Slideshow Video Maker w/ Music vs PicShow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Slideshow Video Maker w/ Music
Create engaging slideshows from your photos and videos, enhanced with music and voiceovers. Easily manage your media, add transitions, and share your creations across social platforms to celebrate special moments.
- Photo management and reordering
- Customizable transitions
- Add music and voiceovers
- Audio editing (trim, volume)
- Adjust photo duration
- Save and share slideshows
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Turn baby's first year, a wedding day or a life well loved into a movie your family will watch again and again. Pick your photos and video clips, add music, and Slideshow Maker does the rest: gentle motion, cuts on the beat, captions and dates. No editing skills needed. Made for the moments that matter most: newborn milestones, birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, holidays and loving memorial tributes. Share them with family on Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, iMessage and more. NEW IN 1.7: • Video Clips: Mix up to 10 videos with your photos (the first 60 s of each). Trim each clip, keep or mute its sound and set its volume. Your music softens while a clip plays. • Baby Monthly: Add a birth date and every photo shows your baby's age ("3 months"). Get a gentle monthly reminder, then turn the first year into one video in a tap. • Motion: Photos slowly zoom and pan for a cinematic feel. • Sync to Beat: Cuts land on the rhythm of your music, from the built-in library or your own songs. • New Templates: Save the Date, In Loving Memory in 16:9 for projectors and TVs, and a Then & Now transition. • Smart Photo Pick: Skips screenshots and near-duplicates, with one-tap Undo. FEATURES: • Templates: 48 handcrafted themes for baby milestones, birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, holidays and memorial tributes. • Transitions: A huge collection of cinematic transitions and styles. • Edit Photos: Crop, filters, brightness, contrast and saturation, drawing, text and emoji stickers. Drag to reorder. • Captions & Titles: Add a caption to any photo, an opening title card or automatic date stamps. • Offline Music: 48 royalty-free recordings in 12 family and baby themes. Free, no internet needed. • Your Music: Use songs from your own music library. • Edit Audio: Fade-in, fade-out and volume, carried into your exported video. • Voice-over (Premium at export): Tell the story in your own voice. Your music dips gently under it. • Canvas & Ratios: 1:1 for Instagram, 9:16 for Reels & TikTok, 16:9 for YouTube, plus 4:5 and 4:3, with custom background colours. • Duration: Set how long each photo stays on screen. • Share: Save to Photos or share anywhere. Free exports are HD 720p with a small watermark, after a short ad. • Light and Dark themes, in 10 languages. SLIDESHOW MAKER PREMIUM: Try every template, transition and voice-over marked with a crown for free. Premium is needed only when you export. Premium includes: * Full HD 1080p exports with no watermark * All premium templates and cinematic transitions * Voice-over narration on top of your music * Extra caption styles and fonts, plus custom colours * Music import from iCloud Drive and Dropbox * Your own watermark text or logo * No ads Subscription options: * Monthly: $9.99 / month, starting with a 3-day free trial * Yearly: $29.99 / year Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by you, and auto-renew may be turned off, in your App Store Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy Policy & Terms of Use: https://yellowbeeapps.com/Privacy https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Questions or ideas? We'd love to hear from you: yellowbee20192024@gmail.com Thank you for letting us help you keep your memories alive.
PicShow
Create stunning music slideshow videos from your photos with a variety of templates, effects, and music. Easily generate videos for social media sharing, from birthdays to travel.
- Slideshow templates
- Vlog music integration
- Multiple video sizes
- Slide show video effects
- 60+ color filters
- Photo animation styles
- High frame rate export (60fps)
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PicShow is a professional slideshow video maker app,you can use it to make beautiful music slideshow videos and share them on social media. We also provide a variety of slideshow style templates for you to use From birthday photos to wedding photos to travel photos, you can automatically generate slideshow videos directly from the beautiful templates Specific function: · Slideshow template · vlog musics · Multiple slideshow video sizes · Wonderful slide show video effect · 60+ Color filters · Multiple Photo animation style · Photo color adjustment tool ·Photo size crop · Multiple transitions · High frame rate video export(60fps) SUBSCRIPTION INFO: - USD $2.99/week - USD $26.99/year Cancel anytime. You can cancel your subscription or trial anytime by canceling your subscription through your iTunes account settings, or it will automatically renew. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the trial or any subscription period to avoid being charged. Subscription with a trial period will automatically renew to a paid subscription. Please note: any unused portion of a trial period (if offered) will be forfeited when you purchase a premium subscription during the trial period. Subscription payments will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of your purchase and upon commencement of each renewal term. Terms of Services: https://picslideshow.com/r2.php?bucket=app-picshow&file=terms_of_service.pdf Privacy Policy: https://picslideshow.com/r2.php?bucket=app-picshow&file=privacy_policy.pdf Connect us: picshow_app_help@outlook.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: PicShow at none against Slideshow Video Maker w/ Music's shown. PicShow also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). Slideshow Video Maker w/ Music's advantage is ratings volume (100 vs 29). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Slideshow Video Maker w/ Music sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and PicShow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PicShow holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 100 and 29 respectively.
Slideshow Video Maker w/ Music ships an update every 3 months, PicShow fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Slideshow Video Maker w/ Music | PicShow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (100 ratings) | 4.7 (29 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 100 — better | 29 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 103 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thai An | Pic Slideshow Maker Limited |
Customer experience
Slideshow Video Maker w/ Music
PicShow
In-app purchases
Slideshow Video Maker w/ Music
- Premium Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Premium Yearly$29.991 Year
PicShow
- Week subscription.7 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Year Subscription.3 Days trial$26.991 Year
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