Comparison

Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus) vs Movie Maker Slideshow Pro

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus)

Transform your photos and video clips into engaging music videos with a variety of themes and music options. Create professional-looking slideshows for any occasion in just a few steps, then save and share them in HD.

Highlights
  • Create videos in minutes
  • Over 100 video templates
  • Rich background music library
  • Smart photo cropping
  • Save and share in HD
  • Connect to social media albums
Features
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Feel bored looking at your photos? Look no more! Powered by VivaVideo team, SlidePlus helps you turn your photos and video clips into epic music videos in a few steps! To make a photo video can be easy! You don’t have to master formal video editing skills to make an excellent and professional looking video. Just select your photos/video clips, choose your favorite theme in SlidePlus, and in minutes, you will have a photo video you’ll be proud to share with anyone! With over 100 elaborate themes to choose from, you can easily make beautiful slideshow videos to celebrate any occasions—birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, babies, friends. Also, SlidePlus is great for Youtube intro videos, business promotion videos. How to Use SlidePlus? It’s EASY! 1: Pick photos/video clips from your phone 2: Select the theme you like from SlidePlus 3: Add text or change the music as you like That’s it! Now save your SlidePlus videos to your phone in HD 1080P or 720P and feel free to share to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Vine, WhatsApp...... KEY FEATURES: - Make Great Videos in Minutes SlidePlus smart video editor takes convenience as the top priority in video editing. The themes in SlidePlus already have all the transitions and effects built in, so all you have to do is add the media. You pick photos/video clips, select your fave theme and music on SlidePlus, and then you get what used to take hours to create. - 100+ Video Templates to Choose From Every theme in SlidePlus slideshow video maker is carefully designed by our wonderful designers to make your video look professional. We have over 100 themes for you to choose from, featuring any occasions from weddings, baby steps, love, holidays, anniversaries, travels, pets, to business and more. We also make regular update or special edition themes to meet the individual needs of video making. There are always new ones to try on SlidePlus video editor! - Rich Background Music List SlidePlus slide show video maker is packed with varieties of background music, so you can always find the one that fits your need while making slideshow videos. You can also add your favorite music from your phone. - Smart Cropping and Trimming Portrait Photos Based on the accurate facial recognition algorithm, SlidePlus slide show video editor can crop and trim your photos and pictures smartly and automatically to make sure your blooming smiles light up in the slide show videos. - Save & Share Videos at Any Time Save videos to your phone in wonderful 1080p and share your montage videos/music video/slideshow with music to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Snapchat, Vine, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Line, email, etc. - Support Instagram and Facebook Albums SlidePlus video maker connects your Facebook or Instagram account, so you can make slideshow with music with photos&videos from your Facebook or Instagram directly on SlidePlus. - VIP SUBSCRIPTION SlidePlus slideshow with music video maker is free, but you can enjoy a even more powerful slideshow maker video editing experience with a subscription. Subscriptions includes all in-app themes and features. Subscriptions are billed monthly or annually at the rate selected depending on the subscription plan. Subscriptions on Apple Store renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Terms & Privacy: https://sp-rc.vdresource.com/web/h5template/80282baf-782c-4c17-9433-80c7dded6644-language=en/dist/index.html Contact us: support@slideplus.tv Your feedback is welcomed and highly appreciated. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/slideplusapp/?fref=ts Instagram: @SlidePlus TAG #SlidePlus for a chance to get featured on Facebook and Instagram to impress the world!

About

Movie Maker Slideshow Pro

Easily create video slideshows from your photos. Add themes, edit images, and set custom timings to make personalized movies for special occasions. Share your creations directly to social networks.

Highlights
  • Create video from photos
  • Customizable movie length
  • Apply themes to photos
  • Photo editing tools
  • Manual time interval setting
  • Share to social networks
Features
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Turn a pile of photos into a polished slideshow video without wrestling with complicated editors. Pick your pictures, add music, preview the result, and share a movie people will actually want to watch. Movie Maker Slideshow Pro helps anyone make a photo video with music, captions, and simple style controls. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Start quickly with slideshow templates like Memories, Reels, Slideshow, and Promo that fill in timing, canvas, and transition choices for you. - Make a photo video from your pictures, reorder slides, set the pace, and export a video you can save or share. - Pick transitions including Cross-fade, Fade to black, and Slide left, then preview the finished movie before you export. - Add music from the built-in royalty-free library or choose your own audio, then shape the sound with fade in and fade out controls. - Scrub your preview from the Photo Strip, tap any thumbnail to jump to that moment, and check recent exports from the tray on the Export step. - Set the look with canvas sizes like Original, square, portrait, and 4:5, plus filters like None and Mono. - Add personality with a sticker and Ken Burns motion in free mode, or go further with captions and more slide-by-slide controls in Pro. PERFECT FOR Birthday slideshows and family memories. Quick recap videos for trips, school events, and weekends. Simple promo clips made from photos. Portrait slideshow posts with music and text. Saving your latest photos into one shareable movie. WHY Movie Maker Slideshow Pro It keeps the process focused: Photos, Style, Music, Export. You can preview the final video inside the app, use recent exports to share again fast, and even make a slideshow from your latest photos with a built-in shortcut. Go Pro for bigger projects and more control: use up to 200 photos, add captions on every slide, place stickers on every slide, use extra canvases and filters, and choose added transitions like Zoom blur, Push, Flip, and Swipe. Pro also adds slide-by-slide motion direction, higher-quality export, smoother frame rate choices, project save and load, automatic restore after an interrupted edit, voiceover recording, and a multi-track mixer for music, voice, and sound effects. Permissions are only requested when needed: photo access for picking or saving videos, and microphone access only when you choose to record voiceover. Make your next slideshow video in minutes and turn everyday photos into a movie worth sharing. Terms of Use (EULA) - http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus)4 screens
Movie Maker Slideshow Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus) at 62% against Movie Maker Slideshow Pro's 0%. Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus) also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and ads (none vs shown). Movie Maker Slideshow Pro's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus) sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per 7 days and Movie Maker Slideshow Pro sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus) holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus) has 2.4K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus)'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Movie Maker Slideshow Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus) ships an update every 6 weeks, Movie Maker Slideshow Pro every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus) versus Movie Maker Slideshow Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlideshow Maker (SlidePlus)Movie Maker Slideshow Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (2.4K ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews62.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2.4K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size129 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHangzhou Xiaoying Innovation Technology Co., Ltd.Sandeep Bhandari

Customer experience

Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus)

All ratings2,388 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral2.8%
Negative5.4%
Written reviews240 reviews
Positive62.1%
Neutral4.2%
Negative33.8%

Movie Maker Slideshow Pro

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus)

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Video clips not playing
  • Inability to save videos to gallery
  • Login issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Longer music clips
  • More editing tools and options
  • Ability to remove watermarks
  • Improved video export quality

Movie Maker Slideshow Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus)

Subscriptions5
  • Weekly Membership$2.497 Days
  • Subsribe:Premium_Weekly3 Days trial$2.497 Days
  • Monthly Membership$3.991 Month
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  • SlidePlus Pro3 Days trial$28.991 Year
  • SlidePlus Pro3 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time5
  • Remove Watermark$1.99
  • Increase Picture/Video Quantities$1.99
  • Theme: #BirthdayFun$1.99
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  • Theme: Love Story$1.99
  • Unlock Premium Pack(V3.0)$3.99
10 purchases

Movie Maker Slideshow Pro

Subscriptions8
  • Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
  • Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • Yearly Subscription Discount7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription Sale$14.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription Special$19.991 Year
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription1 Year trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Pro — Lifetime Discount$79.99
  • Pro — Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus) free?
Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Movie Maker Slideshow Pro free?
Movie Maker Slideshow Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus) or Movie Maker Slideshow Pro?
Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus) is rated higher. Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus) averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings, while Movie Maker Slideshow Pro averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus) or Movie Maker Slideshow Pro have ads?
Movie Maker Slideshow Pro shows ads; Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus) does not.
Which is updated more often, Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus) or Movie Maker Slideshow Pro?
Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus) ships an update every 6 weeks, and Movie Maker Slideshow Pro every 3 months. Most recently, Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus) was updated on October 18, 2026 and Movie Maker Slideshow Pro on October 10, 2026.

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