LifeChoosingPro vs Suila
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LifeChoosingPro
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LifeChoosing Pro turns your iPhone into a cinematic still camera with the color science of Hollywood and the discipline of professional photography. 67 HANDCRAFTED FILTERS IN 8 CATEGORIES Hollywood and Modern: Dune Sand, John Wick Noir, Matrix Green, La La Pink, Wes Pink, Joker Teal, Miami Vice, and more. Analog Film: Portra 160, Fuji 400H, Kodachrome 64, Tri-X 400, Cinestill 800T, and the emulsions you remember. European Cinema: Amelie, Roman Holiday, Tuscany Sun, London Fog, Greek Blue, Berlin Grey. Natural and Light: Sahara Glow, Alpine Cool, Amazon Lush, Moonlight, Solstice. Vintage and Retro: Technicolor 2-Strip, VHS Glitch, Sepia Pro, Y2K Cyber, Old News. Artistic: Aerochrome, Dichroic, Thermal Vision, Solarization, Oil Paint. Mood and Narrative: Sad Indie, Dreamy Halo, Suspense, Melancholia, Victory. Plus 12 Classic filters: Cinematic, Golden Hour, Nordic, Moody, Vintage 35mm, Noir, Polaroid, Chrome and more. PRO MANUAL CONTROLS Independent control of ISO, shutter speed, exposure, focus, and white balance. Tap anywhere to lock focus, then drag the sun icon for three-stage live exposure feedback. RGB histogram, zebra over-exposure warning, and focus peaking overlays for cinematographer-level precision. RAW DNG capture with full EXIF metadata for the highest editing latitude. TIMELAPSE AND BURST Capture stop-motion sequences with intervals from 1 to 30 seconds, automatically assembled into smooth video. Long-press the shutter for high-speed burst mode. Self-timer with 3 and 10 second presets. COMPOSITION Four aspect ratios: 4:3, 1:1, 4:5, 9:16. Three composition guides: Rule of Thirds, Golden Ratio, Crosshair. YOUR FAVORITES, ONE TAP AWAY Long-press any filter thumbnail to add it to your Favorites. The app opens to your Favorites group every launch. INSTANT SAVE MODE Optional one-tap workflow: shutter goes straight to Photos with no preview pause. Perfect for fleeting moments. PREMIUM DARK INTERFACE The UI stays out of your way. The image does the talking. ONE-TIME PURCHASE Pay once, own it forever. No subscriptions. No ads. No hidden costs. All filters and controls included from day one. PRIVACY Photos are processed and saved on your device. Filters run on Apple Core Image with no third-party servers. Your shots stay yours. Looking for video and slow-motion? See LifeChoosing ProX, the cinema flagship.
Suila
This video editor allows for quick and easy video creation on iPhone and iPad without requiring sign-in. It offers features like automatic captions, face retouching, speed curves, and a variety of filters and effects for polished video production.
- Automatic on-device captions
- Face retouching and mosaic
- Multi-point speed curves
- Voiceover and teleprompter
- Intuitive timeline editing
- Customizable text and stickers
- Filters, color correction, and effects
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Suila is a video editor for iPhone and iPad. Open it and start cutting — no sign-in. What's in it: • Auto captions (on device): speech to captions in dozens of languages — Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean and more. Add a second language for bilingual captions; translation and polish also run on the device. Edit by hand, drag them into place, import and export SRT. • Caption styling: font, color, outline, shadow, size and position, with 63 Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Latin fonts downloaded on demand — or import your own .ttf/.otf. • Beauty: finds faces automatically and retouches skin only — smoothing, dark circles, blemishes — features stay untouched. • Automatic face mosaic: faces are tracked frame by frame and pixelated or blurred; tap once to keep the main subject. • Voiceover and teleprompter: record narration straight into the phone with your script on screen. • Multi-point speed curves: add control points for smooth slow motion and speed ramps; reverse and freeze frame too. • Intuitive timeline: split, trim, long-press to reorder; deleting closes the gap, no black frames. • Text and stickers: free placement, colors, outline, shadow, in/out animations; emoji and sticker packs. • Filters, color and effects: cinematic LUTs, brightness/contrast/saturation/temperature, underwater correction, plus 15 visual effects. • 19 transitions and keyframe animation. • Picture-in-picture, extract audio from video, your own music and built-in sound effects, watermark, cover, end card. • Six canvas ratios (9:16, 1:1, 16:9, 4:5, 3:4, 4:3), 4K export — what you preview is what you get. Your videos, audio and projects stay on your device; no tracking, no personal data collected. Cut it, and 水啦! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://suila.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Suila at Free against LifeChoosingPro's $0.99. Suila also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). LifeChoosingPro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On 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
Suila is free to download; LifeChoosingPro costs $0.99 up front. Suila sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. LifeChoosingPro asks for nothing beyond the download.
LifeChoosingPro ships an update every 2 weeks, Suila every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LifeChoosingPro | Suila |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HSIN JUI YU | Hanpo |
In-app purchases
LifeChoosingPro
No in-app purchases
Suila
- Monthly Supply Drop$1.991 Month
- Deluxe Supply Drop$3.991 Month
- Buy Me a Coffee$0.99
- Developer Life Support$4.99
- Developer Health Pack$19.99









