Comparison

PhotoBorder+ vs Lensgrade

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

Head to head
About

PhotoBorder+

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PhotoBorder+ is fast, focused, and private. Frame your photos for Instagram posts or stories, or spread a panoramic shot across a swipeable carousel. Just open, frame, and save. Two frame sizes. Two backgrounds. Done. Choose POST (4:5) or STORY (9:16), pick white or black, and save. Your bordered photo exports at full 1080px width with original EXIF metadata preserved for social media. Panorama Carousels Spread a panoramic photo across up to 10 Instagram carousel slides. Each slide exports at 1080 x 1350 โ€” perfectly aligned so your photo flows seamlessly as viewers swipe. Photos save in order, ready to upload. Add borders right from the Photos app Select a photo, tap Share, choose PhotoBorder+. Pick your frame and background, then save โ€” all without leaving the Photos app. No app switching needed. Tiny app. Big results. PhotoBorder+ is under 1 MB. It loads instantly, does its job, and gets out of the way. Built for photographers No bloated feature lists. No color wheels, stickers, or text tools. Just clean, consistent borders for photographers who want their work presented simply. 100% private. No exceptions. PhotoBorder+ runs entirely on your device. No cloud, no uploads, no accounts, no analytics, no tracking. Your photos never leave your phone. Buy once. Own forever. No subscriptions. No ads. No in-app purchases. One payment, every feature, every update. Universal app One purchase works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The interface adapts to each screen โ€” thumb-friendly on iPhone, spacious on iPad and Mac.

About

Lensgrade

Features
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Find your keepers, keep your reasons, and carry your comparisons with you. Lensgrade combines on-device photo analysis with manual side-by-side review. NEW IN 4.0 โ€ข Back up a Keeper Desk session with its preview photos, decisions and notes. Restore it as a separate session without replacing existing work. โ€ข Search photo labels and notes, filter by Keep, Maybe, Pass or Undecided, and step through the matching review queue. โ€ข Undo the most recent saved decision or note edit while reviewing a session. โ€ข Clearer type, improved contrast, and lighter native field-reference cards. Keeper Desk adds saved photo comparison sessions with linked detail controls, your own keep/maybe/pass decisions, and a shortlist contact sheet. HOW IT WORKS 1. Open Keeper Desk from the Score tab. Try the clearly labeled five-photo example or choose 2โ€“12 still photos. 2. Choose the two frames to compare. Use linked zoom and relative crop controls, optionally hide names and prior decisions, then mark side B Keep, Maybe or Pass and record a reason. 3. Resume the saved session, revisit undecided frames, and preview the contact sheet of kept photos. Share its PDF with a CSV containing all decisions, notes and source hashes. Existing sharpness scoring, batch analysis, focus maps, exposure information, history and field references remain available. Keeper Desk adds local preview storage and corrupt-file protection. WHAT TO KNOW Decisions are manual. Linked crops do not align subjects or measure focus. Saved JPEG previews have a maximum 2560-pixel long edge and are not original-resolution inspection or original exports. Single still inputs up to 32 MB and 120 megapixels; 2โ€“12 photos per session, 10 sessions and 120 MB of saved data. Original Photos items are never edited or deleted. iPhone and iPad. Backups contain reduced-size previews and decisions, not original photos. They leave the app only when you choose to export or share. Restore accepts Lensgrade session backups up to 68 MB. Session and storage limits also apply to restored copies. No account, ads or subscription. Analysis scores are heuristic comparison aids affected by texture, noise and editing. They do not diagnose focus errors or guarantee print quality. Earlier saved scores are retained and marked for re-analysis after the 4.0 scoring correction.

Screenshots

PhotoBorder+4 screens
Lensgrade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PhotoBorder+ at Free against Lensgrade's $3.99. Lensgrade's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

PhotoBorder+ is free to download; Lensgrade costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PhotoBorder+ ships an update monthly, Lensgrade weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
PhotoBorder+ versus Lensgrade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhotoBorder+Lensgrade
PriceFree โ€” better$3.99
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCraig StubingRobert Corbin

In-app purchases

None

PhotoBorder+

No in-app purchases

None

Lensgrade

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PhotoBorder+ free?
PhotoBorder+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lensgrade free?
Lensgrade costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do PhotoBorder+ or Lensgrade have ads?
Neither PhotoBorder+ nor Lensgrade shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PhotoBorder+ or Lensgrade?
PhotoBorder+ ships an update monthly, and Lensgrade weekly. Most recently, PhotoBorder+ was updated on October 31, 2026 and Lensgrade on November 5, 2026.

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