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    Diptic

    by Peak Systems

    Nearly every iPhoneographer that takes their art somewhat seriously owns this app. It’s really pretty simple: combine two, three, or four of your photos like a diptych, triptych, or polyptych. A diptych is actually an ancient Greek art form linking two matched plates. Diptic brings that idea to the 21st century. The app is easy to use with adjustable border width and colors. In-app purchases give you more flexibility in shape - you can get rectangles instead of the just the standard squares. It’s universal, so use it on all your iDevices. Diptic has spawned a thousand imitators; some better, most not as good. The square-shaped results have made this app extremely popular with the Instagram crowd.

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    Frame Magic

    by Dion Cho

    This one takes the idea of Diptic and improves upon it, frankly. Frame Magic has a great deal more flexibility than Diptic does. Using sliders, you control the ratio/shape/size of the overall photo PLUS each photo inside, thickness of the border, shape of the corner (square or rounded), and shadow effect. You just have a lot more control and flexibility here. Make your frame any color of the rainbow or choose from a number of frame patterns if you like. The creative possibilities are endless. And, it's universal, so buy it just once and use it on your iPhone, iPod touch and/or iPad.

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    mosaiq lite

    by Redial

    Very much like Diptic, only free and ad-supported. You don’t get the adjustable borders, but you do get the option to leave some spaces with just color in them rather than photos. It's not the best of the genre (it lacks flexibility), but it's free, and a good way to see if you like this sort of app.

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    PhotoShake!

    by MotionOne.co.Ltd

    So, moving beyond the Diptic-type (combining just a few photos) apps, Photoshake is a fun app that lets you choose a template for multiple photos or simply choose the photos and shake to let the app do the choosing for you. Choose from a variety of frames and multi-photo grids. Select all the photos that you want to use (even dozens if you like) and then shake. If you don’t like the result, shake again -- keep shaking until you have just the photo arrangement you like. You can upload your results to over a dozen different social networking sites directly from the app.

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    ComicStrip - CS

    by Sketch & Scotch

    Something like Diptic, but not really, ComicStrip allows you to combine up to five photos in rectangular frame. Choose a template and add the photos of your choice. Then you can add captions, speech bubbles, and stickers to your creations. You could actually create a comic book of your photos with this universal app, but I think it’s just a fun way to combine photos in a single frame and add your captions and stickers right within the app.

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    You Gotta See This!

    by Boinx Software

    This is a really different sort of app; unique and cool. It’s not exactly a photo collage, and not exactly a panorama, but somewhere in between. You just gotta see it. You take photos within the app, moving your arm in an arc as you do so. The pictures will overlap somewhat, and you can choose different ways to display them - like a stack of photos strewn on a table, or something a bit more organized. It’s universal, so you can use it on any iDevice with a camera.

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    Photo Wall Pro - Collage App

    by App Street Software Private Limited

    But what if you just want to create a collage to your exact specifications? This is my go-to collage creating app. Select a background from their dozen or so templates, one of their add-on packs (for in-app purchase), or from your own photo library. Adjust the canvas color, brightness, orientation, aspect ratio, and dimension. Add photos, clip art, and text as desired. Manipulate each object with your fingers; make it larger, smaller, or rotate it. Adjust the transparency of each item and move it on top of or underneath other items in the collage. Basically, if you can think it, you can do it with this app. If you’re not sure, try the free lite version, which still has most of the features of the paid version.

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    PhotoTangler Collage Maker

    by Solid Eight Studios LLC

    This fun app is like a collage app, but the edges of each shot are fuzzy. The results are dreamy and artsy-looking. For some reason it brings to mind the opening shot of an 80's soap opera. There is also a free, lite version you can try.

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    Fracture

    by James Alliban

    Now this app is a REALLY different way to combine your photos. Essentially, you fracture your photos and recombine them into a cubist masterpiece. It’s great if you have a lot of colorful photos you want to blend together. You won’t be able to see a lot of detail from each photo, but the effect is unique. Fracture is a lot of fun.

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    MyPictureMosaic

    by GroovyApps

    This fun app turns a single photo into a cool mosaic made up of all your other photos (or photos of your choice) as the tiles. It’s a universal app, so a single purchase allows you to use the app on every iDevice you own.

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    AutoStitch Panorama

    by Cloudburst Research

    Now, getting into more "serious" iphoneography apps -- every photographer with an iPhone ought to have this app. Simply take photos, up, down, left, right, and Autostitch will combine them into a single panoramic (or shape of your choice) shot, after the fact, at your leisure. No need to take the shots within the app; use your favorite camera app. This is very easy to use, and yet the results are so professional.

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    Pro HDR

    by eyeApps LLC

    Yes, the iPhone 4 has an HDR function, but frankly, it’s just not good. This app is real HDR. Take two pictures of the same scene -- one with the foreground well-lit and the sky blown out; another with the foreground too dark and the sky just right. ProHDR takes the best part of both pictures and combines them into one perfect shot. Try the free lite version if you’re not sure.