Photo Collage Maker & Creator vs HighLightIt! Technique
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Photo Collage Maker & Creator
Easily combine multiple photos into a single, framed picture. Offers over 1000 free layouts, extensive customization options with stickers, text, and borders, and seamless sharing to social media. Create stunning visual stories or product displays.
- Over 1000 free layouts
- Combine up to 20 photos
- Extensive stickers, text, and frames
- Customizable borders and patterns
- Photo effects and filters
- High-resolution saving and sharing
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Quickly combine multiple photos into one beautifully framed picture. Join over 3 million users who love to tell their story with collage and share with friends & family via social media or email! Photo Collage Creator packs a simple design with a powerful editor to give you everything you could possibly want to make your photo's simply amazing. All 1000+ layouts are FREE!!! In fact almost all the features are FREE! You'll really love the creativity with endless combinations of patterns, stickers, text, borders, filters, shapes,frames and more. Save to Camera Roll or share your masterpiece on your favorite social media networks including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Support for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, plus High Resolution up to 3264 x 3264 for newer devices. Create a before-and-after sequence, combine up to 20 great photos of each of your kids, or produce a photographic series. Also super useful for online businesses to display product! Heres what our users had to say: Fantastic love it! Having lots of fun with this app it makes my photo's look beautiful. Its a free app which is a bonus because it is so full of fun stuff, frames and colors and its cool. Awesome Really great! The best of it's kind! Well done... Love the background/frame and text choices! FEATURES: LAYOUTS (ALL FREE) - Over 1000 layouts - Choose photos first - Combine up to 20 photos - Regular and Irregular Layouts (Funky) BORDERS & DECORATION - 150 Patterns(96 FREE) - Unsplash and Pixabay for image search - Blur, Scale, Lighten & Darken Patterns *Super Creative (ALL FREE) - Full spectrum color picker for borders (ALL FREE) - Set photo as background (FREE) - Blur Background (FREE) - Shadow bordrs (ALL FREE) - Rounded corners (FREE) - Background, Inner and Border all adjustable (ALL FREE) - Over 400 stickers (80 FREE) - Over 40 Frames (ALL FREE) TEXT (All FREE) - Over 80 fonts - Full spectrum color picker - Move, resize and rotate easily - Snap to 90 degree PHOTO EDITOR (ALL FREE) -Apply amazing photo effects to individual photos - Zoom, pan, pinch, rotate for better control - Mirror each photo - Apply filters - Apply Shapes - Shadow each photo SAVE & SHARE - Save to Camera Roll - Export to Facebook, Instagram, Dropbox, Twitter, Evernote or any other installed application that will accept JPEG images. - Email - High resolution export up to 3264 x 3264 for newer devices PREMIUM You can subscribe to PREMIUM for unlimited access to premium content, including: Unlocking all Stickers, Over 50 Pro Patterns, Pro Fonts, Custom Photo Backgrounds, No Ads, and much more - The subscription is with a 3 day free trial, then charged yearly - You'll be able to use unlimited features for the duration of your subscription - Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renewal is turned off for at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - The account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period at the cost of the chosen package - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription Terms of use: http://cushwayapps.com/app-privacy/collagecreator/terms.html Privacy policy: http://cushwayapps.com/app-privacy/collagecreator/privacy.html Have you found a bug, got a suggestion, or want a new feature? Email us at: support@honkhonkpunch.com
HighLightIt! Technique
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HighlightIt! is your pocket technique-analysis tool — fast, simple and teaching-first. Record a clip, scrub to the moment that matters, freeze it, and highlight exactly what needs to change. Build clear phase-by-phase storyboards that players and students instantly understand. Coach-fast, not complicated No clutter. No timelines. No “Pro mode.” Just freeze the right moments and draw what matters. Record → Freeze → Phase → Frame by Frame → Teach 1) Record in-app Capture your swing, throw, jump, kick, strike or movement on your iPhone or iPad. 2) Freeze the key phases Scrub to the exact moment — address, backswing, top, transition, impact, follow-through (or equivalent phases for your sport). 3) Add clean, simple highlights • Arrows • Circles • Lines and reference markers • Flashlight emphasis 4) Build a technique storyboard A clear, step-by-step breakdown that shows the athlete exactly what’s happening and what needs to change. 5) Export (via iOS screen record) and share Send quick, professional clips to players, clients etc. Perfect for Every Technique-Driven Activity • Golf (swings) • Cricket (batting/bowling) • Rugby (passing mechanics, kicking technique, tackle entry) • Tennis (serve phases, forehand/backhand) • Athletics (starts, jumps, throws) • Dance & movement coaching If it has phases, HighlightIt! can break it down. Accessible for GCSE/A-Level technique work. Works brilliantly alongside HighlightIt! for macOS On iOS you capture, freeze and break down technique on the spot. On macOS you can perform a tactical analysis of performance. Same philosophy across both: Simple. Fast. Teaching-first.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: HighLightIt! Technique at none against Photo Collage Maker & Creator's shown. HighLightIt! Technique also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). Photo Collage Maker & Creator's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Photo Collage Maker & Creator sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year and HighLightIt! Technique sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Photo Collage Maker & Creator ships an update every 3 weeks, HighLightIt! Technique every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Photo Collage Maker & Creator | HighLightIt! Technique |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (56K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 56K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alan Cushway | Darrell Cobner |
Bugs and requests
Photo Collage Maker & Creator
Reported bugs
2 issues- Photos become blurry or pixelated in collages
- Difficulty finding and selecting photos
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to overlap/angle photos
- More free stickers and fonts
- Option to save collages for later editing
- Filters and advanced editing tools
HighLightIt! Technique
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Photo Collage Maker & Creator
- Premium3 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Easter$0.99
- Fun Stickers$0.99
- Halloween Stickers$0.99
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- Ransom Note Letters$0.99
- Valentines Day Stickers$0.99
- Vintage Elements$0.99
- Words$0.99
- All Stickers$2.99
- Pro Upgrade$49.99
HighLightIt! Technique
- HighLightIt! (monthly)7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- HighLightIt! (annually)7 Days trial$9.991 Year
Questions
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