Comparison

Palette Spin vs Photo Collage Studio

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

Head to head
About

Palette Spin

Features
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Palette Spin is a simple wallpaper maker for turning colors, photos, and text into custom iPhone wallpapers. Start with a palette, spin through color patterns, and preview how your wallpaper looks on an iPhone-style screen. You can add a photo, adjust blend effects, place text, tune colors, and save the result to Photos. Palette Spin is designed for quick visual experiments: ・Spin palettes and color patterns ・Create colorful gradient wallpapers ・Add photos as a background layer ・Adjust blend mode, opacity, scale, and position ・Add text with custom font, color, outline, shadow, and rotation ・Preview portrait and landscape wallpaper layouts ・Save full wallpapers or split designs into tiles Whether you want a bright lock screen, a soft gradient background, or a personal wallpaper with text and photos, Palette Spin helps you make it quickly.

About

Photo Collage Studio

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Create polished photo collages from templates, grids, 9-grid slices, long images, and color-inspired layouts in a few taps. Photo Collage Maker is a lightweight collage studio for turning everyday photos into clean social posts, travel journals, moodboards, product boards, and share-ready layouts. Start from a template or choose your own mode: Grid Collage, Freeform Collage, Long Image, 9-Grid Slice, Color Walk, Subject Sticker, Photo Calendar, Travel Ticket, Travel Stamp, Color Beads, or Palette Overlay. New in this update: more scene templates, smoother selection and editing interactions, and a rebuilt creation page that makes the next step clearer. What you can make: - Photo collages for daily posts, albums, products, and memories - Grid layouts with custom ratios, spacing, borders, and backgrounds - 9-grid cuts for profile feeds and social reveals - Long images for stories, tutorials, recaps, and visual notes - Freeform collages with layers, rotation, flipping, and flexible placement - Color Walk and palette templates that turn photo colors into designed layouts - Travel, calendar, ticket, stamp, sticker, and portfolio-style templates Why it feels fast: - Start from recommended templates instead of a blank canvas - Fine-tune layout details without heavy editing menus - Save high-quality exports directly to Photos - Keep photo processing local on your device Make a clean collage, a 9-grid post, a long image, or a template-based visual story whenever your photos need a better layout. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Palette Spin2 screens
Photo Collage Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Photo Collage Studio at Free against Palette Spin's $1.29. Palette Spin's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (daily vs every 5 weeks). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Photo Collage Studio is free to download; Palette Spin costs $1.29 up front. Photo Collage Studio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Palette Spin asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Palette Spin ships an update daily, Photo Collage Studio every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Palette Spin versus Photo Collage Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPalette SpinPhoto Collage Studio
Price$1.29Free — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMakoto FukuokaYunLong Zhang

In-app purchases

None

Palette Spin

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Photo Collage Studio

One-time1
  • PhotoCollagePro$3.99

Questions

Is Palette Spin free?
Palette Spin costs $1.29, with no in-app purchases.
Is Photo Collage Studio free?
Photo Collage Studio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Palette Spin or Photo Collage Studio have ads?
Neither Palette Spin nor Photo Collage Studio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Palette Spin or Photo Collage Studio?
Palette Spin ships an update daily, and Photo Collage Studio every 5 weeks. Most recently, Palette Spin was updated on November 5, 2026 and Photo Collage Studio on October 31, 2026.

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