Life Lapse Stop Motion vs MoveLens
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Life Lapse Stop Motion
Create captivating stop motion animations with ease using this intuitive app. Features include a 4K camera with ghost overlay, powerful editing tools, and built-in social media sharing. Perfect for beginners and professionals alike.
- 4K UHD stop motion camera with ghost overlay
- Auto-stitching stop motion editor
- Beginner-friendly interface
- Stop motion tutorials
- Blend stop motion with live action
- 20+ one-click editing tools
- Add music and sound effects
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Stop Motion by Life Lapse lets you create your own stop motion movies and animations at home. - Create stunning stop motion animations with ease. - Download, share, and post to Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and other social media. - 4.8/5 from 35,000+ ratings in the App Store, App of the Day in 2024 and 2021. Unleash your creativity with Life Lapse: the ultimate EASY stop motion maker. Craft captivating animations, from mesmerizing stop motion to engaging social media content that will stop the scroll. Download Life Lapse now and experience stop-motion animation like never before. Our Features: ~ Stop Motion Camera: Shoot and film in 4K UHD resolution with our ghost overlay and hands-free tools like an interval timer ~ Stop Motion Editor: Life Lapse auto-stitches everything for you, making the stop motion process quick and easy ~ Easy to use + beginning friendly: Intuitive interface for all animators, even a beginner! ~ Stop Motion tutorials: dozens of tutorials to learn different stop motion techniques ~ Blend stop motion with live action from a single shot! Select "Life Lapse" project to shoot truly magical videos by using layers & masking. ~ Edit stop motion videos in seconds! 20+ Pro editing on-click stop motion tools (freeze, boomerang, reverse, filters and re-align after you've shot & more) ~ Easy to animate perfectly with our ghost/onion skin layer in camera. See your previous photo so you know how to move your animation next. ~ Add music and sound effects: Add and change the music soundtrack and sounds in your video. ~ Filters to make your video look amazing: Add video filters to control how your video looks and feels. ~ Easy to share on Social Media: Easily prepare your videos for Instagram or TikTok using our built-in guidelines. ~ Make your animations looks smooth and professional: Speed controls help make your animations smooth and silky! ~ Download to your phone: Save videos to your phone so you can send them to friends and family. Try PRO for Free: If you want to make more professional animations, experience the best stop-motion tool that is made for video content creators for FREE with a 7-day trial. After the 7 days is up, unless canceled before the 7 days, you will get access to Life Lapse with the annual subscription rate. Find us on Instagram/TikTok and share your work! See how others are using Life Lapse on Instagram at @LifeLapse_App or by searching #LifeLapse. We also feature Life Lapse video creators on our Instagram. For a chance to have YOUR stop motion videos featured share your Life Lapse video on Instagram & tag #LifeLapse or @LifeLapse_App. Send us your Feedback - support@lifelapseapp.com Have some feedback for us? Suggestions for new features? Or maybe just some questions on how to use the app? We’d love to hear from you! E-mail us at support@lifelapseapp.com with any questions and feedback you have and we’ll answer within 48 hours. Privacy Policy & Terms & Conditions: https://www.lifelapseapp.com/legal
MoveLens
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Some moves are too fast to copy. MoveLens slows them down until you can see exactly what is happening — then lets you practice right beside them, on video or live on camera. Built first for dancers picking choreography apart from video, and just as useful to anyone who learns by watching a body move: martial artists, gymnasts, climbers, skaters, swimmers, golfers, coaches, and anyone working through a physical therapy routine at home. SLOW IT DOWN Play a video anywhere from full speed down to 1/10 of it, on a slider that settles wherever you want it — 0.35x, 0.70x, whatever the passage needs. Scrub to the exact count and it stays there. Every video loops on its own, so a two-second phrase repeats until you have it. MIRROR IT A tutorial filmed facing you puts their left on your right, and the translation is where the learning leaks away. One tap flips the video, so their left becomes your left and you can simply follow. COMPARE TWO VIDEOS Put your run beside the original and play them together — or each at its own speed, since your version is rarely the tempo theirs is. Swap either side out for a different video without leaving the split. It is the quickest way to see a difference you cannot feel. PRACTICE BESIDE IT, LIVE Or skip the recording and put your front camera on the second side. The original plays on one half, slowed and looped however you set it, while you watch yourself on the other, mirrored the way a studio mirror shows you. Tap either side to start or stop the video, and the screen stays awake for as long as the camera is on. FILL THE FRAME Pinch out and the video fills the screen; pinch in and the whole frame fits. Worth having when the footage is portrait and the detail you are after is small. A LIBRARY THAT KEEPS UP Bring videos in from Files, from Photos, or by pasting one straight from the clipboard — useful when a friend sends one, or you copied it on your Mac. Everything you import is saved automatically, newest first, each cell showing a thumbnail and how long it runs. • Favorite the ones you keep returning to, and filter the library down to just those • Add a short note to any video: the counts, the correction, the class it came from • Share a video back out to whoever needs it • Sort by size once the library grows, so you can see what is actually taking the room • Swipe a video sideways to reach all of it YOUR VIDEOS STAY YOURS Nothing is uploaded. Imports are copied byte for byte with no re-encoding, so the footage you study is exactly the footage you shot, at full quality. Saved videos are kept out of your iCloud backup, which means a large library will not eat your iCloud storage. The live camera is a picture on your screen and nothing more: it is never recorded, saved or sent anywhere. No account, no sign-in. iPhone and iPad, with VoiceOver support throughout. Available in English, Spanish, French, Russian and Simplified Chinese. MoveLens is free, with no ads. Slow motion, looping, mirroring and the library stay free. Compare mode, with a second video or the live camera, is free on the first three days you use it; after that a one-time in-app purchase unlocks it for good, and it carries across to your other devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Life Lapse Stop Motion at 15.0 against MoveLens's 26.0. 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. Life Lapse Stop Motion sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and MoveLens sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Life Lapse Stop Motion ships an update every 2 weeks, MoveLens every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Life Lapse Stop Motion | MoveLens |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (9.5K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 68.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9.5K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 241 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bolandia Creative Inc. | Liang Shao |
Bugs and requests
Life Lapse Stop Motion
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes when trying to preview/download videos
- Issues with importing external photos/videos
- Freezing and performance problems
- Inconsistent behavior across devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add more free music/audio options
- Improve stability and reduce crashes
- Allow more customization in free version
- Add support for external photo/video import
- Improve iPad optimization
MoveLens
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Life Lapse Stop Motion
- Stop Motion Pro Weekly$6.997 Days
- Stop Motion Pro Monthly$8.991 Month
- Stop Motion Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year
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- Life Lapse Pro7 Days trial$79.991 Year
- Lifetime Access2 variants$129.00
MoveLens
- Unlock Compare$4.99
Questions
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