Comparison

NextFrame vs LiveCraft

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

Head to head
About

NextFrame

Features
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Shooting films with your iPhone, converting negatives, everything about film is in NextFrame. Photograph or import a real negative (RAW supported) and invert it on your iPhone: film-base and white-point sampling, color-cast correction, DCMY channels, perforations, curves, and HDR. Source files stay in the app until you export. Nothing is uploaded to our servers, and there is no account. What it does • Copy a negative with the camera, or import from Photos / Files • Invert on device and save a positive • Sample film base and white by hand, or use on-device color prediction • Adjust the invert by channel, plus perfs, tone, white balance, and curves • Develop RAW locally, with common color spaces Also included • Film looks for positives or RAW, with stock recipes and imported .cube / .3dl / XMP LUTs • Pair a still and a video into a system Live Photo • Split a long frame into 3:4 stills Built for people who scan or copy their own film. The job is to turn a negative into a positive. Everything else is secondary. Auto-renewable subscriptions NextframePro includes a monthly plan, a yearly plan (auto-renew), and a lifetime purchase. Prices are shown on the purchase screen. Cancel anytime in iOS Settings. Purchase means you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy https://docs.qq.com/doc/DWk5iamhyS3FIVm9s#

About

LiveCraft

Features
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Your videos already hold the perfect Live Photo. LiveCraft helps you bring it out. Pick one video for a quick conversion, or combine several clips into a split-screen composition. Fine-tune the crop, timing, canvas, and key photo, then save straight to your Photos library. MADE FOR LIVE PHOTOS • Convert one or multiple videos • Build flexible multi-clip layouts • Crop, zoom, reposition, rotate, and mirror • Adjust motion time, hold time, and key photo • Export up to 4K, 60 fps, and HDR • Recover the original video from a Live Photo PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything is processed on your device. There is no account to create and no media upload.

Screenshots

NextFrame4 screens
LiveCraft4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: NextFrame at every 3 days against LiveCraft's weekly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. NextFrame sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and LiveCraft sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NextFrame ships an update every 3 days, LiveCraft weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
NextFrame versus LiveCraft: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNextFrameLiveCraft
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size192 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer琪 闫康 魏

In-app purchases

3 purchases

NextFrame

Subscriptions2
  • 月卡$6.991 Month
  • 年卡$12.991 Year
One-time1
  • 终生会员$9.99
1 purchases

LiveCraft

One-time1
  • Premium$1.99

Questions

Is NextFrame free?
NextFrame is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LiveCraft free?
LiveCraft is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do NextFrame or LiveCraft have ads?
Neither NextFrame nor LiveCraft shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NextFrame or LiveCraft?
NextFrame ships an update every 3 days, and LiveCraft weekly. Most recently, NextFrame was updated on October 24, 2026 and LiveCraft on October 15, 2026.

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