Comparison

Glassy vs MiniView

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

Head to head
About

Glassy

Create stunning photo carousels, seamless panoramas, and animated collages. Enhance your images with translucent layers, real-time data stickers, and cross-slide elements for a dynamic visual experience. Offers a robust toolkit for various creative projects.

Highlights
  • Liquid Glass translucent layers
  • Real data stickers (weather, workouts, music)
  • Cross-slide image and text layers
  • Motion export for Live Photos
  • Object removal tool
  • Comprehensive editing toolkit
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Glassy is a carousel maker for seamless carousels, photo dumps, and panorama posts. Photos become collages and scrolling videos that flow across every slide. • Liquid Glass: translucent layers with tint, blur, and depth, and the content underneath still shows through. • Real Data Stickers: with your permission, bring weather, workouts, routes, time, location, music, lyrics, and movie details into a design. • Cross-Slide Layers: run images, text, stickers, and frames across several slides for a seamless swipe. • Motion: preview and export while Live Photos and animated elements keep moving. • Erase and Remove: erase part of a photo, bring it back, or remove an unwanted object right on your iPhone, free. • A full toolkit: photos, text, widgets, stickers, frames, grids, drawings, gradients, and textures, starting from a template or a blank canvas. Make photo dumps, travel journals, lyric cards, workout recaps, mood boards, and posters. Free tools and materials cover everyday creation and still-image export. Anyone can add videos and Live Photos, and the first three motion exports are free with a small Glassy mark. Glassy Plus unlocks Plus templates, premium materials, and unlimited motion exports without the mark. Exporting a design that contains premium content also requires Plus. Terms of Use: Apple's standard end-user license agreement applies: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

MiniView

This app transforms your phone into a comfortable vlogging camera with a minimalist interface. It offers an easy grip, quick clip cleanup, and discreet recording options, all designed to help creators focus on their content.

Highlights
  • Easy grip for steadier recording
  • Quick clip cleanup before export
  • Discreet landscape recording in portrait mode
  • Convert landscape to portrait for social media
  • Light pad for face illumination
  • OLED battery saving features
Features
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MiniView: Vlogging Camera Less screen. More vlogging. MiniView transforms your phone into a more comfortable handheld vlogging camera. With a compact live preview and a large inactive grip area, you get a steadier hold, fewer accidental touches, and a cleaner recording experience—all without extra accessories. Designed for creators who prefer a simple camera instead of a complicated editor. Why MiniView? Record naturally with a minimalist interface that helps you focus on your story, not the controls. Easy Grip The unique MiniView layout turns the unused screen space into a comfortable grip area for steadier handheld recording and fewer accidental touches. Quick Cleanup Made a mistake? Remove unwanted clips in seconds before exporting. No complicated timeline—just fast cleanup so your footage is ready for your favourite editing app. Low-Key Recording Capture landscape videos while holding your phone vertically for a more discreet and comfortable filming experience. MiniWide Record a wider landscape perspective while keeping the phone in portrait orientation. Reframe Quickly convert your landscape recordings into portrait videos for Shorts, Reels and TikTok. Light Pad The unused screen area can act as a soft light source to brighten your face while recording in darker environments. OLED Battery Friendly The large black grip area can reduce display power usage on OLED devices by keeping much of the screen inactive. Minimal by Design A clean Liquid Glass-inspired interface keeps distractions away so you can focus on creating. One Purchase. Yours Forever. Unlock every Pro feature with a single one-time purchase. No subscriptions. No recurring fees. Whether you’re starting your vlogging journey or simply want a cleaner, more comfortable way to record, MiniView helps you focus on what matters—creating.

Screenshots

Glassy4 screens
MiniView4 screens

Verdict

The call

Glassy and MiniView are too close to call on the numbers: across 9 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Glassy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and MiniView sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Glassy against 5.0 for MiniView. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Glassy versus MiniView: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlassyMiniView
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size165 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer伟滔 黄Kristian Olidana

Customer experience

Glassy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MiniView

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Glassy

Subscriptions2
  • Glassy Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Glassy Plus Yearly$19.991 Year
1 purchases

MiniView

One-time1
  • MiniView Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Glassy free?
Glassy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MiniView free?
MiniView is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Glassy or MiniView?
Glassy and MiniView are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Glassy or MiniView have ads?
Neither Glassy nor MiniView shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Glassy or MiniView?
Glassy ships an update weekly, and MiniView weekly. Most recently, Glassy was updated on November 5, 2026 and MiniView on November 6, 2026.

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