Comparison

Design Lab vs Poster Maker

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

Poster Maker

Easily create professional-looking posters, invitations, and flyers without design experience. Choose from over 100 templates, stylish fonts, and decorative elements to personalize your creations. Save and share your designs as images or PDFs.

Highlights
  • 100+ pre-made poster templates
  • 50+ stylish fonts
  • 150+ decorative elements
  • 30+ professional filters
  • Save and share as PDF/image
  • My Collection for saved designs
  • Multiple design categories
Features
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Poster Maker has now made designing personalised portfolios, posters, and designs super quick, easy, and effortless. You don’t need to have design skills to make striking posters. Now elevate your portfolio and flyer games by selecting from 100+ pre-made posters, 50+ stylish fonts, and 150+ elements! It's time to make your work more professional and put it out there for all to see! Whether you just want to showcase your artwork, create a fancy invite for an event or just put out flyers for your real estate. Use the posters to instantly and quickly create brochures to share them with the world. Our key features? - Get access to 100+ posters and select the one best suited to your occasion and purpose. - Mix and match different posters across different categories to best suit your thought and design process. - Share and save your designs as PDFs or images and share them on social media. - Fonts: Add color and style to your design by selecting from multiple stylish fonts. - Filters: Enhance your images by choosing from 30+ professional-grade filters. - Elements: Use the key elements based on categories that best suit your design purpose. - My Collection: We know you hold your creations dearly. Hence, you can access the saved ones in your collection space to share them as and when needed. -You can choose from the following themes or categories to create your masterpieces: -Invitation -Collage -Profile -Photography -Creative -Travel -Restaurant -Portfolio -Real Estate -Promotion This is not all!!! We are constantly working on increasing the number of themes and posters, so if you have any suggestions, do let us know at feedback@maximaapps.com! Also, do not miss the details. Here is the required content for you. Privacy Policy: maximaapps.com/policy/privacy_policy.html Terms of Use: maximaapps.com/policy/terms_of_use.html

Screenshots

Design Lab4 screens
Poster Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Poster Maker at none against Design Lab's shown. Poster Maker also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). Design Lab's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 44%) and ratings volume (6.3K vs 121). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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 and Poster Maker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Design Lab against 4.8 for Poster Maker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Design Lab has 6.3K ratings behind it against 121, 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 44% of Poster Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Design Lab ships an update every 2 months, Poster Maker every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Design Lab versus Poster Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDesign LabPoster Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6.3K ratings)4.8 (121 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.2% of reviews — better44.4% of reviews
Number of ratings6.3K — better121
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size169 MB156 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOnelight Apps CY LtdMaxima Apps

Customer experience

Design Lab

All ratings6,347 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral2.6%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews1,571 reviews
Positive75.2%
Neutral7.6%
Negative17.1%

Poster Maker

All ratings121 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral1.7%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral11.1%
Negative44.4%

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

Poster Maker

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
2 purchases

Poster Maker

Subscriptions2
  • Poster Maker Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Poster Maker Pro Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Design Lab free?
Design Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Poster Maker free?
Poster Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Design Lab or Poster Maker?
Poster Maker is rated higher. Design Lab averages 4.7 out of 5 from 6.3K ratings, while Poster Maker averages 4.8 from 121 ratings.
Do Design Lab or Poster Maker have ads?
Design Lab shows ads; Poster Maker does not.
Which is updated more often, Design Lab or Poster Maker?
Design Lab ships an update every 2 months, and Poster Maker every 6 weeks. Most recently, Design Lab was updated on November 7, 2026 and Poster Maker on November 3, 2026.

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