CineStill vs Dronie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
CineStill
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Extract high-resolution still photos from any video in your library. Scrub frame-by-frame, zoom in, and capture the exact moment. You know that one perfect frame buried in a video? CineStill helps you find it. Load any video from Photos, scrub through with precision controls, zoom to line up the shot, and save at full resolution. No compression, no watermarks. WHAT IT DOES β’ Frame-by-frame video scrubbing with precision zoom β’ Save photos at full source resolution (4K, HD, whatever your video is) β’ Works with portrait, landscape, and square videos β’ Handles iCloud videos without downloading first β’ Saves directly to your Photos library β’ Zero watermarks, zero subscriptions HOW IT WORKS First 3 frame captures are free so you can test it out. If it clicks, unlock unlimited captures with a one-time purchase. That's itβno recurring charges. PRIVACY Built with native iOS frameworks (SwiftUI + AVFoundation). Your videos never leave your device. No analytics, no tracking, no cloud processing.
Dronie
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Dronie is a free app that turns a long video into a short, punchy clip. It's a drone-style hyperlapse you can make in seconds. Pick a video from your library, or share one in from Photos, Files or another app. Drag two dividers to mark a beginning, a middle, and an end. Choose how long you want the final clip to be. Dronie keeps the beginning and end at normal speed and sweeps through the middle as a smooth time-lapse to hit your target duration. That's the whole app. Great for: β’ Hiking, biking, and driving footage. Keep the dramatic start and finish, and glide through the journey. β’ Cooking and craft videos. Full speed for the setup and the reveal, then hyperlapse the work. β’ Drone reveal shots. Full speed for the takeoff and the reveal, with a time-lapse of the flight in between. β’ Walk-throughs of a place or event, for drone-style flyover energy without a drone. β’ Anything that's a good clip but too long to share as is. Features: β’ Built for speed. Pick a video, drag two dividers, tap export, and your clip is done in a few taps. β’ Three-segment composition with two draggable dividers. β’ Trim junk off the start or end first, and the segments work on what's left. β’ Target output duration. Set the length you want and Dronie does the speed math. Or switch to Speed in Settings and pick how fast the middle plays. β’ Audio plays all the way through, with the sped-up middle kept at natural pitch so voices don't go squeaky. Or mute it with one tap. β’ Hand off the finished clip to Photos, Messages, or any other app. β’ No account, no login, no upload. Everything happens on your device. Free to download β no subscription, no account.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dronie at none against CineStill's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. CineStill sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dronie asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | CineStill | Dronie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | β | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcus Kjellberg | Cow Cow Technologies LLC |
In-app purchases
CineStill
- CineStill Pro$1.99
Dronie
No in-app purchases









