Auto vs 9PM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Auto
This app uses your camera to understand what's in a photo and take action. Identify plants, get fashion advice, track meals, or explore places, all with a single snap. You can even create custom AI tools for your camera.
- Identify plants, animals, and locations
- Track meals and estimate calories
- Get fashion and outfit advice
- Create custom AI camera actions (Frames)
- Build shared Frames with friends
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Create Frames - your own fun camera tools - from your photos. Snap a photo. Auto understands what’s in it and helps you take action. Track meals, get fashion advice, identify plants and animals, explore places, and more, all from a single photo. What you can do with Auto - Create a sticker generator Turn photos into stickers in any style you can imagine. - Track your meals Turn your camera into a nutrition coach. Snap your food to log meals, estimate calories, and plan healthier eating. - Get outfit advice Take a photo of your look and get tips on colors, styling, and accessories. - Identify anything Plants, animals, locations, food. Auto recognizes what you see and gives helpful insights. - Build your own Create Frames that perform your own custom actions. Frames: AI tools for your camera Frames are Auto’s way of turning photos into useful experiences. Each Frame focuses on something different, like nutrition, fashion, or discovery. You can also create shared Frames with friends or groups to build private spaces where you can share photos, get advice together, or just have fun reacting to what everyone captures. Your camera sees the world. Auto helps you understand it. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
9PM
This app allows users to share daily photo and video dumps with trusted friends and family. Posts are automatically published at 9 PM, revealing everyone's day. It offers a private space for creative expression without pressure from strangers.
- Daily photo and video posting
- Automatic 9 PM posting
- Private social network
- Trusted contact sharing
- Visual life diary
- React, reply, and share
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9PM IS REALLY SIMPLE 1. Choose photos and videos from your camera roll. 2. Your daily photo dump is automatically posted at 9:00 PM. 3. At 9PM, everyone’s day is revealed together. 4. React, reply, hug your friends. 9PM is built around one simple daily habit: share your day with the people you trust, then come back at 9PM to see theirs. Over time, your profile becomes a visual diary of your life, one 9PM at a time. There’s no algorithm. Every post comes from someone you added, and every profile is private. New to 9PM? Use invite code 95466 and add fredd. That’s me, the founder. MEMBERSHIP Some features require a membership. CONTACT hello@9pm.app Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 9PM at 5.0 against Auto's 4.2. 9PM also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). Auto's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Auto sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and 9PM sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
9PM holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Auto has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Auto ships an update every 2 weeks, 9PM every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Auto | 9PM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 177 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Automatic Platforms Inc | 9PM Inc. |
Customer experience
Auto
9PM
In-app purchases
Auto
- Auto Plus Monthly$9.991 Month
- Auto Plus Annual$99.991 Year
9PM
- 9PM Membership Weekly$4.997 Days
- 9PM Membership Yearly$49.991 Year
- Claim a Username$4.99
- Claim a 3-Letter Username$49.99
- Claim a 2-Letter Username$499.99
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- Claim a 1-Letter Username$999.99









