Comparison

OSnap! Lapse & Motion vs Stop Animator

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

Head to head
About

OSnap! Lapse & Motion

Create stunning time-lapse and stop-motion videos with this powerful yet intuitive app. It offers professional-grade features like manual controls, custom guides, and flexible editing options for both beginners and experts. Capture and enhance your projects with ease.

Highlights
  • Traditional time-lapse and stop motion
  • Preset projects for beginners
  • Flexible project editing and rendering
  • Multiple resolution and aspect ratio support
  • Real-time playback speed adjustment
  • Hands-free photo capture options
  • Onion skinning and custom guides
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Simple, intuitive, powerful time-lapse and stop motion photography. Try OSnap! and find out why it's the #1 choice among pro time-lapse & stop animation experts! ********* - “best all-round time-lapse app out there, hands down" --epictutorials.com - "Incredibly powerful" --iPad Today - “fricking genius...this app crushes it where every other app fails...INSANE” --@origiful, Professional Filmmaker ********* From our users: - “Awesome….The best stop motion app you can get” - “Feature rich, well thought out...Get this app...Its kickass” - “Simply Perfect….Everyone NEEDS this app” - "My #1 app...incredible, robust....stunning hi res results" - “Excellent! Smart and thoughtful app…..one of the best apps I’ve ever used on iOS” - “There are few apps that I love. This is one!” - ”Best app I’ve ever purchased hands down….ahead of all others in its category” ********* Experience the POWER of OSnap!: 100% legit pro HD time-lapse & stop motion: --FEATURES--- -Traditional time-lapse & stop motion using individual photos (not video) -Preset projects to help get your feet wet -Projects are ongoing; add or delete images & render out videos at any time -Shoot in EVERY res: 1:1, hi, low, HD, 4:3, 16:9 -Support for dual and triple lens cameras -Shoot manual or timed: 1/4 sec to 48 hours -Tweak playback speed IN REAL TIME AS YOU WATCH -Create HD videos from 0.25-200 frames per second -Front & back camera; portrait, landscape & square -SMOOTH, FAST & BEAUTIFUL: Expert shooting & rendering algorithms -Add music or other audio from your device -Edit, duplicate, rearrange, reverse, splice & combine pics from separate projects -Far more power, flexibility and creativity than apps like Hyperlapse -Hands free: trigger photo capture by clapping; or use your headphone volume button -Lock focus, exposure, white balance -Use 'onion skin' and other custom guides to keep your photos perfectly aligned -Unique settings geared for DAILY PORTRAIT lapses: watch yourself change over time -Reminders: Never forget to take a photo. Set hourly, daily, weekly or monthly reminders -Darken screen during long capture sessions to preserve battery -BUG & CRASH FREE: We’ve engineered OSnap! to be near bulletproof -MUCH more! Check out out a full list of features at: osnapphotoapp.com/features.php IN-APP PURCHASE ADD-ONS ◉ PHOTO IMPORT: Import pics of ANY resolution and aspect ratio from iOS Photos and other 3rd party sources such as Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, etc. ◉ VOICE OVER: Record your voice and make your creations come to life ◉ EXPORT+: Automatically save frames to Camera Roll, even during timed photo shoots, with an added option to bypass saving the frames to OSnap! Use OSnap! WiFi Assistant to conveniently move OSnap! pics & videos over your home WiFi; optionally, capture live photos WHILE you shoot IN-APP PURCHASE UPGRADE ◉ OSnap! vs OSnap! Pro: Want to shoot 1080p/full photo res/4K (supported devices) AND have unlimited projects AND add timestamps AND more? Download OSnap! Pro OR do the one-time upgrade Tutorials: osnapphotoapp.com/tutorials.php Social: instagram.com/osnapphotoapp x.com/osnapphotoapp facebook.com/osnapphotoapp youtube.com/user/osnapphotoapp tiktok.com/@osnapphotoapp

About

Stop Animator

Create stop motion and time-lapse videos with ease. Features include a full-screen capture window, adjustable frame rates, and helpful tools like onion skinning and grids for precise frame composition. Save your progress in projects and capture automatically at set intervals.

Highlights
  • Full-screen capture window
  • Adjustable frame rate
  • Onion skinning and grid tools
  • Automatic interval capture
  • Project saving and resuming
  • Portrait and landscape support
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Stop Animator is perfect for anyone interested in making stop action or time lapse videos. • Full-screen capture window gets you a close-up view of each frame before it is captured • Support for both portrait and landscape orientations • Saves all your work to projects that can be picked up again later • Adjustable frame rate allows for complete control over the production and style of the video • Onion skinning and grid tools can help you decide how to compose each frame • Option to capture automatically at user-defined intervals, perfect for creating time-lapse videos exactly how you want them

Screenshots

OSnap! Lapse & Motion4 screens
Stop Animator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: OSnap! Lapse & Motion at none against Stop Animator's shown. OSnap! Lapse & Motion also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 48%) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. OSnap! Lapse & Motion sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Stop Animator sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

OSnap! Lapse & Motion holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.3K and 936 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of OSnap! Lapse & Motion's written reviews are positive against 48% of Stop Animator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OSnap! Lapse & Motion ships an update every 4 weeks, Stop Animator every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
OSnap! Lapse & Motion versus Stop Animator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOSnap! Lapse & MotionStop Animator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.3K ratings) — better4.4 (936 ratings)
Positive reviews79.8% of reviews — better47.6% of reviews
Number of ratings1.3K — better936
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.716.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJustin CegnarIndependent Developers, LLC

Customer experience

OSnap! Lapse & Motion

All ratings1,310 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral5.0%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews208 reviews
Positive79.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative13.9%

Stop Animator

All ratings924 ratings
Positive83.9%
Neutral6.7%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews189 reviews
Positive47.6%
Neutral12.7%
Negative39.7%

User reviews

OSnap! Lapse & Motion

From 1.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐ One of a kind
  • 👍 Efficient and reliable
  • 💰 Great value
  • 👍 Solid for manual Timelapse
  • 👍 Easy to use

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Limits projects without paying
  • 💰 Paid features required
  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🔒 Can't import photos from camera roll

Stop Animator

From 936 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💫 Excellent for stop motion animation
  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🎨 Great for creating cool videos
  • 🙌 Awesome for Lego stop motion
  • 🤩 Fantastic app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and glitches
  • 🤑 Paywall for basic features
  • 🔍 Difficult to find saved videos
  • 🕰 Slow and laggy performance
  • 📤 Unreliable saving/exporting

Bugs and requests

OSnap! Lapse & Motion

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when trying to import media
  • Saving to camera roll doesn't work
  • Occasional frame drops and freezes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add sound effects
  • Add green screen/layering features
  • Increase free project limit
  • Improve video export quality and options
  • Add tutorials and documentation

Stop Animator

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Camera not working
  • Randomly deletes projects
  • Autosave feature causes data loss
  • Upside down camera orientation
  • Freezes and black screens

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add audio/music support
  • Implement editing tools
  • Allow importing photos from gallery
  • Provide more customization options
  • Add countdown timer for taking photos

In-app purchases

4 purchases

OSnap! Lapse & Motion

One-time4
  • Voice Over$2.99
  • Photo Import$3.99
  • Export+$3.99
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  • OSnap! Upgrade$9.99
5 purchases

Stop Animator

One-time5
  • Variable Frames Per Second$1.99
  • Time Lapse$1.99
  • Onion Skinning$1.99
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  • Ad Removal$3.99
  • Feature Pack$4.99

Questions

Is OSnap! Lapse & Motion free?
OSnap! Lapse & Motion is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stop Animator free?
Stop Animator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, OSnap! Lapse & Motion or Stop Animator?
OSnap! Lapse & Motion is rated higher. OSnap! Lapse & Motion averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Stop Animator averages 4.4 from 936 ratings.
Do OSnap! Lapse & Motion or Stop Animator have ads?
Stop Animator shows ads; OSnap! Lapse & Motion does not.
Which is updated more often, OSnap! Lapse & Motion or Stop Animator?
OSnap! Lapse & Motion ships an update every 4 weeks, and Stop Animator every 2 months. Most recently, OSnap! Lapse & Motion was updated on November 7, 2026 and Stop Animator on November 1, 2026.

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