Video Self Timer vs selfer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Video Self Timer
Capture yourself in videos with a customizable countdown timer. Record in high quality, including slow-motion, and control audio and flash settings. Easily trim and share your creations.
- Customizable countdown timer
- High-quality recording (60 FPS)
- Slow-motion recording (240 FPS)
- Audio and flash control
- Front and rear camera support
- Video trimming and sharing
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NEW ability to record in better quality (60 FPS) and slowmo (240 FPS) to create stunningly detailed videos of yourself and the action around you. Slowmos is especially handy to catch up on sports video recording like playing back your golf swing, baseball swing , cricket bat swing or bowling action. It is upto you how you use this app. Video Self timer app allows you to be part of your videos, don't be left out recording the video when you can be part of it. Video self timer allows you to set the duration of a video as well as set the time gap after which it starts recording the video. You can control the flash or even disable sound recording for the video if needed. The app gives a visual flash as well as an audio beep before recording starts and after recording is done so you know when the recording has started and ended, even if you are far away from the iPhone. Use front or rear camera for recording, trim videos and share them on video sharing site as well as through Twitter, Mail and AirDrop. Also you can set the quality of the video while recording. Simple sweet and effective self timer for your videos.
selfer
Capture perfect self-portraits without needing a photographer. This app automates photo taking with customizable intervals, allowing you to set up your device and get multiple shots to choose from. Manage your captured images easily within the app before saving or sharing.
- Customizable photo intervals
- Automatic photo capture
- Internal photo management
- Save, delete, and share photos
- Autofocus and flash control
- Switch between front and back cameras
- Disable shutter sound
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Let's be honest, not everyone has their own photographer at the rate, but everyone wants to have the perfect photo of yourself to share it on social media, send to parents or use on dating apps and you don't want to bother someone every time to help with it. Just ask the app to do it, it never gets tired :) App provides custom camera to take photos with the specified interval. You can handle device in your hand and use different angles or put it somewhere to be focused on you and app will make as many photos as you want automatically. This makes it possible to take a picture of yourself on your own and choose only the perfect photos from the many taken. All photos are initially saved in internal app's memory and grouped into photosets to not get mixed with your device gallery photos. Photosets and photos can be conveniently managed such as save to gallery, delete, share etc. Camera has all needed features to take the perfect selfie: autofocus, configuration of photos interval in seconds and minutes, lock of screen sleep when camera is active, maximum image quality, disable or enable shutter sound, you can switch between all camera lens direction (for example between back and front cameras), flash mode. UI is easy to use, built using material design and has support of dark mode to provide nice looking and convenient interface.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: selfer at 100% against Video Self Timer's 50%. selfer also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and update cadence (monthly vs every 10 months). Video Self Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. selfer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Video Self Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
selfer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: selfer has 96 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Video Self Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of selfer's.
Video Self Timer ships an update every 10 months, selfer monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Video Self Timer | selfer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (15 ratings) | 4.7 (96 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 96 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Cogniter Technologies Pvt Ltd | Ihor Prysiazhniuk |
Customer experience
Video Self Timer
selfer
In-app purchases
Video Self Timer
No in-app purchases
selfer
- Pro version$3.99
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