Black Frame vs Digital Frame Lite
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 Lite
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Do you want to recycle an old iPad as a Digital Photo Frame? Digital Frame Lite 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. In the main window you can select the album to show. You must have at least one album created fo that. This free version is limited to 50 photos and not allow to change presentation time and don't have auto off feature.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Digital Frame Lite at Free against Black Frame's $4.99. Digital Frame Lite also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months) and device support (3 vs 1). Black Frame's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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
Digital Frame Lite is free to download; Black Frame costs $4.99 up front. Digital Frame Lite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Black Frame asks for nothing beyond the download.
Black Frame ships an update every 3 months, Digital Frame Lite every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Black Frame | Digital Frame Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | 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 |
In-app purchases
Black Frame
No in-app purchases
Digital Frame Lite
- Unlock Pro$2.99
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