Slidy vs Dashframe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Slidy
Create beautiful photo slideshows with stylish transitions and effects. Easily select photos from your device and customize settings on the fly for a vivid and memorable display. Perfect for personal use or events.
- Select photos from device or album
- Stylish transitions and effects (fade, zoom)
- Adjust settings while slideshow plays
- Intuitive user interface
- Use as a digital photo frame
- Suitable for events and in-store displays
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Slidy is a simple and elegant slideshow app that lets you enjoy your photos in a more beautiful way. Just select photos from your device or album, and enjoy a seamless slideshow with stylish transitions. With a variety of effects like fade and zoom, your memories are brought to life in a more vivid and memorable way. You can even adjust settings effortlessly while the slideshow is playing — it’s all intuitive. Perfect for turning your iPad into a photo frame at home, or displaying photos at events or in-store. Slidy is so simple, anyone can use it without confusion — making it a great fit for any scene. Why not showcase your favorite photos in a more delightful way?
Dashframe
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Turn an album from your iPhone's Photos app into a slideshow — on CarPlay, and as a widget on your iPhone's Home Screen. Apple's built-in Photos widget shows a single photo that never changes. Dashframe keeps cycling through the album you choose. WHAT IT DOES • Prepare up to 3 albums, and show a different one in each widget • Works with folders from the Files app (iCloud Drive and more), not just Photos albums • "Memories of this season" — automatically pulls photos taken around today's date from your whole library • Detects faces and crops photos so they aren't cut off • Automatically excludes screenshots • Add or remove photos, then just open the app to pick up the change • Optionally show the month and year each photo was taken • Choose an interval from 5 seconds to 2 minutes • "Daily" order reshuffles the sequence every day PRIVACY Dashframe makes no network connections at all. Your photos never leave your device — only a resized copy of the album you choose is stored locally. WORKS WITH • CarPlay widgets • iPhone Home Screen widgets (small, medium, and large) • Japanese / English
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Dashframe at fortnightly against Slidy's every 6 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Slidy ships an update every 6 weeks, Dashframe fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Slidy | Dashframe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ryo Izumi | RYUZABU SAITO |
In-app purchases
Slidy
No in-app purchases
Dashframe
No in-app purchases
Questions
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