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Apple copies popular collage app’s icon for iPhoto Web Journals in iOS 7

Apple seems to have “been inspired” by popular collage app Pic Stitch  when redesigning iPhoto for iOS 7. Taking a look at the share sheet in iPhoto reveals the icon for Photo Journals as being almost identical to that of the Pic Stitch for iOS icon, save for a quick 90˚ rotation and a color swap. What’s more, both Pic Stitch and iPhoto Journals perform very similar functions, allowing you to build photo collages to share with your friends.

We’ve reached out to the developers of Pic Stitch for comment.

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Comments

  1. varun korpol - 10 years ago

    magical. and innovation

  2. Jesse Järvi - 10 years ago

    Pic Stitch copied Apple 8)

  3. Dominique Peretti - 10 years ago

    OMG this popover is freaking ugly. The gray, the orange with the green, the outlines… How could they release such a poor design.

  4. rogifan - 10 years ago

    Talk about a non story. Sheesh.

  5. rettun1 - 10 years ago

    Shhh!

  6. iOS TV (@iOS_TV) - 10 years ago

    Pathetic attempt of a story. Just piss poor blogging.

  7. Ashley Bremner - 10 years ago

    Pic Stitch actually copied PicFrame and changed the colours.

  8. William - 10 years ago

    Reblogged this on William's iBlog and commented:
    As Apple would say, “Revolutionary! Magical!”

    Are you sure that this isn’t just a coincidence?

  9. Good artists copy, great artists steal. This must have a positive effect on both services.

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