Framky vs Mixtiles
Both turn your own photos into a gallery wall, but they're different products. Mixtiles makes affordable, app-designed peel-and-stick tiles — brilliantly easy and cheap, with famously good customer service. Framky makes a designed set of real photo frames — glassless MDF, pigment printing with a set of 12 inks on matte photographic paper — delivered ready to hang in minutes. If you want the cheapest, most casual, swap-often option, look at Mixtiles. If you want your photos to look and last like a proper framed gallery without DIY framing, that's Framky.
At a glance
| Framky | Mixtiles | |
|---|---|---|
| Product | Designed framed gallery-wall set | Individual peel-and-stick tiles |
| Material | MDF frames | MDF photo tiles |
| 12-ink pigment, matte photo paper (~99% Pantone) | Standard tile print | |
| Glass / glare | No glass — no glare, nothing to shatter | No glass (tile) |
| Hanging | Self-adhesive hangers + 1:1 template, no drilling | Adhesive / magnetic base |
| Wall safety | Designed not to damage a sound, painted wall | Mixed — fails on textured/fresh walls; paint-pull on removal reported |
| Design tool | 3D web configurator (layout or from scratch) | App + AR preview, AI "Smart Gallery Designer" |
| Price | Premium curated set | From £15 / tile (bundle discounts) |
| Brand scale | Growing EU/UK | Very large (~$250M, ~2M followers) |
Product & materials
Both use MDF, so this isn't a cheap-vs-quality story — it's a format story. A Mixtiles tile is an individual square you stick up and rearrange, deliberately casual and swap-friendly.
Framky is a designed set: each MDF frame holds a pigment print on matte photographic paper mounted on a rigid cardboard plate, arranged as one cohesive composition rather than a grid of separate tiles you place and balance yourself.
Bottom line: Mixtiles wins on price and casualness; Framky wins on delivering one designed, framed gallery instead of loose tiles.
Print quality
This is the sharpest difference for a photo product. Mixtiles' most common product complaint is softness: "The photos themselves print a little soft," with review clusters citing "grainy" and "pixelated or soft prints."
Framky prints with 12 pigment inks on matte photographic paper, covering ~99% of the Pantone palette — sharp detail, deep colour, and fade-resistance for years under normal home lighting. The matte, glassless surface means no reflections wash out the image.
Hanging & wall safety
Mixtiles is genuinely easy to put up, and on smooth, fully-cured drywall it often comes down cleanly. But its number-one complaint is adhesion failure on textured, freshly painted or humid walls — one review: "40% of their tiles' adhesives failed immediately" — and, on the flip side, paint damage on removal: "damaged my wall, sheetrock and all came off." The new magnetic base is a direct response to this.
Framky uses self-adhesive hangers with a 1:1 paper template: no drilling, no nails, the whole set up in about 15 minutes with no measuring. On a sound, properly painted wall it's designed to come off without damage.
Design experience
Mixtiles is app-first with a slick AR preview and a 2026 AI "Smart Gallery Designer" that auto-suggests a layout — excellent if you want the decisions made for you on your phone.
Framky gives you a 3D web configurator on desktop: start from a ready-made layout tailored to your photos, or design your composition from scratch, and preview the finished wall before buying — no app to install.
Delivery & service
Mixtiles ships free worldwide and is widely praised for service — free replacements are its single most-loved theme: "they replaced several tiles without a problem… even gave me a refund without me asking." Framky fulfils across the EU/UK and backs every order with a 60-day money-back guarantee plus a print-replacement guarantee if life happens.
Who Framky is best for
- You want your own photos as a designed, premium, lasting framed gallery.
- You care about print sharpness and colour and dislike glare.
- You want it up in minutes with no drilling — and off again without wall damage.
- You'd rather receive one designed set than arrange tiles yourself.
Who Mixtiles is best for
- You want the cheapest, most casual option and like swapping photos often.
- You're a renter on smooth, cured walls and value an app + AR workflow.
- Brand scale and a huge review base reassure you.
Switching from Mixtiles
Use the same photos you'd put on tiles. Instead of building a grid tile-by-tile, you pick or design a layout in Framky's configurator and receive a coordinated framed set with a hanging template. The two regrets Mixtiles buyers mention most — soft prints and will it stay up / will it wreck my wall — are exactly what Framky's pigment print and self-adhesive hangers are built to solve.
Frequently asked questions
Is Framky a Mixtiles alternative? Yes — for people who want their own photos as a designed framed gallery wall rather than individual peel-and-stick tiles.
Does Framky use glass? No. Framky frames are glassless — no glare, nothing to shatter, safe around children and pets. The matte pigment print is designed to be seen without glass.
Will Framky damage my wall like tiles can? Framky uses self-adhesive hangers designed not to damage a sound, properly painted wall, with a 1:1 template so there's no drilling or measuring.
Is Framky more expensive than Mixtiles? Framky is a premium framed set, so the entry price is higher than a single tile — but you're getting one designed composition with 12-ink pigment prints and glassless frames, not individual peel-and-stick tiles.