Snapthread vs LiveMemories
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Snapthread
Easily create and share video slideshows from your photos and videos. Merge different media types, add titles and music, and customize your edits. Export in various aspect ratios for seamless sharing on any platform.
- Merge Live Photos, stills, and videos
- Add titles and music
- Suggested projects based on recent photos
- Customize 'On This Day' videos
- Export in multiple aspect ratios
- Trim, crop, and adjust clips
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Snapthread is a casual video editor and slideshow maker that makes discovering, compiling and sharing your favorite memories effortless. Merge Live Photos, stills, and videos, add titles and music, and share in one of five aspect ratios so your video looks great on any platform. - Get started quickly with suggested projects based on recent photos - View and customize pre-made "On This Day" videos with memories from past years - Automatically imports Live Photos and panoramas as videos - Add titles and music - Add filters and text overlays - Trim, crop, mute, rotate, loop, adjust speed, and rearrange clips - Export in landscape, portrait, and square formats (1080p) - Share your creations or save them to your photo library You may export videos up to 30 seconds long for free, with a watermark. Snapthread Premium is a one-time purchase that removes these limitations.
LiveMemories
Bring your photo albums to life by embedding augmented reality videos. Simply use a custom card, capture your scrapbook, and select a video to magically appear when viewed through your device.
- Embed AR videos in scrapbooks
- Intuitive card-based interface
- Capture photos of publications
- Select videos to play
- Bring collections to life
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Every photo hides a moment. LiveMemories brings it back. Choose a photo, add its video, and print the photo. When you look at it through your phone, the video plays right on top of the paper, as if the picture had come to life. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose the photo: take it, pick it from your gallery or scan one you already have on paper. 2. Add its video: record it or choose it from your gallery, up to 30 seconds. 3. Print it and scan it: look at the printed photo through your phone. No QR codes and no special paper. The photo itself is what the camera recognizes. SEND IT AS A SURPRISE Share a card with a link. The other person receives the photo wrapped like a gift, and the video stays hidden until they scan the printed picture. You can even choose the day it unlocks. Perfect for a Christmas postcard, a birthday card or a wedding thank-you note. ALBUMS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Group your cards into albums and share them. Everyone you invite can scan the photos and, if you let them, add their own. MADE FOR MOMENTS LIKE THESE • Postcards and greetings with a message in motion • Weddings: the photo on the shelf that plays the first dance • Babies and children: first steps, kept inside their photo • Graduations, birthdays and trips • In memory of someone: a voice and a smile, always close SAFE AND SIMPLE • Your first card is free, and so is receiving cards and making albums • Your cards are saved in the cloud and follow you to a new phone • Sign in with the account you already use, or with email • No ads. We do not sell your data Questions? support@livememories.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LiveMemories at 5.0 against Snapthread's 4.4. Snapthread's advantage is ratings volume (252 vs 1) and review sentiment (69% vs 50%). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Snapthread sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and LiveMemories sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
LiveMemories holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Snapthread has 252 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of Snapthread's written reviews are positive against 50% of LiveMemories's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Snapthread ships an update monthly, LiveMemories every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Snapthread | LiveMemories |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (252 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.8% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 252 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rebecca Hansmeyer | Eduardo Quesada Sevillano |
Customer experience
Snapthread
LiveMemories
Bugs and requests
Snapthread
Reported bugs
11 issues- App crashes frequently during editing
- App closes immediately upon opening
- Projects lost after crashes with no recovery
- Trim slider resets when moved near beginning of track
- Crashes when working with large numbers of images (30+)
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- Crashes when adding multiple video clips
- iCloud photo download causes crashes
- Music import from phone library not showing all songs
- Video export fails for longer videos (16+ minutes)
- Playback header interference with trim controls
- App won't load after updates
Requested features
14 requests- Auto-save and robust project recovery system
- Ability to select specific portions of audio tracks
- Vertical panorama video support
- Apple Watch screen ratio framing option
- Per-photo display time settings for slideshows
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- Lower quality/dimension export options
- Audio fade-in/fade-out transitions
- Volume level controls for music and voice
- Live preview while trimming videos
- Seamless video flow between clips without overlap
- More robust trim feature with better UI
- Batch processing for automatic conversion
- Panorama video creation with speed control
- Ability to control panorama orientation (vertical/horizontal)
LiveMemories
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Snapthread
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$2.99
- Snapthread Premium$4.99
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- Large Tip$9.99
LiveMemories
- Custom Card$0.99
- x3 Custom Cards Bundle$1.99
- x5 Custom Cards Bundle$2.99
