BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant vs Before
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant
Effortlessly create compelling before-and-after photo comparisons. This app automatically arranges your chosen images into a shareable format, complete with customizable watermarks, privacy features, and borders. It's designed for quick and easy social media sharing.
- Automatic before-after image creation
- Customizable text/image watermarks
- Automatic censor-bar for privacy
- Auto layout for different photo sizes
- Add and customize borders
- Square image formatting for social media
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Simply choose 2 photos & this app will automagically create a perfect & ready-to-be-shared before-after image. No setup needed. The result image will be put in a perfect layout, it will have your business watermark, censor-bar for privacy, border, etc. The features: • Put your own professional text/image watermark • Option to automatically apply censor-bars on your model's eyes to protect their privacy • Auto Layout, applies the best layout for different photo sizes. • Add & customize border. • Make Square! It squarifies your before-after image, so you can share the entire image to any social media without cropping it. • Auto resize image to make the sharing process easier and much faster. • And many more to come! We have those important features that other apps don't have. Try it yourself.
Before
Easily create side-by-side or stacked composite images to visually compare two photos. Customize titles, fonts, colors, borders, and arrangement for impactful before-and-after visuals.
- Side-by-side or stacked photo arrangement
- Customizable titles with font, color, and position
- Adjustable border types and lengths
- Save to camera roll
- Share via popular social media and cloud services
- Adjustable save resolution
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Before photo and after photo are arranged side by side. Create a composite photo that allows you to compare the difference in those photos. You can put a title on each photo. You can also set the title font, color, shadow, size, and position. Composite images can be placed on the left or right or top and bottom. In addition, you can set the border type and border length for Photo 1 and Photo 2. [Source] - Camera - Camera roll 【Settings】 - Select photo 1 - Select photo 2 - Swap photos - Title font (Select font) - Title text (text field: typing) - Title alignment (left / center / right) - Title color (RGB color slider control) - Title shadow (slider control) - Title size (gesture: pinch in / pinch out) - Title position (gesture: pan) - Border type (none / gradation / ray / triangle / zigzag) - Border length (slider control) - Arrangement of composite photos (pile / side by side) - Save resolution: 5-100% of original resolution [Output] - Save to camera roll: Composite photo - Composite photo sharing: AirDrop, LINE, Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram, ...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant at 4.3 against Before's 1.0. BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant also leads on update cadence (every 7 months vs every 47 months) and review sentiment (25% vs 0%). Before's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $3.99). On ads, 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
BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant costs $3.99 and Before $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant has 124 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant's written reviews are positive against 0% of Before's.
BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant ships an update every 7 months, Before every 47 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant | Before |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (124 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 124 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 47 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel V.W | Masanori Katsuta |
Customer experience
BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant
Before
Bugs and requests
BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant
Reported bugs
9 issues- Blank screen
- Doesn't process selected images
- Spinning screen indefinitely
- App doesn't work after purchase
- Blocked access to current photos
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- App not updated in years
- App hangs when selecting photos
- Pictures not downloading
- App only allows selection from camera roll
Requested features
9 requests- Filter photos by most recent
- Edit watermark placement
- Edit watermark size
- More photo editing options
- Before and after movie style
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- More border options
- Show watermark size
- Allow access to all photo albums
- Improve app stability
Before
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant
No in-app purchases
Before
No in-app purchases
Questions
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