Comparison

Kitaba vs Share Frame

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Kitaba

Design stunning visuals with over 1,000 Arabic fonts and text effects. Create invitations, cards, and social posts quickly using ready-made templates and AI tools. Offers features like letter stretching and background removal for unique designs.

Highlights
  • 1,000+ Arabic, English, and Persian fonts
  • Maad 'مدّ' letter stretching
  • Text effects and artistic textures
  • Ready-made templates for various occasions
  • AI-powered image editing (background removal, upscaling)
  • Stickers and cut-outs for PNG creation
Features
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Write on photos with 1,000+ Arabic fonts, and design wedding invitations, greeting cards and social posts in minutes. New: Maad «مدّ» stretches Arabic letters as far as you choose, plus new school templates. Kitaba is an Arabic-first design app. Choose from more than 1,000 fonts in Arabic, English and Persian, type on any photo, and share the result in a few taps. WRITE ON PHOTOS • Add text in Arabic, English or Persian • Maad «مدّ»: stretch Arabic letters to fit your design • Control size, colour, opacity, spacing, alignment, shadow and outline • Apply gold, silver and artistic textures to your lettering • An exclusive library of hand-designed Arabic and English calligraphy and text art, made by professional artists ARABIC FONTS AND CALLIGRAPHY • 1,000+ fonts, sorted by style so you find the right one fast • Classic scripts: Diwani, Kufi, Thuluth, Naskh, Ruqaa and Maghribi • Fonts for writing on photos and designing images DESIGN AND EDIT • Crop, rotate, resize and blur photos • Stickers and cut-outs: make your own transparent PNGs • Ready-made templates for social posts, invitations, greeting cards and business ads • Seasonal templates for Ramadan, Eid and other occasions CREATE WITH AI • Turn a text description into an image • Remove or replace a photo's background • Upscale a photo for sharper results SIMPLE AND FAST • Your designs save automatically • Share straight to your social apps • Full Arabic language support Kitaba Premium Kitaba Premium unlocks new exclusive content as it arrives, an ad-free experience and all advanced features. بالعربية: كتابة على الصور هو التطبيق العربي للكتابة على الصور وتصميم الصور وتعديلها بالذكاء الاصطناعي، مع أكثر من 1000 خط عربي وإنجليزي وفارسي، وقوالب جاهزة للمناسبات والدعوات والبطاقات. Terms of Use: https://kitaba.app/en/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://kitaba.app/en/privacy/ Apple EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Share Frame

Enhance your photos with editing tools like zoom, pan, and crop. Apply filters and add fun frames to personalize your images.

Highlights
  • Zoom and pan images
  • Crop photos
  • Apply filters
  • Add frames
  • Image editing tools
Features
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Zoom, pan, crop, add filters and add hilarious frames to your images.

Screenshots

Kitaba4 screens
Share Frame3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Share Frame at none against Kitaba's 10. Share Frame also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 84%). Kitaba's advantage is ratings volume (18K vs 11) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price 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. Kitaba sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Share Frame asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Share Frame holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kitaba has 18K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Kitaba's written reviews are positive against 100% of Share Frame's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kitaba ships an update fortnightly, Share Frame every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Kitaba versus Share Frame: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKitabaShare Frame
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (18K ratings)4.7 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18K — better11
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size201 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer3rabapp LTDRobert Perez

Customer experience

Kitaba

All ratings18,299 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral4.9%
Negative8.4%
Written reviews219 reviews
Positive83.6%
Neutral4.6%
Negative11.9%

Share Frame

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Kitaba

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Slow image/font loading times
  • Incompatibility with older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to import custom fonts
  • Option to disable app logo watermark
  • Multi-layer text support
  • More advanced editing tools

Share Frame

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Kitaba

Subscriptions5
  • Premium AI Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Premium AI Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium Subscription$9.991 Month
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  • AI Pro Monthly$22.991 Month
  • Annual Premium Subscription$59.991 Year
One-time5
  • English Fonts$20.99
  • Pro Version$29.99
  • مجموعة خطوط النخبة$29.99
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  • 2,000 Credits$34.99
  • اشتراك مدى الحياة$179.99
None

Share Frame

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kitaba free?
Kitaba is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Share Frame free?
Share Frame is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kitaba or Share Frame?
Share Frame is rated higher. Kitaba averages 4.5 out of 5 from 18K ratings, while Share Frame averages 4.7 from 11 ratings.
Do Kitaba or Share Frame have ads?
Kitaba shows ads; Share Frame does not.
Which is updated more often, Kitaba or Share Frame?
Kitaba ships an update fortnightly, and Share Frame every 2 months. Most recently, Kitaba was updated on November 9, 2026 and Share Frame on November 2, 2026.

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