Comparison

CatchACharacter vs Life Lapse Stop Motion

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

Head to head
About

CatchACharacter

Magically insert realistic stickers of Santa, the Tooth Fairy, and the Easter Bunny into your photos. Create fun and surprising images for children, design personalized holiday cards, or craft custom scenes for various celebrations. Save and share your creations, with options to purchase additional character images.

Highlights
  • Realistic Santa, Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny stickers
  • High-quality sticker images
  • Create personalized holiday cards
  • Custom scenes for celebrations
  • Save and share unlimited pictures
  • Purchase additional character images
Read full description

Magically insert Santa, Tooth Fairy and Easter Bunny stickers into any photo. Imagine the look of wonder and surprise when a child you love sees a photo of these guys in your very own home. + WE HAVE REAL SANTA AND TOOTH FAIRY PHOTO STICKERS + NO CARTOONS HERE ~ JUST HIGH-QUALITY STICKERS Take selfies with Santa, photobomb your friends ~ you can even make personalized holiday photo cards. Create custom scenes for birthday parties, anniversaries, Valentines Day, Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving and much more. With this app you can create, save and share unlimited pictures made with some of our most popular characters. If you like what you see ~ and we know you will ~ you can purchase dozens more amazing character images for one low price! Created with love at CatchACharacter.com ~ "Where Parents get Proof!"

About

Life Lapse Stop Motion

Create captivating stop motion animations with ease using this intuitive app. Features include a 4K camera with ghost overlay, powerful editing tools, and built-in social media sharing. Perfect for beginners and professionals alike.

Highlights
  • 4K UHD stop motion camera with ghost overlay
  • Auto-stitching stop motion editor
  • Beginner-friendly interface
  • Stop motion tutorials
  • Blend stop motion with live action
  • 20+ one-click editing tools
  • Add music and sound effects
Features
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Stop Motion by Life Lapse lets you create your own stop motion movies and animations at home. - Create stunning stop motion animations with ease. - Download, share, and post to Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and other social media. - 4.8/5 from 35,000+ ratings in the App Store, App of the Day in 2024 and 2021. Unleash your creativity with Life Lapse: the ultimate EASY stop motion maker. Craft captivating animations, from mesmerizing stop motion to engaging social media content that will stop the scroll. Download Life Lapse now and experience stop-motion animation like never before. Our Features: ~ Stop Motion Camera: Shoot and film in 4K UHD resolution with our ghost overlay and hands-free tools like an interval timer ~ Stop Motion Editor: Life Lapse auto-stitches everything for you, making the stop motion process quick and easy ~ Easy to use + beginning friendly: Intuitive interface for all animators, even a beginner! ~ Stop Motion tutorials: dozens of tutorials to learn different stop motion techniques ~ Blend stop motion with live action from a single shot! Select "Life Lapse" project to shoot truly magical videos by using layers & masking. ~ Edit stop motion videos in seconds! 20+ Pro editing on-click stop motion tools (freeze, boomerang, reverse, filters and re-align after you've shot & more) ~ Easy to animate perfectly with our ghost/onion skin layer in camera. See your previous photo so you know how to move your animation next. ~ Add music and sound effects: Add and change the music soundtrack and sounds in your video. ~ Filters to make your video look amazing: Add video filters to control how your video looks and feels. ~ Easy to share on Social Media: Easily prepare your videos for Instagram or TikTok using our built-in guidelines. ~ Make your animations looks smooth and professional: Speed controls help make your animations smooth and silky! ~ Download to your phone: Save videos to your phone so you can send them to friends and family. Try PRO for Free: If you want to make more professional animations, experience the best stop-motion tool that is made for video content creators for FREE with a 7-day trial. After the 7 days is up, unless canceled before the 7 days, you will get access to Life Lapse with the annual subscription rate. Find us on Instagram/TikTok and share your work! See how others are using Life Lapse on Instagram at @LifeLapse_App or by searching #LifeLapse. We also feature Life Lapse video creators on our Instagram. For a chance to have YOUR stop motion videos featured share your Life Lapse video on Instagram & tag #LifeLapse or @LifeLapse_App. Send us your Feedback - support@lifelapseapp.com Have some feedback for us? Suggestions for new features? Or maybe just some questions on how to use the app? We’d love to hear from you! E-mail us at support@lifelapseapp.com with any questions and feedback you have and we’ll answer within 48 hours. Privacy Policy & Terms & Conditions: https://www.lifelapseapp.com/legal

Screenshots

CatchACharacter4 screens
Life Lapse Stop Motion4 screens

Verdict

The call

CatchACharacter and Life Lapse Stop Motion both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 69% of Life Lapse Stop Motion's written reviews are positive against 16% of CatchACharacter's. Life Lapse Stop Motion also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (9.5K vs 1.5K). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. CatchACharacter sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Life Lapse Stop Motion sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Life Lapse Stop Motion holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Life Lapse Stop Motion has 9.5K ratings behind it against 1.5K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of CatchACharacter's written reviews are positive against 69% of Life Lapse Stop Motion's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CatchACharacter ships an update fortnightly, Life Lapse Stop Motion every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CatchACharacter versus Life Lapse Stop Motion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatchACharacterLife Lapse Stop Motion
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.5K ratings)4.8 (9.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.4% of reviews68.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.5K9.5K — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB241 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCatch A Character, LLCBolandia Creative Inc.

Customer experience

CatchACharacter

All ratings1,480 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral4.2%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive16.4%
Neutral3.0%
Negative80.6%

Life Lapse Stop Motion

All ratings9,456 ratings
Positive94.8%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews488 reviews
Positive68.9%
Neutral7.8%
Negative23.4%

User reviews

CatchACharacter

From 1.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Ability to add stickers to photos
  • 👍 Works great for catching the Easter Bunny or Tooth Fairy
  • 👍 Helps keep the spirit of Santa alive for kids

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes or freezes after taking photos
  • 🐛 Purchased stickers/features not unlocking properly
  • 🐛 App not working after updates
  • 🐛 Stickers not appearing realistic enough

Life Lapse Stop Motion

From 9.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Intuitive interface
  • 🎨 Allows for creative videos
  • 🤖 Helpful tutorials
  • 💡 Unique features like merging video and stop motion

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription
  • 🔒 Restricted free version
  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🔍 Difficult to find certain features
  • 🎵 Music/audio features locked behind paywall

Bugs and requests

CatchACharacter

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashing or not opening
  • Purchased content not unlocking
  • Inability to save photos

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add more free sticker options
  • Improve Easter Bunny sticker realism
  • Bring back previously available stickers/features

Life Lapse Stop Motion

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes when trying to preview/download videos
  • Issues with importing external photos/videos
  • Freezing and performance problems
  • Inconsistent behavior across devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more free music/audio options
  • Improve stability and reduce crashes
  • Allow more customization in free version
  • Add support for external photo/video import
  • Improve iPad optimization

In-app purchases

5 purchases

CatchACharacter

One-time5
  • Santa Sticker Pack 1$0.99
  • Fairy Sticker Pack 1$0.99
  • Bunny Sticker Pack 1$0.99
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  • Bundle Sticker Pack 1$1.99
  • Sticker Pack 1$2.99
5 purchases

Life Lapse Stop Motion

Subscriptions4
  • Stop Motion Pro Weekly$6.997 Days
  • Stop Motion Pro Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Stop Motion Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year
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  • Life Lapse Pro7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access2 variants$129.00

Questions

Is CatchACharacter free?
CatchACharacter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Life Lapse Stop Motion free?
Life Lapse Stop Motion is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CatchACharacter or Life Lapse Stop Motion?
Life Lapse Stop Motion is rated higher. CatchACharacter averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while Life Lapse Stop Motion averages 4.8 from 9.5K ratings.
Do CatchACharacter or Life Lapse Stop Motion have ads?
CatchACharacter shows ads; Life Lapse Stop Motion does not.
Which is updated more often, CatchACharacter or Life Lapse Stop Motion?
CatchACharacter ships an update fortnightly, and Life Lapse Stop Motion every 2 weeks. Most recently, CatchACharacter was updated on October 21, 2026 and Life Lapse Stop Motion on October 21, 2026.

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