iMotion Pro vs Skyflow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iMotion Pro
Create captivating time-lapse and stop-motion videos with an intuitive yet powerful tool. Enhance your stories, animate objects, and capture life's moments with professional rendering and easy sharing options.
- Time-lapse and stop-motion creation
- Professional rendering
- Easy video sharing
- 4K UHD, 1080p & 720p exports
- Multiple capture modes
- Unlimited movie length
- Add audio soundtracks
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Create your own time-lapse and stop-motion stories OR Your time-lapses and stop-motions (almost) like magic! OR Enhance your stories in minutes with time-lapse and stop-motion • Enhance your stories and make your photos real! • An intuitive app for professional rendering • A complete, fast, powerful and universal tool • To share your videos easily iMotion Pro is iMotion with "Full Version" In-App purchase included. # Where will iMotion take you? Time-lapse and stop-motion are everywhere: in the cinema, on television, on social networks… We cannot miss the charm of these fast and efficient stop-motion and time-lapse videos. They are now at your fingertips thanks to the iMotion app. Amaze your family by bringing precious memories to life, surprise your students with clear demonstrations, impress your customers by telling them a story, amaze your friends by bringing photos, landscapes and slices of life to life… only in a few minutes! With iMotion, the only limit is your imagination! # Is the iMotion app made for you? You are looking for a stop-motion / time-lapse app: • Simple and intuitive, • Powerful, offering a professional result, • With an unlimited number of photos and videos: never stop creating! • Offering the export of your videos directly to your photo library, your iTunes sharing folder, your email, your iOS apps and social networks, • Making you forget all the technical aspects: download, edit and publish, it's ready! • Without watermark or advertising, If you find yourself in one or more of this information, then iMotion is for you! # Inspiration: the only limit is your imagination! • Make your own animated films to entertain the whole family, • Simplify learning with a smooth, step-by-step tutorial, • Capture a landscape, a sunset, the colors of the sky or a memorable city, • Animate your favorite objects, your OOTD, your best recipes, • Freeze memories of your child growing up, • Immortalize the evolution of your pregnancy or your weight loss, • Compile your selfies for a fun effect… # Features: unleash your creativity, iMotion has thought of everything else! • 4K UHD, 1080p & 720p HD capture & exports • Universal binaries iPhone / iPad / iPodTouch • 5 capture modes (time-lapse, manual, microphone, wifi remote, photo library import) • Portrait (for Instagram and Tiktok) and landscape (for Youtube) orientations supported • Rear and front cameras supported • Flash light & camera zoom support • Onion skin support • Change camera settings (Manual Focus, Exposure & White balance) • Export: videos, photos and animated GIF to your Photo Library, iTunes Sharing Folder, Mail and iOS apps and social networks (Instagram, TikTok, Youtube…) • Unlimited movie length, even with the free version • Add audio soundtrack to your movie with iPod import, microphone and Files • Import multiple frames from your Photo Library • Export frames to your Documents folder while capturing • Export & import your movie project Download “iMotion Remote” app for free to preview and remote your capture from an other device iPhone/iPad/iPodtouch. # Watch movies made with iMotion Browse the iMotion gallery to see examples of videos made by iMotion users: http://www.youtube.com/imotionhdgallery # Who is behind Fingerlab? • Fingerlab is an independant mobile & desktop app publishing studio, based in Paris, France, founded in 2010. • We are indie developers and our goal is to create the greatest user experience for mobile devices. We are driven by our passions: music, photography and apps. • Fingerlab won the Apple Design Award in 2012 for its app "DM1-The Drum Machine", and all Fingerlab apps have been featured on the AppStore in multiple categories. Watch us : vimeo.com/fingerlab Follow us : twitter.com/fingerlab Powered by Fingerlab http://www.fingerlab.net
Skyflow
Create professional time-lapse and stop-motion videos with advanced camera controls and a powerful editor. Adjust playback speed after shooting, apply effects, and export in high resolutions. Supports various photo and video formats for ultimate creative freedom.
- Adjustable playback speed after shooting
- Pro camera controls (ISO, shutter, WB, focus)
- Support for RAW, HEIF, and ProRes formats
- Advanced time-lapse editor with keyframing
- Export up to 8K resolution
- Long exposure effects and exposure bracketing
- Stop-motion shooting mode
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Skyflow is a powerful, professional-grade tool for creators who want top-quality in time-lapse and stop-motion. Skyflow’s standout feature is the ability to change your time-lapse playback speed even after shooting was finished. With powerful camera controls, broad format support, and a full-featured editor, Skyflow gives you complete control from shoot to export. Highly Configurable Capture Experience: • Source selection: SDR Video, HDR Video, Apple Log, 12MP and 48MP Photo • Expanded save formats: HEIF, HEIF (10-bit), ProRes, ProRAW • Shooting modes: Time-Lapse and Stop Motion • Adjustable Start Time, Interval, and Duration • Pro Tools: Histogram, Zebra, Apple Log LUT Preview • Manual control of ISO, shutter speed, EV, white balance, and focus • Noise Reduction for night shots by limiting shutter speed • Long Exposure effects: Light Trails & Motion Blur • 3-stop/2-stop Exposure Bracketing (EB) • Panning motion for cinematic movement • Horizon level and photo grid overlays Feature-rich Time-Lapse Editor: • Playback speed adjustment with reverse option and speed ramping • Advanced cropping with perspective correction • Full editing and sharing support for (Pro)RAW • Improved image fusion for exposure-bracketed sequences (EB) • Exposure and color adjustments • Keypoint-based ramping for playback speed, crop settings, exposure and color adjustments • Trimming, adding music, continuing a time-lapse, and more Export and Sharing: • Export up to 8K (depends on your device model) • Video formats including ProRes • Custom frame rate and bitrate • HDR / Dolby Vision export support • Save to Photos, Files, or share to other apps Other Features • Detailed time-lapse info view with photo metadata and capture-metrics graphs • Create time-lapse projects from photo albums, bursts, videos, or imported folders • Support for DJI OSMO Mobile and DJI OSMO Mobile 2 handheld gimbals Please note: DJI OSMO Mobile 3 and later are not supported due to factors outside our control! Free Version You can shoot unlimited time-lapses with no restrictions. Exports, however, are limited to 540p resolution and include a watermark. Limitations can be removed with a one-time in-app purchase.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Skyflow at Free against iMotion Pro's $5.99. Skyflow also leads on review sentiment (72% vs 32%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). iMotion Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 14.3). On ads, monetization model 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
Skyflow is free to download; iMotion Pro costs $5.99 up front. Skyflow sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. iMotion Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
Skyflow holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skyflow has 590 ratings behind it against 84, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of iMotion Pro's written reviews are positive against 72% of Skyflow's.
iMotion Pro ships an update every 4 months, Skyflow every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 30, 2026.
| Parameter | iMotion Pro | Skyflow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (84 ratings) | 4.6 (590 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.7% of reviews | 72.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 84 | 590 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 14.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | SKETCHES SRL | Andrei Kovalev |
Customer experience
iMotion Pro
Skyflow
User reviews
iMotion Pro
From 84 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for beginners
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- 👍 Good for spontaneous stop motion
- 👍 Works well for small projects
- 👍 High quality video output
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashing
- 🐛 Shaky and unprofessional videos
- 🐛 Fuzzy picture quality
- 🐛 Onion skin distorted
- 🐛 Slow trigger time
Skyflow
From 590 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Brilliant app
- 🚀 Spectacular timelapse app
- 🚀 Excellent time lapse video app
- 🚀 Impressive features
- 🚀 Versatile and customizable
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and errors
- 🐛 Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
- 🐛 Export and saving problems
- 🔒 Paid features hidden behind paywall
- 🔒 Unexpected pricing changes
Bugs and requests
iMotion Pro
Reported bugs
50 issues- Crashing all the time
- Picture quality looks bad
- Camera weirdly zoomed in
- Sensitive to slight movements
- Videos come out shaky
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- Fuzzy thanks to weird zoom
- Onion skin feature appears incorrectly distorted
- Trigger time takes 5+ seconds
- Bug on the first frame
- First shot is reinterpreted
- Onion skin stays on first frame
- Edit menu does not work
- Cannot playback video
- Imported photos appear as a black screen
- No way to save video in progress
- No microphone option
- Cannot see previous movies from iMotion
- Drains battery rapidly
- Phone overheats
- App crashes every time it's opened
- Cannot export pictures without restarting iPhone
- Cannot use selfie camera
- Description is misleading regarding HD quality with iMotion remote
- Cannot access camera roll
- Cannot resume a video
- Resume button not present
- App doesn't recognize camera
- Capture button never shows
- Controls aren't showing up
- Controls missing after iOS 8 update
- App freezes when device is turned landscape
- App crashes every few hours
- Low res uploads to Facebook
- Resume feature gone
- Tools missing after update
- No music added
- iMotion Remote app no longer working
- Sound input is crippled
- Gallery rejection emails are long and wordy
- Blurs camera and zooms in
- Pro version does a close-up and takes pictures off to the right
- Audio screwed up on export
- Kicks off app during filming
- Super hard to resume filming
- Restarts animation mid-way for like 4 seconds
- Freezes in landscape
- 1080p is not supported on iPad mini Retina display
- No control buttons visible
- Crashes since iOS 8 update
- App doesn't open due to compatibility or bug
Requested features
11 requests- Import from files
- Masking feature
- Zoom feature
- Manual exposure control
- Expand photo import limit
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- Selfie camera support
- Duplicate frames
- Dark mode support
- Manual focus
- Auto-exposure/auto-focus lock
- Keep taking pictures during low battery notification
Skyflow
Reported bugs
4 issues- Camera session errors
- Inability to complete actions
- Distorted or corrupted video output
- Timelapses not saving properly
Requested features
8 requests- Add intermediate zoom levels
- Implement vertical/portrait mode
- Add manual focus control
- Introduce exposure and shutter speed settings
- Implement geotagging and timestamp overlays
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- Add presets for common shooting scenarios
- Improve file management and export options
- Introduce cloud backup and sync functionality
In-app purchases
iMotion Pro
No in-app purchases
Skyflow
- Remove Ads & Watermark$0.99
- Upgrade Tier 1$1.99
- HD export$2.99
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- Upgrade Tier 2$3.99
- Full version$4.99
Questions
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