Comparison

Design Lab vs Flyer 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

Flyer Maker

Easily create professional posters and flyers in minutes with a vast library of templates and powerful editing tools. Customize designs with text, graphics, and photos for any occasion, from business promotions to social media posts.

Highlights
  • 15,000+ design templates
  • Graphic, text, and photo editing tools
  • Extensive font library
  • Layer management
  • Blend modes and photo effects
  • High-resolution downloads (premium)
Features
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Poster Maker is your perfect choice to design posters and flyers in minutes without any design skills. Just choose a stunning template from our collection of over 15,000 poster design templates, customize using a wide range of graphic , text, and photo editing tools, and you’re done. Your beautiful poster & flyer is ready to go viral. Poster Templates Gallery: A huge collection of poster template and flyer template designs including business, event, party, wedding, sale, holiday, music, fashion, education, festival, social media, entertainment, charity, real estate, automotive etc. Flyer Maker Tools & Features: Advanced editing tools help to crop, resize, and adjust design parts to perfection Font library includes a variety of stylish fonts for any type of design Easily manage and edit layers position for complex designs Select from solid colors, gradients colors, pattern or upload your own images from gallery and use them as background Create amazing photo visuals using blend mode, featuring effects like multiply, overlay, soft light, color dodge, and many more Perfect Poster Creator for Every Occasion: Promote small business, products, services, or special offers Design menus, food offers, and takeaway flyers for special use for food & restaurant promotion Create education posters for school, colleges, workshops and for classroom Market parties, concerts, seminars, or local events busing thousand of event templates Social media influencers can design promotional graphics and quotes in second Job seekers & freelancers advertise your services and personal brand Announce meetings, drives, and charity events using clubs & organizations poster design templates Create outreach and donation posters using churches & non-profits flyer design templates Poster Maker is Free to Use With Premium Option: - Exclusive premium templates, graphics and royalty free images - High-resolution downloads - Advanced features and fonts - Save without watermarks Subscription Details: - You’ll be charged through your itunes account when you buy the subscription. It will renew automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before it ends. - You can cancel or manage your subscription anytime in your itunes account settings. Download Poster Maker Today: Turn your ideas into great-looking posters that people will remember. Whether you're new or experienced, Flyer Maker gives you easy tools to make posters and flyers. Privacy & Terms: Privacy policy: https://bhumiben-sutariya.web.app/privacy.html Terms of use: https://bhumiben-sutariya.web.app/terms.html

Screenshots

Design Lab4 screens
Flyer Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Flyer Maker at none against Design Lab's shown. Design Lab's advantage is ratings volume (6.3K vs 42). 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 Flyer Maker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. 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 Flyer Maker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Design Lab has 6.3K ratings behind it against 42, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Design Lab ships an update every 2 months, Flyer Maker every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Design Lab versus Flyer Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDesign LabFlyer Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6.3K ratings)4.8 (42 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings6.3K — better42
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size169 MB138 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOnelight Apps CY LtdBhumiben Sutariya

Customer experience

Design Lab

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

Flyer Maker

All ratings42 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral4.8%
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

Flyer 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
4 purchases

Flyer Maker

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$6.991 Month
  • 3 Months Subscription$9.993 Months
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  • Yearly Subscription$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Design Lab free?
Design Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flyer Maker free?
Flyer Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Design Lab or Flyer Maker?
Flyer Maker is rated higher. Design Lab averages 4.7 out of 5 from 6.3K ratings, while Flyer Maker averages 4.8 from 42 ratings.
Do Design Lab or Flyer Maker have ads?
Design Lab shows ads; Flyer Maker does not.
Which is updated more often, Design Lab or Flyer Maker?
Design Lab ships an update every 2 months, and Flyer Maker every 5 weeks. Most recently, Design Lab was updated on November 1, 2026 and Flyer Maker on October 27, 2026.

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