TapYou vs Tribute
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TapYou
Collaborate with friends and family to create shared movies from your individual clips. The app automatically generates daily highlight reels and compiles moments into themed movies for special occasions. Enjoy a private, encrypted experience with no public feeds or algorithms.
- Collaborative movie creation
- Automatic daily highlight reels
- Themed movie compilation
- Private and encrypted sharing
- No public feeds or algorithms
- Stop sending videos, start making movies
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Bedtime giggles. Singing in the back seat. Rain boots in a puddle. You capture so much. Your family sees only what you find time to send. TapYou ends that. Start with today—or add the years you already have. CHOOSE YOUR PEOPLE ONCE Start a private Tap for your child. Choose who can watch—Grandma, your sister, your husband, the people you’d send to anyway. Bring them in once. From then on, every photo and video you add goes straight to them. Choose from Photos, or take new ones right in TapYou. Nothing to send afterward. Grandma opens her private link and watches right away—no app or sign-up to begin. You decide what goes in. Remove any moment anytime, even while filming. KNOW WHO WAS THERE On each moment, profile photos show who watched and who left a heart. No asking. No wondering. They can also film their face right on the moment—a smile, a laugh, a few words. Years later, your child watches Grandma watching them. ONE CHILDHOOD. EIGHTEEN YEARS. ONE GROWING VIDEO. The karate belt. The school concert. Pancakes on a Tuesday. A child grows every day, not just on birthdays. When your child's with Grandma or Dad, they can film too. Straight into the same video. Open your Tap and watch the days unfold. WE ALSO TURN YOUR PHOTOS AND VIDEOS INTO LITTLE MOVIES Every morning, yesterday’s moments come back as a little movie. No editing needed. Watch it, or send it as a link. BRING THE YEARS YOU ALREADY HAVE Add older photos and videos of your child. They fall into place by date. Everything from the same day comes back together as a little movie. Find a moment just by describing what you remember: “Dancing in the kitchen.” PRIVATE FROM THE START Only the people you choose can watch. No public feeds. No strangers. No ads. Start a Tap for your child. For the days between birthdays. Subscriptions purchased in-app will be charged to your iTunes Account and automatically renew unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Subscriptions and auto-renewal may be managed by going to iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Service: https://tapyou.com/mobile/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://tapyou.com/mobile/privacy.html
Tribute
Create and view digital memorials to honor loved ones. Upload photos, videos, and stories to celebrate their lives and share them easily. Offers flexible payment options including one-time fees and subscriptions.
- Create digital memorials
- Upload photos and videos
- Share via QR code
- Flexible payment plans
- View memorials for free
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TributePath lets you view digital memorials for free with an account and create your own by selecting a payment plan. Upload photos, videos, and stories to celebrate their lives, and share through a custom QR code. Choose from a one-time payment or subscription options to suit your budget. Proudly built in Texas, United States. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TapYou at 4.9 against Tribute's 4.4. TapYou also leads on ratings volume (109 vs 7). Tribute's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 90%). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. TapYou sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Tribute sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TapYou holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TapYou has 109 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 90% of TapYou's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tribute's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
TapYou ships an update fortnightly, Tribute every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TapYou | Tribute |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (109 ratings) — better | 4.4 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 109 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 616 MB | 159 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Interactive Ventures FZCO | Tribute Path |
Customer experience
TapYou
Tribute
In-app purchases
TapYou
- Vault$3.991 Month
- 20 hrs$19.991 Month
- 30 hrs$29.991 Month
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- 50 hrs$44.991 Month
- 100 hrs$69.991 Month
- 200 hrs$109.991 Month
- 300 hrs$149.991 Month
- 20 hrs$199.991 Year
- 30 hrs$299.991 Year
- 50 hrs$449.991 Year
- 100 hrs$699.991 Year
Tribute
- Pay-As-You-Go7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- 12-Month Plan7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Vault Monthly$9.991 Month
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- Vault Annual$99.001 Year
- One Time Payment$64.00









