Flash Photos vs ++SlideShow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flash Photos
Quickly review large collections of photos without spending much time. Display up to 540 images per second across multiple slides.
- Rapid photo review
- Display up to 540 images/sec
- Configurable slide layouts (1, 4, or 9 photos)
- Supports 1-60 slides per second
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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.
++SlideShow
Create dynamic slideshows from your device's photos and videos. Customize transition effects, timings, and playback order. Includes support for Live Photos and animated GIFs, with an optional clock and capture date display.
- Customizable transitions
- Adjustable transition time
- Interval settings
- Shuffle playback
- Video playback
- Live Photo support
- GIF playback
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"++SlideShow" is an app that displays images and videos from your device's photo library as a slideshow. [Main Features & Functions] - Fixed/auto-rotation display orientation - Change transition time - Change interval between transitions - Change transitions - Shuffle playback - Video playback - Live Photo playback - animated GIF playback - Display clock - Display capture date [Note] Advertisements will be displayed during the slideshow. When an advertisement appears, the slideshow will be interrupted, but it will resume from where it left off once the advertisement is manually or automatically closed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Flash Photos at none against ++SlideShow's shown. Flash Photos also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). ++SlideShow's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flash Photos holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ++SlideShow has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flash Photos | ++SlideShow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kanae Usui | Legal Prompt Inc. |
Customer experience
Flash Photos
++SlideShow
In-app purchases
Flash Photos
No in-app purchases
++SlideShow
No in-app purchases
