Only Highlights Camera vs SnipThat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Only Highlights Camera
This app continuously records video in the background, allowing you to save a chosen segment after a highlight occurs. Never miss a precious moment due to storage or editing time. Capture sports, milestones, and more with ease.
- Continuous background recording
- Retroactive highlight saving
- Adjustable save duration
- Automatic re-recording
- Camera roll organization
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Capturing candid moments just got a whole lot easier! No more storing minutes or hours of video because you’re afraid of missing a highlight. Decide how much to save after the highlight has already happened. How many times do we stop recording because of storage limitations or time wasted clipping and cutting large amounts of footage? Ever miss capturing a highlight because of that? When you open the app a recording loop begins immediately. Wait for the highlight to happen and then choose the amount of time you want saved to your camera roll. The app immediately saves the chosen amount and begins recording again. Capturing everything from a sports highlight to a baby’s first words. Your camera roll is about to be full with only highlights!
SnipThat
This app continuously records while open, allowing you to save the last few seconds of action with a simple press and hold. It automatically trims and exports clips, perfect for capturing spontaneous moments like sports highlights or funny incidents.
- Save recent action with a hold
- Automatic clip trimming and export
- Combine multiple clips into highlight videos
- Save clips to Photos album
- Browse recent clips
- Customizable save duration
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SnipThat helps you save moments after they happen. Instead of trying to predict the perfect time to hit record, SnipThat continuously records while the app is open. When something worth keeping happens, just press and hold the save button to capture the last few seconds plus your hold time. Perfect for sports highlights, funny moments, and quick memory captures. What you can do with SnipThat: - Hold to save recent action instantly - Automatically trim and export your clip - Add a clean SnipThat watermark - Save clips to your SnipThat album in Photos - Browse recent clips in one place - Combine multiple clips into a single highlight video - Choose your default save duration in Settings
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SnipThat at Free against Only Highlights Camera's $0.99. SnipThat also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Only Highlights Camera's advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 1) and chart position (#183 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, 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
SnipThat is free to download; Only Highlights Camera costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SnipThat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Only Highlights Camera has 29 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 20, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Only Highlights Camera | SnipThat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (29 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #183 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jace Mclaws | Jason Beneke |
In-app purchases
Only Highlights Camera
No in-app purchases
SnipThat
No in-app purchases
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