PhotoGrid: Video Collage Maker

Review by eFreeware

Putting together a good-looking post usually means juggling more than one tool. One app crops, another adds text, a third makes a grid of clips, and none of them quite agree on the right shape for each platform. PhotoGrid: Video Collage Maker is built to fold those jobs into a single editor, and it comes from PhotoGrid Corporation.

The app is free to install and carries ads, with in-app purchases on offer. It has been downloaded more than 10 million times and holds a 4.7 average from 101,752 ratings, which suggests a lot of people keep it on their phones rather than deleting it after a week. It first appeared in March 2024 and was updated in October 2026.

What draws me to it is the range of output it covers: photo collages, video grids, marketing graphics with your own logo, and a photo editor underneath all of it. That combination is what separates it from a plain collage maker, and it is the reason I would look at it before reaching for several narrower apps.

The one-tap object remover

The feature the developer leads with is AI Removal, which erases objects or people from a photo with a single tap. A stranger wandering into the background of an otherwise good shot, a sign you would rather not have in frame, a piece of clutter on a table: the tool is pitched as a way to clean those up without opening a separate editing program.

The developer promises clean results every time, which is the sort of claim I take with a grain of salt until I see it on my own photos. Edges, shadows and busy backgrounds are where removal tools tend to show their limits, and no listing can tell you how this one handles a half-hidden subject against a patterned wall.

Where it fits best is in the flow the app already supports. If you are assembling a collage or a grid and one frame is spoiled by something you can point at and tap, fixing it in place saves exporting the image, editing it elsewhere and importing it back. For quick social posts that convenience matters more than pixel-perfect retouching.

Video grids and the rest of the toolkit

The video side combines photos and clips into grids of up to four videos, with trimming built in. Clips can be synchronized so they all line up on the same moment, which is the detail I find most interesting here: it points to side-by-side comparisons, reactions filmed separately or multi-angle clips of the same event rather than random footage stitched together.

For still images, the app offers more than 20,000 collage templates and lets you remix up to 16 photos in one layout. There are filmstrip and photo-stitch styles for people who want something other than a standard grid, and freestyle stitching if you would rather place pictures yourself than follow a template.

The editor underneath handles the basics well: cropping, rotating, resizing, blurring and beautifying, plus stickers, text, backgrounds, graffiti, borders, mosaic and adjustments to brightness, contrast and saturation. The developer also mentions curved text and a wide choice of fonts, along with ratios for Facebook covers, Apple Watch faces, A4 and A3 sizes, and Instagram's square format.

For anyone posting on behalf of a small business, the watermark tools let you place your own logo or name, with Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp marks available as well. That turns the app into a light marketing tool as much as a personal one, and it is a sensible use of features that would otherwise just be decoration.

The most recent update adds an AI video generator with model selection, turning photos into short motion pieces, plus templates for graduations and Mother's Day. There is also officially licensed COMEBACK material, with over 25,000 assets and 20-plus AI tools offered free.

What the premium plan changes

The free version carries ads. PhotoGrid also sells a premium plan covering more than 20,000 elements, video grids up to three minutes long, free choice of aspect ratio, an ads-free experience and sharing without watermarks.

Two of those are the ones I would weigh. Watermark-free sharing matters if your images are going out under your own name or your business's, and the three-minute ceiling on video grids is the kind of limit you only notice once a project grows past a few clips. Pricing for its products and services may be adjusted in the future, so the cost you see today is not guaranteed to hold.

If you are only making the occasional collage for friends, the free tier is a reasonable place to start and see whether the templates and ratios suit how you work. If you post often, or you want your logo on clean images without a watermark underneath, the premium plan is the version the developer has designed for that job.

Templates first, or from scratch

The sheer number of templates is both the appeal and the thing to plan around. With more than 20,000 layouts, browsing can eat the time you meant to spend editing, so I would go in with a shape in mind: a four-photo grid for a trip, a single wide frame for a banner, a square for a profile post. Knowing the destination makes the template list a shortcut instead of a maze.

The app rewards a layered approach. Start with the layout, drop in the photos or clips, then use the editor for the finishing touches: a border, a brightness nudge, a line of curved text. The ratio presets are worth setting before you export rather than after, since choosing the right frame early saves you from reworking a finished collage.

For anyone making marketing graphics, the watermark and ratio tools are the two I would learn first. A logo placed once and reused across covers and banners gives a small business a consistent look without design software, and the size presets mean the same artwork can be adapted for a Facebook cover or a printed A4 sheet.

The AI tools are best treated as a first pass rather than a final one. Removal and the newer video generator can get you most of the way quickly, and a minute spent checking edges and motion before you share is time well spent.

It is also worth remembering that the app was updated recently with new AI models and seasonal templates, so the toolkit you get today is broader than the one the app launched with. Checking the template library after an update is a cheap way to find something timely for a graduation or a holiday post.

A capable pick for regular posters

PhotoGrid covers a lot of ground for a free download: collages, video grids of up to four clips, a full photo editor, marketing watermarks, ratio presets and a set of AI tools led by one-tap object removal. The install count and the 4.7 average suggest it has found a wide audience, and the recent updates show the developer is still adding to it rather than letting it sit.

The trade-offs are straightforward. The premium plan is where watermark-free sharing, longer video grids and free aspect ratio choice live, and the developer reserves the right to change pricing later. For heavy use, that plan is the version that makes sense.

I would point this at people who post photos and short clips often and want one app to handle the layout, the text and the cleanup: social media managers, small business owners making their own covers and banners, and anyone who assembles trip or event collages and would rather not switch between three editors. If your editing needs are occasional and simple, the free version is a fair place to begin.

What's new in version 9.28

▶ Easy to Use and perfect to memorialize your moments. • AI Video Generator & AI Editor｜Model selection now available Use the latest AI models for better image and video creation. • Graduation & Mother’s Day Templates New templates to celebrate special moments. • Trending AI Video Effects Turn photos into cinematic story videos with motion effects.