Comparison

Collage Canvas vs Layout for Instagram

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

Head to head
About

Collage Canvas

Features
Read full description

Choose your photos, tap any area, and make the collage yours. Collage lets you control the size and ratio of every photo area instead of forcing your photos into a fixed grid. • Automatically select a layout using photo count and aspect ratios • Add, replace, or remove a photo from your library or camera • Drag boundaries to resize neighboring areas • Snap boundaries to common ratios such as 25%, 33%, 50%, and the golden ratio with light haptic feedback • Move, zoom, and reset each photo position • Adjust filters, brightness, contrast, and saturation • Tune inner and outer spacing, corners, shadows, and background • Add custom text, change its color, and move, resize, or rotate it • Undo and redo edits • Automatically save and reopen recent work • Save and share PNG or JPEG exports Start with your photos, then fine-tune the final composition yourself.

About

Layout for Instagram

Features
Read full description

Layout turns up to six photos into one square collage suited for sharing. No watermark, no ads, no tracking. Pick photos from the grid at the bottom of the screen. They drop onto the canvas as you tap, watch the photo collage take shape. RESIZE ANYTHING Every divider is draggable. Pull the line between two photos to give one of them more room. The presets are only starting points — anything between them is one drag away. FRAME EACH SHOT Pinch to zoom and drag to reposition within any cell. Photos always fill their pane, so you never get a stray gap or a letterboxed edge. Double-tap to reset a zoomed in photo. SHARE ANYWHERE Export at full resolution to Messages, AirDrop, or straight to your camera roll. No watermarks, ever. BUILT SMALL, ON PURPOSE No accounts. No sign-ins. No ads. No subscriptions. No bloat. Layout has no networking code at all — your photos never leave your device, all photos are completely private. Layout is completely FREE. If you get use out of it there's a tip jar in the Settings - entirely optional. Thank you! Designed and developed in Northern California.

Screenshots

Collage Canvas4 screens
Layout for Instagram3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Collage Canvas at none against Layout for Instagram's 3. Collage Canvas also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.2). Layout for Instagram's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Layout for Instagram sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Collage Canvas asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 2 level
Collage Canvas versus Layout for Instagram: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCollage CanvasLayout for Instagram
PriceFreeFree
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChoi Tae HoConnor O'Sullivan

In-app purchases

None

Collage Canvas

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Layout for Instagram

One-time3
  • Small Tip$2.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99

Questions

Is Collage Canvas free?
Collage Canvas is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Layout for Instagram free?
Layout for Instagram is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Collage Canvas or Layout for Instagram have ads?
Collage Canvas shows ads; Layout for Instagram does not.

Other comparisons