Comparison

Flik vs Immersive Border

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

Head to head
About

Flik

Features
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Flik is a disposable camera for your closest friends. You get 36 photos a night. Take them anywhere - but you won't see them right away. Just like real film, every shot stays hidden (even from you) until 22:00, when the whole roll develops at once on a shared wall that only your small circle can see. No likes. No comments. No followers. No public feed, and no strangers - just up to five people you actually know, looking back on the day together. HOW FLIK WORKS • 36 shots a night - a fresh roll loads every evening at 22:00. • Use them or lose them - unused shots don't carry over. The roll develops with whatever is on it, exactly like real film. • Hidden until they develop - every shot stays sealed until 22:00 that night, even from you. • Develop when you're ready - tap Develop now and your roll opens for everyone at the same instant. Leave it, and it opens by itself the next night. • One strip per film - each night's photos sit together on their own strip, with the canister they were shot on resting on the first print. • Write on the back - every photo carries a short note. Flip it over to read what your friend was thinking. • A circle, not a crowd - up to five close friends share one wall. That's it. • A surprise look - every roll takes on a different film stock you won't see until it develops. • Keep it or cut it - delete any photo of your own once it has developed. The frame stays spent, the way film works. • Make something of your week - turn the frames you've developed into a recap to keep or share. WHY IT FEELS DIFFERENT Flik isn't another feed to perform for. There are no metrics to chase and no audience to impress - just the small, honest record of a day among friends, developed the old-fashioned way: all at once, together. Take your 36. See you at 22:00.

About

Immersive Border

Enhance your photos with a wide variety of artistic frames and borders. Customize colors, margins, and add metadata like camera details. Processed entirely on-device for privacy.

Highlights
  • 24 curated frame presets
  • Customizable margins, colors, and shadows
  • Add camera metadata to photos
  • On-device photo processing
  • Standard and high-quality export options
  • Save custom styles
Features
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Give every photo a frame that feels intentional. CHOOSE A LOOK Start with 24 curated presets, from classic white borders and immersive backgrounds to tickets, postage stamps, 35mm film, a camera viewfinder, vinyl records, and a realistic museum gallery. Swipe between styles while keeping your selected photo. COMPOSE YOUR PHOTO Double-tap the photo or open Crop. Use the theme’s recommended ratio, a common photo ratio, or your own dimensions. Pinch to zoom and drag to adjust the composition. Your original photo is preserved. The museum frame adapts to the photo’s shape, with four gallery backgrounds to choose from. MAKE A STYLE YOUR OWN Adjust the available margins, colors, corners, and shadows with full-screen previews. Changes are temporary until you tap Save Preset to save a custom style. Personalize text on tickets, stamps, and other text-based themes. Keep text specific to one photo, or turn on Include Custom Text when saving a preset to reuse your edited text across a project. Fields you leave automatic continue to update with each photo. Ticket colors can match your photo automatically or use your own palette. Favorite and duplicate presets with a long press, and reuse your custom styles later. DETAILS FROM YOUR CAMERA Display available camera model, lens, exposure, date, and place information from your photo’s metadata. Film and vinyl themes use the actual camera model when it is available. STANDARD AND HIGH QUALITY EXPORTS Save the finished image to a dedicated album in Photos or share through the iOS share sheet. Standard export, up to 2400 px on the longest edge, is free and selected by default. An optional one-time Pro purchase unlocks High Quality export up to 6000 px. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your photos are processed on your device. No account, ads, analytics, tracking, or developer server. When a selected photo contains coordinates, Apple system geocoding may be used to display a place name. No subscription. No sign-in. Standard export stays free.

Screenshots

Flik4 screens
Immersive Border4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flik at none against Immersive Border's 1. Immersive Border's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). 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. Immersive Border sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Flik asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flik ships an update every 5 days, Immersive Border every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Flik versus Immersive Border: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlikImmersive Border
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB11 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBa Duc Manh Nguyen全鹏 宋

In-app purchases

None

Flik

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Immersive Border

One-time1
  • Immersive Border Pro Lifetime$0.99

Questions

Is Flik free?
Flik is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Immersive Border free?
Immersive Border is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flik or Immersive Border have ads?
Neither Flik nor Immersive Border shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flik or Immersive Border?
Flik ships an update every 5 days, and Immersive Border every 2 days. Most recently, Flik was updated on October 28, 2026 and Immersive Border on October 17, 2026.

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