Comparison

Slideshow Maker & Music Video vs CollageThing

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

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About

Slideshow Maker & Music Video

Easily combine photos, videos, and music to create custom slideshow videos. Edit slides, add text and music with intuitive timelines, and export in high resolution with various aspect ratios. Save projects for later editing.

Highlights
  • Combine photos and videos
  • Add background music and voiceovers
  • Edit slide duration and video speed
  • Add and style text overlays
  • Adjust audio volume and trim music
  • Export in high resolution with multiple aspect ratios
  • Save projects for later editing
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PicMusic: Slideshow Maker allows you to combine your photos, videos and background music to create your own unique slideshow videos in minutes. The app is very fun and easy to make slideshow videos. Starting by selecting photos and/or videos you want, then the application will automatically create a slideshow for you. After that, you can export or edit the slideshow using below tools: ◉ VIDEO TIMELINE - MANAGE SLIDES - This timeline shows a list of slides connected together by transition icons. - Tap on each slide for more options such as edit/delete the slide or you can insert one or more photos/videos/title just before or after the selected slide. - Tap on a transition icon which is in the middle of two slides to change transition types. - Re-order slides: Tap and hold on a slide to go to the re-order mode, then long press and drag the slide to change its order. ◉ SLIDE EDITOR - Control the duration for each photo slides, while video slides can be trimmed and change playing speed to 0.5x, 1x, 2x, 4x. - Control the start->end animations by scaling/positioning the image with your two fingers ◉ AUDIO TIMELINE - ADD & TRIM MUSIC - Switch to Audio tab, then tap on the Plus icon to add an audio item. - Find and select a background music, or load a song from your iTunes Library, or record your voice. - There is a slider to change the audio's volume. - Trim the song: Select the audio waveform to show its left/right handles, move these handles to trim the begin/end of the song respectively. - Choose when an audio item starts to play in the slideshow: Long press and drag the audio item to the position you want it to play at. ◉ TEXT TIMELINE - ADD TEXT TO VIDEOS - Switch to Text tab, then tap on the Plus icon to add a new text. - Change text's font, color, styles (background color, border), animations. - Text items in the timeline can be managed same as audio items in the audio timeline, which means you can change the text duration, when the text begins to appear in the slideshow. ◉ SAVE & SHARE - The slideshow can be exported in high resolution and up to 60 FPS. - Your works can be saved as projects to edit later. - The slideshow also supports many ratios: 1:1, 16:9, 9:16, 4:3, 3:4. ◉ PIC MUSIC PRO Pic Music Pro offers two subscription options: $5.99 Weekly $29.99 Annually Prices may vary by location. Should you choose to upgrade to a Pro subscription, payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You may cancel automatic renewal and manage your subscription by selecting Manage App Subscriptions in your iTunes Account settings and selecting the subscription you want to modify. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a Pro subscription, where applicable. Privacy Policy: http://typimage.com/terms.html#privacy Terms of Use: http://typimage.com/terms.html Tag your videos with #picmusic and follow us on Instagram @picmusicapp for tutorials and future updates. Thank you for using PicMusic - Slideshow Maker.

About

CollageThing

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Make a photo collage that looks like you made it, not like a template made it. Pick a layout, drop your photos in, then pile on tape, sticky notes, doodles and stickers until it looks like yours. No ads. No watermark. Not even on the free version. WALLPAPERS AND POSTS Make a collage wallpaper for your lock screen or home screen, or a post or a story to put up. The canvas sizes are set up for both already, at exact pixel sizes, so nothing gets cropped off at the last moment. There are seven of them, down to an Apple Watch face. 21 COLLAGE LAYOUTS Photo grids, a big hero shot with smaller ones around it, filmstrips, moodboards, postcards, pinwheels, and proper messy scrapbook pages. The app puts the layouts that suit your photo count first. Slide and pinch each photo inside its frame until it sits right, and set the spacing, corner radius and margin to taste. A SCRAPBOOK, NOT JUST A PHOTO GRID This is the fun part. Torn paper notes. Washi tape at whatever angle you like. Handwriting, script, marker, chalk and typewriter fonts, ten faces in all. Seven sticker packs: love, faces, nature, weather, treats, party and marks. Hearts, stars, arrows, speech bubbles, banners, bows, fairy lights, confetti, flowers and little polaroid frames with captions. Drag it, spin it, resize it, recolor it, and layer it exactly where you want. BACKGROUNDS AND READY MADE PAGES Plain color, a gradient, paper textures, or one of your own photos blurred behind everything. Or skip the setup and start from a designed scrapbook page, already laid out, and just add your photos. Seven of them, from a clean editorial spread to a pink pinboard. MAKE THE PHOTOS MATCH Nine filters, from vivid to film to noir, plus brightness, contrast, warmth, saturation, sharpness and vignette on any photo. KEEP THE LOOK YOU LIKED Save your own collage as a layout, decorations and all, and start the next one from it with the photos empty. Your collages stay in the app to come back to, rename and duplicate. SAVED SHARP, NEVER WATERMARKED Every collage saves at full resolution, straight to your camera roll, ready to set as a wallpaper or share anywhere. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your photos never leave your phone. No account, no sign up, no tracking, no analytics. The app works in Airplane Mode. Free to use, with an optional one time unlock for the rest of the layouts, the other starter pages, gradient and textured backgrounds, patterned tape and the extra canvas sizes. One payment, no subscription.

Screenshots

Slideshow Maker & Music Video4 screens
CollageThing4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CollageThing at none against Slideshow Maker & Music Video's shown. CollageThing also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Slideshow Maker & Music Video's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. Slideshow Maker & Music Video sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and CollageThing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slideshow Maker & Music Video ships an update monthly, CollageThing weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Slideshow Maker & Music Video versus CollageThing: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlideshow Maker & Music VideoCollageThing
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (18K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings18K — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size104 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLatentApps Company LimitedKieron Sweeney

Bugs and requests

Slideshow Maker & Music Video

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes when trying to save/export
  • Music not playing or cutting out
  • Subtitles not displaying correctly
  • Inconsistent behavior with photo/video ordering

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to rearrange photos/videos
  • Increase photo/video limit
  • Longer music duration
  • More customization options

CollageThing

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Slideshow Maker & Music Video

Subscriptions5
  • Week3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • Week$5.997 Days
  • Month$8.991 Month
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  • Year3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Year$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • One-Time Purchase$69.99
1 purchases

CollageThing

One-time1
  • Unlock Everything$0.99

Questions

Is Slideshow Maker & Music Video free?
Slideshow Maker & Music Video is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CollageThing free?
CollageThing is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Slideshow Maker & Music Video or CollageThing have ads?
Slideshow Maker & Music Video shows ads; CollageThing does not.
Which is updated more often, Slideshow Maker & Music Video or CollageThing?
Slideshow Maker & Music Video ships an update monthly, and CollageThing weekly. Most recently, Slideshow Maker & Music Video was updated on October 29, 2026 and CollageThing on October 25, 2026.

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