Comparison

Save Frame vs TAS

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

Head to head
About

Save Frame

Extract high-quality HDR photos from videos with pro-level metadata. This tool allows frame-accurate selection and batch processing without needing full photo library access, ensuring your media stays on your device.

Highlights
  • Extract HDR stills from videos
  • Retain original metadata (date, GPS, lens)
  • Frame-accurate scrubbing
  • Batch extraction
  • Export in HEIC, AVIF, JPEG
  • On-device processing
Features
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Turn your videos into photos and Live Photos. Save Frame combines precise frame controls with batch extraction, helping you capture favorite memories and create thumbnails, covers, and social posts from footage you already have. FIND THE EXACT MOMENT Open a video from Photos or Files, slow down playback, and zoom in to inspect expressions and details. Step forward or backward one frame at a time to find your favorite moment. Saved-frame markers help you keep track of the photos you’ve already captured. CREATE LIVE PHOTOS Keep the movement around your chosen frame by saving it as a Live Photo. Capture the smile, the celebration, or the little moment that deserves more than a still image. You can also extract still photos from existing Live Photos. SAVE A SERIES AUTOMATICALLY Create more from footage you’ve already shot. Built for content creators, batch extraction helps you pull thumbnail candidates, video covers, and images for social posts from a single video. • Save frames at regular time intervals • Extract every nth frame • Choose a total number of images spread across the video Review the results in Photos and pick your favorites. CHOOSE HOW YOU EXPORT Save frames at the video’s original resolution, including from 4K footage. Choose JPEG or HEIC, with AVIF available on supported devices, and adjust compression quality to balance image detail and file size. Preserve HDR color and brightness with compatible videos, devices, and export settings. Keep capture dates, times, and location information when available. YOUR VIDEOS STAY PRIVATE Choose a video using Apple’s photo picker or open one directly from Files. No full photo library access required. Save Frame processes your video directly on your device, with no video uploads required. No ads. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. You already captured the moment. Save the frame.

About

TAS

This app allows creators to embed a verifiable digital signature into their videos, proving authenticity and origin. Users can easily scan these signatures to confirm content is genuine and unaltered, combating AI-generated media.

Highlights
  • Embed cryptographic QR code signatures
  • Lock in identity, location, and timestamp
  • Verify content authenticity
  • Customize signature appearance
  • Record or import videos
  • Share signed content anywhere
Features
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TAS — True Authentic Self — lets you prove your content is real. Sign your videos with a TAS signature: a cryptographic QR code embedded at the moment of capture that locks in your identity, location, and timestamp. Share your content anywhere. Anyone can scan the signature to instantly verify it's genuine and unaltered. In an era of AI-generated media, TAS gives creators a way to stand behind their work — and gives audiences a way to trust what they see. SIGN Record or import video and apply a TAS signature before you share. Your signature travels with the content, wherever it goes. VERIFY Scan any TAS-signed content with your camera to see who created it, when, and where — straight from the source. CUSTOMIZE Personalize your signature's appearance with custom colors and opacity to match your brand. Privacy Policy: https://scan-tas.com/Privacy_Policy Terms of Service: https://scan-tas.com/Terms_of_Service

Screenshots

Save Frame4 screens
TAS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Save Frame at none against TAS's 1. Save Frame also leads on ratings volume (72 vs 1). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TAS sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Save Frame asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Save Frame against 5.0 for TAS. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Save Frame has 72 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Save Frame versus TAS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSave FrameTAS
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (72 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings72 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeospike Pty LtdTrue Authentic Self, Inc.

Customer experience

Save Frame

All ratings72 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TAS

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Save Frame

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

TAS

Subscriptions1
  • Basic$9.991 Month

Questions

Is Save Frame free?
Save Frame is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TAS free?
TAS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Save Frame or TAS?
Save Frame and TAS are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 72 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Save Frame or TAS have ads?
Neither Save Frame nor TAS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Save Frame or TAS?
Save Frame ships an update fortnightly, and TAS fortnightly. Most recently, Save Frame was updated on October 13, 2026 and TAS on October 9, 2026.

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