Comparison

Albumly vs Continuous Player

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

Head to head
About

Albumly

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Curate and cherish your memories with Albumly, the simple and beautiful way to create a timeline of your life’s most precious moments. Whether it’s a candid photo, an important life event, or a mix of both, Albumly helps you turn your memories into a meaningful story. Features: • Photo Journal Timeline: Seamlessly combine photos and written reflections to create a vivid timeline of your life’s everyday highlights. • Effortless Organization: Group photos into albums thematically to keep everything beautifully arranged and easy to revisit. • Clean & Simple Design: Enjoy an intuitive, distraction-free interface designed to focus on what matters most – your memories. • Pay Once, Use Forever: Albumly is a one-time purchase with all features unlocked. No subscriptions, no extra charges – just your memories. • Privacy First: Made with privacy in mind, all your photos and data stay securely on your device. Your memories, your control. Why Albumly? Life’s moments deserve more than to get lost in your camera roll or scattered across social media. With Albumly, you can craft a personal, private collection that grows with you, capturing the essence of your journey. Go back anytime to revisit, relive, and cherish your favorite memories, all in one place. Start curating your story today. Download Albumly and preserve the moments that matter most. Your photos, your way.

About

Continuous Player

This app automatically plays videos and photos from your selected album or custom playlist. It offers extensive playback customization, offline viewing, and a child-lock feature. Enjoy background playback and live captions with no ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • Automatic album playback
  • Custom playlist creation
  • Playback speed and timing control
  • Offline viewing
  • Child lock feature
  • Background playback
  • Live captions
Features
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Pick an album in your Photos library. Everything inside plays, one after another, without stopping. No tapping every clip to start it again, no black screen the moment a video ends. Made for showing your kids only the videos in one folder, looking back at a trip with its photos and videos together, or leaving your footage running while you work. PICK AN ALBUM, THAT'S IT - Play an album from Photos as it is. No importing, no converting - Videos and photos mixed together play as one queue (photos stay on screen for as long as you set) - Or build a playlist of just the items you want, in the order you want TUNE THE PLAYBACK - Sort: date taken (oldest or newest first), duration (longest or shortest first), random - Filter: everything, videos only, or photos only - Filter by date taken: today, the last 3, 7 or 30 days, or an exact range you pick - Timing: how long a photo stays on screen (1-30 sec), and when to move on from a video (play in full, or 3-60 sec) - Repeat: off, the whole album or playlist, or just the video you're on - Speed: 0.5x to 2.0x in 0.25 steps, plus 3x, 5x and 10x PLAY IT OFFLINE - Copy videos and photos onto the device and they play where there's no signal - Filter to "downloaded only" to play just what you saved, back to back - Keep it running on the move or on a plane, without watching your data A LOCK FOR HANDING IT TO A CHILD - Lock the playback screen so taps and swipes no longer interrupt anything - Unlocking takes a long press, so it won't come undone by accident - To keep them from leaving the app entirely, pair it with Guided Access in iOS Settings FIND YOUR WAY BACK - Pin favorite albums to the top of the list - The last video or photo you played is marked, so you know where you left off - Show the date taken on thumbnails and during playback (optional) - Calendar view: thumbnails sit on the days they were taken. Tap a day to play from there, jump to any month, or tap Today to come back WHILE IT PLAYS - Press and hold either edge of the screen to fast-forward at twice your chosen speed, only while held - Double-tap the right or left side to skip 10 seconds forward or back - Background playback: sound keeps going with the screen off, with controls on the Lock Screen and in Control Center - Picture in Picture: keep it running in a small window while you use other apps LIVE CAPTIONS - The audio is recognized as it plays and shown as captions over the video - Switch the language it listens for without stopping playback - it doesn't have to match the app's language - Recognition happens entirely on your device. No audio is sent anywhere - When it can't make anything out, it tells you why NO ADS, NO IN-APP PURCHASES, NO TRACKING Buy it once and it's yours. No ads. No in-app purchases. Nothing about you is collected or sent anywhere. Your videos and photos are read and played on your device. LANGUAGES Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Dutch, Polish. You can set the app's language separately from your device language. BEFORE YOU START - Access to your photo library is required. Limited access (selected photos only) works fine - Live captions need permission for speech recognition - Items kept in iCloud but not on your device are downloaded as they play, which uses data

Screenshots

Albumly4 screens
Continuous Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Albumly at Free against Continuous Player's $4.99. Albumly also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). Continuous Player's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Albumly is free to download; Continuous Player costs $4.99 up front. Albumly sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Continuous Player asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Albumly ships an update every 2 days, Continuous Player weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Albumly versus Continuous Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlbumlyContinuous Player
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.4 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPrayminder ABSuguru Yamada

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Albumly

One-time2
  • 14-day TrialFree
  • Lifetime access$12.99
None

Continuous Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Albumly free?
Albumly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Continuous Player free?
Continuous Player costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Albumly or Continuous Player have ads?
Neither Albumly nor Continuous Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Albumly or Continuous Player?
Albumly ships an update every 2 days, and Continuous Player weekly. Most recently, Albumly was updated on October 8, 2026 and Continuous Player on October 20, 2026.

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