Comparison

AgeLapse vs ShutterDNA

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

Head to head
About

AgeLapse

Capture and create stabilized time-lapse videos of your personal transformation. This app offers auto-stabilization for smooth results, allows easy import and export of media, and provides customization options for output resolution and frame rate. It's designed for users of all ages to document growth and preserve memories.

Highlights
  • Auto-stabilization on eyes
  • Import photos from gallery/files
  • Export time-lapse videos
  • Adjust output resolution
  • Set frames per second
  • Add personalized watermark
  • Local image processing
Features
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Watch yourself change over the years. AgeLapse turns a series of everyday selfies into a smooth, stabilized time-lapse, automatically aligning every photo on your eyes so your face stays still while the years move around it. Everything happens on your device. Your photos are never uploaded and never leave your phone. AUTOMATIC STABILIZATION AgeLapse finds your face in every photo and aligns them all on the eyes, so your time-lapse looks steady and professional instead of jittery. In group photos it recognizes and follows you specifically. If a photo needs a nudge, drag, pinch and rotate it by hand, and your correction is saved for good. BUILT FOR LONG PROJECTS - Daily reminders so you remember today's photo - Inspection Mode overlays an alignment grid so you can check your work before exporting - Recently Deleted keeps removed photos recoverable for 30 days - Import a folder of existing photos and AgeLapse reads the capture dates for you MORE THAN FACES Start a project for a pregnancy, a fitness transformation, or your cat or dog. AgeLapse has a dedicated mode for each. YOUR VIDEO, YOUR WAY - Output up to 8K, or any custom resolution - H.264, HEVC and ProRes, encoded on your iPhone's hardware - Solid, blurred or transparent backgrounds - Adjustable frame rate, orientation and aspect ratio - Optional date stamps with custom fonts, plus your own watermark WORKS WITH YOUR PHOTOS Import from your photo library, your files, or a .zip. AgeLapse handles JPEG, PNG, HEIC, WEBP, AVIF, TIFF and RAW files from most cameras, and can keep your originals byte for byte. FREE AND OPEN SOURCE AgeLapse is completely free, with no subscription and no account. The full source code is public. It is also free on Mac, Windows and Linux, so you can start on your phone and finish on your computer. Start today. In a year you will be glad you did.

About

ShutterDNA

Features
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There is more to your photos than what appears in them. Maybe you take more photos at sunset. Maybe weekends take you farther from home. Maybe one place has quietly stayed in your life for years. ShutterDNA uses details automatically saved with your photos—such as when and where they were taken—to reveal your habits and life rhythms. It never analyzes what is inside your photos. With ShutterDNA, you can discover: • The times of day when you take the most photos • How your habits change between weekdays and weekends • Places you return to again and again • What your latest 100 photos say about you right now • How your photo habits change by month and season • Highlights and turning points from your year • A personal photo type you may never have noticed Share your result with a privacy-conscious card, or try a personal photo quest designed to inspire your next picture. Your privacy matters. ShutterDNA does not perform face recognition, person detection, object recognition, or AI image analysis. The date, time, and location details used for analysis are processed on your device. Photos, thumbnails, face data, and image content are never sent to a server. Shared cards omit place names, coordinates, detailed addresses, and filenames. No account. No cloud sync. See your everyday life from a new perspective—through the photos you have already taken. The details automatically saved with photos are commonly called metadata or EXIF. ShutterDNA only uses the details available on your device.

Screenshots

AgeLapse4 screens
ShutterDNA4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ShutterDNA at weekly against AgeLapse's every 5 months. AgeLapse's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). On price, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AgeLapse ships an update every 5 months, ShutterDNA weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
AgeLapse versus ShutterDNA: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAgeLapseShutterDNA
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (19 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size214 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHUGO CORNELLIERSunabalab Corp.

In-app purchases

None

AgeLapse

No in-app purchases

None

ShutterDNA

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AgeLapse free?
AgeLapse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ShutterDNA free?
ShutterDNA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AgeLapse or ShutterDNA have ads?
Neither AgeLapse nor ShutterDNA shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AgeLapse or ShutterDNA?
AgeLapse ships an update every 5 months, and ShutterDNA weekly. Most recently, AgeLapse was updated on October 30, 2026 and ShutterDNA on October 31, 2026.

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