Light Magic PRO vs Retro Collage Photo Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Light Magic PRO
Apply a wide variety of lighting filters to your photos with ease. This app offers simple tools for adjusting brightness, contrast, and focus, allowing both beginners and professionals to create stunning images quickly. Share your edited photos directly to social media or save them to your device.
- Single tap lighting filters
- Adjust opacity, brightness, and contrast
- Blur and focus tools
- Rotate, crop, and resize images
- Direct social media sharing
- Save to photo library
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*** One of the best photo editing app! *** Enjoy edit your photo with huge collection of lighting filters! No matter you are a professional or a novice, you can make AMAZING pictures in a few taps. You also can share photos on variable SNS service such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc. How to use: 1. Take a shot or choose a picture from photo library 2. Apply filters. 3. Save or share! That's it! Features: - Easy-to-use single tap lighting filters - Adjust opacity - Adjust brightness - Adjust contrast - Blur and focus - Rotate, crop and resizing - Share to Twitter, Instagram or Facebook - Save to Photo Library - Send photo by mail Have a fun!
Retro Collage Photo Editor
Transform your photos with a retro aesthetic and combine them into unique collages. Easily add filters, text, and stickers to create shareable masterpieces in minutes. Simple to use with a wide array of customization options.
- Over 240 collage layouts
- Over 100 photo frames
- Over 350 fun stickers
- One-touch retro effects
- Photo editing tools (crop, resize, brightness)
- Add text and draw
- Direct sharing to social media
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Create stylish retro photo collages in just a few taps. Retro Collage Photo Editor helps you turn your favorite photos into polished collages for social posts, stories, memories, travel photos, family moments, and everyday snapshots. Choose a layout, add your photos, adjust the look, and save or share your finished design from your iPhone. Start with a wide range of collage layouts, then customize your design with flexible aspect ratios, backgrounds, spacing, rounded corners, frames, stickers, and quotes. Whether you want a clean photo grid, a playful retro collage, or a decorated layout for a post, you can shape the final image to match your style. Key features: - Create photo collages from multiple images - Choose from many collage layouts and photo grid styles - Adjust aspect ratios for square, portrait, and story-style formats - Edit each photo inside your collage - Customize backgrounds, spacing, corners, and colors - Add retro frames, stickers, and quote designs - Replace, edit, or remove photos while you work - Save your collage to Photos - Share your finished image with friends or post it anywhere you like Retro Collage Photo Editor is designed for quick, visual editing without making the process feel complicated. Pick a layout, add your photos, decorate the details, and create a collage that feels ready to share. Some premium layouts and editing options may require an in-app purchase.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Light Magic PRO at none against Retro Collage Photo Editor's shown. Light Magic PRO also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 33%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Retro Collage Photo Editor's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 30 months) and ratings volume (202 vs 7). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Magic PRO sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Retro Collage Photo Editor sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Light Magic PRO against 4.1 for Retro Collage Photo Editor. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Retro Collage Photo Editor has 202 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Light Magic PRO's written reviews are positive against 33% of Retro Collage Photo Editor's.
Light Magic PRO ships an update every 30 months, Retro Collage Photo Editor every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Light Magic PRO | Retro Collage Photo Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (7 ratings) | 4.1 (202 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 202 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Quantis,Inc. | AppExtreme,Inc. |
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Light Magic PRO
Retro Collage Photo Editor
In-app purchases
Light Magic PRO
- Remove Ads$0.99
Retro Collage Photo Editor
- Light Frame Pack$0.99
- Modern Frame Pack$0.99
- Metal Frame Pack$0.99
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- Art Frame Pack$0.99
- Face Sticker Pack$0.99
- Flare & Space Sticker Pack$0.99
- Spanish Quotes Pack$0.99
- Purtuguese Quotes Pack$0.99
- Kanji Quotes Pack$0.99
- Pro Upgrade$4.99
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