LifeIn1Second vs Selects
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LifeIn1Second
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Spend less time filming and more time living. Life in 1 Second lets you easily capture one second of every day to create a meaningful mini-movie of your life. This minimalist app is designed for Gen Z and anyone who wants to document their life in seconds without distraction. No lengthy clips or endless editing – just genuine daily moments compiled into a beautiful 30-day montage. • One-Second Daily Videos: Record 1-second video snippets each day using only your back camera. Audio recording is now optional. (Silent videos let you add your favorite music later when you share on Instagram, TikTok, etc.) • Time Capsules: Send messages to your future self! Record audio or write text messages that unlock on specific future dates. Perfect for setting goals, leaving reminders, or capturing thoughts you want to revisit later. • Distraction-Free Filming: Embrace a truly minimal lifestyle capture. Darkroom Mode disables video preview so you can focus on your view, not your phone. For the true minimalists, Darkroom Hardcore goes even further – disabling all previews until 30-day cycle is completed and exported. Like traditional film, you can only see the final result after the 'film' has been fully developed. • 30-Day Video Capsules: Life in 1 Second organizes your clips into 30-day projects, making it easy to maintain a monthly habit. At the end of each month, instantly create a montage of the last 30 days. Watch your life’s highlight reel in a 30-second video, or choose fun speed-up options (get a 15-second fast-forward or a 5-second super-speed timelapse). Relive your memories month by month, and see how even one second each day tells a rich story. • Effortless Export & Fresh Start: With one tap, export your 30-day mini-movie in your chosen quality (supports 720p, 1080p, or 4K). The video is saved to your Photos app for easy sharing on social media or with friends. Once you’ve safely exported, the app can auto-delete the past month’s clips from its storage – clearing clutter and readying you for the next chapter. Every second counts, and every month is a new beginning! • Stay Motivated with Reminders: Need a nudge to remember your daily video? Enable the optional daily reminder notification. You can even set multiple reminder times – perfect if you want gentle prompts in the morning and evening. • Designed for iOS 26 “Liquid Glass”: Enjoy a sleek, modern UI that looks stunning with iOS 26’s Liquid Glass design language. Life in 1 Second has been redesigned to feel right at home on the latest iPhones, with smooth translucency and a simple, elegant interface. The app is lightweight and optimized for performance – running smoothly even on older devices like iPhone 7 (A10 chip), while absolutely shining on the newest iPhone 17 Pro Max. Other Life in 1 Second features: • iCloud Backup & Sync: Securely back up your daily snippets to iCloud so you never lose a memory. (Sync across devices so your moments travel with you.) • Custom Export Ratios: 16:9, 9:16, 1:1. Take control of your frame. All users can choose the export aspect ratio to suit different styles or platforms. • Recording Marathon Mode: Enforces daily recording for 30 consecutive days, tracks missed days. Export duration equals the number of completed days. • In-app Achievements reward users for their daily recording habits. • Recording with Volume buttons. • Optional Video Thumbnails. • Optional Personal Greeting: replace "Life in 1 Second" title with "Hi (Your Name)". • Optional Date Overlays: Customize your montages with optional date stamps. • Widgets for tracking progress and reliving moments from the past (iOS 18.6+ required). Whether you’re doing a 30-day challenge, creating a video diary of your semester, or just want a time-lapse journal of everyday life, Life in 1 Second makes it simple and fun. It’s your life’s story, one second at a time.
Selects
This app uses on-device AI to help you organize your photo library. It automatically identifies blurry shots, duplicates, and screenshots, allowing for quick deletion or organization into albums. Enjoy a private and secure experience with no data leaving your device.
- On-device AI photo analysis
- Automatic duplicate detection
- Blurry photo and screenshot flagging
- One-tap favorite selection
- Storage saver for large files
- Album creation and organization
- Panic-free deletion with safety net
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Selects: The Smarter Way to Clean Your Camera Roll Let’s be honest: you currently have 28,000 photos on your phone. 15 of them are identical shots of your dog trying to get one where they aren't blurry. 400 are screenshots of recipes you will never cook. And your iCloud storage is begging for mercy. Selects is here to fix your camera roll, and we’ve made it so fast and satisfying that it actually feels like a game. 100% Private & Paranoia-Proof Before we get to the fun stuff, let’s address the two things you’re actually worried about: privacy and accidentally deleting your wedding photos. No Servers, No Spying: Our AI runs entirely offline on your device using Apple's Neural Engine. We don't see your photos, and your data never leaves your phone. The Triple Safety Net: Selects cannot permanently delete anything without your explicit permission. Swiping just moves photos to a staging Bin. Swiped by mistake? Tap the Undo button. Emptied the Bin by mistake? Don't panic. Everything simply moves to Apple’s native "Recently Deleted" folder for 30 days before vanishing forever. You are completely safe here. Zero-Thought Swiping We got rid of tiny checkmarks and confusing menus. In Selects, organizing is pure reflex. Just swipe a card UP or DOWN to send a photo to the Bin. Don’t think about direction, just action. Swiped your grandma by mistake? Our bulletproof "Undo" button instantly brings her back. An AI That Actually Gets It Our on-device AI Lab scans your library to find the clutter so you don't have to. It automatically flags blurry shots, isolates receipts and screenshots, and rounds up your Animals. It even finds your absolute best, high-aesthetic shots (we call them "Diamonds") so you can Favorite them all with one tap. Heavy Hitters Need to free up space right this second? The "Storage Savers" mission rounds up your absolute largest videos and files so you can reclaim Gigabytes of space in three swipes. The Duplicate "Magic Wand" Staring at 10 identical group selfies trying to figure out which one is best? Let the AI do it. Tap the "Magic Wand" and Selects will instantly select all the blurry, blinking, and inferior duplicates for the Bin, leaving only the perfect "Hero" shot untouched. Album Builder (A Safe Curation Zone) Building an album for your trip to Italy shouldn't be a chore. Enter Album Builder mode: pick a destination, and just swipe photos to add them. Nothing gets deleted here, and you can even create brand-new Apple Photos albums on the fly without leaving the app. Enter the Time Machine Check your dashboard for the Time Machine heatmap to see your entire photo history at a glance. Tap any month to instantly jump back in time and clean up that specific era. We even built a Home Screen Widget that surfaces random memories from over a year ago to remind you what's buried in there. Panic-Free Deletion & Total Privacy Scared of the delete button? Don't be. When you empty the Selects Bin, your photos are simply moved to Apple's native "Recently Deleted" folder for 30 days before vanishing forever. You have plenty of time to change your mind. Furthermore, all our AI magic happens strictly offline on your device using Apple's Neural Engine. We never see your photos, and we never touch your data. Stop paying for extra cloud storage just to host 4,000 memes from 2019. Download Selects and get your camera roll back.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: LifeIn1Second at Free against Selects's $1.99. LifeIn1Second also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.6). Selects's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and chart position (#168 vs unranked). On 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
LifeIn1Second is free to download; Selects costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
LifeIn1Second ships an update every 6 weeks, Selects fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LifeIn1Second | Selects |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #168 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mykola Honcharov | Shriansh Shrivastava |
In-app purchases
LifeIn1Second
No in-app purchases
Selects
No in-app purchases






