Comparison

Rewind vs Immersive Border

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

Head to head
About

Rewind

Features
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Your photo library is full of moments worth seeing again. Rewind turns your existing photos and videos into a calm, swipeable memory stream. Rediscover forgotten moments, save favorites, organize albums, and leave personal notes for the memories that matter. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Swipe through photos and videos from your library • Revisit memories in a fresh, serendipitous order • Like moments and organize favorites into albums • Write notes and browse them on a personal timeline • Add a soundtrack with built-in music or Apple Music • Balance background music with the original sound of your videos • Switch between English and Simplified Chinese • Sync supported Rewind data with iCloud Your original photos and videos remain in your system photo library. Some features require Rewind Pro. Apple Music features require an active Apple Music subscription and availability in your region.

About

Immersive Border

Enhance your photos with a wide variety of artistic frames and borders. Customize colors, margins, and add metadata like camera details. Processed entirely on-device for privacy.

Highlights
  • 24 curated frame presets
  • Customizable margins, colors, and shadows
  • Add camera metadata to photos
  • On-device photo processing
  • Standard and high-quality export options
  • Save custom styles
Features
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Give every photo a frame that feels intentional. CHOOSE A LOOK Start with 24 curated presets, from classic white borders and immersive backgrounds to tickets, postage stamps, 35mm film, a camera viewfinder, vinyl records, and a realistic museum gallery. Swipe between styles while keeping your selected photo. COMPOSE YOUR PHOTO Double-tap the photo or open Crop. Use the theme’s recommended ratio, a common photo ratio, or your own dimensions. Pinch to zoom and drag to adjust the composition. Your original photo is preserved. The museum frame adapts to the photo’s shape, with four gallery backgrounds to choose from. MAKE A STYLE YOUR OWN Adjust the available margins, colors, corners, and shadows with full-screen previews. Changes are temporary until you tap Save Preset to save a custom style. Personalize text on tickets, stamps, and other text-based themes. Keep text specific to one photo, or turn on Include Custom Text when saving a preset to reuse your edited text across a project. Fields you leave automatic continue to update with each photo. Ticket colors can match your photo automatically or use your own palette. Favorite and duplicate presets with a long press, and reuse your custom styles later. DETAILS FROM YOUR CAMERA Display available camera model, lens, exposure, date, and place information from your photo’s metadata. Film and vinyl themes use the actual camera model when it is available. STANDARD AND HIGH QUALITY EXPORTS Save the finished image to a dedicated album in Photos or share through the iOS share sheet. Standard export, up to 2400 px on the longest edge, is free and selected by default. An optional one-time Pro purchase unlocks High Quality export up to 6000 px. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your photos are processed on your device. No account, ads, analytics, tracking, or developer server. When a selected photo contains coordinates, Apple system geocoding may be used to display a place name. No subscription. No sign-in. Standard export stays free.

Screenshots

Rewind4 screens
Immersive Border4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Immersive Border at every 2 days against Rewind's every 6 weeks. Immersive Border also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.1). 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. Rewind sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Immersive Border sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rewind ships an update every 6 weeks, Immersive Border every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Rewind versus Immersive Border: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRewindImmersive Border
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.117.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer夏洋 秦全鹏 宋

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Rewind

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Membership$2.991 Month
  • 年度会员$5.991 Year
One-time1
  • Rewind Pro$12.99
1 purchases

Immersive Border

One-time1
  • Immersive Border Pro Lifetime$0.99

Questions

Is Rewind free?
Rewind is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Immersive Border free?
Immersive Border is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Rewind or Immersive Border have ads?
Neither Rewind nor Immersive Border shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rewind or Immersive Border?
Rewind ships an update every 6 weeks, and Immersive Border every 2 days. Most recently, Rewind was updated on October 6, 2026 and Immersive Border on October 17, 2026.

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