Comparison

CineStill vs Dronie

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

Head to head
About

CineStill

Features
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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 itβ€”no recurring charges. PRIVACY Built with native iOS frameworks (SwiftUI + AVFoundation). Your videos never leave your device. No analytics, no tracking, no cloud processing.

About

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.

Screenshots

CineStill4 screens
Dronie2 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. CineStill sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dronie asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
CineStill versus Dronie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCineStillDronie
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size2 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarcus KjellbergCow Cow Technologies LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CineStill

One-time1
  • CineStill Pro$1.99
None

Dronie

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CineStill free?
CineStill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dronie free?
Dronie is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CineStill or Dronie have ads?
Neither CineStill nor Dronie shows ads.

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