Comparison

Live 3D Photo Animator Editor vs Depthlock

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

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Live 3D Photo Animator Editor

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Go beyond static images. Transform any photo on your phone into a mesmerizing 3D moving picture with Live 3D Photo Animator Editor! Our app uses a powerful AI engine to analyze your pictures and build a realistic depth map, turning flat photos into immersive 3D scenes. Create eye-catching content for social media, unique live wallpapers, or simply see your memories come to life with an incredible illusion of motion and depth. It's a fun, simple, and completely free tool for everyone. Key Features: • AI 3D PHOTO CONVERSION • Automatic Depth From Image: Our advanced AI creates a 3D depth map from any single photo you provide. No special camera or skills needed! • Dynamic Parallax Effect: Add a stunning parallax effect that makes your photo move as you tilt your device, creating a true sense of depth that brings your pictures to life. • ADVANCED ANIMATION & EFFECTS • Realistic 3D Lighting: Add a moveable light source to your scene. Watch as shadows and highlights interact with the contours of your image for a dramatic effect. • Sci-Fi Depth Grid: Transform your photo with a futuristic grid overlay that animates and reacts to the image's depth. • Full Animation Control: Use simple sliders to precisely adjust the intensity, animation style, and effect parameters to achieve the perfect look. • EASY TO SHARE • GIF Export: Save your animated 3D photos as high-quality GIFs, perfect for sharing on social media, in messaging apps, or anywhere you want to make an impact. • Live Wallpaper Maker: Set any of your 3D creations as your phone's live wallpaper for a home screen that truly stands out. • POWERFUL & INTUITIVE EDITOR • Real-Time Preview: See your 3D photo come to life instantly as you edit. No waiting for rendering. • Simple Interface: Our clean and intuitive UI makes sophisticated 3D animation easy for everyone, from beginners to pros. • Easy Import & Management: Quickly access all photos from your gallery. • COMPLETELY FREE, NO RESTRICTIONS Enjoy the full power of the app without limits. • No Watermarks: Export your creations with a clean, professional finish, always. • Full-Quality Export: Save your animations in high resolution. • All Effects Unlocked: Get complete access to the Parallax, Lighting, Grid, and all future effects for free. Download Live 3D Photo Animator Editor now and see your photos in a completely new dimension!

About

Depthlock

Preview how any photo will look on your iOS lock screen, complete with depth effects and clock placement. Automatically frames subjects behind the clock and simulates parallax. Offers tools to clean up distracting elements from images before setting them.

Highlights
  • Depth-effect wallpaper preview
  • Subject auto-framing behind clock
  • Parallax effect simulation
  • Image cleanup tools (inpainting)
  • Customizable clock typeface and size
  • Support for various image sources
Features
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Preview any photo as it will look on the iOS lock screen — with depth, motion, and the clock — before you set it. Depthlock lifts the subject out of your image using the same on-device Vision pipeline iOS uses, auto-frames it behind the clock numerals, and lets you tilt the phone to feel the spatial parallax close to what iOS renders on lock. No more setting a wallpaper just to discover the subject's head lands on the time. The preview is a close approximation, not a pixel-identical reproduction — small differences in clock weight, focal point, or parallax may appear once the wallpaper is actually set. The value is catching mismatches (head-on-clock collisions, awkward framing) before you commit. Bring any source Combine your own files with curated catalogs and preview every image for lock-screen viability: • Your files — Photos, on-device folders, Files providers (iCloud Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive), Google Drive • Movies — TMDB poster catalogs (popular, trending, top-rated, in theaters, upcoming) • Space — NASA APOD plus Curiosity & Perseverance Mars rover photos • Games — RAWG curated video-game art • Wallpapers — Wallhaven curated + trending feeds • Art — the Art Institute of Chicago's open-access collection • Launches — SpaceX launch and mission imagery • Plus bundled samples for instant content Bring your own keys (optional) Catalog sources work out of the box on shared free-tier credentials. Want unlimited browsing or your own quota? Paste a free API key for any source in Settings; bundled defaults just work otherwise. A close preview of the lock screen • Subject lifted in front of the clock with depth occlusion • Auto-framed to mirror Apple — head under the time, body filling the lower portion • Tilt to see the parallax effect iOS applies on lock • iOS 26 Liquid Glass-style clock — refraction, specular, dark/light contrast • Customize clock typeface, size (drag handle), and front/back placement relative to your subject Clean up your wallpaper, on device The signature pain of poster wallpapers — distracting title text, watermarks, an extra person — solved without an account or a key. Brush or lasso the area, pinch to zoom in for detail work, and the bundled LaMa inpainting model handles it locally. Compose multiple passes with the erase loop; revert any step. Optional prompt-driven cleanup If you want more than mask-based inpainting — generative fills, scene rebuilds — bring your own Gemini or OpenAI key. Keys stay in your iOS Keychain and sync only through iCloud's encrypted channel. We never see them. Wallpaper edit mode Pinch and pan to position each image — persisted per wallpaper. Apple's "Extend Wallpaper" mirror reproduces natural-feeling edges. Discover and Favorites A randomized swipe stream pulls from your active sources. Favorite the ones you love and they follow you across devices via iCloud. One-tap set Install the prebuilt "Set Wallpaper" Shortcut once and it joins the share sheet from any preview — tap to hand the image straight to iOS's wallpaper picker. Privacy you can verify • No accounts. No analytics. No third-party tracking SDKs. • API requests go directly to upstream, or through a thin Cloudflare edge cache that sees URLs only — no user identity, no account to fingerprint. • API keys and OAuth tokens live in the iOS Keychain. iCloud Keychain syncs them through Apple's encrypted channel, never through us. • iCloud sync is Apple-to-Apple. Preferences and favorites ride iCloud Key-Value Store; cleanup image bytes stay device-local. Depthlock is independent and not affiliated with Apple, Google, NASA, the Art Institute of Chicago, SpaceX, RAWG, or Wallhaven. This product uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

Screenshots

Live 3D Photo Animator Editor4 screens
Depthlock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Depthlock at none against Live 3D Photo Animator Editor's 1. Depthlock also leads on ads (none vs shown). Live 3D Photo Animator Editor's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 days) and device support (4 vs 1). On price 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. Live 3D Photo Animator Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Depthlock asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Live 3D Photo Animator Editor ships an update daily, Depthlock every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Live 3D Photo Animator Editor versus Depthlock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLive 3D Photo Animator EditorDepthlock
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size192 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVladislav AlikovRocco Juliano

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Live 3D Photo Animator Editor

One-time1
  • Support the App and remove Ads$2.99
None

Depthlock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Live 3D Photo Animator Editor free?
Live 3D Photo Animator Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Depthlock free?
Depthlock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Live 3D Photo Animator Editor or Depthlock have ads?
Live 3D Photo Animator Editor shows ads; Depthlock does not.
Which is updated more often, Live 3D Photo Animator Editor or Depthlock?
Live 3D Photo Animator Editor ships an update daily, and Depthlock every 3 days. Most recently, Live 3D Photo Animator Editor was updated on October 10, 2026 and Depthlock on October 13, 2026.

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