Timelapse Helper vs Skyflow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timelapse Helper
This app assists timelapse photographers by calculating the necessary shooting time for a desired playback duration. It's a straightforward tool for planning your timelapse projects.
- Timelapse shooting time calculation
- Desired playback duration input
- Simple and straightforward interface
- Planning tool for timelapse projects
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The Timelapse Helper is a neat companion for anyone interested in timelapse photography. It's a simple app to help you calculate the shooting time needed to create timelapse footage of a desired playback duration.
Skyflow
Create professional time-lapse and stop-motion videos with advanced camera controls and a powerful editor. Adjust playback speed after shooting, apply effects, and export in high resolutions. Supports various photo and video formats for ultimate creative freedom.
- Adjustable playback speed after shooting
- Pro camera controls (ISO, shutter, WB, focus)
- Support for RAW, HEIF, and ProRes formats
- Advanced time-lapse editor with keyframing
- Export up to 8K resolution
- Long exposure effects and exposure bracketing
- Stop-motion shooting mode
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Skyflow is a powerful, professional-grade tool for creators who want top-quality in time-lapse and stop-motion. Skyflow’s standout feature is the ability to change your time-lapse playback speed even after shooting was finished. With powerful camera controls, broad format support, and a full-featured editor, Skyflow gives you complete control from shoot to export. Highly Configurable Capture Experience: • Source selection: SDR Video, HDR Video, Apple Log, 12MP and 48MP Photo • Expanded save formats: HEIF, HEIF (10-bit), ProRes, ProRAW • Shooting modes: Time-Lapse and Stop Motion • Adjustable Start Time, Interval, and Duration • Pro Tools: Histogram, Zebra, Apple Log LUT Preview • Manual control of ISO, shutter speed, EV, white balance, and focus • Noise Reduction for night shots by limiting shutter speed • Long Exposure effects: Light Trails & Motion Blur • 3-stop/2-stop Exposure Bracketing (EB) • Panning motion for cinematic movement • Horizon level and photo grid overlays Feature-rich Time-Lapse Editor: • Playback speed adjustment with reverse option and speed ramping • Advanced cropping with perspective correction • Full editing and sharing support for (Pro)RAW • Improved image fusion for exposure-bracketed sequences (EB) • Exposure and color adjustments • Keypoint-based ramping for playback speed, crop settings, exposure and color adjustments • Trimming, adding music, continuing a time-lapse, and more Export and Sharing: • Export up to 8K (depends on your device model) • Video formats including ProRes • Custom frame rate and bitrate • HDR / Dolby Vision export support • Save to Photos, Files, or share to other apps Other Features • Detailed time-lapse info view with photo metadata and capture-metrics graphs • Create time-lapse projects from photo albums, bursts, videos, or imported folders • Support for DJI OSMO Mobile and DJI OSMO Mobile 2 handheld gimbals Please note: DJI OSMO Mobile 3 and later are not supported due to factors outside our control! Free Version You can shoot unlimited time-lapses with no restrictions. Exports, however, are limited to 540p resolution and include a watermark. Limitations can be removed with a one-time in-app purchase.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Skyflow at 4.6 against Timelapse Helper's 3.5. Skyflow also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (590 vs 15). Timelapse Helper's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and review sentiment (83% vs 72%). On price and ads 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. Skyflow sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Timelapse Helper asks for nothing beyond the download.
Skyflow holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skyflow has 590 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Timelapse Helper's written reviews are positive against 72% of Skyflow's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Timelapse Helper ships an update every 8 months, Skyflow every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timelapse Helper | Skyflow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (15 ratings) | 4.6 (590 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 72.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 590 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | sighmon | Andrei Kovalev |
Customer experience
Timelapse Helper
Skyflow
Bugs and requests
Timelapse Helper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Skyflow
Reported bugs
4 issues- Camera session errors
- Inability to complete actions
- Distorted or corrupted video output
- Timelapses not saving properly
Requested features
8 requests- Add intermediate zoom levels
- Implement vertical/portrait mode
- Add manual focus control
- Introduce exposure and shutter speed settings
- Implement geotagging and timestamp overlays
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- Add presets for common shooting scenarios
- Improve file management and export options
- Introduce cloud backup and sync functionality
In-app purchases
Timelapse Helper
No in-app purchases
Skyflow
- Remove Ads & Watermark$0.99
- Upgrade Tier 1$1.99
- HD export$2.99
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- Upgrade Tier 2$3.99
- Full version$4.99
Questions
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