NextFrame vs LiveCraft
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NextFrame
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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#
LiveCraft
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
NextFrame ships an update every 3 days, LiveCraft weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NextFrame | LiveCraft |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 192 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 琪 闫 | 康 魏 |
In-app purchases
NextFrame
- 月卡$6.991 Month
- 年卡$12.991 Year
- 终生会员$9.99
LiveCraft
- Premium$1.99









