Comparison

Vid Loop vs Time Flow Sketch

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

Head to head
About

Vid Loop

Features
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Vid Loop is a live camera that plays with time. Point it at anything and it remembers the last 20 seconds. Swipe across the picture to pull the moment backward and forward, let it loop on its own, or stack echoes of the past on top of the present. Everything happens live, on your phone, while you film. Inspired by the cult time-delay camera apps of the early App Store, rebuilt for today. TIME IS YOUR TIMELINE β€’ Swipe the image to scrub back through recent moments β€” flick to fling it, double-tap to snap back to live β€’ Loop ping-pongs or sweeps through time by itself; change depth and speed mid-take EFFECTS NOBODY ELSE HAS β€’ Ghost β€” echoes of earlier frames stacked on the live image, with every bright highlight shining through β€’ Trails β€” video feedback: anything bright and moving smears into a fading streak β€’ Tunnel β€” the same feedback zoomed and turned every frame, so trails spiral into an endless tunnel β€’ Mirror β€” a kaleidoscope where each mirrored quarter is a moment further back in time; tap again for 3Γ—3, 4Γ—4 and 5Γ—5 halls of mirrors β€’ Slit β€” time-warp slit-scan, live and scrubbable: every line of the picture is a different moment, so movement bends and melts β€’ Paint β€” the scene repainted live in moving brush strokes, like a painting come to life β€’ Chaos β€” hands the controls to chance, remixing every effect on the fly β€’ Combine them for looks you can't get from a filter MOVES TO THE MUSIC β€’ Audio React listens through the mic and finds the beat β€’ Bounce flips the loop on every beat; Jump leaps through time in rhythm β€’ Louder sound pushes the loop faster β€’ A Loud Venue setting keeps it locked on at gigs and parties RECORD AND SHARE β€’ Record exactly what you see, with live sound on its own clean track β€’ Portrait records vertical 9:16 β€” ready for TikTok, Reels and Shorts; landscape records 16:9 β€’ Save to Photos or share straight from the gallery; trim and rename clips MADE FOR PERFORMING β€’ Big, finger-sized controls that fold away with one tap β€’ Lock the screen orientation and the whole picture becomes your scrub surface β€’ Your fingers always win β€” beats and chaos never fight a hand on the screen Musicians, VJs, skaters, dancers, anyone who wants their video to look like nothing else on the feed. No account. No ads. Everything runs on your phone β€” your camera, microphone and clips never leave it.

About

Time Flow Sketch

Features
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A sketching app for reshaping the way time flows inside a video. You draw the shape of that flow as a black-and-white gradient over the clip you loaded. The brightness you paint becomes a moment in the clip, or a playback speed, so different parts of the image start running on their own time. Only where your finger traced runs ahead. Another part plays backwards. One area stays frozen while everything around it keeps moving. You can even draw time that twists β€” forward and backward unfolding at once. Take the single, even flow of time in a video, pull it apart, and put it back together. Reflections shifting on water, drifting clouds, the movement of familiar things and creatures: there may be something new waiting in the everyday scenery you thought you knew. β–  Main features [Making a map] β€’ Draw β€” trace with a finger to draw the flow of time. Five brush tones, a bleed brush, and a smudge tool β€’ Gradients and presets β€” start from a regular pattern β€’ From motion β€” build the shape of time automatically from the movement in the clip β€’ Cut & slide β€” split the map along a line and slide the pieces to make time slip [How the map is applied] β€’ Apply mode β€” Vertical / Horizontal slit works band by band, Surface works pixel by pixel β€’ Time map β€” brightness sets which moment of the clip is shown; black is the start, white is the end β€’ Rate map β€” brightness sets the playback speed, from reverse to fast forward β€’ Space map β€” brightness sets where on screen the picture is taken from [Checking what you made] β€’ 3D plot β€” see the shape of time as a solid β€’ Time graph β€” see time, rate and space as line charts [Live camera] β€’ Time-shape the camera image as you film β€” it keeps the last few seconds, so the map you draw can show the past or freeze parts of the picture β€’ Tap β€œStop & capture” to turn it into a clip you can edit and export [Sound and export] β€’ Sound β€” the audio goes through the same time processing as the picture β€’ Export β€” save the result to your photo library as a video All video processing happens on your device, and nothing you make is sent anywhere.

Screenshots

Vid Loop4 screens
Time Flow Sketch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Time Flow Sketch at daily against Vid Loop's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vid Loop ships an update every 2 months, Time Flow Sketch daily. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 6 level
Vid Loop versus Time Flow Sketch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVid LoopTime Flow Sketch
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsβ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 β€” better16.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size4 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkirt elznerRyu Furusawa

In-app purchases

None

Vid Loop

No in-app purchases

None

Time Flow Sketch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vid Loop free?
Vid Loop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Time Flow Sketch free?
Time Flow Sketch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vid Loop or Time Flow Sketch have ads?
Neither Vid Loop nor Time Flow Sketch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vid Loop or Time Flow Sketch?
Vid Loop ships an update every 2 months, and Time Flow Sketch daily. Most recently, Vid Loop was updated on November 10, 2026 and Time Flow Sketch on November 13, 2026.

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