Comparison

Timelapse Cam vs TimeLapse

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Timelapse Cam

Capture stunning high-definition time-lapse videos of natural phenomena and urban scenes. Offers professional manual controls for exposure, ISO, and white balance, enabling creative photography of everything from starry skies to blooming flowers.

Highlights
  • High-definition time-lapse video recording
  • Professional manual camera controls
  • Starry sky time-lapse photography
  • Wide range time-lapse capabilities
  • Sunrise and sunset recording
  • Select images from albums to create videos
Features
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Time delay camera - a professional time delay camera, which can record high-definition time delay videos such as starry sky time delay, wide range time delay, sunrise and sunset time delay Heavyweight!!! Now you can record a wide range of delayed videos with your mobile phone. There is no need for a camera or complicated late stage. It has never been so easy to record a wide range of delayed videos! Support professional mode: can manually set exposure, ISO, focal length, and white balance, with more powerful functions! You can also record the starry sky delay photography! Record the starry sky delay video to experience the changes of stars! Support for selecting images from albums to make videos! It can also record delayed videos of other scenes For example: clouds billow up and fade away Sunrise and sunset heavy traffic on the street Flowers bloom and fade. More delayed photography scenes are waiting for you to explore~ If you like this app, please give me a good comment to support the author~ More powerful time delay photography function is under development, please wait~ Notice on App Subscription Service 1. VIP monthly subscription (1 month) ¥ 1.00/month 2. When you purchase an automatic subscription member's account, you will deduct fees from your iTunes account 24 hours before the expiration of each month's subscription period. After successful deduction, you will extend the subscription period for another time. If the subscription is not closed at least 24 hours before the end of the subscription period, it will be deemed that you agree to continue the authorization, and the subscription will be automatically renewed. 3. To cancel the subscription, manually open the "Settings" of your iPhone -->enter the "iTunes Store and App Store" -->click "Apple ID", select "View Apple ID", enter the "Account Settings" page, click "Subscribe", and select "VIP Monthly Subscription" to cancel the subscription. Member Service Agreement https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/593559281 Privacy Policy Agreement https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/593587329 User License Agreement https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

TimeLapse

Transform your Ring camera into an automatic time-lapse creator. Capture the evolution of projects, gardens, or the sky over days or months with scheduled snapshots. Watch, download, and share your growing visual story with ease.

Highlights
  • Uses existing Ring camera
  • Customizable snapshot cadence
  • Automatic daily reel updates
  • One-tap watch, download, share
  • Privacy-first design
  • Project-based scheduling
Features
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Watch anything change - in 30 seconds. TimeLapse turns the Ring camera you already own into an automatic time-lapse of whatever it sees: your garden coming into bloom, a renovation taking shape, a storefront through the seasons, the sky and its weather, a workshop build, or any project that changes over days, weeks, or months. Snapshots are captured on the schedule you set, then stitched into one reel that grows day after day. No new hardware. No editing. No babysitting. - Runs on your existing Ring camera - nothing to buy, mount, or wire - Set a cadence (every 5-60 min) and a capture window once, per project - A reel that grows with your project, rebuilt automatically every day - Watch, download, and share the finished reel with one tap - Get notified the moment a new reel is ready Perfect for gardeners, renovators, makers, shop owners, sky watchers - anyone curious to see slow change made visible. Privacy-first by design: still snapshots only - no live video, no audio, no AI, no face recognition. Encrypted in transit and at rest; you can delete your account and all data at any time, or simply unlink. TimeLapse is added to your Ring account from inside the Ring app, and managed there.

Screenshots

Timelapse Cam4 screens
TimeLapse3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TimeLapse at none against Timelapse Cam's 2. TimeLapse also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). Timelapse Cam's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Timelapse Cam sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. TimeLapse asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timelapse Cam ships an update fortnightly, TimeLapse every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Timelapse Cam versus TimeLapse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimelapse CamTimeLapse
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer国强 付Nicola Erbacci

Customer experience

Timelapse Cam

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TimeLapse

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Timelapse Cam

Subscriptions1
  • VIP Monthly subscription$0.491 Month
One-time1
  • VIP permanent purchase$5.99
None

TimeLapse

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Timelapse Cam free?
Timelapse Cam is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TimeLapse free?
TimeLapse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Timelapse Cam or TimeLapse have ads?
Neither Timelapse Cam nor TimeLapse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timelapse Cam or TimeLapse?
Timelapse Cam ships an update fortnightly, and TimeLapse every 3 days. Most recently, Timelapse Cam was updated on October 7, 2026 and TimeLapse on October 12, 2026.

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