Snapchat vs Share Frame
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Snapchat
Instantly share photos and videos with friends and family. Express yourself with creative tools, connect through live messaging and video calls, and discover content from the community. Save your favorite moments and explore shared memories.
- Camera with Lenses and Filters
- Live Messaging and Video Chat
- Friend and Group Stories
- Spotlight for user-created content
- Location Sharing Map
- Memories for saving photos/videos
- Friendship Profiles
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Snapchat is a fast and fun way to share the moment with your friends and family SNAP • Snapchat opens right to the Camera — just tap to take a photo, or press and hold for video. • Express yourself with Lenses, Filters, Bitmoji and more! • Try out new Lenses daily created by the Snapchat community! CHAT • Stay in touch with friends through live messaging, or share your day with Group Stories. • Video Chat with up to 16 friends at once — you can even use Lenses and Filters when chatting! • Express yourself with Friendmojis — exclusive Bitmoji made just for you and a friend. STORIES • Watch friends' Stories to see their day unfold. • See Stories from the Snapchat community that are based on your interests. • Discover breaking news and exclusive Original Shows. SPOTLIGHT • Spotlight showcases the best of Snapchat! • Submit your own Snaps or sit back, relax, and watch. • Pick your favorites and share them with friends. MAP • Share your location with your best friends or go off the grid with Ghost Mode. • See what your friends are up to on your most personal map when they share their location with you. • Explore live Stories from the community nearby or across the world! MEMORIES • Save unlimited photos and videos of all your favorite moments. • Edit and send old moments to friends or save them to your Camera Roll. • Create Stories from your favorite Memories to share with friends and family. FRIENDSHIP PROFILE • Every friendship has its own special profile to see the moments you’ve saved together. • Discover new things you have in common with Charms — see how long you’ve been friends, your astrological compatibility, your Bitmoji fashion sense, and more! • Friendship Profiles are just between you and a friend, so you can bond over what makes your friendship special. Happy Snapping! • • • Please note: Snapchatters can always capture or save your messages by taking a screenshot, using a camera, or otherwise. Be mindful of what you Snap! For a full description of our privacy practices, please see our Privacy Center.
Share Frame
Enhance your photos with editing tools like zoom, pan, and crop. Apply filters and add fun frames to personalize your images.
- Zoom and pan images
- Crop photos
- Apply filters
- Add frames
- Image editing tools
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Zoom, pan, crop, add filters and add hilarious frames to your images.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Share Frame at 100% against Snapchat's 30%. Share Frame also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 23) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). Snapchat's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 56 months) and ratings volume (6M vs 11). On price 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. Snapchat sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Share Frame asks for nothing beyond the download.
Share Frame holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Snapchat has 6M ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Snapchat's written reviews are positive against 100% of Share Frame's.
Snapchat ships an update every 5 days, Share Frame every 56 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Snapchat | Share Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (6M ratings) | 4.7 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6M — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 56 months |
| Ads | Yes | — |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #2 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 402 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Snap, Inc. | Robert Perez |
Customer experience
Snapchat
Share Frame
Bugs and requests
Snapchat
Reported bugs
5 issues- Accounts being permanently locked for unclear reasons
- Inability to create new accounts on banned devices
- Disappearing Memories and lack of data retrieval
- Inconsistent video upload and playback issues
- Notifications and chat features not working properly
Requested features
5 requests- Allow permanent deletion of Memories
- Add multi-video upload to Stories
- Improve customer support and account recovery
- Provide option to disable AI assistant
- Bring back 2D bitmoji customization
Share Frame
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Snapchat
- Memories Storage$1.991 Month
- Snapchat+ Monthly Plan1 Month trial$3.991 Month
- Snapchat+ Monthly Plan7 Days trial$3.991 Month
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- Snapchat+ (Monthly Plan)1 Month trial$3.991 Month
- Snapchat+ (Monthly Plan)1 Month trial3 variants$4.991 Month
- Snapchat+ (Monthly Plan)$4.991 Month
- Snapchat+ Monthly Plan$4.991 Month
- Snapchat+ (Annual Plan)1 Year trial$29.991 Year
- Snapchat+ (12-Month Plan)$39.991 Year
- Snapstreak Restore$0.49
- Snapstreak Restore2 variants$0.99
- Snapstreak Restore$1.49
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- Snapstreak Restore$2.99
- Snapstreak Restore$3.99
- Snapstreak Restore$4.99
Share Frame
No in-app purchases
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