Comparison

ACE vs Glassy

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

Head to head
About

ACE

Easily split photos into multiple images for seamless swipe layouts or create clean collages. This visual tool offers a freeform canvas to arrange and position your photos for any creative purpose.

Highlights
  • Slice photos into multiple images
  • Create seamless swipe layouts
  • Simple collage tools
  • Freeform canvas
  • Flexible layout creation
  • Easy export
Features
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One idea. Every image connected. Turn your photos into seamless swipe stories, polished collages, and perfectly aligned image slices - with no complicated design tools. ACE gives you a flexible canvas where you can combine photos, shape your composition, and export every part in the correct order. From panoramic sequences to clean collages, everything stays connected exactly as you designed it. • CREATE SEAMLESS SWIPE STORIES Build continuous image sequences that flow naturally from one slide to the next. Perfect for visual storytelling, panoramic posts, product showcases, travel memories, and creative portfolios. • SLICE WITHOUT LOSING THE BIG PICTURE Split a photo or complete design into multiple images while preserving the original composition across every slice. • DESIGN CLEAN PHOTO COLLAGES Combine multiple photos on one canvas and create balanced layouts that make every image feel intentional. • ARRANGE EVERYTHING FREELY Move, resize, crop, and position photos exactly where you want them. Zoom in to refine the details or zoom out to see the complete story. • CREATE LAYOUTS FOR ANY IDEA Design wide panoramas, multi-image collages, connected before-and-after sequences, moodboards, announcements, and more. • EXPORT IN THE RIGHT ORDER Save every slice as a high-quality image, ready to share wherever you publish your work. • UNLOCK MORE WITH ACE PREMIUM Get unlimited saves and full access to Templates and My Projects. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, restore your access whenever needed, and cancel anytime through your App Store account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled. No complex timelines. No overwhelming professional software. Just choose your photos, create your layout, and let ACE turn it into a seamless visual story. Create something worth swiping through. Terms of Service: https://quokka.software/terms Privacy Policy: https://quokka.software/privacy

About

Glassy

Transform your photos and Live Photos into dynamic visual cards with real-time data stickers and a unique liquid glass aesthetic. Add context like weather, music, or location to your memories. Create polished, modern designs with customizable templates and layered depth for sharing.

Highlights
  • Dynamic data stickers (weather, music, location)
  • Liquid glass visual style
  • Layered depth and foreground/background effects
  • Export as images, videos, or Live Photos
  • Customizable templates
  • Animated stickers and effects
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Glassy is a carousel maker for seamless Instagram carousels, photo dumps, and panorama posts. Photos become collages and scrolling videos that flow across every slide. • Liquid Glass: translucent layers with tint, blur, and depth, and the content underneath still shows through. • Real Data Stickers: with your permission, bring weather, workouts, routes, time, location, music, lyrics, and movie details into a design. • Cross-Slide Layers: run images, text, stickers, and frames across several slides for a seamless swipe. • Motion: preview and export while Live Photos and animated elements keep moving. • A full toolkit: photos, text, widgets, stickers, frames, grids, drawings, gradients, and textures, starting from a template or a blank canvas. Make photo dumps, travel journals, lyric cards, workout recaps, mood boards, and posters. Free tools and materials cover everyday creation and still-image export. Glassy Plus unlocks premium materials, video and Live Photo imports, and motion exports. Exporting a design that contains premium content also requires Plus. Terms of Use: Apple's standard end-user license agreement applies: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ACE4 screens
Glassy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: ACE at free against Glassy's freemium. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. ACE sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Glassy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ACE against 5.0 for Glassy. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ACE ships an update weekly, Glassy every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ACE versus Glassy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterACEGlassy
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB114 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQUOKKA TECH L.L.C-FZ伟滔 黄

Customer experience

ACE

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Glassy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ACE

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
2 purchases

Glassy

Subscriptions2
  • NowPrism Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
  • NowPrism Plus Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is ACE free?
ACE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Glassy free?
Glassy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ACE or Glassy?
ACE and Glassy are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do ACE or Glassy have ads?
Neither ACE nor Glassy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ACE or Glassy?
ACE ships an update weekly, and Glassy every 8 days. Most recently, ACE was updated on October 17, 2026 and Glassy on October 6, 2026.

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