Comparison

Save Frame vs Phase Camera

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

Phase Camera

This camera app provides intuitive sliders for precise cropping and zooming, allowing you to perfect your shot composition. Explore a variety of filters or create your own unique effects for endless creative possibilities.

Highlights
  • On-screen zoom slider
  • On-screen crop slider
  • Customizable sliders
  • Variety of filters
  • Create custom filter effects
  • Sideways orientation settings
Features
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Phase is a camera app that gives you easy access to the tools most important for composing that perfect shot: cropping and zooming. Onscreen sliders let you easily adjust every aspect of the composition — and you can configure them to fit your own preferred workflow. Phase also offers a variety of interesting filters to make your photos more interesting. You can even create your own filter effects — the possibilities are infinite. Settings are accessible just by turning the phone sideways.

Screenshots

Save Frame4 screens
Phase Camera4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Save Frame at 5.0 against Phase Camera's 4.0. Save Frame also leads on ratings volume (85 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Save Frame holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Save Frame has 85 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Save Frame ships an update fortnightly, Phase Camera every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Save Frame versus Phase Camera: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSave FramePhase Camera
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (85 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings85 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeospike Pty LtdAndrew Swift

Customer experience

Save Frame

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

Phase Camera

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

In-app purchases

None

Save Frame

No in-app purchases

None

Phase Camera

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Save Frame free?
Save Frame is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Phase Camera free?
Phase Camera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Save Frame or Phase Camera?
Save Frame is rated higher. Save Frame averages 5.0 out of 5 from 85 ratings, while Phase Camera averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Save Frame or Phase Camera have ads?
Neither Save Frame nor Phase Camera shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Save Frame or Phase Camera?
Save Frame ships an update fortnightly, and Phase Camera every 3 weeks. Most recently, Save Frame was updated on October 27, 2026 and Phase Camera on October 8, 2026.

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