Comparison

BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant vs Journey Tracker

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Journey Tracker

Visually document life's transformations with this app. Turn photos into inspiring before-and-after comparisons for fitness, baby growth, home projects, and creative evolution. Capture and celebrate every step of your journey.

Highlights
  • Visual progress tracking
  • Before-and-after photo comparisons
  • Fitness transformation documentation
  • Pregnancy and baby growth timelines
  • Home project progress tracking
  • Creative evolution showcase
Features
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You can finally see progress over time. You see yourself every day, so change hides. Journey Tracker lines up every new photo with your last one and shows you the difference with a slider. Use it for body, gym, and weight-loss progress, or for hair, beard, skin, nails, braces, tattoos, outfits, pregnancy, pets, plants, art projects, and home projects. Your photos are backed up to your account, so they are still there on a new phone or after a reinstall. Your first collection is free. Capture consistent photos • Keep each journey in its own collection • See your last photo in the camera, as an Outline or a Ghost, and line up the next shot • Add dates and notes • Reorder photos or move them between collections • Add photos offline; they upload when you're back online See the difference • Drag a slider across any two photos • Put two photos side by side and pinch to zoom them together • Scrub through your whole timeline • Export a time-lapse video of the change Share your progress • Turn any before and after into a share card • Choose from several card styles • Save the card or share it Stay motivated • Set reminders on your schedule, with your own message • Add the Home Screen widget: your day count, this week's photos, and the camera one tap away • Earn medals for milestones and streaks • See them all on the Achievements page Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant4 screens
Journey Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Journey Tracker at 100% against BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant's 25%. Journey Tracker also leads on price (Free vs $3.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.3). BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (123 vs 3). On ads and monetization model 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

Journey Tracker is free to download; BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant costs $3.99 up front. Journey Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Journey Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant has 123 ratings behind it against 3, 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 100% of Journey Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant ships an update every 7 months, Journey Tracker every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant versus Journey Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeforeAfter PRO, Smart InstantJourney Tracker
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (123 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings123 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB34 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDaniel V.WNovee Group LLC

Customer experience

BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant

All ratings123 ratings
Positive82.1%
Neutral3.3%
Negative14.6%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral6.3%
Negative68.8%

Journey Tracker

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Journey Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Journey Tracker Premium — Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Annual$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant free?
BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Journey Tracker free?
Journey Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant or Journey Tracker?
Journey Tracker is rated higher. BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant averages 4.3 out of 5 from 123 ratings, while Journey Tracker averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant or Journey Tracker have ads?
Neither BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant nor Journey Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant or Journey Tracker?
BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant ships an update every 7 months, and Journey Tracker every 4 weeks. Most recently, BeforeAfter PRO, Smart Instant was updated on October 15, 2026 and Journey Tracker on October 9, 2026.

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