# DeMotion: Strip Photo Motion — Make stills from Live Photos

> Make stills from Live Photos (iPhone/iPad app by Maciej Sieminski.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/demotion-strip-photo-motion/id6765819998 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Maciej Sieminski](https://appshunter.io/developer/1894452820)
- Category: Photo & Video, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 57 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-05-12
- Data updated: 2026-08-23
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/demotion-strip-photo-motion/id6765819998/reviews.md

## What is DeMotion?

DeMotion turns Live Photos into plain stills — in place, in batches, on your device.

WHY USE DEMOTION
- Live Photos pack a video clip you rarely watch with the still you actually want. That clip can take 1-3 MB per photo. Across thousands of photos that's gigabytes of iCloud quota burning.
- Apple's "Duplicate as still" creates a copy and breaks "this day in history". Manual editing is one photo at a time.
- DeMotion strips just the video layer in place. Same photo identity, same date, same GPS, same album membership. The still stays. The clip is gone.

WHAT IT DOES
- Detects every Live Photo in your library in seconds.
- Lets you select what to strip (free tier: 20 per batch; Premium: unlimited).
- Strips the video component atomically per asset. If a single photo fails, the rest of the batch still completes.
- Preserves capture date, location, EXIF, album membership, edits, iCloud sync state.
- Apple Photos "Revert to original" still works for stripped Live Photos.

PRIVACY
- 100% on-device. Your photos never leave your phone.
- No accounts. No login. No account, no cloud upload: your photos are processed on your device. No analytics.
- Free tier shows ads (banner only, never on photo content). Premium removes ads.

WHO IT'S FOR
- Anyone with iCloud quota stress.
- iPhone Live Photo accumulators (5k+ photos in library is a sweet spot).
- Privacy-conscious users who refuse cloud-based "compress" tools.

PREMIUM
- Lifetime: one-time purchase. No ads forever, unlimited batch.
- Annual: subscription. No ads while active, unlimited batch.
- Tip jar: optional, no entitlement.
- Restore Purchases: yes, on the Premium screen.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://macsiem.github.io/demotion-privacy/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Annual Premium | $8.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| DeMotion Premium | $19.99 | one-time |
| Buy us a coffee | $0.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.0.2 — 2026-08-11

Fixes the tracking permission prompt on iOS: the system App Tracking Transparency request is now shown reliably, and the in-app ads consent alert has been removed. Ad personalization follows your ATT choice.

### 1.1.1 — 2026-07-15

Simplified free tier (no trial period) — the free version shows ads from first launch and Premium removes them. Refined onboarding and stability improvements.

### 1.0.11 — 2026-07-06

Bug fixes:
• Home: pick and scroll any number of photos — the app no longer locks up above 9 photos.
• After converting, processed photos are removed from the list and deselected (already-fixed photos no longer reappear).
• Converting several photos asks for the iOS confirmation only once for the whole batch, not per photo.
• Converted photos keep their original date, so they stay in place in your Photos timeline.

To test: pick 10+ Live Photos, scroll the grid, tap Convert (expect a single confirmation); back on Home the converted photos are gone and nothing is selected; the photo's date is unchanged.

### 1.0.10 — 2026-06-22

• Stability fixes and unified support links.

### 1.0.9 — 2026-06-16

• Stability fixes and minor improvements.

## More apps by Maciej Sieminski

- [Compresser: Compress & Convert](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/compresser-compress-and-convert/id6762507568)
- [Mote: Everyday Appreciation](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mote-everyday-appreciation/id6762611455)
- [VaxJournal: Family Vaccines](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/vaxjournal-family-vaccines/id6763629936)
- [Archivr: Pack & Lock Archives](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/archivr-pack-and-lock-archives/id6768043511)
- [Tokenly: AI Cost Tracker](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tokenly-ai-cost-tracker/id6772773989)

All apps by Maciej Sieminski: https://appshunter.io/developer/1894452820

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