Comparison

Afterlight vs PicMoves!

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

Head to head
About

Afterlight

Create film-inspired aesthetics for your videos with one-tap presets, authentic overlays, and a range of creative editing tools. Enhance your clips with filters, transitions, and detailed adjustments for a cinematic look.

Highlights
  • One-tap vintage presets
  • Authentic film overlays
  • Seamless clip transitions
  • 32 creative filters
  • Precise clip editing tools
  • Advanced adjustment tools
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Meet AFTERLIGHT VIDEO: your mobile video editing companion. Tell your story with film-inspired aesthetics: one-tap Presets, authentic film overlays, and a full set of creative tools built to feel like your camera, not a timeline. { VINTAGE PRESETS IN ONE TAP } An ever-growing library of one-tap Presets for any mood. Apply, preview, and fully customize for an original, film-inspired look. - 29+ full-edit Presets, applied in a single tap - Inspired by a range of camera and film types, built with old film videography in mind - Each Preset combines filters, overlays, frames, and unique effects - Tap to preview, tap again to edit - Like most of a Preset but not all of it? Pull out what you don't want, you're in control { AUTHENTIC FILM OVERLAYS } Real film scans, not simulations. Choose from Dust, Light Leak, and Glitch overlays to add texture and imperfection to your videos. { SEAMLESS CLIP TRANSITIONS } Upload multiple clips and use the transition button in your timeline to move between them with a range of creative transition styles. { CLIP EDITING & ADJUSTMENTS } 32 Filters to play with, plus a precision clip selector: trim, flip/rotate, speed up. Finish with a full adjustment kit: Brightness, Contrast, Vibrance, Chroma, our newly updated Grain, Clarify, Glow, Exposure, Highlights, Shadows, Temp, Tint, or lower FPS for a more cinematic feel. Privacy & Terms — https://afterlight.co/privacy Have a question? — https://afterlight.co/support Follow us Instagram @afterlight TikTok @afterlightapp

About

PicMoves!

Transform still photos into dynamic animated videos with a variety of creative tools and templates. Preview and customize your creations for free before deciding to subscribe for full-size export. Your media remains private on your device.

Highlights
  • Photo-to-video animation
  • Free editing and preview
  • Cinematic templates
  • Subject-aware cutout effects
  • Motion controls
  • Multi-photo clips
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PicMoves! turns still photos into short animated videos you can preview, customize, save, and share. Try the editor for free. Choose up to 3 photos, apply templates, adjust motion, speed, tint, text, canvas size, and cutout effects, and preview your animated photo video before subscribing. Exporting full-size videos to Photos requires PicMoves! PRO, an annual subscription. Create motion from still images with templates designed for portraits, memories, sports, pets, travel, nightlife, music, cinematic edits, and social-ready clips. Features include: • Photo-to-video animation Turn still photos into short moving clips. • Free editing and preview Try templates, motion, tint, text, canvas, and cutout tools before subscribing. • Cinematic templates Start fast with styles like Archive Pan, Aura, Clone, Color Pop, Noir Portrait, Cinematic Focus, Disposable Camera, Anime Intro, Night Drive, Concert Poster, and more. • Subject-aware cutout effects Highlight the main subject with subject push, outline glow, color pop, background blur, spotlight, clone, and other visual effects. • Motion controls Create smooth pans, zooms, pushes, and animated photo moments. • Canvas options Create vertical, square, horizontal, and social-friendly videos. • Text overlays Add short white title text with clean fade animation, stroke styling, and automatic fitting inside the photo. • Tint and style controls Change the color mood with simple tint options. • Multi-photo clips Use up to 3 photos in one short video with smooth cross dissolve transitions. • Private by design Your selected photos and edited videos stay on your device unless you choose to share them. PicMoves! does not upload your photos, videos, edits, or project content to our servers. • PRO export PicMoves! PRO unlocks full-size video export to your Photos library. Subscription information: PicMoves! PRO is an annual auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Exporting full-size videos requires an active PicMoves! PRO subscription. Terms of Service: https://nikle.net/picmoves/terms-of-service-PicMoves.html Privacy Policy: https://nikle.net/picmoves/privacy-policy-PicMoves.html

Screenshots

Afterlight4 screens
PicMoves!1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: PicMoves! at freemium against Afterlight's subscription. PicMoves! also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Afterlight's advantage is ratings volume (171 vs 2) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Afterlight sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and PicMoves! sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PicMoves! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Afterlight has 171 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Afterlight versus PicMoves!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAfterlightPicMoves!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (171 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings171 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size251 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAfterlight Collective, IncNikle LLC

Customer experience

Afterlight

All ratings167 ratings
Positive87.4%
Neutral6.0%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral6.0%
Negative4.0%

PicMoves!

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Afterlight

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Exporting darkens videos
  • Videos darken when uploaded to Instagram Stories

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add more filters & presets
  • Add more vintage effect variations
  • Add text adding features
  • Add 4K export at 60fps
  • Revamp the whole system
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  • Add more transition options

PicMoves!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Afterlight

Subscriptions2
  • PRO Monthly$2.991 Month
  • PRO Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • PRO Lifetime$35.99
1 purchases

PicMoves!

Subscriptions1
  • PicMoves! PRO Annual$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Afterlight free?
Afterlight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PicMoves! free?
PicMoves! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Afterlight or PicMoves!?
PicMoves! is rated higher. Afterlight averages 4.6 out of 5 from 171 ratings, while PicMoves! averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Afterlight or PicMoves! have ads?
Neither Afterlight nor PicMoves! shows ads.

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