Light Magick vs Grid Diary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Light Magick
Enhance your photos with beautiful glow effects. Easily add lines, text, and shapes with a simple touch interface. Save and share your creations to popular social media platforms.
- Add beautiful glow effects
- Free line and color options
- Free text with various fonts and colors
- 100+ shapes and colors
- Undo, Redo, and Reset editing
- Share to social media
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Light Magick add beautiful glow effect to your photo. Easy to use just move your finger or tap on the photo. -Free line and colors -Free text, fonts and colors -100 of Shapes and colors -Edit Undo, Redo and Reset -Share to other apps Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Line etc.
Grid Diary
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Grid Photos Diary is an application that allows you to personalize and save photos. You can customize your photo album type according to your favorite style. You can record the best and most memorable moments of the day, or you can record many things in a day according to your own preferences. Use Grid Photos Diary for the following purposes: -Save great and precious photo libraries and photo albums -Add description for each album collection -Add diary according to calendar format -Free style album collection, record many beautiful things in a day FEATURES: -Wonderful user interface -Calendar album collection -Private album collection -Support for editing photos of your choice -Add a wonderful text description to your album -Card style custom photo album Disclaimer: To ensure maximum security, Grid Photos Diary will not keep your photos or data on any type of server. It only uses the internal storage of the device. If you delete the application, the photos and data saved in the application will also be deleted. Therefore, if you need to delete the app for any reason, please make sure to export your photos, videos from the app to the device's photo library! User terms: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zoN8WlmviUJ2k_l3CJ_VArsjTupitjR59ZC3EeMYtdI/edit?usp=sharing Privacy agreement: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zoN8WlmviUJ2k_l3CJ_VArsjTupitjR59ZC3EeMYtdI/edit?usp=sharing Subscription Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IjKpdZ4MNNks1tJ-EfxMXeSxPUc80GHuSAiaLNBV3rY/edit?usp=sharing
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Grid Diary at none against Light Magick's shown. On price, update cadence, 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. Light Magick sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Grid Diary sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $29.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 2, 2026 and February 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Light Magick | Grid Diary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kenichi Kobayashi | 鹏 陈 |
In-app purchases
Light Magick
- Unlock 100 of Shapes and Remove Ads$0.99
Grid Diary
- Photo Diary Subscription3 Days trial$29.991 Year
