Comparison

Custom Slideshow vs FaceMagic

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

Head to head
About

Custom Slideshow

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Turn your Apple TV into a photo frame for your own photos. Custom Slideshow shows the photos from your library, or from the albums you choose, at full TV resolution. FREE TO TRY Show all your photos free for 7 days. After that, Custom Slideshow keeps working with your 25 most recent photos for free, or you can unlock all your photos with a one-off purchase. No subscription and nothing to cancel. If you bought Custom Slideshow before it was free, everything stays unlocked. SINGLE PHOTO OR MOSAIC Show one photo at a time, or a mosaic of three to five photos of different shapes, with one tile changing at a time. Photos are matched to tiles that suit their shape, and cropped to keep faces and the most important part of each photo in view. Click the centre of the remote to switch between the two. CAPTIONS Each photo can show its title, the date it was taken and where it was taken, such as "Bruges, Belgium · Apr 2023". YOUR CHOICE OF PHOTOS • All Photos, or any combination of your albums, including shared albums • Shuffled or in order • Crossfade, or a slow pan and zoom • Fit the whole photo on screen, or fill the screen (single photo) • From 1 second to a minute per photo EASY TO USE • Swipe left or right to go back or forward (single photo) • Press Play/Pause to pause on a photo • Long-press the centre of the remote to open settings • Picks up where you left off • Shows your photos on the Top Shelf Your photos stay private: they are only shown on your TV and are never uploaded or shared.

About

FaceMagic

Transform your photos into unique artistic styles using AI. Create meta cosmic effects, animations, 3D visuals, and cartoon portraits with a variety of digital art filters and backgrounds. Easy to use for creating personalized images.

Highlights
  • AI photo editing
  • Artistic style transformations
  • Meta cosmic effects
  • Animation and cartoon portraits
  • 3D visual effects
  • Over 500 height filters
  • Easy to operate
Features
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FaceMagic is a powerful and interesting application for AI photo editing. Turn your photos into various artistic styles. FaceMagic application uses artificial intelligence algorithms to transform human portraits into artistic portraits, posters, spectral art, double explosion vision, 3D and animation cartoons based on meta cosmic effects. At the same time, it is equipped with a unique background for each effect to produce a unique meta cosmic visual effect. If you like meta universe, spectrum art, 3D and cartoon portrait effects, this image editor will be your new friend. It has a variety of digital art filters. More than 500 height filters Photo Editor Portrait vision: through the analysis of portraits, the combination of painting, design and photography technology, combined with different styles of background, so as to form a new artistic style, so that your photos have a unique artistic personality. Animation and cartoon: through intelligent analysis of photos, turn your portrait into a cartoon character, and then planarize the cartoon character, combined with colorful background, patterns and decorative background pictures, turn your photos into a fashionable cartoon portrait with modern artistic style; 3D vision: through the combination of visual computing and image processing, turn your portrait into a three-dimensional cartoon image, add neon, street and mechanical scenes, and combine three-dimensional space with strong visual light to turn your photos into works with strong visual impact. Easy to operate Take a picture, click on the filter and edit the picture to make it look like artistic portrait, 3D or cartoon art. For your children, you can use this free image editor as a meta cosmic image application! FaceMagic provides a variety of functions to transform images into a meta cosmic style If you want to find an application that can easily design the visual style of meta universe, FaceMagic is a good choice! [FaceMagic VIP Service Statement] 1. Service name: - Monthly FaceMagic VIP; - Weekly FaceMagic VIP; - Yearly FaceMagic VIP; Hereinafter referred to as VIP. 2. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal.After successful deduction, Photo Art will be automatically extended for one subscription period. To cancel renewal, manually turn off automatic renewals in iTunes/ApplelD setup 24 hours before the current subscription period expires. 3. You can suspend or terminate this service by: Automatic renewal for Apple In App Payments (IAP payments, in-app purchases): Goto iPhone "Settings" —> Enter "iTunes Store and App Store" —> tap "Apple ID", select "View Apple ID", enter "Account Settings" page, tap "Subscribe", and select MagicPhoto VIP to cancel the subscription. 4. Terms of Use: https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/meta-face-f79e7.appspot.com/o/Meta%20Face%20Terms%20of%20Use%20Agreement.html?alt=media&token=70b1f8ab-f19b-455e-86be-363561a0776b 5. Privacy Policy: https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/meta-face-f79e7.appspot.com/o/Meta%20Face%20Privacy%20Policy.html?alt=media&token=4f2a0066-a840-4d8b-8167-508565ecd926

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: FaceMagic at every 6 days against Custom Slideshow's every 40 months. FaceMagic also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.5 vs 16.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Custom Slideshow sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and FaceMagic sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Custom Slideshow ships an update every 40 months, FaceMagic every 6 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Custom Slideshow versus FaceMagic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCustom SlideshowFaceMagic
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.3 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—10 — better
Update frequencyEvery 40 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesApple TViPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.014.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB62 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperAlastair Begley华 刘

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Custom Slideshow

One-time2
  • 7-Day TrialFree
  • Unlock All Photos$4.99
3 purchases

FaceMagic

Subscriptions3
  • Meta Face VIP Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Meta Face VIP Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Meta Face VIP Annual3 Days trial$27.991 Year

Questions

Is Custom Slideshow free?
Custom Slideshow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FaceMagic free?
FaceMagic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Custom Slideshow or FaceMagic have ads?
Neither Custom Slideshow nor FaceMagic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Custom Slideshow or FaceMagic?
Custom Slideshow ships an update every 40 months, and FaceMagic every 6 days. Most recently, Custom Slideshow was updated on November 3, 2026 and FaceMagic on November 3, 2026.

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