Before vs Simple Photo Slideshow Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Before
Easily create side-by-side or stacked composite images to visually compare two photos. Customize titles, fonts, colors, borders, and arrangement for impactful before-and-after visuals.
- Side-by-side or stacked photo arrangement
- Customizable titles with font, color, and position
- Adjustable border types and lengths
- Save to camera roll
- Share via popular social media and cloud services
- Adjustable save resolution
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Before photo and after photo are arranged side by side. Create a composite photo that allows you to compare the difference in those photos. You can put a title on each photo. You can also set the title font, color, shadow, size, and position. Composite images can be placed on the left or right or top and bottom. In addition, you can set the border type and border length for Photo 1 and Photo 2. [Source] - Camera - Camera roll 【Settings】 - Select photo 1 - Select photo 2 - Swap photos - Title font (Select font) - Title text (text field: typing) - Title alignment (left / center / right) - Title color (RGB color slider control) - Title shadow (slider control) - Title size (gesture: pinch in / pinch out) - Title position (gesture: pan) - Border type (none / gradation / ray / triangle / zigzag) - Border length (slider control) - Arrangement of composite photos (pile / side by side) - Save resolution: 5-100% of original resolution [Output] - Save to camera roll: Composite photo - Composite photo sharing: AirDrop, LINE, Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram, ...
Simple Photo Slideshow Maker
Easily create beautiful slideshow videos from your photos. Customize transition animations, duration, and aspect ratio with intuitive controls. Save and share your creations instantly without registration.
- Select and order photos
- Adjust transition types and duration
- Apply special effects
- Choose aspect ratios (9:16, 16:9, etc.)
- Export high-quality videos
- One-tap social sharing
- No registration required
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Connect your photos to create beautiful slideshow videos. Easily tweak display duration, transition animations, and video aspect ratio with intuitive controls, turning your memories into dynamic slideshows in seconds. ●Features / Highlights 【Simple and intuitive workflow】 ・Create slideshows by selecting photos and ordering them. ・Adjust transition types and animation duration ratio with ease. 【Animations】 ・A variety of transitions: fade-in, slide-in, slide-out, etc. ・Control the length (ratio) of transitions for natural flow. ・Special effects like Ken Burns, blur, and pixelation. 【Aspect Ratio】 ・Choose from common ratios such as 9:16, 16:9, 1:1, 3:4, and more. 【Save & Share】 ・Export high-quality slideshow videos directly to your device. ・One-tap sharing to social media, email, and more. 【No registration required】 ・No need to create an account — start using immediately after install.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Simple Photo Slideshow Maker at Free against Before's $1.99. Simple Photo Slideshow Maker also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 47 months). Before's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On review sentiment, in-app purchases 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
Simple Photo Slideshow Maker is free to download; Before costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Before ships an update every 47 months, Simple Photo Slideshow Maker every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Before | Simple Photo Slideshow Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 47 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masanori Katsuta | MITSUKO MARGOT KUBOTA ONO |
Customer experience
Before
Simple Photo Slideshow Maker
In-app purchases
Before
No in-app purchases
Simple Photo Slideshow Maker
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Before free?
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