Comparison

'splain vs kirok

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

Head to head
About

'splain

Easily add text, annotations, and visual elements to your photos and videos. Customize with a variety of fonts, colors, and sizes. Save your creations or share them directly to social media.

Highlights
  • Point and tag functionality
  • Customizable fonts, colors, and sizes
  • Direct sharing to social media
  • Internal photo album
  • Slideshow functionality
  • Supports photos and videos
  • Keyframe editing for videos
Features
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Splain your photos with speed with the best point and tag app for iPhone! * simple, easy to use interface * lots of fonts, colors, and sizes to choose from * easily share to SNS or save for later * internal photo album and slideshow functionlity * supports still photos or videos * keyframes to modify adding and moving during video playback and more!

About

kirok

Effortlessly capture and revisit daily moments with short, silent video clips. Organize memories into themed private rooms or share fleeting moments with friends and family in invite-only group timelines. Replay your day, week, month, or even your entire life in a continuous video recap.

Highlights
  • Auto-stopping 3-second camera
  • Themed private Solo Rooms
  • Invite-only Group Rooms with auto-delete
  • Video recap of any time range
  • Silent video sharing
  • Timestamp and location data
Features
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Just 3 seconds. No complicated editing — your daily vlog, effortlessly stylish. For your own record, or to share with family and friends. This is kirok. "I want one habit that actually sticks." "I take photos, but I never look back at them." "I want to stay loosely connected with someone far away." All of that, in 3 seconds. ■ Three ways to use it. All free. [Solo vlog] Capture the moment in 3 seconds. As many times a day as you like. Every clip stays in your library, ready to revisit anytime. [Themed Solo Rooms] Your cat. Gym. Meals. Your kid growing up. A trip. Make a private Room for each theme and collect only what fits. Just for you. No one else sees it. [Group Rooms with friends, partners, family] Share your daily 3 seconds on an invite-only timeline. Everyone's "today" lines up by time of day. Use it only when you feel like it. Shared videos auto-delete after 7 days. Toss them in, let them flow. Save what you want to keep to your own library. ■ How people actually use it Solo: - A small daily record - A Room dedicated to your cat - Daily running or workout logs - Daily food and cooking logs - A Room collecting 3 seconds from each trip - Watching your kid grow up With others: - Trading daily 3 seconds with a long-distance partner - A family group sharing daily moments with parents back home - Daily vlogs with your closest two or three friends - Sharing events and gigs with hobby friends ■ Why 3 seconds? Short enough to keep going. Short enough to stay fun. Tap, and it stops by itself — no overthinking the shot. But when you look back, the feeling of that moment is still there. ■ What happens after you record? It's saved. That's it. No filters. No trimming. No music picker. No sound. Zero time spent deciding — that's why it sticks. Silent by design, so you can share to social without asking anyone to unmute. On the train, in bed at night, next to anyone. ■ recap Stitch your kirok clips into one continuous video. Today, a week, a month, a year, or your whole life in kirok — pick any range. Watch it whenever you feel like it. That's all it does. ■ Features - Camera that auto-stops at 3 seconds - Time stamp (HH:mm) shown automatically on playback, also burned into exported videos - Country code (e.g., · JP) auto-added when the recording location's timezone differs from playback - Captions (60 characters, editable later) - Unlimited Solo Rooms (your own themed Rooms) - 1 Group Room on Free (invite-only shared timeline, 7-day auto-delete) - recap (today, week, month, year, life — any range) - Personal/Solo Rooms sync across iOS devices via iCloud (optional) - Silent share, easy to drop into social - 11 languages (JP / EN / KO / ZH / ES / PT / FR / DE / IT / ID / Hindi) ■ kirok Pro Monthly $2.99 / Yearly $19.99 / Lifetime $34.99 * Prices may vary by region and currency. - Unlimited Group Rooms (Free: 1 created, unlimited joins on both plans) - Unlimited daily recordings (Free: 5 per day) - Coral border + watermark removed on export (clean export) - Custom recap with 10+ clips (Free: up to 10) Subscriptions auto-renew. Unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends, your subscription renews automatically at the same price. Cancel anytime under iOS Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Lifetime is a one-time purchase with no auto-renewal. ■ Privacy, seriously clean - Zero ads - Zero tracking technology - No sign-in required (no Apple ID, no email) - Personal/Solo Room data stored in your own iCloud (the developer cannot access it) - Group Room data stored on Cloudflare servers, auto-deleted after 7 days - Personal Rooms work fine without iCloud sign-in (local mode) ■ What is "kirok"? It comes from a Korean word meaning "to record." Pronounced ki-rok. Same format in every country. Same coral border. Same typeface. The consistency is the brand. ■ Documents Privacy Policy: https://kirok-app.pages.dev/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://kirok-app.pages.dev/terms

Screenshots

'splain4 screens
kirok4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: kirok at 100% against 'splain's 45%. kirok also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 29 months). 'splain's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads 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

kirok is free to download; 'splain costs $1.99 up front. kirok sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. 'splain asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

'splain ships an update every 29 months, kirok every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
'splain versus kirok: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter'splainkirok
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews45.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 29 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGREEN MONSTER .INCDAIKI HAYASHI

Customer experience

'splain

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive45.5%
Neutral36.4%
Negative18.2%

kirok

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

'splain

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

kirok

Subscriptions2
  • 月額(Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • 年額(Yearly)$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • 買い切り(Lifetime)$29.99

Questions

Is 'splain free?
'splain costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is kirok free?
kirok is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 'splain or kirok have ads?
Neither 'splain nor kirok shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 'splain or kirok?
'splain ships an update every 29 months, and kirok every 5 days. Most recently, 'splain was updated on October 12, 2026 and kirok on October 4, 2026.

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