Comparison

Storyboard Creator vs Layer

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

Head to head
About

Storyboard Creator

Features
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Storyboard Creator brings eBook, storyboard, and presentation production together in one powerful app. Organize ideas, build scene plans, prepare shot lists, and create card-based layouts that turn creative concepts into structured, elegant, shareable projects. Whether you're crafting an EPUB eBook, designing a PDF publication, or building a PPTX presentation flow, you keep full creative control from start to finish. Design your projects visually with a flexible card system that lets you plan, arrange, and refine your content with precision. Draw directly on each card with layers, images, SVG assets, speech bubbles, and text. FREE Up to 10 projects Up to 20 pages per project Full drawing tools, layers, and card editing Import up to 10 images or SVG files from your device or cloud Import up to 10 projects from ZIP or PNG files PREMIUM — one-time purchase, no subscription Unlimited projects and pages All export formats Unlimited imports Unlocks on every device signed in with your Apple Account If you purchased the app before it became free, Premium unlocks automatically EXPORT FORMATS (Premium) EPUB for eBooks PDF for publications PPTX for presentations PNG for individual cards, ready to reuse across platforms and workflows HTML with Base64-embedded images, or with linked image assets ZIP packages for archiving, sharing, and moving projects between devices Storyboard Creator supports a flexible workflow that adapts to project structures from other platform versions, helping you continue your creative process smoothly across devices and environments. Available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, the app delivers a fluid, flexible, and professional experience across the Apple ecosystem — so your creativity is always within reach.

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Layer

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Layer Art- is a studio for layered paper art. Choose a colour, place a shape, and watch a shadow fall exactly where it should. Every piece you place is remembered. When you're finished, play the whole build back as a stop-motion film — pieces springing into place, sliding into position, the artwork assembling from a blank page. It isn't a screen recording. Nothing is captured while you work, so there's no quality loss and no wasted space. The film is drawn fresh from your artwork, which means it's razor sharp at any size and you choose the pace afterwards. Save it, share it, or just watch it. Pick a piece up again next week and the film keeps growing with it. REAL DEPTH, NOT A DROP SHADOW Layer Art works because of light. Every shape you place sits at its own height above the page — measured in millimetres, like foam tape behind real card. • One light source for the whole piece, so nothing ever looks pasted on • A soft depth shadow and a tight contact shadow, the way paper actually behaves • Move the sun and every shadow in the artwork turns to follow it • Three depth styles: Soft, Crisp and Flat • Fine control over shadow size, distance and opacity when you want it HUNDREDS OF SHAPES Nearly 400 pieces to cut from, all vector, all recolourable, all sharp at any size. Ferns, leaves, split leaves, grass, tendrils, branches • Trunks, sticks, logs, driftwood • Flowers, clover, mushrooms • Mountains, hills, pebbles • Clouds, suns, moons • Waves, fish, whales • Birds, butterflies, cats, owls, bunnies • Arches, frames, rings • Stars, blobs, hearts, sparkles WORDS, CARDS AND MESSAGES The full alphabet and numbers, cut from paper in two styles. Not typed text — real letterforms you colour, rotate, layer and lift like any other piece. Which makes something rather good possible: build a card, spell a message, and the timelapse becomes the reveal. The words appear one letter at a time. BUILD FROM A PHOTO Bring in a photo two ways. Trace mode sits it faintly underneath as a guide and never appears in the export. Frame mode makes it part of the artwork, so you can build a paper frame around a photo you love. A GALLERY WORTH SCROLLING Your work lives on a wall, not in a list. Cards keep each piece's real proportions and carry the same paper shadow the artwork does. Tap one and it grows into full screen, where the background takes on that artwork's own colour. THE WALL, USER SHOWCASE Users can submit there artwork for display on the wall, All artwork submitted is moderated for approval before going on the wall, all images uploaded, are kept 100% private and never shared anywhere besides inside the App. Users can report images, all reports are moderated as well, and reviewed. Then action taken. Users can also add there social media link, if maybe they are doing creative tutorials, any form of art channels. Users may wish have a look. Artwork in the Showcase, can be tapped and then watched how that user put it all together. Showcase is designed for showing of created artwork and also a great way for other users to see how it was made. PRIVACY All artwork images , created in the App stay on your device, only exception is if you choose to have your work displayed in the show case then that is submitted to a secure database as a file not an image, all images are sent by file and encrypted. For privacy. MADE FOR MAKING • Curated tonal palettes, because five greens beat five hundred • Merge pieces into one and move them together • Layers you can drag, lock, reorder and unlock • Snapping to centre lines and angles, switchable • Full undo and redo • Autosaves constantly — nothing is ever lost • Send an artwork to a friend as a file they can open and keep building • Export a picture or a film straight to your photos

Screenshots

Storyboard Creator4 screens
Layer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Storyboard Creator at Free against Layer's $1.99. Storyboard Creator also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). Layer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Storyboard Creator is free to download; Layer costs $1.99 up front. Storyboard Creator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Layer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Storyboard Creator ships an update every 5 days, Layer every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Storyboard Creator versus Layer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStoryboard CreatorLayer
PriceFree — better$1.99
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMurat Sayginadam rogan

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Storyboard Creator

One-time1
  • Storyboard Premium$3.99
None

Layer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Storyboard Creator free?
Storyboard Creator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Layer free?
Layer costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Storyboard Creator or Layer have ads?
Neither Storyboard Creator nor Layer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Storyboard Creator or Layer?
Storyboard Creator ships an update every 5 days, and Layer every 3 weeks. Most recently, Storyboard Creator was updated on October 31, 2026 and Layer on October 31, 2026.

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