ACDSee Pro vs PureCollage
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ACDSee Pro
This app combines a professional-grade camera with a powerful, nondestructive photo editor. Capture stunning images with advanced manual controls and perfect them with selective adjustments and effects. Create collages from your memories with over 100 layouts.
- RAW, TIFF, PNG support
- Manual camera controls
- Nondestructive photo editing
- Selective adjustments (gradients, brushing)
- Collage maker with 100+ layouts
- Real-time effects and adjustments
- HDR and Flash Fusion
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Capture, perfect, and share your photos with ACDSee Pro for iPhone. ACDSee Pro combines a professional-grade camera and photo editor with all the tools you need to produce stunning photographs. Camera Harness the full power of your device's camera with specialized shooting modes, lossless RAW, TIFF and PNG support, manual controls for exposure/focus/white balance, real-time effects and adjustments, HDR & flash fusion, separate exposure and focus points, dual-axis level indicator, and more. Edit Perfect your photos with a powerful, nondestructive photo editor with RAW processing. Use gradients and brushing to selectively apply adjustments and special effects, including shadows & highlights, contrast, dehaze, white balance, saturation, vibrance, sharpness, split toning, and noise removal, and our one-of-a-kind Light EQ, Tone EQ, and Color EQ. Collage Convenient collage maker for sharing your memories. Quickly combine multiple photos into a single image for easy sharing. Choose from over 100 layouts. — CAMERA FEATURES RAW Support Shoot RAW on capable devices and write captured photos in DNG format. Lossless TIFF/PNG Write captured photos in lossless TIFF or PNG format, or choose one of three JPEG quality settings. Manual Controls Precisely control exposure, focus and white balance, including a custom white balance preset. Real-time overexposure and underexposure visualization. Shutter Priority Mode Set the shutter speed and ACDSee Camera Pro automatically chooses the ISO for proper exposure. Selfie Mode Look your best with skin smoothing and lightening, plus a front-facing torch/flash for low-light situations. Real-time Effect Filters Choose from 24 effects, including high-quality black & white, Orton, film grain, halftone, and various color tone filters. Real-time Adjustments See brightness, contrast, vibrance, sharpness, clarity, skin tune and vignette adjustments in real time and add additional noise reduction during capture. Exposure Bracketing Capture three exposures at once at different exposure levels. HDR Fusion Combine three shots taken at different exposures to create a single high-dynamic-range image, with manual override of composition parameters. Flash Fusion Combine a naturally-illuminated capture with a flash-illuminated capture. Video Mode Capture those special moments with video and apply filters and adjustments in real-time. Flash Modes Choose from six flash modes: Off, On, Auto, Torch, Torch & flash, and Flash Fusion. All modes work with either the rear-facing or the front-facing camera. Focus and Exposure Touch to select focus and exposure point. For more precise control, independently select focus and exposure points. Lockable AF, AE and AWB Independently lock focus, exposure, and white balance. Cropping modes Crop before you shoot to square, 4:3, 3:2, and 16:9 aspect ratios. Independent settings for front and rear cameras, still photo and video modes. Level Indicator Compose your shots with precise alignment using a dual-axis level indicator. — EDITOR FEATURES Image adjustments, including: - Shadows & Highlights - Light EQ - Exposure - Dehaze - Contrast - Tone EQ - Fill Light - White Balance - Saturation & Vibrance - Color EQ - Split Toning - Sharpness - Clarity - Softness - Denoise - Skin Tune Effects Apply a variety of creative effects to your photos, including film, light leaks, halftone, and more. Use gradients and brushes to mask adjustments. Focus Bring your subject into focus. Simulate a shallow depth of field by blurring the background. Vignette Adds a vignette effect around the edges of your photo. Geometry Crop, rotate, straighten, and mirror your photo. Filter Splash Creatively splash on effects such as selective coloring to draw attention to your subject. ACDSee is a trademark of ACD Systems International Inc. and may be registered in Canada, the United States, the European Union, Japan, or certain other jurisdictions.
PureCollage
Create stunning, high-definition collages from your photos and videos without any compression. Effortlessly reorder images, customize spacing, and choose background colors for a perfect, elegant layout.
- Lossless collage creation
- High-definition export
- Quick photo reordering
- Customizable spacing and background
- Seamless photo arrangement
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+ Lossless Collage: Preserve the original width and height of photos without compression or cropping. + High-Definition Export: Create ultra-large collages with exceptional clarity. + Quick Photo Reordering: Switch the order of photos effortlessly by swiping. + Customizable Spacing and Background: Adjust collage spacing and background color freely. + Perfectionist's Delight: Seamlessly arrange every photo into a harmonious and elegant collage. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PureCollage at Free against ACDSee Pro's $5.99. PureCollage also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). ACDSee Pro's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). On ads, device support 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
PureCollage is free to download; ACDSee Pro costs $5.99 up front. PureCollage sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. ACDSee Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
ACDSee Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ACDSee Pro has 1.1K ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of ACDSee Pro's written reviews are positive against 64% of PureCollage's.
ACDSee Pro ships an update every 2 months, PureCollage every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ACDSee Pro | PureCollage |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.1K ratings) — better | 4.1 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.8% of reviews — better | 64.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ACD Systems International Inc. | 小波 司 |
Customer experience
ACDSee Pro
PureCollage
Bugs and requests
ACDSee Pro
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when using certain filters
- Inability to export photos in desired format
- Syncing issues with photos from other devices
- Inconsistent behavior after iOS updates
Requested features
5 requests- Add lens distortion correction
- Implement non-destructive editing
- Allow saving of original and edited versions
- Improve collage and layout tools
- Add support for more file formats
PureCollage
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ACDSee Pro
No in-app purchases
PureCollage
- Max Yearly$4.991 Year
- ProToMax$3.99
- PureCollage Pro$4.99
- PureCollage Max$7.99







