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 social media posts, flyers, posters, and logos with a wide range of customizable templates and powerful editing tools. Design anything from business cards to invitations without needing prior graphic design experience.

Highlights
  • Customizable templates for social media
  • Photo editing tools
  • Logo creation
  • Flyer and poster design
  • Business card maker
  • Export in PNG, JPG, SVG
Features
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Picsden, your easy-to-use photo editor graphic design app. Create stunning social media posts, flyers, posters, logos, invitation cards & more. From photo editor to collage maker, to logo maker - we made Picsden really simple to use & effortless app for everybody. ATTRACTIVE TEMPLATE • Be creative with customizable templates for Facebook posts, Instagram posts, Stories & etc. • Professionally-made flyers, invite cards, etc. to market your brand • Wide variety of posters, logos, letters, certificates, business/visiting cards, etc. • Get inspired with presentation templates, mockups, brochures PHOTO EDITOR • Easy picture editor apps to crop, flip, resize & edit photos • Scale up photo quality by brightness adjust, contrast, & saturation • Advanced options: Auto focus with background blur & photo collage maker, photo grid with filters & effects • Add texts on photos - fonts, shadow & outline filters & stickers available • Easy collage maker to create photo grids, collages FLYERS / POSTERS • Powerful & an ultimate tool for creating stunning & high-res flyers with user-friendly interface • Creative & professional flyers/posters for promoting a business or event. • New poster designs mockups for events such as Summer, winter and Autumn sales, or coming soon flyer SOCIAL MEDIA - TRENDING CONTENT • Professionally-designed thousands of templates for Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat, Twitter, LinkedIn etc. • Layout designs for Instagram reels & stories, birthday cards, wishes quotes with brand visuals & mood boards • An excellent standalone app for creative social media posts for free! UNIQUE FEATURES: • Design anything easily with this Powerful photo editor • Logo Maker - huge library of customizable brand logos, gaming logo maker etc.. • Business card maker - Boost your business: Your calling card creative designs always impress your clients • Export your design in PNG, JPG, and SVG(formats), for use on digital platforms DESIGN EVERYTHING • No graphic design experience needed, Simple & easy for anyone interested in graphic design • Grow your business with our logo creator, poster maker • Create resumes, presentations, worksheets, & invoice maker HOW PICSDEN IS VERY HELPFUL? • Create sales advertisement banner, offer announcements, YouTube thumbnail, restaurant menu, cover art for your shop, office or social sites in no time! • You can start with pre-made designs to create the ultimate-looking poster and add amazing graphics to your poster with just one tap. • Make your own poster for your business like grocery store, hotel, beauty & salon, workout, webinar, workshop, etc.. PICSDEN PRO • Unlimited access of premium templates, background photos, stories, stickers, background eraser, magic resize and more • Unlock all premium content with any subscription for an ad-free editing experience and premium features • Making your experience truly exceptional with magic resize & background remover Optional in-app purchases/subscriptions: Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage app subscriptions in your Apple account settings. Subscription is not mandatory to use the app. Your Apple account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. Download Picsden now and quickly create top-quality eye-catching content for your business! Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/privacy-policy-picsden Terms of use: https://sites.google.com/view/term-of-use-picsden

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 review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Design Lab's advantage is ratings volume (6.3K vs 3). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 and Poster Maker sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Poster Maker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Design Lab has 6.3K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Design Lab's written reviews are positive against 100% of Poster Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Design Lab ships an update every 2 months, Poster Maker every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Design Lab versus Poster Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDesign LabPoster Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6.3K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6.3K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size148 MB123 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOnelight Apps CY LtdParth Gajera

Customer experience

Design Lab

All ratings6,332 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral2.6%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews1,568 reviews
Positive75.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative17.0%

Poster Maker

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
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

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
12 purchases

Poster Maker

Subscriptions6
  • Premium Templates, Fonts -week$7.997 Days
  • Picsden Pro - Weekly Access$8.997 Days
  • Premium Templates, Fonts-month$14.991 Month
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  • Flyer Maker & Invitation Maker$14.991 Month
  • Picsden Pro - Yearly Access$69.991 Year
  • Poster Maker and Logo Creator3 Days trial$69.991 Year
One-time6
  • Get 100 Crowns - Bronze Plan$1.99
  • Get 2000 Crowns - Gold Plan$7.99
  • Get 5000 Crowns -Platinum Plan$14.99
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  • Get 20000 Crowns - Elite Plan$29.99
  • Get 50000 Crowns - Royal Plan$49.99
  • Get 100000 Crowns - Diamond$79.99

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 5.0 from 3 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 3 weeks. Most recently, Design Lab was updated on September 26, 2026 and Poster Maker on September 10, 2026.

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