Liquid Canvas vs Plex Photos
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Liquid Canvas
Transform your TV into a dynamic art gallery with a vast collection of digital art, including animations and personal media. Create custom playlists to set the mood for any occasion and share media with loved ones.
- Streaming digital art service
- Curated art collections
- Animated paintings and photographs
- Personal photo and video uploads
- Custom playlist creation
- Share media with family and friends
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Liquid Canvas is a streaming art service for TVs - unique digital art for televisions. With Liquid Canvas, you can turn any TV into a work of art and transform any room into an art gallery. Create custom playlists from curated art collections and a gallery of more than 6,000 pieces of art, including animated paintings and photographs. With kids birthday animations, holiday animations, rotating inspirational and spiritual quotes, Liquid Canvas turns your TV into the ultimate home decor element. Curate the mood for any room or any event. You can also upload personal pictures and videos and turn your TV into a connected picture frame, sharing personal media with the TVs of family members and friends. Liquid Canvas is the ultimate way to stay connected to loved ones. Once a TV is connected and a playlist is created, then it´s easy to push the playlist to any TV, transforming your TV from a big, boring black screen on the wall, into a vibrant focal point for any room Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Plex Photos
Access and view your personal photo libraries from anywhere. Relive your favorite moments with curated highlights, chronological timelines, and organized library browsing. Requires a Plex Media Server with a photos library.
- Recommended photo highlights
- Chronological timeline view
- Browse by folders and albums
- Access personal media libraries
- Seamless remote viewing
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Important: A Plex Media Server with access to at least one photos library is required to use this application. Plex Photos is your dedicated app for viewing your personal media photo libraries, providing a seamless and intuitive way to relive your favorite moments. Whether you're at home or on the go, Plex Photos lets you access your personal photo collection with ease. Currently Supported Features: - Recommended View: Discover curated highlights from your photo library, bringing your best moments to the forefront. - Timeline View: Explore your photos in a chronological format, making it easy to travel back in time and revisit memories from specific dates. - Library View: Browse through your entire photo collection organized by folders and albums, making it simple to find and view exactly what you're looking for. Note: This is the first Plex Photos release and will receive regular updates over the coming months. We're committed to adding new features, improving performance, and enhancing your overall experience. We value your feedback and encourage you to share your thoughts with us in the forums as we continue to develop and refine the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Liquid Canvas at 85% against Plex Photos's 4%. Liquid Canvas also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months). Plex Photos's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 24) and ratings volume (292 vs 14). On price, ads, device support 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
Both are free to download. Liquid Canvas sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Plex Photos asks for nothing beyond the download.
Liquid Canvas holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plex Photos has 292 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Liquid Canvas's written reviews are positive against 4% of Plex Photos's.
Liquid Canvas ships an update every 2 weeks, Plex Photos every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Liquid Canvas | Plex Photos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (14 ratings) — better | 1.3 (292 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews — better | 3.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 292 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 161 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brian Fitzgerald | Plex Inc. |
Customer experience
Liquid Canvas
Plex Photos
Bugs and requests
Liquid Canvas
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Plex Photos
Reported bugs
4 issues- Buttons not responding to touch
- Vertical videos shown in landscape
- Photos disappearing or not loading
- Rotation issues causing app freezes
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to sync photos from mobile devices
- Implement HEIC format support
- Improve video playback controls
- Allow organizing photos into albums
- Integrate with cloud storage services
In-app purchases
Liquid Canvas
- Buy Additional Content Storage3 variants$0.991 Month
- Buy Additional Donwload Add-on7 variants$1.991 Month
- Buy Additional TVs Add-on3 variants$1.991 Month
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- 10x 30GB Download Add-ons$1.991 Month
- Basic Package Monthly1 Month trial3 variants$2.991 Month
- Basic Package$2.991 Month
- Premium Package Monthly1 Month trial3 variants$4.991 Month
- Premium Package$4.991 Month
- Yearly Premium Package7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Yearly Premium Package$49.991 Year
Plex Photos
No in-app purchases
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