Comparison

Slideshow Maker GIF Creator vs Flash Photos

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

Head to head
About

Slideshow Maker GIF Creator

Easily convert videos into animated GIFs or extract images from existing GIFs. Customize your creations with filters, stickers, and adjustable speed. Save and share your animated content as video or GIF files.

Highlights
  • Convert video to GIF
  • Extract images from GIF
  • Set trimming position
  • Add photo stickers
  • Adjust GIF replay speed
  • Share as video or GIF
Features
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Turn scattered photos and short clips into a polished GIF or video without wrestling with complicated editors. Make a slideshow, convert video to GIF, and save or share the result in just a few taps. WHAT IT DOES Build a photo slideshow with per-slide captions, choose a duration for each slide, reorder shots, swipe to delete, and pick a transition for every slide. Use cut or crossfade for free, preview your result, then create a GIF or create a video and share it or save it to Photos. You can also choose canvas templates for Square, Twitter, Stories, Reels, TikTok, and Pinterest layouts, with a safe-zone overlay to help place text. Make a video to GIF or video from your clips with the same editing controls, then check the GIF preview before you save. If you want smoother-looking animated GIF results with smaller files, turn on Smart palette & dithering. For single-photo motion, Loop Animator turns one picture into a looping GIF with zoom-in, pan-left, parallax, sparkle, or rain presets. Add the finishing touches with a built-in music library, color controls like brightness, contrast, and saturation, and per-slide voiceover in Pro. You can also place stickers, remove a background and swap in a solid or gradient backdrop, and choose custom transitions like cross zoom, glitch, push, ripple, or polaroid flip. GREAT FOR Make a birthday slideshow from your photo library, turn a product clip into a GIF for messages or social posts, create a looping profile animation from one selfie with the parallax or sparkle preset, fit travel photos into a Stories or Reels canvas, add captions to each slide for a recap, or save a quick highlight video with music for sharing later. WHY IT WORKS Slideshow Maker GIF Creator helps people turn photos and clips into shareable GIF and video projects on iPhone. Your recent slideshow, video to GIF, and loop animation projects are autosaved on the Projects home screen, so you can come back and keep editing instead of starting over. It also keeps GIF and video creation separate and clear, with dedicated Create GIF and Create MP4 actions, plus preview, Share, and Save options after export. PRO FEATURES Free exports include a small app watermark, while Pro removes it. Pro also adds unlimited saved projects, premium canvas templates, more music tracks, custom transitions, more stickers, per-slide voiceover, background removal, cloud sync for projects, and higher export quality options including 4K on supported devices. Pricing: $4.99/week (3-day free trial) · $24.99/year (SAVE 90% vs weekly) · $49.99 lifetime. Photos access is used to pick media and save GIFs or videos to Photos. Microphone access is only for recording per-slide voiceover, and recordings stay on your device until export. Start a new project, make your first GIF or slideshow, and keep your favorite moments moving. Terms of Use (EULA) - http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

About

Flash Photos

Quickly review large collections of photos without spending much time. Display up to 540 images per second across multiple slides.

Highlights
  • Rapid photo review
  • Display up to 540 images/sec
  • Configurable slide layouts (1, 4, or 9 photos)
  • Supports 1-60 slides per second
Features
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- Flash Photos is recommended for: People who do not have enough time to review thousands of photos. People who do not want to take a time to watch photos. - Features One slide can have 1, 4, or 9 photos. 1 - 60 slides can be displayed in a second. Display up to 540 images in a second.

Screenshots

Slideshow Maker GIF Creator4 screens
Flash Photos4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Flash Photos at 5.0 against Slideshow Maker GIF Creator's 2.0. Flash Photos also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

Both are free to download. Slideshow Maker GIF Creator sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Flash Photos asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flash Photos holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Slideshow Maker GIF Creator versus Flash Photos: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlideshow Maker GIF CreatorFlash Photos
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSandeep BhandariKanae Usui

Customer experience

Slideshow Maker GIF Creator

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Flash Photos

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Slideshow Maker GIF Creator

Subscriptions7
  • Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
  • Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
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  • Yearly Subscription Sale$14.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription Special$19.991 Year
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription1 Year trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Forever Pro Discount$79.99
  • Slideshow Maker Pro$99.99
None

Flash Photos

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Slideshow Maker GIF Creator free?
Slideshow Maker GIF Creator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flash Photos free?
Flash Photos is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Slideshow Maker GIF Creator or Flash Photos?
Flash Photos is rated higher. Slideshow Maker GIF Creator averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Flash Photos averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Slideshow Maker GIF Creator or Flash Photos have ads?
Slideshow Maker GIF Creator shows ads; Flash Photos does not.
Which is updated more often, Slideshow Maker GIF Creator or Flash Photos?
Slideshow Maker GIF Creator ships an update every 2 months, and Flash Photos every 2 months. Most recently, Slideshow Maker GIF Creator was updated on October 24, 2026 and Flash Photos on October 8, 2026.

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