Comparison

minista Professional vs fastbackward

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

Head to head
About

minista Professional

Create realistic miniature photos with adjustable depth-of-field blur. Select a photo, crop it to a square, and fine-tune the bokeh effect to simulate a real camera's perspective. Save your creations or share them directly to social media.

Highlights
  • Adjustable depth-of-field blur
  • Simulates real camera bokeh
  • Square aspect ratio cropping
  • Save to camera roll
  • Direct SNS sharing
Features
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This iOS app is professional version of the "minista". You can easy create an image of miniature photo. [Feature] Not only put a blur like a miniature photo of conventional, I can blur with the depth like a real camera. [How to use] 1. Choose a photo from photo library or camera. 2. Trim the square aspect ratio of 1:1 image you selected. 3. You can adjust the bokeh by operating the slider at the bottom of the screen. 4. I will generate a miniature image from the save button. 5. After the image generation in the preview screen, can be posted to SNS from the action can be saved to the camera roll. *Because it is a simulation I thought, there is the case that a part of the image is distorted. *May or may not suitable for miniature some images to be used.

About

fastbackward

Relive past memories with your photos. This app resurfaces pictures taken on this day in previous years, helping you recall significant life events and see your personal growth. It also displays photos on a map using EXIF data and can show random memories if no photos exist for the date.

Highlights
  • Resurfaces photos from previous years
  • Displays photos on a map using EXIF data
  • Excludes screenshots from memories
  • On-device processing for privacy
  • Shows random memories if no photos for the date
Features
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Have you ever wondered what you were doing on this day last year? Or the year before? What about the year before that? With fastbackward you'll not only know, but have your photos to remind you, too. Taking photos is great, but looking at those photos is where the real fun begins. Your iPhone takes stunning photos but it needs fastbackward to surface the most important photos at the right time. Your iPhone is full of photos but they're a jumbled mess in the Photos app. What makes fastbackward so valuable is the way it surfaces photos you took today, but in years past. You'll see your kids growing up as well as any big life events that happened on this day, too. Didn't take a photo on this day? Fastbackward can show you a random memory instead. As well as showing you your photos and jogging your memory, fastbackward will also use your photos' EXIF data to plot where you took them on a map. You'll never wonder where you took your favourite landscape photo ever again. Features include: - The ability to exclude screenshots from your memories.
- Privacy. Because your photos are hugely personal, fastbackward doesn't upload any of them to the internet. All of the processing is carried out on your device, right where it should be. - EXIF data used to display a map of where you took your photos.

Screenshots

minista Professional4 screens
fastbackward4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: fastbackward at 100% against minista Professional's 0%. fastbackward also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months). minista Professional's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On ads 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

fastbackward is free to download; minista Professional costs $2.99 up front. fastbackward sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. minista Professional asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

minista Professional ships an update every 6 months, fastbackward every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
minista Professional versus fastbackward: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterminista Professionalfastbackward
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating—2.3 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTakeshi KayahashiMaximilian Krauss

Customer experience

minista Professional

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

fastbackward

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

minista Professional

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

fastbackward

One-time1
  • fastbackward Pro$1.99

Questions

Is minista Professional free?
minista Professional costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is fastbackward free?
fastbackward is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do minista Professional or fastbackward have ads?
Neither minista Professional nor fastbackward shows ads.
Which is updated more often, minista Professional or fastbackward?
minista Professional ships an update every 6 months, and fastbackward every 3 weeks. Most recently, minista Professional was updated on October 23, 2026 and fastbackward on October 24, 2026.

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