PicPile
Turn a pile of images into one polished picture. Drop them into a styled grid or frame each on its own, label them with titles and captions, and export sharp — PicPile handles the padding, backdrops, corners, and shadows. Now on iPhone and iPad too.
Or pick it up along with over twenty other apps — PicPile is included in my bundles.
What it does
Grid or individual
Pile every image into one styled card, or keep them individual — each shot framed the same way and exported as its own file. Switch modes with one click.
Style the whole canvas
Dial in padding, the spacing between shots, corner rounding, and a soft shadow or glow. Set the backdrop to transparent, light, dark, or any custom color.
Titles & captions
Give any image a title and a caption, rendered right into the export at a size that scales with the canvas. Click a photo to edit its text inline.
Drop, open, or paste
Drag images in, choose them from a panel, or paste — ⌘V takes both copied files and raw image data like screenshots or a copy from Preview.
Frame it your way
Individual mode fits each shot to its own aspect, or letterboxes it to 16:10, 16:9, or 4:3 — with a live preview that shows exactly what you'll export.
Mac, iPhone, and iPad
Native on all three, sharing the same .picpile document format — start a pile on the phone that took the photos, finish it on the Mac. Localized in 11 languages everywhere; the Mac direct download auto-updates via Sparkle.
Screenshots
On iPhone and iPad
The same pile, in your pocket.
PicPile is a native iPhone and iPad app too — the same grid and individual modes, the same padding, spacing, corners, shadows, backdrops, titles and captions. Pull images straight from Photos, style the canvas in a sidebar on iPad or a sheet on iPhone, then export or share the finished picture.
It’s the same App Store purchase as the Mac app — buy it once and it’s on all your devices.
Get PicPile
On the App Store for Mac, iPhone, and iPad — one purchase covers all three. Or a notarized direct download for the Mac, with a free trial. Buying more than one app? PicPile is included in my bundles, along with over twenty other apps.
Support
Questions, bug reports, or feature requests? Email ben.dansby@gmail.com and you’ll get a reply, usually within a day or two.