Comparison

The Photos Booth vs Snappic Booth

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

Head to head
About

The Photos Booth

Transform your photos with a wide array of real-time live effects and color presets. Capture fun and elegant images, even in low light, with adjustable settings and various aspect ratios. Easily view, share, and manage your creations.

Highlights
  • 39+ real-time live effects
  • Apply effects and color presets simultaneously
  • Screen Flash for low light photos
  • Front and rear camera support
  • Adjustable effects level
  • Multiple photo crop sizes
  • Built-in photo gallery
Features
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The Photos Booth bring the original iPad Photo Booth amazing, elegant, and funny face that make you laugh all days long, into iPhone and beyond. Capture your photo with real time super fun effects and elegant effects. It boost to more advanced level, with more effects, adjustable effects level, and can apply effect with enhance color preset at the same time. Even in the dark time, all the captured photos just look great with Screen Flash. FEATURES: • Up to 39 real time live effects and color presets • Apply both effects and color preset at the same time • Great low light photo with Screen Flash for all devices • Capture with front and rear camera • Support dual and triple rear camera lens devices • Preview your photo after capture • Crop photo size: Standard 4:3, Square 1:1, Widescreen 16:9 and UltraWide 21:9 • Automatically save your photo to camera roll • Built-in photo gallery for photo viewing and easing sharing • Turn on flash to bright the dark • Level photo position with grid line • All effects are: Terminal, Mirror, X-Ray, Negative, Light Tunnel, Squeeze, Twirl, Stretch, Bold, Pixellate, TV Dot, Vegnette, Focus Blur, Zoom Blur, Beauty, Posterize, Emboss, Sketch, Cartoon, Edge, Stone Stamp, Hue Color, Clone, Fish Eye, and Shift Blur • All color presets are: Black & White, Grayscale, Sepia, Fade, Chrome, Deep Shadow, Etique, Cross Process, Aqua, Cool, Pale Bright, Yelly, Redy, and Greeny INFO: • Some effects required tap or pinch gesture to adjust effect position or effect level • Double tap to focus and set exposure (iPhone and rear camera only)

About

Snappic Booth

Create engaging social experiences with a premium photo and video booth solution. Customize templates, add branding, and share instantly to social media, email, or text. Supports various media formats, green screen, and live streaming.

Highlights
  • Customizable photo & video templates
  • Branding management
  • Social media sharing
  • Offline support
  • Green Screen & AI background removal
  • Live streaming microsites
  • Analytics
Features
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The most complete photo booth app on the App Store: AI photo booth effects, 360° video, and five booth types in one platform. Trusted by 8,000+ operators at 100,000+ events worldwide, and 100s of the largest global brands. The photo booth software serious operators run their business on. While other photo booth apps handle one or two booth types, Snappic runs them all: iPad photo booth, 360 photo booth, mirror booth, robot arm booth, and roaming, from a single app, with every feature included in every plan. It's the software behind some of the biggest brand activations in the world, and it's built to the standard those events demand: set up in minutes, rock-solid when the pressure is on. AI PHOTO BOOTH — AI-FX AND VIDEOFX Turn a standard setup into an AI photo booth that your clients will pay more for. AI-FX transforms guests into trading cards, magazine covers, AI headshots and business headshots, custom personas, and more — no green screen required. And with VideoFX, the AI doesn't stop at photos: Snappic brings AI effects to video, GIFs, and 360 captures too. It's the offering that books premium clients — and gives every guest something worth talking about. PHOTO BOOTH EFFECTS AND TEMPLATES - Fully customizable photo and video templates — pick a professional design or brand your own - Still photos, GIFs, boomerangs, and videos, all built in - Green screen and AI background removal with custom backdrops — any venue becomes the perfect venue - Camera filters and photo booth effects that guests can apply right at the booth - Custom start screens and complete event branding, no design skills needed - Reliable printing with print server support for professional printers - DSLR camera photo booth support — use the cameras you already own 360 PHOTO BOOTH AND VIDEO BOOTH - High-quality 360 photo booth video capture with overlays and effects - Instagram-ready videos delivered straight to your guests - VideoFX processing for share-worthy results every time - Works for 360 platforms, robot arm booths, and roaming setups MIRROR AND ROAMING - Interactive mirror booth experiences for weddings and corporate events - Roaming mode turns any event into a photo opportunity — no fixed booth required SHARING - Guests share instantly via SMS, email, and social media — online or offline - Offline queue management means nothing gets lost when venue Wi-Fi fails - Branded microsites and email templates for every event - Live slideshows and live streaming microsites for real-time displays - Sharing Station support for dedicated guest sharing on a second device BUILT FOR BUSINESS - Real-time analytics on every event — captures, shares, and guest data - Custom surveys and disclaimers for lead capture and compliance - Brand-able everything: templates, emails, microsites, start screens - Remote access to manage events without being behind the booth - Data your corporate clients actually want, ready to hand over after every activation WHY OPERATORS SWITCH TO SNAPPIC - Every feature included in every plan — no add-ons, no features locked behind expensive tiers - More booth types than any other photo booth app: iPad, 360, mirror, robot arm, and roaming - AI effects across photo, video, and 360 — not just still images - Professional photography software quality on hardware you already own — the photo booth software for iPad, iPhone, and Mac - 24/7 expert support from a team that knows the events industry - Proven at high-pressure, high-volume events for the world's biggest brands — when a major activation can't fail, this is the software operators bring Whether you're booking your first event or scaling past six figures, Snappic gives you the wow factor that books premium clients, and the reliability that keeps them coming back. Terms of Service: snappic.com/terms

Screenshots

The Photos Booth4 screens
Snappic Booth4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Snappic Booth at none against The Photos Booth's 1. Snappic Booth also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months). The Photos Booth's advantage is ratings volume (715 vs 100) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating 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. The Photos Booth sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Snappic Booth asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for The Photos Booth against 4.5 for Snappic Booth. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Photos Booth has 715 ratings behind it against 100, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of The Photos Booth's written reviews are positive against 79% of Snappic Booth's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Photos Booth ships an update every 7 months, Snappic Booth monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
The Photos Booth versus Snappic Booth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Photos BoothSnappic Booth
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (715 ratings)4.5 (100 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.8% of reviews79.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings715 — better100
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB225 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRatha SouAlgoritmo Software Inc.

Customer experience

The Photos Booth

All ratings715 ratings
Positive83.1%
Neutral5.7%
Negative11.2%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive61.8%
Neutral14.7%
Negative23.5%

Snappic Booth

All ratings100 ratings
Positive86.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative11.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive79.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.7%

Bugs and requests

The Photos Booth

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Doesn't take pictures
  • App doesn't work
  • Glitch: doesn't work if you go to the rest
  • Doesn't let me take the photo on the app, have to screenshot it

Requested features

2 requests
  • More than 26 fx
  • Ability to edit existing photos, not just take new ones

Snappic Booth

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

The Photos Booth

One-time1
  • No Ads$1.99
None

Snappic Booth

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Photos Booth free?
The Photos Booth is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Snappic Booth free?
Snappic Booth is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, The Photos Booth or Snappic Booth?
Snappic Booth is rated higher. The Photos Booth averages 4.4 out of 5 from 715 ratings, while Snappic Booth averages 4.5 from 100 ratings.
Do The Photos Booth or Snappic Booth have ads?
The Photos Booth shows ads; Snappic Booth does not.
Which is updated more often, The Photos Booth or Snappic Booth?
The Photos Booth ships an update every 7 months, and Snappic Booth monthly. Most recently, The Photos Booth was updated on September 23, 2026 and Snappic Booth on September 21, 2026.

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