How to make a retro scrapbook collage on iPhone
Retro Collage keeps the flow short. Tap New Collage, choose a canvas size such as 1:1 Post or 9:16 Story, then pick a layout. Layouts are grouped by how many photos they hold, starting at one photo, so you are never scrolling through grids that do not fit the set you have.
Drop your photos into the slots, then decorate: retro film filters, stickers, text, borders, frames and a background color. Each photo can be adjusted on its own for brightness, contrast, warmth and crop. When it looks right, tap Export and either save to Photos or share straight to Instagram, messages or any other app. No design skills are needed. Saved collages show up on the home screen pinned with tape strips, which is a good preview of how the warm, vintage layouts read as a scrapbook page rather than a grid.
Aesthetic collage app for Instagram story, post and Pinterest pin sizes
Retro Collage puts the size choice on the same screen as the layouts. The size picker offers six presets: 1:1 Post, 4:5 Portrait, 9:16 Story, 16:9 Video, 2:3 Pin and 3:4 Photo. 1:1 Post is selected by default, and the size tabs sit at the top of the Choose Layout screen (and again in the editor), so switching to 9:16 Story before picking a layout builds the page at story size from the start.
That matters for the Instagram scrapbook post trend, where aesthetic collage templates for stories are what people search for and where a photo dump is arranged like a journal page with cutouts and stickers. Build the story version at 9:16, then open the same idea as a 4:5 portrait for the feed or a 2:3 pin for Pinterest. Export is high quality, and the share sheet goes to Instagram, messages and anywhere else.
- 1:1 Post for the Instagram feed
- 4:5 Portrait for a taller feed post
- 9:16 Story for Instagram stories
- 16:9 Video for landscape video frames
- 2:3 Pin for Pinterest
- 3:4 Photo for a standard photo ratio
Photo collage app with film filters, text and per-photo adjustments
The retro look comes from the film filters: one tap gives the collage a nostalgic film tone without hand-editing each image. If a single photo is too dark or too cool, you fix that one photo with brightness, contrast, warmth and crop controls without touching the rest of the page.
Text is more than a caption box. You choose fonts, then set outline, shadow, spacing and colors. Borders, frames and background colors finish the page: a cream background with a thin white border reads like a printed photo taped into a scrapbook, while a bold color reads more like a poster.
- Retro film filters, one tap
- Brightness, contrast, warmth and crop per photo
- Fonts with outline, shadow, spacing and colors
- Borders, frames and background colors
Collage app with 900+ stickers sorted into categories
Stickers are where a grid turns into a scrapbook. Retro Collage ships more than 900 of them, sorted into category tabs so you are not scrolling one endless sheet. The tabs visible in the app include Emoji, Words, Love, Birthday and Party; the Love tab alone mixes plain hearts in several colors with word stickers like LOVE IT, GIRL POWER, SUPERSTAR and #SELFIE, plus crowns, rainbows, unicorns and lightning bolts.
Word stickers do a job text cannot: they arrive already styled in a hand-drawn, die-cut look, so a LET'S GO or OMG drops in with its own white outline like a real sticker. Combine them with the 200+ layouts, which include grids, shapes and heart frames, and a birthday collage or a couples page with a heart frame comes together quickly.
Is the Retro Collage app free on iPhone, and what does Pro unlock?
Retro Collage is free to download from the App Store and you can start making collages without paying. The Pro tier unlocks unlimited collages and all premium features. It is sold two ways: a subscription, billed weekly or yearly, or a one-time lifetime purchase for people who would rather not subscribe.
Billing goes through your Apple ID. A subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you manage or cancel it from your App Store account settings. Prices vary by region, so check the App Store listing on your own device. The app is iPhone-only, requires iOS 16.0 or later, downloads at 46.7 MB, and is currently offered in English.
