LiveFrame vs Pixette
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Pixette
Transform your iPad or iPhone into a digital photo frame that displays memories directly from your NAS. Enjoy smart framing, EXIF filters, and customizable overlays without uploading your files.
- Connects to NAS via WebDAV/SMB
- Smart slideshow with Ken Burns effect
- Face and Saliency Detection for framing
- EXIF-powered date and orientation filters
- Customizable on-screen overlays
- Scheduled sleep and wake functionality
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Rediscover your long-forgotten photos and videos with Pixette! Turn any iPad or iPhone into a stunning digital picture frame that pulls memories straight from your NAS or the photo library on your device. No uploads, no third-party cloud, your files stay yours. Connect Your Way Pixette streams directly from your own storage, with no cloud middleman: • WebDAV - Nextcloud, ownCloud, Synology, TrueNAS, and most NAS devices • Synology Photos - browse albums and folders • Immich - connect to your self-hosted Immich server and browse albums • Jellyfin (beta) - sign in to your Jellyfin server and play its photo and home video libraries • Plex (beta) - sign in with your Plex account and play your Plex photo libraries • SMB / CIFS - network shares on Synology, QNAP, Windows Server, and more • Photos & iCloud Shared Albums - play one or more albums from the Photos app on your iPhone or iPad, including albums shared with you over iCloud Set up in seconds and let Pixette index your entire library, even 2 million+ files. Smart Slideshow • Shuffle through all your memories • Smooth transitions with Ken Burns zoom & pan effect Intelligent Framing • Face Detection centers every photo on the people that matter • Saliency Detection finds zones of interest for perfect crops • Fill Screen mode eliminates black bars on any device EXIF-Powered Filters • Filter by date range or orientation • Filter by location - show only photos taken near a place you pick on the map Personalised Display • On-screen clock, folder name, photo date, and location overlays • Live weather overlay with current conditions and a 3-day forecast • Fully customisable overlay format & variables • Scheduled sleep & wake for overnight peace Built for Every Device • Supports iOS 15+ Free with up to 500 files. Unlock unlimited files and premium features with an annual subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pixette at 4.8 against LiveFrame's 4.1. Pixette also leads on review sentiment (91% vs 50%) and ads (none vs shown). LiveFrame's advantage is ratings volume (480 vs 43) and iOS requirement (9.3.5 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. LiveFrame sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pixette sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $7.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pixette holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LiveFrame has 480 ratings behind it against 43, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of LiveFrame's written reviews are positive against 91% of Pixette's.
LiveFrame ships an update monthly, Pixette every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LiveFrame | Pixette |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (480 ratings) | 4.8 (43 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 91.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 480 — better | 43 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.3.5 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Attibo | Mischa Richli |
Customer experience
LiveFrame
Pixette
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)
Pixette
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LiveFrame
- LiveFrame with no Ads$4.99
Pixette
- Premium7 Days trial$7.991 Year
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