Fotowall vs SnapLayout

Fotowall is a free application for building graphical compositions from photos, pictures, text, live video, word clouds, and material dragged from the internet. Users layer and manipulate these elements on a canvas, with custom layouts and text overlays listed among its capabilities. The changelog includes undo and redo, picture cropping, a word-cloud editor, PosteRazor integration, and high-quality print-ready PDF output. PDF and SVG are listed export formats. The browser version handles ordinary image and text operations, but browser canvas export is still described as upcoming. It cannot save or load Fotowall projects and does not support live camera input. Desktop availability includes Linux and Windows, with browser access also listed; Linux users can use Ubuntu packages, AppImages, or Nix. The repository includes a GPL version 2 license, and release listings identify version 1.1.4 as latest.

SnapLayout is a photo collage maker for creating social media posts: choose a layout, add photos, and export at a size suited to a platform. Layouts include split, grid, asymmetric, and single-image options, and a carousel can contain up to 20 slides with all slides exported together. Square, portrait, landscape, and custom canvas sizes are supported; changing formats reflows a design without starting again. Export presets are listed for Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, Twitter/X, Facebook, and YouTube, with LinkedIn also named on the features page. PNG and JPEG are supported. Free exports are capped at 1080px on the longest edge, while premium exports can reach 4K and add text overlays. The app is available on iOS and macOS. Editing works offline and projects are stored locally; iCloud sync is not available. The maker says photos are not uploaded and an account is not required. Its privacy policy separately says app use may collect device IP address, visited pages and timing, time spent in the app, and mobile operating system.