Comparison

Chill Frame vs Video Freezer

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

Head to head
About

Chill Frame

Features
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Chill Frame pulls the perfect still from any video on your iPhone. No desktop. No upload. No internet required. Shoot the moment, pick the frame later. SMART PICKS Chill Frame scans your clip on-device and surfaces the best moments — eyes open, sharp focus, real smiles. Tap a suggestion and you're there. (Pro) PRECISE SCRUBBING Real video playback with a thumbnail timeline. Tap to play, drag to scrub. Find any frame to the hundredth of a second. EXPORT WHAT YOU NEED Single frame, top Smart Picks, or a contact sheet of evenly spaced moments. PNG or JPEG. SD or HD. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything happens on your device. Your videos never leave your phone. No accounts, no cloud, no tracking. PRO UNLOCKS • Smart Picks — best-frame suggestions • Multi-frame export • Full HD output • No watermark SUBSCRIPTION Two options: monthly Explorer or yearly All Access. Cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Free tier is fully functional with SD export and a small watermark.

About

Video Freezer

Extract high-resolution still images from any video on your device. Precisely select individual frames or entire sequences with frame-by-frame control. Save your captures in various formats directly to your library or share them.

Highlights
  • Full-resolution frame extraction
  • Single frame capture
  • Range mode for sequences
  • Frame-by-frame navigation
  • Multiple export formats (HEIC, PNG, JPEG)
  • Saves to dedicated album
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Every video on your phone is thousands of photos you can't see yet. Video Freezer is a free app that lets you reach in and grab any one of them at the video's full resolution, not a phone-screen screenshot. Pick a video. Slide along the filmstrip to find the moment. Nudge a single frame at a time, or jump a second back and forth, until you've got the exact face, the exact stride, the exact splash. Tap Grab Still and Video Freezer pulls the real frame from the video file (a 4K video gives you a 4K photo), then saves it to your library or share sheet. Need the whole sequence, not just one frame? Switch to Range mode: mark a start and an end, and Video Freezer saves every frame in between at full resolution — or every 2nd, 5th, or 10th to thin out longer spans. Preview the captured series frame by frame, choose your format, and save the whole set to your album at once. Perfect when the keeper is somewhere in a fast moment and you don't want to miss it. Great for: • The action shot you missed because still photos always fire a split-second late • The candid laugh, the perfect blink, the moment between two photos • Pets and kids, who move faster than your shutter • Sports highlights, stunts, dancing • Capturing an entire sequence — a swing, a jump, a splash — and picking the best frame later • Pulling stills out of slow-motion clips at their real resolution What you get: • Full-resolution capture, so a 4K video gives you a 4K photo • Grab a single frame, or a whole range of frames at once with Range mode • Step one frame at a time, or jump a second back and forth • Choose HEIC, PNG, or JPEG when you save • Saves to its own "Video Freezer" album, or share straight from the app • Originals stay untouched. Your video is never re-encoded or modified • Everything runs on your device, with no upload and no login Free to download — no subscription, no account.

Screenshots

Chill Frame4 screens
Video Freezer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Video Freezer at none against Chill Frame's 2. Video Freezer also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 14 months). Chill Frame's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Chill Frame sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Video Freezer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chill Frame ships an update every 14 months, Video Freezer every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Chill Frame versus Video Freezer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChill FrameVideo Freezer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationAd-supported
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRachid El KhayariCow Cow Technologies LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Chill Frame

Subscriptions2
  • Explorer (1 Month)$0.991 Month
  • All Access (1 Year)$8.991 Year
None

Video Freezer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chill Frame free?
Chill Frame is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Video Freezer free?
Video Freezer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chill Frame or Video Freezer have ads?
Video Freezer shows ads; Chill Frame does not.
Which is updated more often, Chill Frame or Video Freezer?
Chill Frame ships an update every 14 months, and Video Freezer every 4 days. Most recently, Chill Frame was updated on September 13, 2026 and Video Freezer on September 9, 2026.

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