Mat vs 9PM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mat
Create personalized widgets for your home screen using your own photos. Instantly cut out subjects from live camera feeds or your photo library, arrange them on custom mats with notes and decorations, and share your creations.
- Live camera cutouts
- Import photos for cutouts
- Arrange and layer cutouts on mats
- Add notes and decorations
- Share mats as wallpaper
- Collaborative mat building
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Mat is a little space for your memories — built from your own photos, arranged your way, living right on your Home Screen. Point your camera at anything — a friend, your dog, your coffee — and Mat cuts it out live, no background, no editing. Drop your cutouts onto a mat, move them around, layer them, make it yours. Then put your mat in a widget and it's with you every time you look at your phone. MAKE CUTOUTS INSTANTLY - Live camera cutouts — capture and cut out in one step - Import from your photo library - Letters and emoji to spell things out BUILD YOUR MATS - Arrange, resize, and layer cutouts freely - Daily mat with a calendar of your days - Postits for little notes to yourself SHARE THE MOMENT - Friend mats — build a mat together with someone - Share your mats to Instagram or export as wallpaper MAT PRO — ONE PAYMENT, YOURS FOREVER Unlock unlimited mats, unlimited cutouts, and the full decorations collection — clocks, polaroids, stamps, and paper letters. No subscription. Buy once, keep forever. Family Sharing supported. Mat is made for remembering the small stuff — the people, pets, and moments that make up your days. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
9PM
This app allows users to share daily photo and video dumps with trusted friends and family. Posts are automatically published at 9 PM, revealing everyone's day. It offers a private space for creative expression without pressure from strangers.
- Daily photo and video posting
- Automatic 9 PM posting
- Private social network
- Trusted contact sharing
- Visual life diary
- React, reply, and share
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9PM IS REALLY SIMPLE 1. Choose photos and videos from your camera roll. 2. Your daily photo dump is automatically posted at 9:00 PM. 3. At 9PM, everyone’s day is revealed together. 4. React, reply, hug your friends. 9PM is built around one simple daily habit: share your day with the people you trust, then come back at 9PM to see theirs. Over time, your profile becomes a visual diary of your life, one 9PM at a time. There’s no algorithm. Every post comes from someone you added, and every profile is private. New to 9PM? Use invite code 95466 and add fredd. That’s me, the founder. MEMBERSHIP Some features require a membership. CONTACT hello@9pm.app Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Mat and 9PM both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Mat's written reviews are positive against 50% of 9PM's. Mat also leads on ratings volume (14 vs 1). 9PM's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Mat sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and 9PM sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Mat against 5.0 for 9PM. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mat has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Mat's written reviews are positive against 50% of 9PM's.
Mat ships an update every 3 weeks, 9PM weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mat | 9PM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Rahul Bhadauriya | 9PM Inc. |
Customer experience
Mat
9PM
In-app purchases
Mat
- Mat Pro$14.99
- Mat Pro$29.99
9PM
- 9PM Membership Weekly$4.997 Days
- 9PM Membership Yearly$49.991 Year
- Claim a Username$4.99
- Claim a 3-Letter Username$49.99
- Claim a 2-Letter Username$499.99
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- Claim a 1-Letter Username$999.99









