Black Frame vs Frame Pro
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.
Frame Pro
Transform your iPad into a high-quality digital photo frame. Enjoy customizable slideshows with various effects, time and date displays, and even music integration. Upgrade for advanced features like weather overlays and multi-user photo sharing.
- Full-screen image slideshows
- Configurable slide timing
- Optional time and date display
- Slideshow effects and transitions
- Text and graphics overlay
- Music and narration integration
- Multi-user photo sharing
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Quality digital photo frames with good functionality are getting harder to find. Frame Pro can turn your iPad into a superior digital photo frame. If you have an older iPad, use the 'DP Frame' app, also in the App Store. Features There are 2 versions of Frame Pro: - FREE - UPGRADE – available as an In App Purchase FREE version features: - A slideshow of full screen images in portrait or landscape orientation - Easy slideshow navigation and pausing - Configurable slide time - Optional display of current time and/or date - Optional night-time sleep mode - Compatible with all recent generations of iPad - and recent iPhones and iPod Touches - for older iPads use the 'DPFrame' app UPGRADE additional features: - Wide range of slideshow effects (ie zoom, filters and transition effects) - Configurable text and graphics overlay - Current date and time with choice of formats - Camera metadata (when and where shot) - Personalised image/logo with text - Local weather conditions - Multimedia functions - Configurable narration track or background music playlist - Slide changes synced to narration or music - Vision and sound output to external devices via AirPlay - Flexible selection of photos and music - Multiple users can 'send' photos to a shared photo album for centralised display - Configurable sleep function
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Black Frame at 100% against Frame Pro's 50%. Black Frame also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). Frame Pro's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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
Frame Pro is free to download; Black Frame costs $4.99 up front. Frame Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Black Frame asks for nothing beyond the download.
Frame Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Black Frame has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Black Frame's written reviews are positive against 50% of Frame Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Black Frame | Frame Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| 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 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peter Gasche | Lindsay Arnold |
Customer experience
Black Frame
Frame Pro
In-app purchases
Black Frame
No in-app purchases
Frame Pro
- Frame Pro Upgrade$1.99
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