Vidot vs Afterfade
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vidot
Record daily moments as short video clips that automatically link to the date and time. Organize memories into collections by theme for easy review. This app prioritizes privacy with local-only storage and no account required.
- Record daily video clips
- Automatic date and time linking
- Organize into themed collections
- Group recording for same-time clips
- Smooth chronological playback
- Calendar view for recorded days
- Customizable timeline layout
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■ Vidot A vlog and video journal app for keeping short videos — just for yourself. It's not a social network, and it's not an editing app. No posing, no polishing. Every video you capture is automatically tagged with its date and time and lined up on your timeline. One tap turns them into a single vlog. That's "your own vlog." With Collections, you can group moments by theme — a trip, your kids growing up — and look back from any angle you like. ■ All you do Press the shutter and capture the moment. ■ Features ・Casually collect small pieces of your day, without overthinking it ・Add the time and a caption to your videos — choose the font, text size, and shadow strength ・Look back day by day with smooth, seamless playback ・Collections: group clips by theme and play them back to back, with search and pinning ・See the days you recorded at a glance in the calendar's month and year views, and play a whole month back to back ・Switch the timeline layout and sort order to suit you ・Export vlogs with the time and captions included ・Gentle reminder notifications to help you capture ・A quiet, minimal design that lets your videos stand out (dark by default, with light mode) ・Available in English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese ■ Privacy first, local first No account, no sign-in. Your videos and captions are never sent to any server — everything stays on your iPhone. Your clips are included in your device backup (iCloud), so they're safe when you switch phones. ■ Vidot Premium (optional) Keep your favorite moments, more freely. ・Unlimited clips per day (the free plan allows up to 8 per day) ・Add from Library: add past photos and videos from your photo library at any date and time you like ・Edit Date & Time: change the date and time of clips you've already recorded Choose a monthly plan or a one-time purchase. Vidot is fully enjoyable for free, too. Today's moment becomes your year. Why not start with today's "dot"? 【Terms of Use (EULA)】 https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Afterfade
Capture fleeting moments by recording five-second video clips that are transformed into unique musical tracks. Collect seven clips to create a music video and a personalized cassette tape visualization. Your memories are processed entirely on-device and can be exported.
- Record 5-second video clips
- Extracts color and sound for music
- Composes music on-device
- Seven captures create one track
- Generates dreamcore music videos
- Exports music videos and cassette visuals
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Memory loses its sound first. Rain on the window. An announcement at the station. A friend laughing at something you've already forgotten. You were there — but by next week the sound is gone. Photos survive. Sound doesn't. Afterfade exists for that gap. FIVE SECONDS. THAT'S THE WHOLE THING. Point your camera at whatever is in front of you and hold it for five seconds. A sunset, a train platform, the coffee on your desk. Nothing to write, nothing to edit, nothing to make prettier. Five seconds and you're done. There's no daily quota to keep up with. Like a roll of film sitting in your bag, you use it when something catches you — one fragment or five, whenever. ORDINARY DAYS COUNT Halfway through a walk. A platform in a town you're just visiting. A night spent alone. Nothing special has to happen — that day's colors and sounds exist only on that day. Play it back later and the hour that felt like nothing has turned into a small, unexpectedly pretty memory. THOSE FIVE SECONDS TURN INTO MUSIC Color is collected from the image, sound from the mic. The dull grey of an overcast sky, the murmur of a crossing, a silly "yoo-hoo" shouted at the camera — they become chord changes and tape texture. No two tracks are ever the same. You're not listening to someone else's song. You're listening to your own day. SEVEN CAPTURES MAKE ONE MUSIC VIDEO After the seventh, press REC. Like sending a roll of film off to be developed, the days you've been carrying fold into a single track — and the five seconds you shot become one music video set to it. Fill the roll in an afternoon or take a month — it makes no difference. Right now that sound is lo-fi: tape wobble and muffled noise sit closest to the texture of a memory that isn't perfect anymore. Even the walking around, wondering what to capture next, is part of it. IT DOESN'T JUST PLAY — IT STAYS Every finished track lands on your shelf as a cassette tape dyed in the colors you collected. The music video is a dreamcore-styled short film, and both it and the cassette can leave the app. Shoot seven on a trip, come home, and send someone the whole trip as one video. WHAT YOU CAPTURE STAYS WITH YOU The music is made entirely on your device. No account, no sign-in. The five seconds you record — and the color and sound pulled out of them — are never uploaded anywhere. Whether anyone else ever hears it is always your call. Afterfade isn't a social network. There's nothing to compare, no streak to break, no one to perform for, and no notification asking where you've been. It's just somewhere to hold on to what fades. You can't remember the rain on August 12th. But it's still falling, quietly, somewhere inside your September track. FEATURES • Extracts color and sound from a 5-second capture • Composes entirely on-device — your clips are never uploaded • Seven captures complete one track • A cassette shelf dyed in the colors you collected • A dreamcore-styled music video built from your clips, set to your track • Save to your photo library or share anywhere
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Afterfade at none against Vidot's 2. Afterfade also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Vidot's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Vidot sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Afterfade asks for nothing beyond the download.
Vidot ships an update every 3 days, Afterfade every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Vidot | Afterfade |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 218 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Taki Sakai | Kanon Fujita |
Customer experience
Vidot
Afterfade
In-app purchases
Vidot
- Vidot Premium (Monthly)$1.991 Month
- Vidot Premium (One-time)$19.99
Afterfade
No in-app purchases









