Comparison

Design Lab vs Content Creator

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

Head to head
About

Design Lab

Create professional graphics and stunning visuals with a vast library of templates, images, and fonts. Enhance photos with filters and adjustments, and utilize advanced text and layer-based editing tools. Import your own artwork for custom branding and design.

Highlights
  • Customizable templates
  • Photo filters and adjustments
  • Advanced text tools
  • Free stock photography
  • Layer-based editing
  • Blend and erase tools
  • Vector shape creation
Features
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Create beautiful designs and pro graphics with DesignLab! Choose from millions of images, fonts and templates to produce stunning visuals, perfect for social media. FEATURES: • CUSTOMIZABLE TEMPLATES Search & select from our famous library of thousands of professionally designed templates. Organize them into customizable folders with our favoriting tool. • PHOTO FILTERS & ADJUSTMENTS Choose from our collection of filters to get the look you desire. Finely tune your photos with our suite of photo adjustments, including brightness, contrast, exposure, saturation, blur & more. • ADVANCED TEXT TOOLS Easily add multiple text layers, controlling their size, positioning, opacity, rotation, kerning, leading & color. You can also curve, bend, erase, and apply 3D transformations. • GORGEOUS ARTWORK DesignLab comes jam-packed with hundreds of irresistibly gorgeous illustrations, decorative ornaments, and design elements. • FREE STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY Search from a collection of millions of free stock photos & illustrations. • LAYER-BASED EDITING Tap the layer menu to select one or multiple layers to edit. You can also rearrange their orders by long-tapping and dragging to the desired position. • CUSTOM ARTWORK Import custom artwork or your own logo, and use it in your photos as a fully editable layer. Perfect for the mobile creative, it helps branding efforts everywhere. • BLEND & ERASE TOOLS Erase parts of your artwork, text, or imported photo layers & apply several different blend modes to create unique images. There is also a built in "focus mode" - which allows for great precision when the eraser is active. • SHAPES Create vector shapes and control their properties with ease. • CROP TOOL Choose from a variety of aspect ratios. ...and more! Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the time of purchase confirmation. Subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://onelightapps.io/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://onelightapps.io/terms-of-use

About

Content Creator

Design custom graphics and collages with ease. Add text, create invitations, and generate smooth gradients for various projects. Export your creations as images or short videos for social media or sharing with friends.

Highlights
  • Create square images
  • Design cool collages
  • Make invitations
  • Add text to images
  • Generate smooth gradients
  • Export images and still videos
Features
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Create: - Square images - Cool collages - Invitations - Images with text - Smooth gradients - Anything Produce and export images and still videos of your content projects: - For social media (Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, Byte, TikTok, and more!) - To share memories with friends!

Screenshots

Design Lab4 screens
Content Creator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Content Creator at none against Design Lab's 3. Content Creator also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). Design Lab's advantage is ratings volume (6.3K vs 20). On price, rating 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. Design Lab sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Content Creator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Design Lab against 4.7 for Content Creator. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Design Lab has 6.3K ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Design Lab's written reviews are positive against 100% of Content Creator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Design Lab ships an update every 2 months, Content Creator every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Design Lab versus Content Creator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDesign LabContent Creator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6.3K ratings)4.7 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews75.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6.3K — better20
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size169 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOnelight Apps CY LtdKenneth Ackerson

Customer experience

Design Lab

All ratings6,339 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral2.6%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews1,570 reviews
Positive75.2%
Neutral7.6%
Negative17.1%

Content Creator

All ratings20 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Design Lab

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashing on launch
  • Saving issues, lost work
  • Glitches with gradient and text features
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to save unfinished projects
  • More free templates and graphics
  • Improved stability and performance
  • Landscape mode support for iPad
  • Better text editing and manipulation tools

Content Creator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Design Lab

Subscriptions2
  • Graphic Design・Content Creator$9.991 Month
  • DesignLab Pro - Annual3 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • One-time purchase$79.99
None

Content Creator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Design Lab free?
Design Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Content Creator free?
Content Creator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Design Lab or Content Creator?
Design Lab and Content Creator are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6.3K and 20 ratings respectively.
Do Design Lab or Content Creator have ads?
Design Lab shows ads; Content Creator does not.
Which is updated more often, Design Lab or Content Creator?
Design Lab ships an update every 2 months, and Content Creator every 3 days. Most recently, Design Lab was updated on October 17, 2026 and Content Creator on September 21, 2026.

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