Comparison

LiveFrame vs Slideshow Maker・SlideFlow

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

Head to head
About

LiveFrame

Transform your device into a dynamic digital photo frame. Display photos from your device, cloud storage, and social media. Customize slideshows with filters, transitions, and weather information.

Highlights
  • Display photos from device and cloud storage
  • Integrates with Facebook, Instagram, Google Photos, Dropbox, Flickr
  • Customizable slideshows
  • Photo filters and transitions
  • Display time, date, and weather
  • Scheduled sleep/wake settings
  • AirPlay support
Features
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Turn your device into a dynamic digital photo frame by displaying photos from your device, cloud storage, and social media accounts. Give life to an old device or simply relive memories on your new device! LiveFrame can display photos from: - Your iPad/iPhone, shared iCloud photostream, and albums synced from iTunes. - Your personal Facebook, Flickr (>iOS 9.3.5), Instagram, Google Photos, Dropbox accounts. - Public Flickr users. Customize your photo frame by displaying: - All photos. - Specific albums. - Photos from the last Day, Week, or Month (great for keeping current with family and friends!). - Photos from the last Year (perfect for a birthday or New Years' party). Additional Features: - Time and Date can be displayed during a slideshow. - Control photo display duration (show each image for 1 sec up to 30 min). - Shuffle photos. - Apply photo filters. - Apply Fade, Pan and Zoom photo transitions. - Current weather conditions can be displayed during a slideshow. - Filter Instagram photos by hashtag. - Daily auto shutdown or daily sleep/wake setting that dims the screen. - Automatically check for new photos when restarting. - Landscape or portrait orientation. - Toggle photo captions. - Works while your iPad/iPhone is charging (and when it's not!) - Supports Apple AirPlay: turn your big screen into the largest digital photo frame on the market. - Lock screen disabled (optional) so that photos can play continuously. * Google Photos requires Google account and internet connection. ©2018 Google LLC All rights reserved. Google Photos is a trademark of Google LLC. * Dropbox requires Dropbox account and internet connection. * Instagram requires Instagram account and internet connection. * Facebook requires Facebook account and internet connection. * Internet connection required for weather forecast and Flickr. * Weather forecast data provided by OpenWeatherMap.org We welcome your feedback! Email us at info@attibo.com to let us know what photo sources and features you would like to see added next or connect with us: @liveframeapp on Twitter liveframeapp on Instagram LiveFrameApp on Facebook

About

Slideshow Maker・SlideFlow

Create stunning, animated slideshows from your photos and videos in seconds. Add music, customize transitions, and export as videos. Seamlessly sync across devices and cast to your TV for an enhanced viewing experience.

Highlights
  • Animated slideshow creation
  • Add custom music
  • Seamless transitions
  • Smart photo animations
  • Export as video
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Cast to DLNA-compatible TVs
Features
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Enjoy Your Photos and Videos Like Never Before! With SlideFlow, turn your favorite moments into beautiful, animated slideshows — on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or TV. Create and play slideshows in seconds, customize them if you wish, and share them as videos with family and friends. Instant Slideshow Playback No rendering, no waiting: SlideFlow generates slideshows on the fly, so playback starts almost immediately. A Different Slideshow Every Time Turn on shuffle to vary the order, transitions, filters, and music every time you press play — and again with every loop. Leave a slideshow running on your TV at a family gathering, and it keeps changing. SlideFlow can apply a different filter on every playback, so you enjoy your photos and videos in a new way every time — without creating multiple versions in different styles. Customize Your Slideshow • Add music from a wide selection of built-in tracks across various genres, or add your own. Your tracks join your personal music library, synced via iCloud and ready for any slideshow. Music fades smoothly and steps aside while videos play their own sound. • Choose from 33 transitions — dissolves, wipes, slides, whip pans, glitches, and more — plus an ending transition for a graceful finish. • Bring photos to life with smart animations: zoom in on faces or subjects, or start close and zoom out to reveal the full scene. • Apply stylish filters such as Monochrome, Sepia, Chrome, and Noir. • Add text or image overlays for titles, captions, logos, and more. • Mix photos and videos freely in the same slideshow. • Shuffle, loop, and fine-tune settings for the whole slideshow or individual photos and videos. Set your favorite defaults once, and every new slideshow uses them. Watch on Your TV Cast slideshows or individual photos and videos to your TV. Connect your iPhone, iPad, or Mac to the same Wi-Fi or Ethernet network — nothing to install on the TV. Works with many DLNA-compatible TVs. Export and Share as Video Export your slideshows in horizontal, vertical, or square format for YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and more. Choose 720p, 1080p, or 4K resolution, with H.264 or HEVC encoding to balance quality and file size. Create Slideshows Automatically Pick a date range, and SlideFlow groups your photos and videos into Moments — temporary slideshows named after their dates and places, made for exploring your memories. Save the ones worth keeping with a single tap. You can also create saved slideshows directly from a date range, a Photos album, or a smart album, with filters such as favorites only, photos only, and skip screenshots. Photos, Files, and Folders Build slideshows from your Photos library, individual image and video files, or whole folders. Drop in a folder containing photos, videos, and music, and get a finished slideshow. Choose whether files are copied into SlideFlow or referenced in place to save space — ideal for large collections stored on external drives. Sync Across Devices With iCloud sync enabled, your slideshows are synced across your iPhones, iPads, and Macs. Photos and videos from your Photos library must be synced with iCloud Photos. Free to Download Try SlideFlow for as long as you like. In unlimited free trial mode, generated slideshows include app promotions. Full access is available through subscriptions or a one-time lifetime purchase. Your purchase unlocks all features on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and can be shared with your family through Apple Family Sharing. Terms of Use: https://veprit.com/eula.html Privacy Policy: https://veprit.com/VeprIT-PrivacyPolicy.pdf

Screenshots

LiveFrame4 screens
Slideshow Maker・SlideFlow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Slideshow Maker・SlideFlow at none against LiveFrame's shown. Slideshow Maker・SlideFlow also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). LiveFrame's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 36%) and iOS requirement (9.3.5 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. LiveFrame sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Slideshow Maker・SlideFlow sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Slideshow Maker・SlideFlow holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 475 and 206 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of LiveFrame's written reviews are positive against 36% of Slideshow Maker・SlideFlow's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LiveFrame ships an update monthly, Slideshow Maker・SlideFlow fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
LiveFrame versus Slideshow Maker・SlideFlow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiveFrameSlideshow Maker・SlideFlow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (475 ratings)4.4 (206 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better36.2% of reviews
Number of ratings475 — better206
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS9.3.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB118 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAttiboVeprIT

Customer experience

LiveFrame

All ratings439 ratings
Positive76.8%
Neutral6.6%
Negative16.6%
Written reviews178 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral10.1%
Negative39.9%

Slideshow Maker・SlideFlow

All ratings202 ratings
Positive83.7%
Neutral5.0%
Negative11.4%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive36.2%
Neutral13.8%
Negative50.0%

User reviews

LiveFrame

From 475 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Turns old iPad into digital photo frame
  • 👍 Integrates with various photo sources (Google Photos, iCloud, etc.)
  • 👍 Customizable slideshow settings (timing, transitions, etc.)
  • 👍 Displays time and weather
  • 🚀 Works well on older iPads

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Connectivity issues with Google Photos and other sources
  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes
  • 🐛 Limited functionality (e.g. can't skip videos, no full-screen mode)
  • 🔒 Privacy concerns around accessing user content
  • 💰 Paid version required to remove ads

Slideshow Maker・SlideFlow

From 206 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use for slideshows
  • 🚀 Fast creation of slideshows
  • ✨ Produces professional-looking results
  • 🔄 Good control over timing and transitions
  • 📺 Easy to cast/connect to TV

Room to improve

  • ⚠️ Not easy to connect to TV
  • 🎶 No music fade in/out
  • 🎶 Cannot mix music and video sounds
  • 🎶 No control over individual music segment length
  • 🎛️ Overlays are basic and not selective

Bugs and requests

LiveFrame

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inconsistent behavior when selecting photo sources
  • Slideshow not playing all photos in selected albums
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • Memory leaks leading to storage issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add option to display date/location of photos
  • Improve photo source integration and reliability
  • Implement full-screen mode and aspect ratio adjustments
  • Add ability to play videos
  • Provide more customization options (e.g. transition effects, sleep/wake timers)

Slideshow Maker・SlideFlow

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Cannot export video
  • Song order is never the same
  • Could not upload photos/videos, received error
  • Cannot load item error
  • Die Reihenfolge lässt sich leider nicht einstellen
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  • Cannot hear background music on iPhone 15 pro
  • No Editing!
  • Video timeline on iPad does not sync with TV
  • No way to save a slideshow
  • Plays slideshow backward
  • Music doesn't work
  • Cannot select music from network or local folder
  • Cannot define or change picture order
  • App doesn't work on Apple TV

Requested features

21 requests
  • AI-guided setup wizard
  • Ability to fade music in and out
  • Ability to select how long each musical segment plays
  • Smooth music transitions
  • Ability to make overlays on selected slides
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  • Export in 4K format
  • Mark duplicate photos
  • Add own music from iTunes
  • Add music from Google Photos library
  • Option to add music from Apple Music
  • Layout for 1 pic per slide
  • Option to add music from iTunes
  • Ability to sync song library with playlists
  • Ability to save slideshows
  • Access to Google Photos library
  • Ability to use own music
  • Control over picture order
  • Apple TV version of the app
  • Ability to fast forward, pause, or rewind on TV
  • Ability to select different slide transitions for each photo
  • Music fade out option

In-app purchases

1 purchases

LiveFrame

One-time1
  • LiveFrame with no Ads$4.99
7 purchases

Slideshow Maker・SlideFlow

Subscriptions5
  • SlideFlow Weekly$4.997 Days
  • SlideFlow Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • SlideFlow Monthly$12.991 Month
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  • SlideFlow Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • SlideFlow Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • SlideFlow ForeverFree
  • SlideFlow Forever$49.99

Questions

Is LiveFrame free?
LiveFrame is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Slideshow Maker・SlideFlow free?
Slideshow Maker・SlideFlow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LiveFrame or Slideshow Maker・SlideFlow?
Slideshow Maker・SlideFlow is rated higher. LiveFrame averages 4.1 out of 5 from 475 ratings, while Slideshow Maker・SlideFlow averages 4.4 from 206 ratings.
Do LiveFrame or Slideshow Maker・SlideFlow have ads?
LiveFrame shows ads; Slideshow Maker・SlideFlow does not.
Which is updated more often, LiveFrame or Slideshow Maker・SlideFlow?
LiveFrame ships an update monthly, and Slideshow Maker・SlideFlow fortnightly. Most recently, LiveFrame was updated on October 21, 2026 and Slideshow Maker・SlideFlow on October 20, 2026.

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