Balfour ImageShare vs ARND
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Balfour ImageShare
Easily contribute photos for your school's yearbook. Upload images from your gallery or take new ones directly within the app to help yearbook staff capture the best moments of the year. The more you share, the better the yearbook will be.
- Upload photos for Balfour Yearbooks
- Contribute school event photos
- Select from gallery or take new photos
- 10 images per upload
- Unlimited uploads per session
- Requires school yearbook project code
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ImageShare is a quick and easy way to upload images for your Balfour Yearbook. With ImageShare, everyone can contribute images of the year with the school yearbook staff. If you have great photos of a school event, or you and your friends just having fun, share them for consideration to feature in the yearbook. The more images you share, the better your school’s yearbook will be! Features: 10 Images per upload, with unlimited uploads per session. Choose photos from photos from your phone’s gallery, or take a photo within the app. Your schools yearbook project code is required for login. No registration required. Using the same email address for login will retain a history of previous uploads.
ARND
This AI-powered app connects you with professional photographers at events. It uses facial recognition to instantly deliver your personal photos directly to your phone, allowing you to purchase individual shots or bundles.
- AI-powered event photography
- Instantaneous photo delivery
- AI-powered face matching
- Find local professional photographers
- In-app photo purchase options
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Capture the moment. Relive it instantly. ARND is your AI-powered event photography companion—built for families, athletes, and everyday event-goers who never want to miss a memory. Whether it's sports, community, or school events, ARND connects you with professional photographers and delivers your personal moments directly to your phone. Key Features: Event Photography Made Easy - Find your event, view galleries, and enjoy high-quality photos taken by local professionals. Instantaneous Photo Delivery - Thanks to our advanced AI and facial recognition technology, your photos are identified and sent to you in real time—no need to sift through hundreds of images. AI-Powered Face Matching - Create a simple profile and let ARND’s technology find your best shots automatically. In-App Photo Purchase - Buy individual images or save with curated bundles. Your memories, your choice. Whether you're a proud parent or a photography enthusiast, ARND delivers a frictionless, modern way to experience photos—just the way memories should be.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ARND at 5.0 against Balfour ImageShare's 2.9. ARND also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks). Balfour ImageShare's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (70 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ARND holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Balfour ImageShare has 70 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Balfour ImageShare ships an update every 6 weeks, ARND every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Balfour ImageShare | ARND |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (70 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 70 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Balfour Yearbooks | ARND Technologies |
Customer experience
Balfour ImageShare
ARND
Bugs and requests
Balfour ImageShare
Reported bugs
18 issues- Cannot upload photos
- App is buggy
- Photos are rejected
- Photos post upside-down
- App freezes phone
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- App stalls during upload
- No username created during sign-up
- Error message: "User already contains granted access to project"
- App doesn't show uploaded pics on the website
- App doesn't show all photos from photo library
- Almost all albums show '0' photos
- Interface doesn't show all photos from photo library
- App doesn't work with iOS 12
- Uploads show only 1% of actual photos
- iPhone screen goes completely white
- App doesn't work with iPhone
- Pics upload sideways
- Gallery loads all albums but not in specific order
Requested features
9 requests- Allow uploading more than 10 photos at a time
- Improve upload speed
- Allow users to stay on the upload screen
- Make it easier to find photos within the app
- Add a shortcut app to the home screen
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- Allow editing information after submitting a pic
- Enable zooming in on project photos
- Option to choose between photo library and camera roll
- Allow multiple picture uploads
ARND
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Balfour ImageShare
No in-app purchases
ARND
No in-app purchases
Questions
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