Comparison

ColorCast vs PolarGrid

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

Head to head
About

ColorCast

Features
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Quickly convert image color spaces. - Supports sRGB, Display P3, Adobe RGB, Linear sRGB, Rec.2020, and Grayscale Gamma 2.2 - Supports directly assigning a color space without conversion

About

PolarGrid

Easily add clean borders to photos, create collages with multiple images, and design flowing carousels. Process your images privately on your device with no uploads or tracking. Offers extensive editing tools and customisable layouts for your visual content.

Highlights
  • Adjustable white or custom photo borders
  • Create multi-photo collages and carousels
  • Full photo editing suite (exposure, contrast, etc.)
  • Batch export up to 15 photos (Pro)
  • Private, on-device processing with no uploads
  • Multiple aspect ratio options
Features
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PolarGrid does what photographers keep needing: a clean border around a photo, several photos laid out into one image, and carousels that flow from one post into the next — in full quality, with nothing uploaded anywhere. WHITE BORDER • Adjustable border, in white or any colour • Aspect ratios: Original, 1:1, 4:5, 5:6, 3:4, 9:16 — vertical or horizontal • Crop to fill, or show the whole photo uncropped • Rotate and flip, drag to reposition, pinch to zoom • Batch mode: set it once, export up to 5 photos together (15 with Pro) • Write a line of text under the photo, in the bottom border (Pro) • Export on a 9:16 background — a colour, or the photo itself, sharp or blurred — ready for Stories and Reels (Pro) EDIT AND RETRO • Edit each photo, free: exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, blacks, saturation, vibrance, temperature and tint • Colour mix by hue, vignette and sharpness, free • Curves and film grain (Pro) • Healing brush: paint over a small distraction and it’s filled in from around it (Pro) • Retro: eleven original film looks with adjustable intensity (Pro) • Press and hold to compare with the original CAROUSEL • A strip of 2 to 5 posts, with photos running across from one post into the next • Layouts built for the number of photos you pick, or place them freely, with a border or an instant-photo frame • Each post exports as its own photo, ready to upload in order — free • Your photo behind the whole carousel, sharp or blurred (Pro) COLLAGE • 2 to 9 photos in one image • Template grids, including creative layouts • Resize cells by dragging their edges; rotate and flip each photo • Free mode: place, resize and rotate each photo by hand • Control outer border and spacing, square or rounded cells PRIVATE BY DESIGN Every photo is processed on your device. No account, no uploads, no tracking. Works with no internet connection, on iPhone and iPad. POLARGRID PRO Free to use, with no watermark. PolarGrid Pro is a one-time purchase — no subscription — that adds maximum-quality export, unlimited border colours (including any custom colour), curves, film grain, Retro, the Healing brush, text under the photo, the 9:16 background export, your photo behind carousels, and batches of up to 15 photos with one edit synced to all.

Screenshots

ColorCast1 screens
PolarGrid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PolarGrid at weekly against ColorCast's every 5 months. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ColorCast ships an update every 5 months, PolarGrid weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ColorCast versus PolarGrid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColorCastPolarGrid
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer欣辰 叶Frangell Vasquez

In-app purchases

None

ColorCast

No in-app purchases

None

PolarGrid

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ColorCast free?
ColorCast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PolarGrid free?
PolarGrid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ColorCast or PolarGrid have ads?
Neither ColorCast nor PolarGrid shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ColorCast or PolarGrid?
ColorCast ships an update every 5 months, and PolarGrid weekly. Most recently, ColorCast was updated on October 6, 2026 and PolarGrid on October 19, 2026.

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