PhotoGrid - Video & Pic Editor
Weird interface, but silly stickers and fun layouts rule.
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PhotoGrid - Video & Pic Editor
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A Lot or a Little?
The parents' guide to what's in this app.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know Photo Grid – Collage Maker is a relatively powerful photo collage app with a few too many redundant navigation layers. Kids can create funny scenes overlaying their favorite photos or place them into layouts with lots of ways to manipulate and manage their creations. Strangely, the main menu consists of six panels that when selected do nearly the same thing with only slight variations, which makes for a lot of back and forth to use all the functionality. Dynamic top banner ad and app purchase button and panel are a bit annoying and there's no ad-free version. Some parents might not like a few of the stickers (dog poo, bloody ax). Otherwise, a cool little tool.
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What’s It About?
From the main menu, kids choose the kind of layout they want "Grid HD" for grids with varied layouts, "Single HD" for the usual single, and other options depending on your device (iOS users won't find as many choices). Next, the app takes them to their device's gallery (as well as cloud albums for Android) where they select the photos they want to use. Then, kids can rearrange images in the grid, change the layout of the grid, change the background, and for Android devices, add text, stickers, word bubbles, and more. Once they're finished, kids can save and share their creations.
Is It Any Good?
Photo Grid – Collage Maker has lots of great features and flexibility for creating photo layouts. You can select from several layouts, various fonts and text box patterns and designs, stickers, orientations, and frames. You can also choose to render with a sketch effect, swap, rotate, nudge, zoom, or center each photo in their grids. Choosing photos from the device gallery is easy, and file management is a snap. Resolutions come in 720 to 1024 pixels and in jpg or png format. Settings give kids some nice storage choices and the ability to email for support. Note that iOS users will find fewer options -- it's really a bare-bones version of the Android app. On the down side, some of the menu items are confusing, and navigation is not intuitive in spots. Still, it's a fun way to make cool photo collages, especially if you're using the Android version of the app.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Start by encouraging your kids to collect photos using the device camera.
Encourage interesting thematic topics like my friends or my pets.
Select the best final product together and get it printed for display.
App Details
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android
- Subjects: Hobbies: collecting, Language & Reading: naming, presenting to others, storytelling, Arts: photography
- Skills: Tech Skills: digital creation, using and applying technology, Creativity: combining knowledge, making new creations, Thinking & Reasoning: collecting data, part-whole relationships, Communication: multiple forms of expression, presenting, Self-Direction: initiative, self-reflection
- Pricing structure: Free
- Release date: April 24, 2013
- Category: Photo & Video
- Publisher: Roid App
- Version: Android 6.82; iOS 6.8.30
- Minimum software requirements: Android 4.0.3 and up; iOS 10.0 or later
- Last updated: June 10, 2021
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