Comparison

PhotoStage Slideshow Maker vs Video Maker

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

Head to head
About

PhotoStage Slideshow Maker

Easily create dynamic slideshows from photos and video clips. Enhance visuals with effects, transitions, and add music or narration for a professional touch. Share your creations directly to social media.

Highlights
  • Combine photos and video clips
  • Enhance and edit photos
  • Apply effects and transitions
  • Add music and narration
  • Add text captions
  • Direct social media sharing
Features
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Create amazing slideshow from your photos and video clips. Enhance, crop, flip and rotate photos. Apply stunning effects and transitions such as cross-fade, zoom, panning and much more to give a more professional look. Add music, or record narration to create a soundtrack for you slideshow further enhancing those memorable moments. Making these dynamic slideshows is quick and easy with the intuitive interface of PhotoStage Slideshow Maker guiding you through the process. Then, when your slideshow is finished sharing your results and your memorable moments is just as easy with options including directly uploading to Facebook and more to showcase your slideshow with friends and family, because a picture is worth more when it is seen, appreciated and shared with others. PhotoStage Slideshow Maker Features: • Combine photos and video clips • Crop, rotate and flip photos easily • Fine tune brightness, color and saturation • Add text captions to individual slides • Choose from a wide range of transitions • Add music tracks to your slideshow • Record or import audio narration • Easily share finished slideshows

About

Video Maker

Transform your photos into captivating movies with dynamic animations and music. Easily select themes, add your favorite songs, and arrange images to create stunning videos. Share your creations instantly with friends on social media.

Highlights
  • Create videos from photos
  • Add movie themes and effects
  • In-built music library
  • Custom music selection
  • Arrange images freely
  • Add titles and animated backgrounds
  • Social media sharing
Features
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VideoMaker App will turn your photos into sensational movies by adding beautiful animations and music to it for Free. It allows you to select the Theme/effects and Audio of your Choice, and allows you to create & Share your Stunning Video. It's never been easier to make video from images/photos by choosing one of our video effects and music from our library or choose your ownsong/Music of your choice to make most beautiful video out of your photos, and Share that amazing movements with your Friends using our inbuilt Social Sharing option. Key Features:- * Create Stunning Video from your Photos * Add our in-built movie Themes and make your albums with your photos * Add Animated backgrounds to your video * Add Music from our in-built library * You can choose song or music of your own choice if you wish * You can arrange the images according to your choice * Add Title to your Video/Photo * Option to choose photos from your camera roll * In-built option to share your Awesome video with social networking sites * You can share on Facebook, Instagram, email, YouTube, Viddy etc Steps to create your movie 1. Select Create Project and select your Aspect Ratio and all photos from your album. 2. Add your Favourite transition. 3. Select your background, background 4. Select animation transition 5. Select music from music library or from our app. 6. Add effects to photos. 7. Enter your movie title. 8. Click on done button to create your movie. 9. Share with your friends(supports Facebook,Instagram, email,YouTube ,Viddy etc). Or You can use our huge collection of Themes and make movie with photos and videos too. How Does VideoMaker App Works? You don't need be a video editor at all to use this app. Just use our app as a movie maker. VideoMaker app will analyze your photos and focus on users automatically and creates a professional looking movie from photos that you have selected. It will give you an option to select effect and music according to your Choice/mood and make your video even more interesting/Compiling. RESTORE:You can restore your paid in app purchases without paying again. Follow these steps 1. Open the app 2. Click on Top Right to open the Premium window 3. Click on RESTORE to re-activate your in app purchases again 4. DONE Video Maker Premium Subscription========================== 1. Enjoy professional video maker & slideshow tools with Pro-Level Features & Amazing Members-Only Benefits. 2. Get unlimited access to all premium Slideshow maker Themes 3. Get unlimited access to all premium filters and tools 4. Patterns, colors, Stickers and Fonts 5. Get rid of ads and watermark 6. Get access to all movie style Photo and video transitions. • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Subscription plans: 1. USD $20.99/6 Months 2. USD $3.99/Week 3. USD $30.99/Year with 3 days Free Trial Subscriptions automatically renew unless they are turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period in account settings. Renewals are charged within 24-hours preceding the end of the current period. Payment is charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions are managed by the user. Terms of Service: http://206.189.130.170/ps_tc.html Privacy: http://206.189.130.170/ps_privacy.html

Screenshots

PhotoStage Slideshow Maker4 screens
Video Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

PhotoStage Slideshow Maker and Video Maker both sit at 4.1 stars, but that hides the real split: 64% of Video Maker's written reviews are positive against 33% of PhotoStage Slideshow Maker's. Video Maker also leads on ratings volume (10K vs 25) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). PhotoStage Slideshow Maker's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ads 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. PhotoStage Slideshow Maker sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Video Maker sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for PhotoStage Slideshow Maker against 4.0 for Video Maker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Video Maker has 10K ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of PhotoStage Slideshow Maker's written reviews are positive against 64% of Video Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PhotoStage Slideshow Maker ships an update every 6 months, Video Maker every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PhotoStage Slideshow Maker versus Video Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhotoStage Slideshow MakerVideo Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (25 ratings) — better4.0 (10K ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews64.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2510K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNCH Softwarepixel force private limited

Customer experience

PhotoStage Slideshow Maker

All ratings24 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral4.2%
Negative20.8%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Video Maker

All ratings10,321 ratings
Positive68.9%
Neutral17.8%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews417 reviews
Positive64.0%
Neutral17.3%
Negative18.7%

Bugs and requests

PhotoStage Slideshow Maker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Video Maker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when trying to add more than 7 photos
  • Music playback issues and repeated songs
  • Slideshow generation often fails to complete

Requested features

4 requests
  • Increase free photo limit
  • Add more free music options
  • Improve stability and reduce crashes
  • Allow custom music uploads in free version

In-app purchases

8 purchases

PhotoStage Slideshow Maker

One-time8
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Open All Effects$1.99
  • Open All Transitions$1.99
Show 5 more
  • Open All Output Formats$1.99
  • Unlimited Youtube and Facebook Sharing$1.99
  • PhotoStage$4.99
  • All advanced effects, transitions, export formats, ad-free slide creation$4.99
  • All advanced effects, transitions, export formats, ad-free slide creation$9.99
4 purchases

Video Maker

Subscriptions3
  • Video Maker Weekly Pro$3.997 Days
  • Video Maker HalfYearly$20.996 Months
  • Video Maker Yearly Pro3 Days trial$30.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro version$2.99

Questions

Is PhotoStage Slideshow Maker free?
PhotoStage Slideshow Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Video Maker free?
Video Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PhotoStage Slideshow Maker or Video Maker?
PhotoStage Slideshow Maker is rated higher. PhotoStage Slideshow Maker averages 4.1 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Video Maker averages 4.0 from 10K ratings.
Do PhotoStage Slideshow Maker or Video Maker have ads?
Neither PhotoStage Slideshow Maker nor Video Maker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PhotoStage Slideshow Maker or Video Maker?
PhotoStage Slideshow Maker ships an update every 6 months, and Video Maker every 2 months. Most recently, PhotoStage Slideshow Maker was updated on October 23, 2026 and Video Maker on October 26, 2026.

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