10 Best Free Photo Collage Apps of 2026

Canva tops this list because its free app covers collages and everything you might do with them afterward. Canva's App Store listing describes a photo editor that removes backgrounds, applies filters, adjusts lighting and contrast, and creates photo collages, backed by thousands of customizable templates for social posts, invitations and flyers. Every account gets 5GB of storage, and designs can be shared and edited with others in real time. It is an Apple Editors' Choice pick and holds a 4.9 rating from 3.6 million ratings on the US App Store, the highest score of any app here. The tradeoff is focus: Canva is a full design suite, so a dedicated collage app gets you to a finished grid in fewer taps. Canva Pro costs $14.99 a month on the US App Store and adds premium content. We compared documented features and published prices; we did not build test collages in each app.

PicCollage is the strongest pure collage app here. Cardinal Blue's listing describes ready-to-use grids, animated templates and a freestyle mode, plus video collages and slideshows that you can save as video. The cutout tool removes backgrounds to isolate people and pets, or cuts photos into stars, hearts and other shapes, and an AI highlight detector keeps the subject centered in each cell. Text tools include a curved text editor, and thousands of backgrounds and stickers come from partner artists. It holds a 4.8 rating from 1.9 million ratings and is rated 4+. The listing says VIP removes watermarks and ads, so expect both on free collages; a one-time $1.99 purchase removes them, and VIP costs $4.99 a month or $35.99 a year with a 7-day trial. The app now needs iOS 18.0 or later. We compared documented features and published prices.

LiveCollage, listed on the App Store as Collage Maker - LiveCollage AI, has the biggest documented layout library on this list: more than 20,000 free layouts in different shapes, sizes and styles, plus 5,000+ presets for birthdays, weddings and holidays. It combines anywhere from 2 to 64 or more photos into one picture, stitches 16 or more into a long story image, and adds freestyle layer stacking for scrapbook pages and carousel collages that split across Instagram frames. Video collages, slideshows, filters, doodles and finger-traced cutouts are included. The developer reports more than 100 million installs, and the app holds a 4.8 rating from 180K ratings. VIP unlocks all templates and effects after a 3-day trial, and in-app purchases start at $4.99, though the App Store names them vaguely. We compared documented features and published prices.

PhotoGrid is the best choice when your collage mixes photos and video. The App Store listing documents 20,000+ collage templates that remix up to 16 photos, plus video grids of up to 9 clips that can be synced to the same moment, with blurred backgrounds so nothing has to be cropped. Filmstrips, photo stitches and freestyle scrapbook layouts sit beside a photo editor for cropping, stickers, text, borders and mosaic. Small businesses can add their own logo watermark, and ratios run from Facebook covers to A4 and A3 print sizes. Its 4.9 rating from 118K ratings ties Canva for the top score here. The premium plan lists an ads-free experience and sharing without watermarks, which tells you what the free version includes; a one-time watermark removal costs $0.99 and plans run up to $39.99. We compared documented features and published prices.

Fotor earns its place with a browser collage maker built for print. Its collage page explains that you bulk upload photos and a smart crop engine fills them into the grid or template you pick, detecting orientation so you do not resize by hand. You can drag images between cells, set border spacing, margins and corner radius to the pixel, and clip photos into hearts and geometric shapes. Downloads come as high-resolution JPEG, PNG or PDF, and Fotor says exports are HD with no watermarks. The catch is that Fotor's iPhone app listing focuses on AI editing and marketing tools and does not describe the collage maker, so phone-first users have better picks above. The app is rated 4.7 from 42K ratings, and Fotor Pro costs $8.99 a month on the US App Store. We compared documented features and published prices.

Picsart is the most powerful editor on this list, and its collage maker is a solid part of it. The App Store listing documents photo grid and freestyle collages for mood boards and frames, video collages with music, a background remover, an Object Remover and more than 60 million stickers. On the web, Picsart says its collage templates come in unique shapes and layouts with up to 10 photos, and that it offers free templates and stock images. That depth is also the downside: collages sit among AI image and video generators, avatars and design templates, so beginners face more menus than in PicCollage or PhotoGrid. The app holds a 4.7 rating from 1.2 million ratings and is an Apple Editors' Choice pick. Paid plans run from Gold weekly to Pro annual; Picsart Plus costs $11.99 a month. We compared documented features and published prices.

BeFunky's standout is the Collage Wizard: upload your images and it generates a high-resolution layout without cropping or clipping any photo, which you can then rearrange, resize or recolor. Beyond that, BeFunky's collage page lists hundreds of grid-style layouts, including big photo wraps, banners, tall verticals, and sizes for Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook, and you can change the aspect ratio or add and remove cells. Collage templates in its Graphic Designer cover cards, flyers, real estate pages and YouTube thumbnails, and the full photo editor is reachable without leaving the collage tool. The App Store listing says there are no ads and no registration needed. Fewer people rate it than the leaders, with 4.7 from 11K ratings, and premium features need BeFunky Plus at $14.99 a month or $83.90 a year. We compared documented features and published prices.

Layout, listed on the App Store as Layout - Photo Collage Maker by Fitness Labs, targets people who post grids and carousels to social media. Its listing documents more than 500 handcrafted layouts, from classic grids to freeform scrapbooks, continuous swipeable Instagram carousels, and film, vintage and Polaroid frames. You can mix 4K video and high-resolution photos in one frame, use an AI cutout to make layered journal pages, and pick ready-made Year-in-Review, Top 9, photobooth and before-and-after templates. Exports are ultra-high resolution, with presets for Stories, TikTok, Pinterest and Reels. It is only for iPhone, holds a 4.6 rating from 48K ratings, and sells weekly, monthly and yearly subscriptions, with in-app purchases from $2.99 on the US App Store. We compared documented features and published prices.

MOLDIV, from JellyBus, takes a more editorial approach to collages. Its App Store listing documents 312 frames and 135 magazine-style layouts, with a collage aspect ratio you can set freely, so a set of photos can look like a magazine spread rather than a plain grid. The editing side is strong: 220+ filters in 14 themes, film effects and light leaks, 300+ fonts, 840+ stickers and 92 background patterns, plus a beauty camera and more than 200 video templates. Photos save at your device's maximum resolution. MOLDIV is on iPhone, iPad and Google Play and holds a 4.7 rating from 38K US ratings. Premium can be bought as a monthly or annual subscription or as a one-time payment, with in-app purchases from $4.99. Frames, filters, stickers and design content are also sold as separate packs from $1.99. We compared documented features and published prices.

Pic Stitch from Maple Media is a straightforward grid maker. The listing documents 375+ layouts plus trending social layouts, 30+ border packs, 25 filter packs and 15 aspect ratios such as 9x16 for stories, and it works with both photos and videos. Editing tools cover quick enhance, text overlays, drawing, a meme editor and a watermark editor for logos and date stamps, and the crop tool includes print sizes like 4x6, 5x7 and 8x10. A Home Screen widget can show your recent collages. It holds a 4.7 rating from 66K ratings, but the US App Store rates it 18+, so it is not the pick for children, and at 470.1 MB it is the largest download on this list. Pro costs $6.99 a month or $34.99 a year, with a weekly option at $3.99. We compared documented features and published prices.