Comparison

Frame Grab vs Video Frame By Frame

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

Head to head
About

Frame Grab

Easily extract still images from videos stored on your device. Select any frame, adjust playback speed, and save images in JPEG format. Supports videos from Photos, Music, Podcasts, and TV apps.

Highlights
  • Extract frames from videos
  • Save as JPEG
  • Adjust playback speed
  • Save single or multiple frames
  • Embed Exif metadata
  • Continuous frame grabbing
Features
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Frame Grab makes it easy to capture and share any moment from videos stored on your device as still images in JPEG or HEIF format. It supports not only videos stored in the Photos app, but also those in the Music, Podcasts, and TV apps, as long as they are downloaded to your device. ◇◇◇ How to Use ◇◇◇ ◆When you launch the app, a list of video categories appears: Photos, Live Photos, Music Videos, Home Videos, Movies, TV Shows, and Podcasts. ◆Tap a category to view its videos, then tap a video to open the player view. ◆Move the playhead to the desired frame. Use the buttons on either side of the play button to step forward or backward one frame at a time. ◆Save Option 1: Tap the Share button to save the displayed frame to the Photos app, or share it with other apps and services. ◆Save Option 2: Tap the gray circle button to temporarily save the displayed frame to the Queue. Repeat this for other frames as needed. When you’re ready, tap the red badge showing the number of queued items to open the Queue and save multiple frames at once to the Photos app, or share them with other apps and services. ◆Choose an image format: Choose JPEG or HEIF in “Settings” > “Image Export Settings” > “Format”. ◇◇◇ Settings ◇◇◇ ◆Live Photos: Choose whether to show Live Photos videos. ◆Quality: Low, Low-Mid, Hi-Mid, High ◆Size: Actual size of original video Half size of original video Maximum 1920, 960 or 640 pixels ◆Location Info: Choose whether to embed location data as Exif metadata in the extracted photos. Applies only if the video contains location information. ◆Date-Time Info: Choose whether to embed the shooting date and time as Exif metadata in the extracted photos. ◇◇◇ Other Features ◇◇◇ ◆Playback Speed: 0.5x, 1.0x, 1.25x, 1.5x, 2x ◆Continuous Grabbing: Extract multiple frames at user-defined intervals and save them to the Queue. ◇◇◇ Note ◇◇◇ ◆No recording feature included. ◆Protected videos — such as movies downloaded from the Apple TV Store — cannot be displayed. ◆Images in the Queue may be cleared when either the app or the OS is updated. ◆Videos recorded on iPhone or iPad store only the location where the recording started. Images extracted from the same video will contain the same location information.

About

Video Frame By Frame

Navigate social media and online videos with precise frame-by-frame control. This application offers a simple, ad-free experience for detailed video analysis. Currently supports YouTube, with plans for more platforms.

Highlights
  • Frame-by-frame video navigation
  • Supports YouTube
  • Ad-free experience
  • Simple user interface
  • Future platform expansion planned
Features
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This app is designed for easily navigating through social media and online videos frame by frame. Currently, it supports the following social media platforms: - YouTube We plan to add support for more social media platforms in the future. The app prioritizes user experience with no advertisements whatsoever. The developer created and released this app based on personal needs, aiming to provide a simple and ad-free solution. Note: - This app is a third-party application. All content is provided by social media platforms.

Screenshots

Frame Grab4 screens
Video Frame By Frame2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Frame Grab at 4.4 against Video Frame By Frame's 3.8. Frame Grab also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 50%) and ratings volume (97 vs 6). Video Frame By Frame's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Frame Grab holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Frame Grab has 97 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Frame Grab's written reviews are positive against 50% of Video Frame By Frame's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Frame Grab ships an update every 2 months, Video Frame By Frame every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Frame Grab versus Video Frame By Frame: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFrame GrabVideo Frame By Frame
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (97 ratings) — better3.8 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings97 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB34 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTranquillity BaseNaoyuki Rikiji

Customer experience

Frame Grab

All ratings96 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral1.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative25.0%

Video Frame By Frame

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

Frame Grab

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • App freezes on launch with large photo libraries
  • Slow to load videos
  • Black frame displayed in the center of the screen during frame-by-frame selection
  • App crashes when scrolling through home videos
  • Screen grab doesn't always work
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  • App crashes when reaching a certain number of frames, losing images
  • Error message: 'Cannot load this video. PHAsset. PlaybackStyle:video'
  • App crashes on start
  • App crashes randomly, freezes
  • Does not load any videos
  • Has not worked since the update
  • Won't open videos on iPhoneX / iOS13
  • App crashes when I get a certain number of frames and I lose all my images
  • The scree grab doesn’t always take, and I paid for this app, but I’m still getting ads
  • The app freezes on launch on phones with huge photo libraries (huge = 100k+ items)
  • The screenshot will grab the frame directly before the one I’m trying to capture
  • App crashes when scrolling through home videos
  • Quality degradation upon extraction
  • Cannot load this video. PHAsset. PlaybackStyle:video

Requested features

10 requests
  • One-time purchase option to remove ads
  • Ability to pay to remove ads
  • Integration with file sharing for video import
  • Support for more video codecs (TS, MKV)
  • Apple shortcut integration for automatic frame export
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  • Zoom in while video is playing
  • More speed options for frame selection
  • Auto-capture all slides
  • Improvement for small subjects/brightness correction
  • Automatic photo extraction at intervals (e.g., every 3 seconds, 10 photos in 0.5 seconds)

Video Frame By Frame

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Frame Grab

No in-app purchases

None

Video Frame By Frame

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Frame Grab free?
Frame Grab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Video Frame By Frame free?
Video Frame By Frame is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Frame Grab or Video Frame By Frame?
Frame Grab is rated higher. Frame Grab averages 4.4 out of 5 from 97 ratings, while Video Frame By Frame averages 3.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Frame Grab or Video Frame By Frame have ads?
Frame Grab shows ads; Video Frame By Frame does not.
Which is updated more often, Frame Grab or Video Frame By Frame?
Frame Grab ships an update every 2 months, and Video Frame By Frame every 4 months. Most recently, Frame Grab was updated on October 22, 2026 and Video Frame By Frame on October 24, 2026.

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