Comparison

Custom Slideshow vs Focus Video

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

Focus Video

This app efficiently reduces the file size of videos, music, and pictures while preserving high quality. It also converts media files to various common formats and offers features like audio extraction, video merging, and image cropping.

Highlights
  • Video compression
  • Video conversion
  • Audio extraction
  • Video merging
  • Audio conversion
  • Image compression
  • Image cropping
Features
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Focus Video is an efficient app that helps you to reduce video, music and picture file size with high quality kept. And convert their format to most common format as you want. It supports many formats, like MP4, MOV, WMV, MKV, RMVB, AVI, WEMB, MPG, 3GP, FLV, TS, FLAC, APE, MP3, JPG, PNG, GIF, WEBP, APNG, etc. ■ Video Compressor Reduce file size while optimizing for maximal video quality. ■ Video Converter Quickly and losslessly converts video to new formats. ■ Extract Audio Quickly and losslessly extracts audio to mp3, m4a, etc from videos. ■ Video Merger Quickly and losslessly merge videos to new one. ■ Audio Converter Convert audio format with ease at incredible speed. ■ Audio Merger Quickly and losslessly merge audios to new one. ■ Video To Gif Convert video to GIF, WebP, APNG quickly and efficiently. ■ Image Converter Quickly and losslessly converts image to new formats. ■ Image Compressor Reduce file size while optimizing for maximal image quality. ■ Image Cropper Crop your image to an exact pixel size in seconds. Please read the terms of service for more information: Privacy Policy: https://focusvideo.wefocus365.com/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://focusvideo.wefocus365.com/terms.html If you have any questions, please just contact us. Email: wefocus365@outlook.com.

Screenshots

Focus Video3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Focus Video at fortnightly against Custom Slideshow's every 40 months. Focus Video also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 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 Focus Video sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Custom Slideshow ships an update every 40 months, Focus Video fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Custom Slideshow versus Focus Video: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCustom SlideshowFocus Video
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (68 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—68 — better
Update frequencyEvery 40 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesApple TViPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlastair Begley春浩 王

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Custom Slideshow

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

Focus Video

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$9.99

Questions

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

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