Comparison

SmoothCapture vs Sequence

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

Head to head
About

SmoothCapture

Transform screen recordings into polished demo videos. Add 3D phone mockups, backgrounds, music, and smooth motion effects. Easily edit clips, trim, and export for various platforms without watermarks.

Highlights
  • 3D iPhone mockups
  • Customizable backgrounds
  • Automated zoom and motion
  • Clip editing and combining
  • Built-in music library
  • Multi-platform export
Features
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Turn a plain screen recording into a demo video people actually watch. The recording is already in your camera roll. SmoothCapture adds the polish: a beautiful background, a real 3D iPhone around your screen, a smooth zoom on the part that matters, and music to carry it. Import, tap a few times, export. That is the whole job. SHOW YOUR APP INSIDE A REAL 3D IPHONE Your recording plays inside a lifelike 3D phone that you can spin and tilt to any angle. The metal catches the light and the glass reflects like the real thing. Prefer the classic look? Flat frames are there too. BACKGROUNDS THAT MAKE IT POP Dozens of hand-picked backgrounds, from soft gradients to nature and abstract art. Adjust the padding, corners and border until the framing looks right. ZOOM AND MOTION, NO EDITING SKILLS NEEDED Drop a zoom on the timeline and it glides in and out by itself. Pan across the screen while zoomed in. Spin or tilt the phone with a simple joystick. Your video gets real movement without touching a keyframe. CUT IT LIKE A PRO Combine clips and photos in any order. Trim, reorder, speed up, mute, and fade between takes. Every clip keeps its own look, so each take can have its own style. ADD MUSIC Pick a track from the built-in library or bring your own. The waveform on the timeline makes it easy to line your cuts up with the beat. EXPORT AND SHARE ANYWHERE Export in the size and shape that fits where you are posting: the App Store, TikTok, X, YouTube, or a chat with your team. Save to Photos or share straight from the app. START FROM ANYWHERE Share a recording from Photos or Files into SmoothCapture and it opens as a project, ready to edit. FREE TO TRY, NO WATERMARK Importing and editing are free. Your first 3 exports are free too, in full quality with no watermark and nothing held back. ONE PAYMENT, YOURS FOREVER After that, unlimited exports are a single purchase of $29.00. Nothing renews, nothing expires, and there is nothing to cancel. This is a launch price and it will go up. Prices may vary by region. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.smoothcapture.app/ios/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.smoothcapture.app/ios/privacy Please note: SmoothCapture is an editor, not a recorder. Record your screen with the built-in iOS screen recording control, then bring the clip here.

About

Sequence

Create professional print-ready photo zines and books directly from your mobile device. Design with two-page spreads, preview your layout with realistic page-flips, and export high-quality PDFs for printing.

Highlights
  • Design on two-page spreads
  • Hand-crafted templates
  • Realistic page-flip preview
  • High-quality PDF export
  • Print-accurate margins
  • iCloud project sync
Features
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Sequence is a focused, beautiful way to turn your photographs into print-ready zines and photo books — right from your iPhone and iPad. Start from a book structure that matches your work, sequence your images across real two-page spreads, and preview the finished book with a natural page-flip before you ever export. DESIGN LIKE A BOOK • Start fast with hand-crafted templates — classic grids, full-bleed spreads, gallery mats, and paced left-right rhythms • Compose on true two-page spreads, the way a printed book actually reads • Set any image as your cover and build a clean front-to-back sequence • Full-bleed, matted, and captioned layouts with print-accurate margins SEE IT BEFORE YOU PRINT • Immersive, full-screen book preview with a real page-turn feel • Contact sheet view to arrange and reorder your whole edit at a glance PRINT WITH CONFIDENCE • Export high-quality PDFs ready for your printer • Trim, bleed, and safe-area guidance so nothing important gets cut YOURS, EVERYWHERE • Your projects sync across your devices with iCloud • Built natively for iPhone and iPad Whether you're a photographer building a portfolio zine, a traveler making a keepsake, or an artist self-publishing a small run, Sequence helps you shape a sequence you're proud to hold in print.

Screenshots

SmoothCapture4 screens
Sequence4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SmoothCapture at Free against Sequence's $2.99. Sequence's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SmoothCapture is free to download; Sequence costs $2.99 up front. SmoothCapture sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sequence asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SmoothCapture against 5.0 for Sequence. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SmoothCapture versus Sequence: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmoothCaptureSequence
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVu NguyenCodesigner Tech Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

SmoothCapture

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

Sequence

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SmoothCapture

One-time1
  • Unlimited Exports$29.00
None

Sequence

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SmoothCapture free?
SmoothCapture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sequence free?
Sequence costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SmoothCapture or Sequence?
SmoothCapture and Sequence are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do SmoothCapture or Sequence have ads?
Neither SmoothCapture nor Sequence shows ads.

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