iMotion vs CardSync
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iMotion
Create captivating time-lapse and stop-motion videos with ease. This app offers multiple capture modes, professional rendering quality, and full camera control to help you animate your world and share your creations.
- Time-Lapse & Stop-Motion creation
- Multiple capture modes (time-lapse, manual, mic trigger, library import)
- 4K UHD, 1080p, 720p export options
- Full camera control (focus, exposure, white balance)
- Export videos, photos, and GIFs
- Frame-by-frame animation preview
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Bring Your Photos to Life with iMotion! iMotion makes it easy to create stunning time-lapse and stop-motion videos in just a few minutes. From creative storytelling to learning, memories, and social content, iMotion gives you everything you need to animate the world around you. Key features: - Time-Lapse & Stop-Motion: ****Create smooth, high-quality animations without technical complexity - Multiple Capture Modes: Choose the perfect way to create: time-lapse, manual capture, microphone trigger, library import - Professional Rendering Quality: Capture and export your creations in 4K UHD, 1080p, or 720p HD for high quality results - Full Camera Control: Adjust focus, exposure, and white balance manually to maintain full control over every frame - Easy Sharing: Export videos, photos, and animated GIFs directly to your Photo Library or share on social networks How It Works: 1. Capture photos or import frames using your preferred mode 2. Arrange and preview your animation with frame-by-frame precision 3. Customize settings and refine your result 4. Export and share your story in seconds Download iMotion and bring your time-lapse and stop-motion ideas to life. Subscribe to access to premium app features; subscription details are the following: - Length: weekly, yearly - Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase - You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Account Settings after the purchase - Your subscription will renew automatically, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period - The cost of renewal will be charged to your account in the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period - When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
CardSync
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CardSync copies one folder to another and verifies every file it writes. Memory card, SSD or USB-C stick, iCloud Drive and the services you have installed, the iPhone itself: anything the Files app exposes works, in both directions. The source can also be an album from your photo library. The Files app can already move files. It cannot tell you whether the copy is faithful, what is still missing, or resume where it stopped. That is what CardSync does. VERIFICATION After each write, CardSync reads the file back from the drive — bypassing the system cache — and compares its SHA-256 digest. For a folder, the comparison is made against the original, itself read a second time: if the two reads differ, the card reader is at fault, and the app tells you instead of copying corrupted data. For a photo, the comparison is made against the digest computed during the export. ONLY WHAT IS MISSING Both sides are analysed before anything is written. You see what would be copied and then you decide. For a folder, three criteria to choose from: size, size and date, or full digest. For an album, an item counts as backed up when the file exists and carries its date. LARGE VOLUMES AND LONG COPIES Files are read and written in successive blocks, never loaded whole into memory: a 4 GB video uses no more memory than a photo. File size is not a limit, and neither is file count — analysing several tens of thousands of files remains a matter of seconds. For copies that take a while, what matters is resuming. Running it again after an interruption — screen left, drive unplugged, battery dead — copies only what is genuinely missing: what has already been verified is never redone. NOTHING IS EVER LOST Every file is written under a temporary name, then put in place in one move, once complete and verified. A file already present at the destination is never deleted before its replacement is ready. An interrupted copy leaves no truncated file behind, and the next sync picks up where it stopped. PHOTO LIBRARY Pick an album, a smart album, or the whole library, with a "from a date" filter. CardSync exports the original file and, if you want, the Live Photo video, the edited version, and a readable metadata sidecar (date, location, dimensions, favourite, album). Items no longer stored on the device are fetched from iCloud — an option you can turn off. MIRROR MODE WITHOUT DELETION For a folder source, if you want the destination to mirror the card, extra files are moved into a dated folder — never deleted. And if part of the source could not be read, mirror mode disables itself: a temperamental drive must never make a valid backup look like an obsolete file. WHAT YOU SEE Progress by file and by byte, real throughput, time left, a detailed log, and a history. An honest summary at the end: what was copied, verified, set aside, and what failed. WHAT DOES NOT LEAVE YOUR DEVICE No account, no tracking, no advertising, no data collected, no server of ours. Traffic happens only when you ask for it, and always between your device and your own accounts: fetching your photos from iCloud, which can be turned off, and transfers performed by an online service if you pick one of its folders as source or destination. GOOD TO KNOW iOS does not allow copying to an external volume in the background: keep CardSync on screen during the transfer. The app prevents the screen from locking, and if you leave, the sync resumes next time. For large volumes a powered USB-C hub is strongly recommended.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: iMotion at Free against CardSync's $2.99. iMotion also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). CardSync's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
iMotion is free to download; CardSync costs $2.99 up front. iMotion sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. CardSync asks for nothing beyond the download.
iMotion ships an update every 2 months, CardSync every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iMotion | CardSync |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (2.9K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.9K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 146 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SKETCHES SRL | Laurent Meurisse |
Bugs and requests
iMotion
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frames get scrambled when resuming projects
- Frequent app crashes, especially with longer animations
- Imported photos sometimes display as black
- Issues with exporting and saving completed videos
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to import entire photo albums
- Implement portrait mode and aspect ratio options
- Allow adding sound effects and background music
- Improve frame management and reordering capabilities
- Provide more advanced editing tools and effects
CardSync
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iMotion
- Weekly premium7 Days trial$2.997 Days
- Weekly premium$2.997 Days
- Yearly premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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- Yearly premium$29.991 Year
- iMotion Full Version$5.99
CardSync
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is iMotion free?
Is CardSync free?
Do iMotion or CardSync have ads?
Which is updated more often, iMotion or CardSync?
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