horizon leveling
- Contextual exposure guidance
- Instant gallery review
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Better photos start before the shutter. Point Framed at any scene and choose how you frame it. Tap scan and Framed reads the light, the subject and the composition, then finds the shot worth taking. Or draw your own frame around what caught your eye. Either way, Framed guides you into it: where to move, how far to zoom, when to shoot. Then make it yours, with a full editor, film looks and frames, all on the photo you actually took. FIND THE SHOT - Auto frame: one tap scans the scene and finds the best composition, with framing, zoom, exposure and angle. - Your frame: tap the viewfinder and draw the shot you want. Framed guides you to it the same way. - Adjust either one: resize or move the frame before you shoot. - Live tracking: the frame stays on your subject as you move, and the shutter lights up when you're lined up. SHOOT LIKE A PRO - RAW capture on iPhone Pro models. - Manual shutter, ISO, flash control, and exposure compensation. - Shoot in 3:4, 4:5, 1:1 or 9:16. DEVELOP IT - Film looks, each one a starting point you can take apart and adjust. - Light: exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, blacks, fade, temperature and tint. - Color: HSL mixer, color grading, curves and calibration. - Effects: grain, halation, glow, light leaks, scratches, dust, motion and vignette. FINISH IT - Frames: Plain, White, Paper, Black, Negative, and Specs, which prints the lens and settings you shot with. - A date stamp from the day you took it. KEEP IT - Your Framed library keeps every edit, so you can come back and change it, from the RAW. - Import from Photos, save back to your camera roll, or share straight to Instagram. Point. Shoot. Develop. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Muse
This app helps you take better photos and videos by providing on-screen composition guides. It offers a variety of templates for different subjects and scenes, with live recognition for people and pets. Save your edits and create photo cards with custom frames and text.
- On-screen composition guides
- Live subject recognition (people, pets)
- Template library for various scenes
- Video recording with editing
- Photo card creation
- Import reference photos as guides
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YOUR MOMENTS, READY TO REVISIT Capture photos and videos without leaving the camera. Muse keeps originals, reference examples and editing drafts in your Works gallery. Organize photos into themes, return to your edits, and create cards with adjustable photo corners. **She asks for one photo. Muse makes sure it's a good one.** Muse draws elegant dashed guidelines right on your camera — where she should stand, where the horizon belongs, where her face fits. Move until the lines rest on her, wait for the dashes to turn green, and shoot. **HOW IT WORKS** • Pick a composition — portraits, travel in Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and Europe, shots of him, home, night and outfit looks, couples, fur babies, and family • Align the dashes — they turn green as your subject locks in • All green? Shoot. One tap, done. **WHAT'S INSIDE** • 24 free, scene-independent guides for portraits, close-ups, back views, food, scenery and architecture • Guided 9:16 video with sound; trim the ends, apply a film tone or mute before saving • Live guides that recognize people, cats and dogs — fully on-device • Hand-curated composition templates, each paired with an exemplar photo • An exemplar photo behind every template — tap Compare to overlay it on your viewfinder • Three short tips per template: where to stand, how high to hold, when to zoom • Film-tone filters (Dawn, Fog, Cine, Butter, Noir) — muted, warm, never loud • Rule-of-thirds grid, level indicator with a soft haptic, 4:3 / 1:1 / 16:9 • Import any reference photo — Muse reads its composition and turns it into guides you can save as your own template • Photo cards — frames, background colors, a line of your words and the date, right after the shot **QUIET BY DESIGN** • No account. No subscription. No data collected. • One-time purchase unlocks every curated scene example and Pro filter — future scene packs included. Made for anyone who's ever heard "you press it, I'll pose" — and panicked.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Muse at 5.0 against Framed's 4.0. Muse also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 77%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). Framed's advantage is ratings volume (37 vs 2) and monetization model (freemium vs paid). 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
Both are free to download. Framed sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Muse sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Muse holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Framed has 37 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Framed's written reviews are positive against 100% of Muse's.
Framed ships an update fortnightly, Muse every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Framed | Muse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (37 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aaron Langley | 亚 张 |
Customer experience
Framed
Muse
In-app purchases
Framed
- Weekly$3.997 Days
- Monthly$4.991 Month
- Monthly$6.991 Month
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- Monthly1 Month trial$6.991 Month
- Monthly$8.991 Month
- Framed Pro Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Annual3 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Annual3 Days trial$49.991 Year
Muse
- Muse Pro$5.99









