Black Frame vs Digital Frame
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Black Frame
Easily create professional slideshow presentations from your photos. Arrange images, apply transitions, and add music for dynamic visual stories. Supports unlimited slideshows and pictures.
- Unlimited slideshows and pictures
- Drag-and-drop arrangement
- 40 transition effects
- Adjustable display duration
- Add music and titles
- Portrait and landscape modes
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Compose great slideshows from your most beautiful pictures simply and quickly. Create professional presentations on your iPad™. Features • unlimited number of slideshows and pictures • use pictures from your photo album, use iTunes file sharing or pictures from the clipboard • arrange slideshows and pictures easily by dragging them • portrait and landscape mode • display duration can be adjusted between 1 second and 1 hour, loop mode available • choose from 40 distinct transition effects • display the title of a slideshow or image, font and size are adjustable • add music, RSS feed, time display (7 different designs available) What features do you wish to see in the next version? Do you have suggestions for improvement? Found a bug? Send us an email to support@endlesstape.com.
Digital Frame
Transform an old iPad or iPhone into a digital photo frame. Easily select an album from your photo library to start a random slideshow. Customize photo display times and set presentation start and end hours.
- Repurpose old iPads/iPhones
- Random photo slideshows
- Select photo albums
- Customizable photo display times
- Set presentation start/end times
- Swipe gestures for navigation
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Do you want to recycle an old iPad as a Digital Photo Frame? Digital Frame gives a new life to your old iPad or iPhone. A very easy to use app to show randomly all the photos in an album from your Photo Library. Simply select the shared album from the list and slideshow will start. The only thing you must configure are the presentation time of each photo and the start and end times of the presentation. To exit the slideshow, do a swipe (up or down) gesture. To load next or previous photo, do a swipe (left or right) gesture.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Digital Frame at $2.99 against Black Frame's $4.99. Digital Frame also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads 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
Black Frame costs $4.99 and Digital Frame $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Black Frame ships an update every 3 months, Digital Frame every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Black Frame | Digital Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Gasche | TheCoolBytes |
Customer experience
Black Frame
Digital Frame
In-app purchases
Black Frame
No in-app purchases
Digital Frame
No in-app purchases
