Comparison

OSnap! Lapse & Motion vs Histograms Explained

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 using individual photos. Offers advanced features like real-time playback speed adjustment, manual/timed shooting, and camera control. Includes options for importing photos, adding voiceovers, and exporting in various resolutions.

Highlights
  • Traditional time-lapse & stop motion
  • Preset projects
  • Ongoing projects with image editing
  • Shoot in multiple resolutions
  • Real-time playback speed tweak
  • Add music or audio
  • Hands-free photo capture
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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

Histograms Explained

Learn to interpret your camera's histogram for better photography, both underwater and topside. This app de-mystifies histograms with narrated lessons, real-world examples, and quizzes from experienced professionals.

Highlights
  • De-mystifies camera histograms
  • Narrated training material
  • Real-world photo examples
  • Chapter quizzes
  • Tips from professional photographers
  • Covers luminance and RGB histograms
Features
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Whether you shoot with a Mirrorless, DSLR or a point-and-shoot camera, this easy to use, easy to understand App will quickly improve your underwater photography as your camera's histogram is de-mystified and becomes your new best friend. Information in this App is useful for topside photography as well. Every shooter can benefit greatly from Histograms Explained! Shoot like the pros! Histograms Explained is the second in the series of Underwater Photography Training Applications by David Fleetham & Marty Snyderman. With 80 years of combined professional experience in underwater photography, David and Marty share their tips to help you understand your camera's histogram for better images. This App contains eight sections of training material, fully narrated, with photos taken by David Fleetham and Marty Snyderman to illustrate examples of histograms with their accompanying images, plus other training slides. • Section 1: Your New Best Friend • Section 2: Two Kinds of Histograms • Section 3: Luminance Histograms • Section 4: The Bell Curve Myth • Section 5: Beware of the Goal Posts • Section 6: Making Adjustments • Section 7: RGB Histograms • Section 8: The Color Channels Other features: • Full narration • Easy menu navigation • Right-to-left, left-to-right swipe technology • Chapter quizzes to reinforce learning • One in a series of Underwater Photography Training Applications: Natural Light Images, Coordinating Natural Light and Strobes, Using Strobes Effectively, Silhouettes Underwater and Histograms Explained

Screenshots

OSnap! Lapse & Motion4 screens
Histograms Explained4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: OSnap! Lapse & Motion at Free against Histograms Explained's $4.99. OSnap! Lapse & Motion also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.3) and review sentiment (80% vs 50%). Histograms Explained's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.5). On ads 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

OSnap! Lapse & Motion is free to download; Histograms Explained costs $4.99 up front. OSnap! Lapse & Motion sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Histograms Explained asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

OSnap! Lapse & Motion holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OSnap! Lapse & Motion has 1.3K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of OSnap! Lapse & Motion's written reviews are positive against 50% of Histograms Explained's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OSnap! Lapse & Motion ships an update every 4 weeks, Histograms Explained every 40 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
OSnap! Lapse & Motion versus Histograms Explained: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOSnap! Lapse & MotionHistograms Explained
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.6 (1.3K ratings) — better3.3 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.3K — better6
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 40 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.512.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB210 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJustin CegnarNewmediasoup, LLC

Customer experience

OSnap! Lapse & Motion

All ratings1,310 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral5.0%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews200 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral6.5%
Negative13.5%

Histograms Explained

All ratings6 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

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

Histograms Explained

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
None

Histograms Explained

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OSnap! Lapse & Motion free?
OSnap! Lapse & Motion is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Histograms Explained free?
Histograms Explained costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, OSnap! Lapse & Motion or Histograms Explained?
OSnap! Lapse & Motion is rated higher. OSnap! Lapse & Motion averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Histograms Explained averages 3.3 from 6 ratings.
Do OSnap! Lapse & Motion or Histograms Explained have ads?
Neither OSnap! Lapse & Motion nor Histograms Explained shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OSnap! Lapse & Motion or Histograms Explained?
OSnap! Lapse & Motion ships an update every 4 weeks, and Histograms Explained every 40 months. Most recently, OSnap! Lapse & Motion was updated on October 14, 2026 and Histograms Explained on October 15, 2026.

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