Comparison

Gridlai vs Cliptum

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

Head to head
About

Gridlai

Features
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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.

About

Cliptum

Easily create portrait reels from your photos and videos. Combine up to 10 clips, select templates, and preview your creation before saving. Media processing is done on your device with no account or ads required.

Highlights
  • Combine photos and videos
  • Create portrait 9:16 reels
  • Multiple visual templates
  • Plain mode for clean cuts
  • Preview before exporting
  • Export in 1080x1920 resolution
  • Capture new media in-app
Features
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Create polished portrait reels from your favourite photos and videos with Cliptum. Choose 2–10 clips from your photo library or capture something new with the camera. Arrange your moments, select a template, preview the result, and save your finished 9:16 reel directly to Photos. Features: • Combine photos and videos • Create portrait 9:16 reels • Choose from multiple visual templates • Use Plain mode for clean cuts without effects • Preview your reel before exporting • Export in 1080 × 1920 resolution • Capture new photos and videos in the app • No account required • No advertising or behavioural tracking • Media processing stays on your device Cliptum keeps reel creation simple — without a complicated editing timeline. Terms of Use (EULA): https://qaimos.co.uk/cliptum/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://qaimos.co.uk/cliptum/privacy.html Cliptum Pro Subscriptions: • Cliptum Pro Weekly – 1 week, auto-renewable • Cliptum Pro Monthly – 1 month, auto-renewable Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings.

Screenshots

Gridlai4 screens
Cliptum4 screens

Verdict

The call

Gridlai and Cliptum are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gridlai ships an update every 4 days, Cliptum weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Gridlai versus Cliptum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGridlaiCliptum
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAiConcepts.StudioVasilij Sviridov

In-app purchases

None

Gridlai

No in-app purchases

None

Cliptum

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gridlai free?
Gridlai is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cliptum free?
Cliptum is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gridlai or Cliptum have ads?
Neither Gridlai nor Cliptum shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gridlai or Cliptum?
Gridlai ships an update every 4 days, and Cliptum weekly. Most recently, Gridlai was updated on October 1, 2026 and Cliptum on October 2, 2026.

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