Slideshow Maker vs SlideStream
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Slideshow Maker
Transform your photos into engaging video slideshows with music. Easily select, arrange, and add transitions to your images. Personalize duration and incorporate your favorite tunes before sharing your creations.
- Create slideshows from photos
- Organize photos with drag-and-drop
- Add photo transitions
- Incorporate music from gallery or device
- Customize slideshow duration
- Share to social media or save to camera roll
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Turn your memories into movies with music. The app helps you to create beautiful SlideShow from your photos. It's completely FREE. Simple steps: • Pick your photos • Organize them in the right order (Long tap a photo and drag to reorder it) • Select a transition to animate between photos • Choose your favorite music from our gallery or your own songs. • Select the slideshow's length to change the duration per photo. • Share it on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube or save it to your camera roll. So, let's make your memories even more amazing
SlideStream
Easily display your latest photo albums and streams, allowing family members to contribute. Assign photos to specific photographers and even print your favorite memories. The app offers guided access to restrict settings changes.
- Stream selected albums
- Family sharing of moments
- Assign photos to photographers
- Print memories
- Guided access for restricted settings
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SlideStreams allows you to show your album and streams in a very easy way, which just displays the latest moments. You can just put your devices somewhere and let the show begin. Features: • Moments Select your albums to stream, for example the stream you share with your family. This app allows everybody in a family to join the slides. • Photographers Assign your pictures to avatars of the photographer. In this way it is always possible to know who took the picture. • Printing Print your memories, some pictures are even better printed out, and last longer than some slides. • Guided Access The app is able to limit the ability to change settings. It is possible to use the app and only be allowed to print without messing up the settings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Slideshow Maker at 4.7 against SlideStream's 4.0. Slideshow Maker also leads on ratings volume (6.4K vs 1). SlideStream's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 78%). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. Slideshow Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SlideStream asks for nothing beyond the download.
Slideshow Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slideshow Maker has 6.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of Slideshow Maker's written reviews are positive against 100% of SlideStream's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Slideshow Maker ships an update every 2 months, SlideStream every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Slideshow Maker | SlideStream |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (6.4K ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6.4K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 190 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 国媚 张 | Thom Ritterfeld |
Customer experience
Slideshow Maker
SlideStream
Bugs and requests
Slideshow Maker
Reported bugs
3 issues- Freezes when trying to load music
- Inconsistent photo quality when saved
- Ads interfere with app functionality
Requested features
5 requests- Allow longer music tracks
- Add more modern song options
- Implement filters and effects
- Enable adjustable slide durations
- Permit re-editing of saved slideshows
SlideStream
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Slideshow Maker
- Remove Ads Now!$2.99
SlideStream
No in-app purchases
Questions
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