QuickTimeLapse vs TimeLapse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QuickTimeLapse
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Turn long videos into 60-second timelapses, ready for Reels, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts. Pick 1 to 5 videos. QuickTimeLapse auto-calculates the speed and crunches them into a single 60-second clip. No sign-up, no uploads — your videos never leave your iPhone. — Features — • Up to 5 videos at once, auto-stitched into 60 seconds • Day Counter auto-numbering for daily check-ins (workouts, yoga, cooking, travel) — filenames carry Day 1 / Day 2 … • Custom filename templates — mix date, sequence, and your own text • PHPicker-based selection — no full Photos library access required • Fully on-device — nothing uploaded — Who it's for — Anyone tracking daily workouts, yoga, cooking, or travel vlogs as a timelapse series. Anyone who wants to crunch long footage into Reels, TikTok, or YouTube Shorts. — Pricing — Free to download. The first conversion each day is ad-free; from the second conversion on, you'll see one ad before processing. "Remove Ads" is a one-time purchase that removes all ads forever (no subscription). — Story — I film my workouts every day and wanted to compress them into 60-second timelapses for Instagram. I used to airdrop every clip to my Mac just to make a timelapse in iMovie — the back-and-forth was a hassle. I couldn't find a tool that felt right, so I vibe-coded one myself. Hope it helps if you're in the same boat. — Feedback — Tap Settings → Report a Problem inside the app to write to me directly. I'll do my best to reply.
TimeLapse
Transform your Ring camera into an automatic time-lapse creator. Capture the evolution of projects, gardens, or the sky over days or months with scheduled snapshots. Watch, download, and share your growing visual story with ease.
- Uses existing Ring camera
- Customizable snapshot cadence
- Automatic daily reel updates
- One-tap watch, download, share
- Privacy-first design
- Project-based scheduling
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Watch anything change - in 30 seconds. TimeLapse turns the Ring camera you already own into an automatic time-lapse of whatever it sees: your garden coming into bloom, a renovation taking shape, a storefront through the seasons, the sky and its weather, a workshop build, or any project that changes over days, weeks, or months. Snapshots are captured on the schedule you set, then stitched into one reel that grows day after day. No new hardware. No editing. No babysitting. - Runs on your existing Ring camera - nothing to buy, mount, or wire - Set a cadence (every 5-60 min) and a capture window once, per project - A reel that grows with your project, rebuilt automatically every day - Watch, download, and share the finished reel with one tap - Get notified the moment a new reel is ready Perfect for gardeners, renovators, makers, shop owners, sky watchers - anyone curious to see slow change made visible. Privacy-first by design: still snapshots only - no live video, no audio, no AI, no face recognition. Encrypted in transit and at rest; you can delete your account and all data at any time, or simply unlink. TimeLapse is added to your Ring account from inside the Ring app, and managed there.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TimeLapse at none against QuickTimeLapse's 1. TimeLapse also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price 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
Both are free to download. QuickTimeLapse sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TimeLapse asks for nothing beyond the download.
QuickTimeLapse ships an update every 2 weeks, TimeLapse every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QuickTimeLapse | TimeLapse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WEI HAN YEN | Nicola Erbacci |
In-app purchases
QuickTimeLapse
- Remove Ads$1.99
TimeLapse
No in-app purchases









