Comparison

Slide X ● Slideshow Creator vs ++SlideShow

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

Head to head
About

Slide X ● Slideshow Creator

Transform your favorite photos into stunning video slideshows with unique organic transitions and captivating filter effects. Easily compose, preview, and export your creations for any display, with options to add custom soundtracks and share instantly to social media.

Highlights
  • Organic transitions
  • Stunning filter effects
  • Custom soundtracks
  • Instant social sharing
  • Multiple visual formats
  • Instant preview
Features
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Bring the images of your favorite moments to life transforming them into gorgeous slideshow videos. Slide X is a simple yet powerful way to create truly unique video-stories from your favorite pictures, it has beautiful organic transitions, stunning filter effects, soundtracks and much more. In case you want to have a better idea of how the app works before downloading it, you can watch our promotional video on YouTube at http://y2u.be/lqE5Nqo-5Go WHY IT IS UNIQUE ? • Transitions are uniquely soft/organic based on bursts, climatics, plasmas, erosions, strokes, vapors, etc. These are ideal to stylize your slideshow with cutting-edge visuals. • Stunning collection of visual effects that will give an unique style to your photos. • Slides can be exported to be watched in any display device, think of your large living room TV for example. • Preview your creation instantly as you perfect changes. • Compose using pictures from social networks such as Instagram. • Instant sharing to Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo, Instagram and more. • Interact with friends through giving & receiving likes and comments. • Customisable visual formats to choose including landscape, square and portrait modes. • Include any song from your library as the soundtrack of your slides. • Well designed user interface for both aesthetics and usability. • Incredible creative flexibility and visual elegance for what you create. • The only slideshow app you will ever need. • And much much more ... WHAT IS A SLIDESHOW ? A slideshow is a presentation of a series of still images on a projection screen or electronic display device, typically in a prearranged sequence. Each image is usually displayed for at least a few seconds before it is replaced by the next image using a visual effect as a transition. SUPPORT • Have a question? Remember: we can't respond to App Store reviews, so email us at support@slide-x.net. WHAT’S NEXT: • Follow @slidexapp on Twitter and Instagram for the latest! • Like Slide X app on facebook.com/slidexapp

About

++SlideShow

Create dynamic slideshows from your device's photos and videos. Customize transition effects, timings, and playback order. Includes support for Live Photos and animated GIFs, with an optional clock and capture date display.

Highlights
  • Customizable transitions
  • Adjustable transition time
  • Interval settings
  • Shuffle playback
  • Video playback
  • Live Photo support
  • GIF playback
Features
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"++SlideShow" is an app that displays images and videos from your device's photo library as a slideshow. [Main Features & Functions] - Fixed/auto-rotation display orientation - Change transition time - Change interval between transitions - Change transitions - Shuffle playback - Video playback - Live Photo playback - animated GIF playback - Display clock - Display capture date [Note] Advertisements will be displayed during the slideshow. When an advertisement appears, the slideshow will be interrupted, but it will resume from where it left off once the advertisement is manually or automatically closed.

Screenshots

Slide X ● Slideshow Creator4 screens
++SlideShow1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ++SlideShow at 4.6 against Slide X ● Slideshow Creator's 4.1. ++SlideShow also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Slide X ● Slideshow Creator's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (59% vs 25%). On price 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. Slide X ● Slideshow Creator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ++SlideShow asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

++SlideShow holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 59% of Slide X ● Slideshow Creator's written reviews are positive against 25% of ++SlideShow's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slide X ● Slideshow Creator ships an update fortnightly, ++SlideShow every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Slide X ● Slideshow Creator versus ++SlideShow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlide X ● Slideshow Creator++SlideShow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (18 ratings)4.6 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.9% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better5
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperINTERACTIVE UNIVERSE CREATIVE SOFTWARES EIRELILegal Prompt Inc.

Customer experience

Slide X ● Slideshow Creator

All ratings18 ratings
Positive72.2%
Neutral11.1%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive58.9%
Neutral16.4%
Negative24.7%

++SlideShow

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral75.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Slide X ● Slideshow Creator

One-time1
  • Slideshow Professional$2.99
None

++SlideShow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Slide X ● Slideshow Creator free?
Slide X ● Slideshow Creator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ++SlideShow free?
++SlideShow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Slide X ● Slideshow Creator or ++SlideShow?
++SlideShow is rated higher. Slide X ● Slideshow Creator averages 4.1 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while ++SlideShow averages 4.6 from 5 ratings.
Do Slide X ● Slideshow Creator or ++SlideShow have ads?
++SlideShow shows ads; Slide X ● Slideshow Creator does not.
Which is updated more often, Slide X ● Slideshow Creator or ++SlideShow?
Slide X ● Slideshow Creator ships an update fortnightly, and ++SlideShow every 2 months. Most recently, Slide X ● Slideshow Creator was updated on October 2, 2026 and ++SlideShow on October 1, 2026.

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