Comparison

CollageThing vs DIY Wallpaper Maker Editor

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

Head to head
About

CollageThing

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Make a photo collage that looks like you made it, not like a template made it. Pick a layout, drop your photos in, then pile on tape, sticky notes, doodles and stickers until it looks like yours. No ads. No watermark. Not even on the free version. WALLPAPERS AND POSTS Make a collage wallpaper for your lock screen or home screen, or a post or a story to put up. The canvas sizes are set up for both already, at exact pixel sizes, so nothing gets cropped off at the last moment. There are seven of them, down to an Apple Watch face. 21 COLLAGE LAYOUTS Photo grids, a big hero shot with smaller ones around it, filmstrips, moodboards, postcards, pinwheels, and proper messy scrapbook pages. The app puts the layouts that suit your photo count first. Slide and pinch each photo inside its frame until it sits right, and set the spacing, corner radius and margin to taste. A SCRAPBOOK, NOT JUST A PHOTO GRID This is the fun part. Torn paper notes. Washi tape at whatever angle you like. Handwriting, script, marker, chalk and typewriter fonts, ten faces in all. Seven sticker packs: love, faces, nature, weather, treats, party and marks. Hearts, stars, arrows, speech bubbles, banners, bows, fairy lights, confetti, flowers and little polaroid frames with captions. Drag it, spin it, resize it, recolor it, and layer it exactly where you want. BACKGROUNDS AND READY MADE PAGES Plain color, a gradient, paper textures, or one of your own photos blurred behind everything. Or skip the setup and start from a designed scrapbook page, already laid out, and just add your photos. Seven of them, from a clean editorial spread to a pink pinboard. MAKE THE PHOTOS MATCH Nine filters, from vivid to film to noir, plus brightness, contrast, warmth, saturation, sharpness and vignette on any photo. KEEP THE LOOK YOU LIKED Save your own collage as a layout, decorations and all, and start the next one from it with the photos empty. Your collages stay in the app to come back to, rename and duplicate. SAVED SHARP, NEVER WATERMARKED Every collage saves at full resolution, straight to your camera roll, ready to set as a wallpaper or share anywhere. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your photos never leave your phone. No account, no sign up, no tracking, no analytics. The app works in Airplane Mode. Free to use, with an optional one time unlock for the rest of the layouts, the other starter pages, gradient and textured backgrounds, patterned tape and the extra canvas sizes. One payment, no subscription.

About

DIY Wallpaper Maker Editor

Create unique phone wallpapers using your own photos and a variety of design tools. Add text, stickers, and calendars to personalize your lock and home screens. Preview your design before saving.

Highlights
  • 200+ built-in templates
  • Photo framing and composition
  • 50+ sticker packs
  • Customizable text styles
  • Calendar integration
  • Real-time preview
  • Freehand drawing
Features
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Stock wallpapers look like everyone else's phone. DIY Wallpaper turns your own photos into a Lock Screen and Home Screen that belong to you - drop a photo into a ready-made layout, add stickers, text and a calendar, and see exactly how it lands behind the clock before you save. No account. No sign-up. Nothing to learn first. START FROM A TEMPLATE - 200 built-in templates with photo frames already arranged for you - Tap a frame, pick a photo, done - the template does the composing - Batch fill drops photos into every frame at once - Crop, rotate and reposition any photo inside its frame - Or start from a plain color and build the whole thing yourself BACKDROPS AND COLORS - Studio gradient backdrops made for phone screens - A palette of solid colors, from soft paper tones to true black - Opacity and blur sliders on any photo background - One tap restores the template's own background STICKERS THAT AREN'T THE SAME TEN EMOJI - 50+ sticker packs - animals, hats, birthdays, party, cute and more - Search packs by name, save the ones you use, recent ones stay one tap away - Tint any sticker to match your palette - Turn any emoji into a sticker of your own TEXT WITH ACTUAL TASTE - Ready-made text styles grouped by mood: Daily, Vibes, Cute, Cool - Nine typefaces including serif, script and typewriter - Control color, background, outline width and opacity - Freehand drawing with Apple Pencil or your finger A CALENDAR ON YOUR WALLPAPER - Four calendar styles: classic, minimal, blush and dotted - Pick any month and year - this month, a birthday month, next year - Match its type and colors to the rest of the design SEE IT BEFORE YOU SAVE - Preview on a real Lock Screen and Home Screen mockup, clock and all - Layers panel to reorder, duplicate, hide or delete anything you added - Undo and redo the whole way back TWELVE LANGUAGES English, Vietnamese, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Hindi - switch inside the app, no restart. FREE AND PRO Everything above is free to use. Free saves include a small watermark, and the Art backdrops and some stickers are marked with a crown. Every font is free. DIY Wallpaper Pro removes the watermark, saves at full resolution and unlocks every backdrop and sticker: - Monthly subscription, billed monthly - Yearly subscription, billed yearly - Lifetime, one payment, no subscription Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID settings. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/nguyendangnam-privacy-policy/home Make one for yourself, or one for someone you like. It takes about a minute.

Screenshots

CollageThing4 screens
DIY Wallpaper Maker Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CollageThing at weekly against DIY Wallpaper Maker Editor's every 6 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. CollageThing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and DIY Wallpaper Maker Editor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CollageThing ships an update weekly, DIY Wallpaper Maker Editor every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
CollageThing versus DIY Wallpaper Maker Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCollageThingDIY Wallpaper Maker Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKieron SweeneyDang Nam Nguyen

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CollageThing

One-time1
  • Unlock Everything$1.99
3 purchases

DIY Wallpaper Maker Editor

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • DIY Wallpaper Pro — Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is CollageThing free?
CollageThing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DIY Wallpaper Maker Editor free?
DIY Wallpaper Maker Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CollageThing or DIY Wallpaper Maker Editor have ads?
Neither CollageThing nor DIY Wallpaper Maker Editor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CollageThing or DIY Wallpaper Maker Editor?
CollageThing ships an update weekly, and DIY Wallpaper Maker Editor every 6 weeks. Most recently, CollageThing was updated on October 31, 2026 and DIY Wallpaper Maker Editor on October 31, 2026.

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