Side Gallery vs For Reel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Side Gallery
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Tired of seeing everyday memories and work photos all mixed together in your main photo library? For photos you want to keep separate from everyday life, capture them with Side Gallery. Photos taken in Side Gallery are stored in the app's private local storage instead of being automatically added to Apple Photos. Work photos, reference shots, temporary records, or anything else you would rather keep on the side can stay in Side Gallery, while your main photo library stays focused on the moments that matter most. Side Gallery is here to help you keep everyday life a little simpler and focus on your important memories. With Side Gallery, you can: • Capture photos directly in the app • Keep photos separate from your main photo library • Browse photos by date • Organize photos into simple albums • Select and manage multiple photos • Share photos when you need them • Save selected photos to Apple Photos when you choose Side Gallery is designed to stay simple. No account is required. Your photos are not uploaded to TongTong Lab servers. Ads are shown in some areas of the app. You can permanently remove ads with a one-time in-app purchase.
For Reel
Automatically creates engaging video montages from your photo library. Select a desired video length and choose music to generate a polished vlog. Offers customization options for reordering, trimming, and adding text overlays.
- Automatic album creation
- Selectable video lengths
- Curated music library
- Customizable reordering and trimming
- Add titles and dates
- Multiple aspect ratio support
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You have thousands of photos. Making one video out of them means choosing — and that's the part nobody wants to do. For Reel does the choosing. ■ Albums appear on their own The app finds the days you were away and the hours your photos cluster, then has an album waiting. A trip, a birthday, a wedding — open the app and it's already there. For the ones it misses, set the dates yourself. ■ Only the good shots, cut to length Pick a length — 30 seconds, 1, 2 or 3 minutes, or set your own — and it fills that length with your better photos and clips. Blurry frames and near-identical bursts drop out. Receipts and screenshots are skipped. ■ Pick a song and you're done 483 original tracks. Fifty are built in; the rest download in mood-based packs whenever you want them. Choose by mood and tempo, then drag the waveform to set where the music starts. They're ours, so the videos you make are yours to post anywhere. ■ Not quite right? Tweak it Drag to reorder. Set how long each photo holds and trim each clip with two handles. Live Photos can go in as motion or as a single frame — your call. ■ Add a title and a date Choose from 1,900+ Google Fonts for titles and captions, and stamp the date in a film-camera or VHS-camcorder style. You decide when each piece of text appears and disappears. ■ Portrait, landscape, wherever you post Portrait 9:16, 3:4 or 4:5, landscape 16:9, 4:3 or 5:4, or square 1:1. Saves straight to Photos. - - - - - - - - - - Your photos never leave the device. Everything happens on your iPhone — nothing is uploaded, and there is no account to create. Making, editing and saving are all free. Free saves carry a small watermark; with For Reel Pro you save without it, in top quality (up to 4K). • Pro comes monthly, yearly or lifetime — see prices in the app • All three give the same thing — saves with no watermark, in top quality • Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://lifeup-soft.lovable.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://dongwooha.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-2fafa9b1f0bb81558636c7b260e90e63
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: For Reel at none against Side Gallery's shown. Side Gallery's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. Side Gallery sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and For Reel sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Side Gallery | For Reel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 92.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Daily |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MyungKyu Kim | Dongwoo Ha |
In-app purchases
Side Gallery
- Remove Ads$0.99
For Reel
- Monthly Pass$2.991 Month
- Yearly Pass$5.991 Year
- Lifetime Pass$6.99








