Comparison

Forget Me Dot vs Vanishing Frame

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

Head to head
About

Forget Me Dot

Features
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Your life will surprise you! Forget Me Dot is a photo-app with two unique characteristics: 1st: You only have a small viewfinder (Dot) which is big enough to find a photo motive, but too small for perfect control. So you have to trust your intuition. 2nd: You won’t be able to view your photos immediately. The app "forgets" them and only reveals them up to 100 days later to reward you with surprising memories from your life. + conscious Take photos more consciously, trust your intuition and collect truly memorable moments. + rewarding Your photos will be forgotten and only be visible as vague memories. Days, weeks or even months later, when they appear in full size, you’ll be rewarded with personal surprises. + individual Forget Me Dot does not present to you how great life is for others. It shows you how beautiful and surprising your own life is.

About

Vanishing Frame

Features
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Vanishing Frame is a focused iPhone photo editor for creating motion-smear and vanishing-frame images from photos in your library. Choose a photo, place the guide over the subject, then stretch the image in a direction to create a long exposure style blur. Keep part of the image readable with a protected center point, adjust where the blur begins, and shape the final result with tone, contrast, noise, vignette, and blur controls. Use Vanishing Frame for portraits, architecture, street photos, abstract images, album-art style edits, and graphic photo experiments. Features: - Import a photo from your library - Directional motion-smear effect - Draggable protected point for keeping a subject readable - Adjustable stretch, angle, size, falloff, fade, blur, contrast, noise, and vignette - Black-and-white or color processing mode - Compact bottom control ribbon - Full-resolution export when saving or sharing - Save to Photos - Share through the iOS share sheet - On-device image processing Vanishing Frame keeps the workflow direct: choose a photo, place the guide, tune the controls, save the final image. No AI is used. Vanishing Frame processes selected photos on your device and does not upload images to a server.

Screenshots

Forget Me Dot4 screens
Vanishing Frame4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Forget Me Dot at Free against Vanishing Frame's $0.99. Forget Me Dot also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). Vanishing Frame's advantage is chart position (#195 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Forget Me Dot is free to download; Vanishing Frame costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Forget Me Dot ships an update every 2 months, Vanishing Frame every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Β· 3 level
Forget Me Dot versus Vanishing Frame: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForget Me DotVanishing Frame
PriceFree β€” better$0.99
Update frequencyEvery 2 months β€” betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Best chart rankβ€”#195 β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 β€” better16.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size24 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTim KretzGreg Anderson

In-app purchases

None

Forget Me Dot

No in-app purchases

None

Vanishing Frame

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Forget Me Dot free?
Forget Me Dot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vanishing Frame free?
Vanishing Frame costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Forget Me Dot or Vanishing Frame have ads?
Neither Forget Me Dot nor Vanishing Frame shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Forget Me Dot or Vanishing Frame?
Forget Me Dot ships an update every 2 months, and Vanishing Frame every 3 months. Most recently, Forget Me Dot was updated on October 29, 2026 and Vanishing Frame on October 28, 2026.

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