Let it Snow vs Snow Effect Video
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Let it Snow
Transform your photos into magical snow globes. Select an image, shake your device, and watch it snow. Share your personalized snowy scenes with others.
- Select photos from albums
- Shake device to create snow
- Share snowy pictures
- Remove ads via in-app purchase
- Supports iPhone 6 and 6+
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Let it snow wherever you want. Just select one of your photos and shake the device like a snow globe. It starts snowing Features: - select photos from you photo albums - share the snowy picture - remove the ads with an in-app purchase - support for the iPhone 6 and 6+
Snow Effect Video
Add realistic snow effects to your videos and photos. Customize snowfall amount, crystal size, falling speed, and wind direction to create a wintery atmosphere. Save your creations as videos or still images.
- Add snow effects to videos
- Add snow effects to photos
- Customize snowfall amount
- Adjust crystal size and falling speed
- Control wind direction
- Save as video or photo
- Use existing camera roll media
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Snow falls on your videos and photos! This app gives a fantastic snow world to videos and photos. You can set the amount of snowfall, crystal size, falling speed, wind direction and so on freely. Adjusting the crystal size and falling speed etc. will dynamically change the atmosphere and reality. Let's enjoy the feeling of midwinter, ski resort and Christmas by this app. Give snow effects to videos taken with your device's camera or videos already stored on the camera roll. Snow effect corresponds not only to video but also to still images. You can also save still images from a video. [How to use] (1) Select Camera or Photo Library. (Camera icon on Toolbar) (2) If you select Camera, shoot a video or a photo with the device camera and select it. If you select Photo Library, select a video or a photo from the camera roll etc. (3) Use the following slider control to set the effect of snow. · Snowfall amount · Crystal size · Falling speed · Wind direction · Video frame image preview · Resolution of video and photo (4) Save and share as video and photo. (Save icon and share icon on toolbar)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Let it Snow at Free against Snow Effect Video's $1.99. Let it Snow also leads on rating (3.2 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (17 vs 2). Snow Effect Video's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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
Let it Snow is free to download; Snow Effect Video costs $1.99 up front. Let it Snow sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Snow Effect Video asks for nothing beyond the download.
Let it Snow holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Let it Snow has 17 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Let it Snow's written reviews are positive against 22% of Snow Effect Video's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Let it Snow ships an update every 22 months, Snow Effect Video every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Let it Snow | Snow Effect Video |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.2 (17 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 22.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 11 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Piet Jonas | Masanori Katsuta |
Customer experience
Let it Snow
Snow Effect Video
In-app purchases
Let it Snow
- Let it Snow - Upgrade$0.99
Snow Effect Video
No in-app purchases
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