Comparison

Likee vs Alight Motion

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

Head to head
About

Likee

Create and share short videos with a global community. Discover viral content, explore creative effects, and go live to connect with others. Express yourself and showcase your talents.

Highlights
  • Short video creation and sharing
  • Live streaming with interactive features
  • Personalized video feed
  • Extensive video effects and filters
  • Music library and custom audio
  • Global community and friend making
Features
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Likee is a free original short video maker and sharing platform worldwide with excellent live streams. Likee brings short videos, video effects and live stream into one easy-to-use application. With the powerful personalized feed and video effects, you can easily find viral videos, capture flawless videos, watch and go live stream. It’s time to express yourself, show your talents in live broadcasts, explore and connect with the content you love on Likee. We have over 100 million users all around the world. More and more people choose Likee for fun, self-expression and friends making. Download and join Likee to discover a bigger world of creativity! Why Likee? Viral Videos and Creative Contents all around the World Choose from a great variety of videos, including music, dance, makeup, drawing, DIY, news, movies and everything in between! Powered by the personalized feed based on what you watch, like and share, Likee will offer more of those you like and less of those you don’t. Those videos are like the snacks of daily life.You can also select the hottest trending songs from our vast online music library, or even add tracks from your personal music collection. On Likee, you can quickly grow your knowledge, get life hacks, laugh with other Likers and keep up with the trend! Snap a selfie, show off your adorable pets, and say hi to your friends. A Global Live Stream and Friends Making Community Millions of talented bloggers, vloggers and video creators like you have already joined Likee! Follow the creators you like, interact with creators and communities around the world. • Watch Live Stream Anytime and Anywhere Discover countless talented hosts from around the world. Watch Live stream, chat with hosts, and support your favorite hosts by sending gifts. Special features such as LIVE PK, fan club and tournament of Likee Live await you! • Go Live, Receive Gifts and Gain Fans Go Live on Likee to express yourself to the world. Live stream your life and engage with your audience. Show your talents, boost your fan base and receive gifts. You might just be Likee's next Internet Sensation! A Popular Special Effects Short Video Maker and Editor Various video effects, face filters and editing tools on Likee to help you make cool videos with little efforts. - SuperMix: enhance videos with cool special effects like Face Morph, Astral Travel, Face Cut and MV and more! A photo is all you need to make professional and fantastic videos. - Stickers & Music Magic: Customize your videos with various funny stickers, greetings, quotes, colorful hairs and cute emoji. - Beauty Camera &Video Filter: Change video backgrounds with video filters. Unlock bunch of video effects like sketch, glitch, vintage, montage and much more! Try different makeups styles in seconds with beauty camera! All Likers are real, creative and full of passion just like you. Watch and edit editors & go live in Likee. Now Join Likee community and explore more than you like. Terms of Service: https://likee.video/superfollow/terms Privacy Policy: https://likee.video/privacy Terms of Use: https://likee.video/agreement Connect us Instagram : likee_official_global facebook : @likeeappofficial

About

Alight Motion

Create professional animations, motion graphics, and visual effects on your mobile device. This app offers advanced tools for video editing, compositing, and animation with support for multiple layers, vector graphics, and keyframe animation.

Highlights
  • Multiple layers of graphics, video, and audio
  • Vector and bitmap editing
  • 160+ visual effect building blocks
  • Keyframe animation for all settings
  • Camera controls with pan, zoom, and focus blur
  • Grouping and masking
  • Customizable animation easing
Features
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Be part of the movement! Alight Motion is the first professional motion design app for your smartphone for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, bringing you professional-quality animation, motion graphics, visual effects, video editing, video compositing, and more! • Multiple layers of graphics, video, and audio • Vector and bitmap support (edit vector graphics right on your phone!) • 160+ basic effect building blocks that can be combined to create sophisticated visual effects • Keyframe animation available for all settings • Link parent and child layers and rig character joints • Cameras that pan, zoom, and support focus blur and fog • Grouping and Masking • Color Adjustment • Animation easing for more fluid motion: Pick from presets or build your own timing curves • Bookmarks for ease of editing • Velocity-based motion blur • Export MP4 video, GIF animation, PNG sequences, and stills • Share project packages with others • Solid color and gradient fill effects • Border, shadow, and stroke effects • Custom font support • Copy and paste entire layers or just their style • Save your favorite elements for easy re-use in future projects Alight Motion is free to use with basic features and a watermark on videos you create. There are several paid membership options in the app to remove the watermark and access a regularly updated library of premium effects and features. These subscription membership options are charged when you select to purchase them, and renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to the beginning of the next subscription period. After purchasing, subscriptions can be managed in your Apple ID settings. You can find more information about subscriptions at https://alightcreative.com/support Terms of Service: alightcreative.com/tos Privacy Policy: alightcreative.com/privacy

Screenshots

Likee4 screens
Alight Motion4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Likee at none against Alight Motion's shown. Likee also leads on ratings volume (564K vs 81K). Alight Motion's advantage is review sentiment (62% vs 52%). 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. Likee sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Alight Motion sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Likee against 4.4 for Alight Motion. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Likee has 564K ratings behind it against 81K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 52% of Likee's written reviews are positive against 62% of Alight Motion's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Likee ships an update weekly, Alight Motion fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 12, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Likee versus Alight Motion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLikeeAlight Motion
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (564K ratings) — better4.4 (81K ratings)
Positive reviews51.8% of reviews62.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings564K — better81K
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#131#65 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size316 MB191 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLIKEME PTE. LTD.BENDING SPOONS OPERATIONS SPA

Customer experience

Likee

All ratings563,491 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral4.5%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews1,771 reviews
Positive51.8%
Neutral8.1%
Negative40.1%

Alight Motion

All ratings77,569 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral5.3%
Negative9.7%
Written reviews7,036 reviews
Positive62.1%
Neutral14.5%
Negative23.3%

User reviews

Likee

From 564K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great app, lots of fun
  • 👍 Unique effects and features
  • 💡 Good alternative to TikTok
  • 🎨 Creative video editing

Room to improve

  • 🤖 Many bot accounts and fake interactions
  • 🔞 Inappropriate content and predatory behavior
  • 🔒 Lack of privacy and parental controls
  • 🔧 Glitches, bugs, and performance issues

Alight Motion

From 81K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great for editing and animating
  • 👍 Lots of features and effects
  • 💡 Ability to watch ads to unlock premium features

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and lag issues
  • 🔒 Watermark issues and premium features locked behind paywall
  • 🔋 App performance issues, especially on older devices

Bugs and requests

Likee

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Videos failing to upload
  • Freezing and crashing issues
  • Inconsistent age restrictions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Private account option
  • Improved content moderation
  • Better parental controls
  • Green screen/video overlay feature
  • Ability to delete account

Alight Motion

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashing when trying to export videos
  • Inability to add text or photos/videos
  • Grouping issues causing projects to become unusable

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add speed graphs and time remapping
  • Improve stability and reduce crashes
  • Allow more customization of watermark

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Likee

Subscriptions4
  • SuperFollow @bebop.bebe$0.991 Month
  • SuperFollow @gabbyb_music$2.991 Month
  • SuperFollow @SnezhanaSnezhok$2.991 Month
Show 1 more
  • SuperFollow @HouseofB$9.991 Month
One-time6
  • 35$0.99
  • 250$6.99
  • 720$19.99
Show 3 more
  • 2170$59.99
  • 3260$89.99
  • 3625$99.99
9 purchases

Alight Motion

Subscriptions9
  • Weekly Subscription$0.997 Days
  • Weekly with 2 weeks offer 0.997 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Weekly Subscription7 Days trial2 variants$4.997 Days
Show 6 more
  • Weekly Subscription$4.997 Days
  • Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Weekly Subscription with Free Trial7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$6.991 Month
  • Weekly Cloud Subscription7 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Alight Motion with Free Trial7 Days trial$7.997 Days

Questions

Is Likee free?
Likee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Alight Motion free?
Alight Motion is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Likee or Alight Motion?
Likee is rated higher. Likee averages 4.5 out of 5 from 564K ratings, while Alight Motion averages 4.4 from 81K ratings.
Do Likee or Alight Motion have ads?
Alight Motion shows ads; Likee does not.
Which is updated more often, Likee or Alight Motion?
Likee ships an update weekly, and Alight Motion fortnightly. Most recently, Likee was updated on November 12, 2026 and Alight Motion on November 12, 2026.
Which is more popular, Likee or Alight Motion?
Likee currently peaks at #131 in the App Store charts, and Alight Motion at #65. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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