TapBooth vs Curator Live
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TapBooth
This app provides a personal photo booth experience for events like weddings and parties. Capture photos and selfies, then easily share them via social media, email, or print. It supports animated GIFs and custom backgrounds for a fun, interactive way to document your special occasions.
- Personal photo booth functionality
- Event photo and selfie capture
- Social media sharing (Facebook, Instagram)
- Email and print options
- Animated GIF creation (MultiSnap)
- Customizable backgrounds and text/URL links
- Hashtag and mention support
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TapBooth App** acts as a free un-managed personal photo booth. Allowing you to take epic photos and selfies at your wedding, party or event. Tap the screen to start, wait for the countdown, then Facebook, Instagram*, email, print, Text/SMS them to the world. MultiSnap allows for you to take up to three images and export as an animated GIF to participating social media sites or in a customized background. A TapBooth session can be setup to use hashtags, at signs (@) and any other text or URL links. Great for Weddings, Birthday parties, conferences and Events. Promoting bars, restaurants, hair salons, local business and/or any business that just wants to update their Facebook and Instagram feeds in real-time with photos and captions. * - iPhone only ** Formerly titled SnapBooth
Curator Live
Create unique, sharable video and photo experiences for any event. Customize branding, add AI effects, and offer digital delivery or printing. Ideal for businesses and events seeking interactive guest engagement.
- AI Photo Manipulation
- Video with effects & slow-motion
- Photo strips & single photos
- GIFs & Boomerangs with effects
- Over 10,000 camera filter combinations
- GreenScreen & AI background removal
- Digital props & face morphing
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Curator Live Video PhotoBooth app allows you to create amazing, unique and sharable experiences for any size event. From a simple birthday party to a fully branded festival or even permanently installed as a selfie station in your home or business you are able to customize how your guest uses the app. Your branding, not ours. *The best App for Photo Booth business owners worldwide (over 90 countries) Some of our Awesome experiences! - AI Photo Manipulation - Video with video effects and Slow-motion video! (Great for 360 spinners) - Single photos as well as photo strips for digital delivery or printing - GIF’s, Boomerangs with Effects - Over 10,000+ Camera Filter combinations - GreenScreen (Chroma key Green Screen) or any other color can be used - AI Background removal. No need for a green screen to remove the background although it is available. These is no additional cost to use this feature - Digital Props and Face Morphing effects - Video Greenscreen with effects Photos are delivered directly to the guests' phones where they are already signed-in to social media channels and can easily share their branded videos or photos to Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, and other social media channels. You can use AirDrop or a QR Code to allow guests to instantly receive their image with out internet. Other Features: - USB Wired printing direct form iPad to DNP or CITIZEN Printer. - Wireless printing over AirPrint or use our custom Print Server on a Mac or PC - Online analytics and cloud features - Offline queue mode for when the internet isn't available. You won't loose any photos! - Photo Editor that allows your guest to draw on their photo - Survey mode which allows you to capture leads for marketing - Disclaimer screen (let your guests opt-in to marketing campaign) - Bluetooth integration with top-level manufacturers as well as off the shelf applications. - Analytics and reporting - Brand-able email and micro site templates - Fully customizable experiences along with White-label delivery ** Added value** Run the Curator Live app as a slideshow or a sharing station. https://curatorlive.com/terms-of-service/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Curator Live at 4.4 against TapBooth's 3.2. Curator Live also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). TapBooth's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume 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. TapBooth sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Curator Live asks for nothing beyond the download.
Curator Live holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 37 and 50 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of TapBooth's written reviews are positive against 88% of Curator Live's.
TapBooth ships an update every 5 weeks, Curator Live every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TapBooth | Curator Live |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (37 ratings) | 4.4 (50 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.9% of reviews | 88.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37 | 50 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 136 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sean Villani | Nebular Design, LLC |
Customer experience
TapBooth
Curator Live
In-app purchases
TapBooth
- 1 Week$2.99
- (100) SMS/Text Photos$5.99
- 1 Month$10.99
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- 1 Year$74.99
Curator Live
No in-app purchases
Questions
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