Black Frame vs Photo Animation Studio Animate
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.
Photo Animation Studio Animate
Transform your photos into dynamic videos and animated stories with intuitive tools. Easily combine images, add text, draw directly on pictures, and control animation details. Enhance your creations with soundtracks or voiceovers for stunning visual results.
- Create videos from photos
- Animate and storyboard
- Draw on photos
- Multi-layer animation
- Add text overlay
- Soundtracks and voiceovers
- Save as video or image
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Photo Animator Studio is a perfect app for fun photo creations, cool videos from photos, animating, storyboarding, and sketching. CREATE IN SECONDS… ◆ Fun, fast and super simple. ◆ Easily combine photos, animations,vectors and icons into an engaging video. ◆ Add impact with text overlay - no design expertise required! ◆ Draw on your photos and make animated selfies ◆ Get advanced drawing and sketching tools ◆ Use multi-layering for complex animations ◆ Control Animation length,delay and speed ◆ Easily save as video or image and share to social networks like YouTube, Facebook and Instagram MAKE IT SOUND AMAZING… ◆ Pick from a wide variety of free soundtracks ◆ Use your own voice-over to make your point - it'll make you video even more amazing. SUPERB, VISUAL RESULTS IN MINUTES… ◆ Themes automatically adds cinema-quality animation so your story looks incredible. Effortlessly. ◆ Share your video via Twitter, Facebook, email, or text, or send it to any other app or photo gallery ◆ Save your video to your Camera Roll to upload to your Instagram or favorite video site. HERE'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE CREATING: Cool photos that come to life • Viral Social videos Marketing videos Facebook posts • Facebook ads • Instagram videos • Social media videos • School projects • Business pitches • Crowdfunding videos • Easy storytelling • Team project updates • Product demos • Reports • Tutorials • Event invitations • Announcements • Testimonials • And more ! Privacy Policy https://apps-machine.com/privacypolicy Terms of Use https://apps-machine.com/termsofuse
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Black Frame at 100% against Photo Animation Studio Animate's 47%. Black Frame also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Photo Animation Studio Animate's advantage is ratings volume (161 vs 5) and price ($1.99 vs $4.99). On update cadence and ads 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 Photo Animation Studio Animate $1.99 up front. Photo Animation Studio Animate sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Black Frame asks for nothing beyond the download.
Black Frame holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Photo Animation Studio Animate has 161 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Black Frame's written reviews are positive against 47% of Photo Animation Studio Animate's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Black Frame | Photo Animation Studio Animate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | 4.5 (161 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 47.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 161 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 249 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Gasche | MULTI MOBILE Ltd |
Customer experience
Black Frame
Photo Animation Studio Animate
In-app purchases
Black Frame
No in-app purchases
Photo Animation Studio Animate
- Premium Features$3.997 Days
- Premium Features7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Premium Features7 Days trial$29.996 Months
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