Comparison

Tilea vs Gridmoji Collage

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

Head to head
About

Tilea

Effortlessly create stunning photo collages with a clean, intuitive interface. This app offers a one-time purchase for full functionality, focusing on ease of use and creative control without ads or watermarks.

Highlights
  • Intuitive photo selection and layout application
  • Automatic photo arrangement and cropping
  • One-tap 'Magic' makeover for layout, framing, and filters
  • Split photo feature to create multi-tile compositions
  • Customizable filters, captions, and edge styling
  • Device-based processing for privacy and speed
  • Export in HEIC or JPEG without watermarks
Features
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Pick. Place. Done. Tilea turns your photos into a beautiful collage in seconds — no ads, no watermark, and the collage editor is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Choose the photos, tap a layout, save or share. Most collage makers are stuffed with sticker packs, filter stores and pop-ups fighting for your attention. Tilea takes the opposite road: one thing, done properly. Every screen earns its place. Every tap does exactly what you expect. MADE TO GET OUT OF YOUR WAY • Start straight from Photos: select pictures → Share → Tilea. Your collage is ready before the moment passes. • Prefer to start in the app? A fast picker that feels like Photos: pinch to resize the grid, open any photo full screen and select right there. • Layouts appear the instant you pick your photos — classic grids, diagonals, even a circle with photos fanned around it. Tap to switch, drag the borders until it feels right. • Your photos arrange themselves as they load: the best shot takes the biggest cell, and every crop centres on faces. It happens quietly, before you touch anything. • Tap Magic for the full makeover — layout, framing and a filter chosen to match your photos, all in one tap. Tap it again to undo. • Photos fill their cells by default. Switch to Whole Photo to see each image uncropped against the background, then move, shrink or rotate it freely. Choose the starting mode in Settings. • Touch and hold a photo to swap it with another or remove it; the grid adjusts to the remaining photos. ONE PHOTO, MANY TILES • Split turns a single photo into a grid: pick how many parts (2 to 9) and the photo is cut across them, flowing seamlessly from tile to tile. • Save the whole Split composition as one image, ready to share or post. • Choose classic grids, diagonal cuts or circular layouts for your Split composition. • Move and zoom the photo under the whole grid at once, so the part that matters lands exactly where you want it. MAKE IT YOURS • Filters, contrast and sharpness — the everyday adjustments, applied to the whole collage at once. • Add a few words: up to three captions, dragged and rotated wherever you want them, in the font style, size and color you choose. • Soft edges melt each photo into the background; spacing, corner radius and an outer frame set the rhythm between them. • Decor patterns lay stars, sun rays, birds, snow, hearts, sparks, mist or soft shapes over the collage — subtle, along the edges, in any size and color. • Pick the aspect ratio for where it's going: square, portrait, landscape, stories or widescreen. Background: white, black or any color you like. BUILT LIKE IT MATTERS • Export in HEIC or JPEG without watermarks, with a choice of quality settings in the app. • Your collage keeps the original date, location and camera details, so it lands in your photo timeline exactly where it belongs. • Everything runs on your device. No uploads, no waiting, no internet required. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Tilea has no servers, no account, no tracking. Your photos never leave your device — and never will. Speaks 10 languages, and there's a left-handed mode that moves the floating controls to the other side. HONEST PRICING Your first 15 collages are free — the whole editor, not a crippled trial. One small one-time purchase then unlocks unlimited collages for good, on iPhone and iPad, and with Family Sharing your whole family shares it too. The editor is never a subscription. Tilea. All collage, no clutter.

About

Gridmoji Collage

Features
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gridmoji makes the one collage layout you actually use — the 2x2 grid — fast and effortless. Pick four photos and you've got a clean, share-ready collage in seconds. Pinch to zoom and drag to frame each photo just right, then fine-tune the look: • Aspect ratios for any feed — 1:1, 4:5, and 9:16 • Adjustable spacing and corner rounding • A curated palette of background colours • One-tap styles: Clean, Polaroid, and Bold • Drag to swap photos between cells • Sharp, full-resolution export • Save to Photos or share anywhere No sign-up. No subscriptions. No ads. Everything happens on your device, and gridmoji collects no data. Just four photos and a few taps to something worth posting. Optional Custom Presets Save named background, spacing and corner styles and reuse them on future collages with a one-time purchase. No subscription. Existing photo editing, Clean/Polaroid/Bold styles and full-resolution export stay free. Saved styles are stored on this device and removed if you delete the app.

Screenshots

Tilea4 screens
Gridmoji Collage4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gridmoji Collage at none against Tilea's 1. Tilea's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Tilea sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gridmoji Collage asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tilea ships an update weekly, Gridmoji Collage every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 18, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Tilea versus Gridmoji Collage: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTileaGridmoji Collage
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEvgeny ShatiloDon Nguyen

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tilea

One-time1
  • Tilea Unlimited$4.99
None

Gridmoji Collage

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tilea free?
Tilea is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gridmoji Collage free?
Gridmoji Collage is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tilea or Gridmoji Collage have ads?
Neither Tilea nor Gridmoji Collage shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tilea or Gridmoji Collage?
Tilea ships an update weekly, and Gridmoji Collage every 2 months. Most recently, Tilea was updated on September 18, 2026 and Gridmoji Collage on September 18, 2026.

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