Comparison

Memories vs Dashframe

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

Head to head
About

Memories

Features
Read full description

BRING YOUR ARCHIVED PHOTOS BACK INTO THE DAY The photos you moved to a NAS or a cloud drive to free up space are the ones you stop looking at. Memory Photo connects to where they already live and brings one back to your Home Screen widget and StandBy every day. Last year's date shows up without you opening anything. TRY EVERYTHING FOR 7 DAYS Memory Photo is a subscription app. The first 7 days are free and nothing is held back. Pick the monthly or the yearly plan to start the trial, and cancel within those 7 days to pay nothing. Connecting a NAS or signing in to a cloud drive takes a few minutes. Connect one place and get a photo onto the widget while the trial runs. Prices and renewal terms are under SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS below. CONNECT WHERE YOUR PHOTOS LIVE - NAS over SMB: enter the host, share, user name and password to connect directly - Dropbox and OneDrive: sign in to your own account and connect directly - Google Drive and iCloud Drive: pick the folder through the Files app Originals are never moved or edited. Only small thumbnails are cached on the device for display. WIDGETS AND STANDBY - Home Screen: small, medium and large - StandBy: full screen while the iPhone charges on its side - The picture changes every hour - On This Day favors shots taken on today's date in earlier years THREE WAYS TO LOOK Photo Frame - keep one picture on screen for as long as you like. On a charging stand it works as a desk frame. Slideshow - today's memories in order, at three, five or ten seconds each. Browse - everything cached so far, newest first, in a grid. MANY PLACES, ONE VIEW AT A TIME Connect the family NAS and your own cloud drive at the same time, then switch which of them the app is showing. The choice reaches the widget right away. YOUR PHOTOS STAY WHERE YOU PUT THEM - Photos and thumbnails move only between your own storage and your device. They are never sent to our servers. - Thumbnails are cached inside the app's own storage. The limit starts at 2 GB and is adjustable from 0.5 to 20 GB. - NAS credentials and folder access rights are held in the iOS Keychain. - Face ID or Touch ID can lock the app itself. ABOUT WALLPAPER iOS does not let an app change your wallpaper. The in-app guide walks you through doing it yourself with the Shortcuts app. It is entirely optional. BEFORE YOU START - iOS 17.0 or later. - A NAS connection needs an SMB share reachable on the same network. - The first sync can take a while depending on how many photos you have. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS - Premium Monthly: auto-renewing subscription, 1 month - Premium Yearly: auto-renewing subscription, 1 year - Both begin with a 7-day free trial, offered once per Apple Account. - The exact price in your local currency is shown in the app before you confirm. - Payment is charged to your Apple Account when the free trial ends, unless it is cancelled first. - A subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is switched off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. - Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ - Privacy Policy: https://bittersweets-art.github.io/sweets-apps-privacy/memoryphoto/ TRADEMARKS - Dropbox is a trademark of Dropbox, Inc. - Microsoft and OneDrive are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. - Google and Google Drive are trademarks of Google LLC. - Apple, iCloud, StandBy, Face ID and Touch ID are trademarks of Apple Inc. - This app is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of these companies.

About

Dashframe

Features
Read full description

Turn an album from your iPhone's Photos app into a slideshow — on CarPlay, and as a widget on your iPhone's Home Screen. Apple's built-in Photos widget shows a single photo that never changes. Dashframe keeps cycling through the album you choose. WHAT IT DOES • Prepare up to 3 albums, and show a different one in each widget • Works with folders from the Files app (iCloud Drive and more), not just Photos albums • "Memories of this season" — automatically pulls photos taken around today's date from your whole library • Detects faces and crops photos so they aren't cut off • Automatically excludes screenshots • Add or remove photos, then just open the app to pick up the change • Optionally show the month and year each photo was taken • Choose an interval from 5 seconds to 2 minutes • "Daily" order reshuffles the sequence every day PRIVACY Dashframe makes no network connections at all. Your photos never leave your device — only a resized copy of the album you choose is stored locally. WORKS WITH • CarPlay widgets • iPhone Home Screen widgets (small, medium, and large) • Japanese / English

Screenshots

Memories4 screens
Dashframe3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dashframe at none against Memories's 2. On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Memories sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Dashframe asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Memories ships an update every 3 weeks, Dashframe fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Memories versus Dashframe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemoriesDashframe
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKazuya TakeuchiRYUZABU SAITO

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Memories

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
None

Dashframe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Memories free?
Memories is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dashframe free?
Dashframe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Memories or Dashframe have ads?
Neither Memories nor Dashframe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Memories or Dashframe?
Memories ships an update every 3 weeks, and Dashframe fortnightly. Most recently, Memories was updated on November 2, 2026 and Dashframe on October 31, 2026.

Other comparisons