Comparison

video vs Memily

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

Head to head
About

video

Enhance your photos and videos with a powerful built-in screen light. This app helps you capture clear and bright moments even in low-light conditions, perfect for vlogging or personal videos.

Highlights
  • Built-in video recorder and camera
  • Integrated bright screen light
  • Automatic maximum screen brightness
  • Simple, distraction-free interface
  • Ideal for vlogging and events
Features
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Light up your videos and photos with VideoLight! Ever struggled to record in low light? VideoLight turns your iPhone into a powerful video camera with a built-in bright screen light. Capture every moment — whether it’s a night out, concert, campfire, or just a dark room — with clarity and brightness. Features: • Built-in video recorder and camera with light support • Automatic maximum screen brightness for clear shots • Simple, distraction-free interface • Perfect for vlogging, events, or personal videos • Works instantly — no extra setup required Stop losing memories to bad lighting. With VideoLight, every moment shines.

About

Memily

A private platform for sharing photos, videos, voice notes, and thoughts exclusively with trusted individuals. It focuses on preserving the meaning behind moments within secure, personal circles, free from ads and data selling.

Highlights
  • Private sharing within trusted circles
  • Share photos, videos, and voice notes
  • Add thoughts and stories to moments
  • No ads or personal data selling
  • Searchable memory archive
  • Downloadable content in open formats
Features
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The people you love, shared only with the people you trust. Memily is Personal Media™: a private place to share photos, videos, voices, thoughts and stories with the people you choose. Unlike traditional social media, Memily is built for trusted circles, with no public audience, no ads and no selling personal data. Moments and their stories stay together for you to revisit and keep. Personal Media™, not social media. Memily begins with privacy-conscious families and close friends, especially parents who do not want to post children publicly. Personal Media™ names the category: moments made for the people who matter, rather than content made for followers. 1) PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Choose the people you invite and who can see each Memily. Share within trusted circles, not with a public audience. • Anyone you invite can download Memily, see your Memilies and comment, free. 2) MORE THAN PHOTOS • Because the everyday moments are worth remembering just as much as the big ones. The little conversations, passing thoughts, and stories behind your photos deserve a place of their own. Together, searchable, and easy to revisit. • Everything the camera missed. Your voices, thoughts and stories shared. Add the words, voices and stories behind a moment, and share them so your circle can react and comment together. • Add photos, videos and voice notes as they happen, or pull them from your camera roll when you have a minute. Gentle prompts help when you're stuck. No streaks, no schedules. • Keep memories together and easily searchable, so you can find and revisit what matters. 3) NO ADS. EVER. • Your Memilies are yours. No advertising. We never sell personal data. Your memories remain yours to keep, with options to download them at any time. • Download everything, any time, in open formats. Whatever you've added stays yours to see and download, paid or not. Personal Media™, not social media. Privately share photos, videos, voices, thoughts and stories with the people you choose. Keep the meaning behind every moment together, organized and easy to search, find and revisit. Choose from three plans: 1) MEMILY (FREE) • Free to use, no time limit • Voice notes, Stories and sharing included • Grandparents and family see and comment free, no time limit • No ads 2) MEMILY INDIVIDUAL • Unlimited photos and videos • Everything in Free • No ads 3) MEMILY FAMILY • Unlimited photos and videos for four (4) family members • Everything in Individual • No ads Make your first Memily tonight. Memily is free to use. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://memily.com/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://memily.com/terms-of-service Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

video3 screens
Memily4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: video at none against Memily's 10. video also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). Memily's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 2). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Memily sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. video asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for video against 5.0 for Memily. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Memily has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

video ships an update every 2 days, Memily weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
video versus Memily: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametervideoMemily
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings211 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB132 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperViddCall Digital LLCMemily Inc.

Customer experience

video

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Memily

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

video

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Memily

Subscriptions10
  • Family$19.991 Month
  • Family – 6 Seats$31.991 Month
  • Family – 8 Seats$43.991 Month
Show 7 more
  • Family – 9 Seats$49.991 Month
  • Family – 10 Seats$55.991 Month
  • Family – 11 Seats$61.991 Month
  • Family – 12 Seats$67.991 Month
  • Family – 10 Seats$619.991 Year
  • Family – 11 Seats$689.991 Year
  • Family – 12 Seats$749.991 Year

Questions

Is video free?
video is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Memily free?
Memily is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, video or Memily?
video and Memily are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 11 ratings respectively.
Do video or Memily have ads?
Neither video nor Memily shows ads.
Which is updated more often, video or Memily?
video ships an update every 2 days, and Memily weekly. Most recently, video was updated on October 30, 2026 and Memily on November 5, 2026.

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