Comparison

Movie Maker Slideshow Pro vs THROWBACK

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

Head to head
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

About

THROWBACK

Rediscover forgotten memories with this app that randomly selects photos from your camera roll or iCloud. Receive notifications with surprise images or tap a button to instantly view a past moment. Share your rediscovered photos with loved ones.

Highlights
  • Random photo selection
  • Camera roll integration
  • iCloud photo access
  • Push notification reminders
  • Photo sharing
  • Simple one-tap interface
Features
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How many photos do you have on your phone or iCloud? It's probably A LOT and chances are that you haven't seen many of them in a while. THROWBACK app brings you back those happy memories that you've forgotten. You just simply tap one button to get a randomly picked photo from your past. Or the app delivers random photos to you at random times. --- RANDOM PHOTOS: Get random photos from your Camera roll or iCloud. SIMPLE: Tap to see the whole photo or use 'More' button to see the details. Also tilt your phone to pan the photo sideways. RANDOM REMINDERS: Receive random photos at random times (Push notifications). SOCIAL: Share the photos you rediscover with your friends and family. ---

Screenshots

Movie Maker Slideshow Pro4 screens
THROWBACK4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: THROWBACK at 100% against Movie Maker Slideshow Pro's 0%. THROWBACK also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, monetization model 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. Movie Maker Slideshow Pro sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. THROWBACK asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

THROWBACK holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Movie Maker Slideshow Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of THROWBACK's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Movie Maker Slideshow Pro versus THROWBACK: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMovie Maker Slideshow ProTHROWBACK
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings26 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSandeep BhandariMasafumi Hamada

Customer experience

Movie Maker Slideshow Pro

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

THROWBACK

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

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
None

THROWBACK

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Movie Maker Slideshow Pro free?
Movie Maker Slideshow Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is THROWBACK free?
THROWBACK is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Movie Maker Slideshow Pro or THROWBACK?
THROWBACK is rated higher. Movie Maker Slideshow Pro averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while THROWBACK averages 4.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Movie Maker Slideshow Pro or THROWBACK have ads?
Movie Maker Slideshow Pro shows ads; THROWBACK does not.

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