moarpixels vs Gridlai
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
moarpixels
Enhance your photos with a one-tap upscaler that quadruples image resolution using an on-device neural network. Perfect for AI-generated art or detailed photos, it provides exact print sizes at 300 DPI and saves directly to your library.
- 4x photo upscaling
- On-device neural network
- Privacy-focused, no data collection
- Print size calculation (300 DPI)
- Direct save to Photos library
- iPad-adaptive layout
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make your picture bigger. moarpixels is a one-tap photo upscaler. drop in a 12-megapixel shot, get a 195-megapixel image back — sharp enough to print as a poster. — 4× upscale powered by an on-device neural network — runs locally on your iPhone or iPad. nothing uploaded. nothing collected. — tuned for AI-generated art and photos with fine detail — tells you the exact print size at 300 DPI before you save — saves straight to your Photos library — iPad-adaptive layout why on-device? your photos never leave your phone. no servers, no accounts, no monthly fee. the model runs on Apple's Neural Engine, so there's nothing to upload and nothing to wait on. why one-time? because a $10/month upscaler costs more in a year than this app costs once. honest about scope: moarpixels does one thing — make pictures bigger. no editor, no filters, no social. that's the whole pitch. privacy: no analytics, no tracking, no data collection of any kind. all processing runs entirely on-device. requirements: iPhone or iPad running iOS 18 or later.
Gridlai
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Gridlai makes beautiful photo grids on your iPhone — simply, and privately. Pick 4 to 12 photos and Gridlai arranges them into a clean grid, ready to save and share. Everything happens on your device: no accounts, no uploads, no data collected. AI AUTO-ARRANGE — 100% ON YOUR DEVICE One tap and Gridlai arranges your photos and frames each one toward its subject, so faces stay centered and nothing important gets cropped out — then leaves every photo fully adjustable, so you can pan and zoom to fine-tune the framing. The AI runs entirely on your iPhone using Apple's on-device Vision technology — your photos are never uploaded, never sent to a server, never seen by anyone but you. FEATURES • Smart auto-arrange with on-device face & subject framing — and fully adjustable after • Classic white Polaroid frame, with your caption in the frame • Layouts from 1×3 strips to a 3×4 grid • Square (1:1) and portrait (4:5) export • Pinch to zoom, drag to reposition, tap to swap any photo • Adjustable grid lines and an optional caption • One tap to save the finished grid to Photos PRIVATE BY DESIGN Gridlai has no accounts and makes no network connections at all. Your photos are used only on your device to build the grid and save it back to your library. We collect nothing. Made by AIConcepts.Studio.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Gridlai at fortnightly against moarpixels's every 2 months. Gridlai also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
moarpixels ships an update every 2 months, Gridlai fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | moarpixels | Gridlai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Working Model LLC | AiConcepts.Studio |
In-app purchases
moarpixels
No in-app purchases
Gridlai
No in-app purchases









