Comparison

TimeLapsed vs TimeLapse

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

Head to head
About

TimeLapsed

Capture stunning time-lapse videos and explore creative photography techniques like light painting. Offers manual and auto camera controls for precise adjustments or effortless creation. Save and share your artistic creations directly from your device.

Highlights
  • Manual and auto camera controls
  • Real-time image adjustments
  • Light painting mode
  • Tilt-shift photography effects
  • Export individual frames
  • Save and share creations
Features
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Time. Under your control. Turn passing clouds, a city after dark, aircraft and traffic into motion you can shape. TimeLapsed brings a professional timelapse camera, programmable capture and a powerful frame-blending engine to iPhone and iPad. Start with a profile. Go deeper when the shot demands it. SEE THE TRAILS BUILD Create star trails, rolling trails and comet tails in the live camera preview. Tune trail length, blending, glow and color while you shoot. Use Horizon Mask to keep sky trails off the foreground and Anchor Lock to help correct mounted-camera bumps. CONTROL EVERY DETAIL Set shutter, ISO, focus, white balance, interval and zoom. Keep recording time, exposure and device status visible in the HUD. Save camera profiles and use position recall to guide your framing back to a saved reference. Updated for iOS 27, with aperture controls on supported iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max lenses and Camera Control integration on supported iPhones. PROGRAM HOW THE SHOT EVOLVES Build camera automations with timed changes and smooth ramps for exposure, interval, color and trail effects. Rehearse your timeline before recording. Scheduled capture requires the camera to stay open in the foreground. CAPTURE NOW. BLEND LATER. Save an effects-free companion movie alongside your processed capture. Open a video in the editor, preview and tune a new blend, then render star trails or comet effects with the same engine. Import still-image sequences from other cameras through Photos or Files and turn them into timelapses. MAKE EVERY TAKE COUNT Pause and resume video recording, flip or mirror the camera, split clips and build a trip into a film. Edit speed, framing, color, titles and audio. Shoot and edit widescreen 16:9 as well as portrait video. Mark Moments to keep the right part of a recording, and save still frames from videos. CREATE IN REAL LIFE Place a framed, translucent reference image over the live camera view while you draw on real paper. Record the artwork taking shape. Explore tilt shift, simulated night vision and simulated thermal effects. KNOW WHERE. KNOW WHEN. Plan with the Sun, Moon and stars in Sky Planner. Find Dark Hours, explore light-pollution maps and Bortle panels, and get directions toward darker skies. Check weather radar and forecast-based rain alerts during your shoot. Air Traffic Watch adds aircraft data and predicted paths using your own flight-provider keys. BUILD YOUR CAMERA SETUP Preview and control capture from Apple Watch or another TimeLapsed device. Remote control also supports compatible Canon cameras. Connect supported external displays, USB-C microphones, Power Delivery hubs and external storage for a mounted recording setup. YOUR TIME. YOUR PROGRESS. Review capture history with exposure, white balance, weather, battery, CPU, memory and thermal-state statistics. Keep personal records or join the optional leaderboard. Discover and share videos, images, camera profiles and automations in the Community. Add music from the integrated catalog. Analyze Scene offers optional AI camera recommendations for you to review and apply. START FREE. GO FURTHER WITH PRO. The core camera, built-in profiles and watermarked 1080p exports are free. Advanced workflows, clean exports and additional planning tools require Pro. Watch preview and record controls are free; advanced Watch controls require Pro. Existing full-version owners keep lifetime Pro through Restore Purchases. Features depend on compatible hardware, accessories and service availability. Aircraft providers may charge for your own keys. Production Display has a separate license. Companion video is effects-free video, not sensor RAW. Thermal and night-vision effects are simulated. EULA / Terms of Service: https://shutterspeedapps.com/timelapsed/tos?language=en Privacy Policy: https://shutterspeedapps.com/timelapsed/privacy?language=en AI Usage Policy: https://shutterspeedapps.com/timelapsed/aiusage?language=en

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

TimeLapsed4 screens
TimeLapse3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TimeLapse at none against TimeLapsed's 7. TimeLapse also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). TimeLapsed's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. TimeLapsed sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. TimeLapse 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 TimeLapsed against 5.0 for TimeLapse. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TimeLapsed has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimeLapsed ships an update every 9 days, TimeLapse every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
TimeLapsed versus TimeLapse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeLapsedTimeLapse
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size169 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShutter Speed Apps, LLCNicola Erbacci

Customer experience

TimeLapsed

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 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

7 purchases

TimeLapsed

Subscriptions4
  • TimeLapsed Pro$7.991 Month
  • TimeLapsed Pro$19.993 Months
  • TimeLapsed Pro$49.991 Year
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  • Production Display$399.001 Year
One-time3
  • 5 Scene Analyses$1.99
  • 20 Scene Analyses$5.99
  • TimeLapsed Pro Lifetime$49.99
None

TimeLapse

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TimeLapsed free?
TimeLapsed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TimeLapse free?
TimeLapse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TimeLapsed or TimeLapse?
TimeLapsed and TimeLapse are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 9 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do TimeLapsed or TimeLapse have ads?
Neither TimeLapsed nor TimeLapse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TimeLapsed or TimeLapse?
TimeLapsed ships an update every 9 days, and TimeLapse every 3 days. Most recently, TimeLapsed was updated on November 4, 2026 and TimeLapse on October 31, 2026.

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