Comparison

Slidezilla vs Beat Sync Maker

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

Head to head
About

Slidezilla

Transform your photos and videos into engaging slideshow stories with a wide array of filters, transitions, and music. Easily create and share custom animated presentations or let the app randomize for quick, impressive results.

Highlights
  • Photo and video editing
  • Customizable slideshows
  • Hundreds of filters and transitions
  • Add music (yours or app's)
  • Colorful backgrounds
  • Randomize slideshow generator
  • Instant social sharing
Features
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You and your photos and videos deserve to tell a story with transitions, filters, music, and FUN. Slidezilla is the new generation app for your photos and videos that brings them to life and allows you to share your unique slideshow stories instantly. Customize your personal stories with over a hundred FREE filters and transitions, music (yours or ours), colorful backgrounds, and much more! Go to town yourself or tap the Randomize button to automatically generate an awesome slideshow. Create amazing animated slideshows seamlessly with Slidezilla’s user-friendly app. Edit together videos as well as photos to make your creation. Instantly share your creation to your social sites and have others watch your own story. Download Slidezilla NOW to enjoy hundreds of options and customize your own photo slideshow. You have the story—Slidezilla helps tell it.

About

Beat Sync Maker

Enhance your DJ and EDM performance videos with professional beat-synced visual effects. Automatically detect music beats and apply dynamic effects, or mix in your own clips for a more engaging viewer experience. Transform smartphone videos into exciting content with ease.

Highlights
  • Automatic beat detection
  • Beat-synced visual effects
  • 2-Mix Video function
  • Customizable effect depth
  • Pre-installed movie clips
  • In-app purchase for unlimited export
Features
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Pump Up Your EDM/DJ Performance Videos with Pro-Quality Beat-Synced Visual Effects Many professional music promotion videos hire the technique of changing the scene sync with the beat. But this requires complex and advanced video editing works and technique, Roland’s Beat Sync Maker for iOS realizes this professional video creation instantly just using smart phones. It is very useful when EDM performers or DJs produce their performance videos using their smartphone. Normally smartphone videos with fixed angles that focus on hands over drum machines, controllers, synths, and laptops can be a little boring, especially for viewers who are not so into gear. Beat Sync Maker changes all that, allowing you to bring extra interest and excitement to your performance videos with very little effort. Beat Sync Maker automatically detects the beats in your performance and adds all sorts of cool video effects that stay in perfect time with the music. Going further, you can also drop in other movie clips with the app’s 2-Mix Video function. With a simple and creative process, you’re able to transform a video in minutes, save it to your device, and post it to social media. Using Beat Sync Maker, it’s never been easier to take EDM and DJ performance videos to the next level. - Automatically detects the beats in your music videos with ABS (Auto Beat Sync) technology - Perfect for enhancing DJ or EDM performances with edgy beat-synced video effects - Choose from five visual effects types and apply the timing you want during playback - Easily adjust the effect depth with an onscreen slider - 2-Mix Video function allows you to cut in movie clips from your iPhone/iPad camera roll; 18 pre-installed movie clips included - Free version's video export time is 30 seconds.The video export time limit can be removed by an in-app purchase, or by connecting a GO:MIXER series. Highly Creative and Easy to Use Using Beat Sync Maker is simple, just choose a movie on your device and then select one of five visual effect types while it’s playing back. That’s all you need to do! You can also create unique variations by alternating among the different effect types. Insert Movie Clips with 2-Mix Video Beat Sync Maker’s 2-Mix Video function allows you to cut in movie clips as well, making your performance videos even more interesting and engaging. There are 18 pre-installed clips to choose from, and it’s also possible to use your own movie clips stored on your device’s camera roll. Get Beat Sync Maker Upgrade with new Roland Cloud Membership options, now available in-app. All memberships come with Beat Sync Maker Upgrade for as little as $2.99 USD per month. * Roland Cloud membership might not be available depending on your country or region.

Screenshots

Slidezilla4 screens
Beat Sync Maker2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Slidezilla at 64% against Beat Sync Maker's 15%. Slidezilla also leads on rating (4.1 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (247 vs 3). Beat Sync Maker's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Slidezilla sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Beat Sync Maker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Slidezilla holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slidezilla has 247 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Slidezilla's written reviews are positive against 15% of Beat Sync Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slidezilla ships an update every 6 weeks, Beat Sync Maker every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Slidezilla versus Beat Sync Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlidezillaBeat Sync Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (247 ratings) — better2.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews — better15.0% of reviews
Number of ratings247 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB181 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFalstad.comRoland Corporation

Customer experience

Slidezilla

All ratings247 ratings
Positive75.7%
Neutral9.3%
Negative15.0%
Written reviews107 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral15.9%
Negative20.6%

Beat Sync Maker

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive15.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative75.0%

Bugs and requests

Slidezilla

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • App crashes when creating videos
  • Photos and videos not appearing in selection screen
  • Camera roll shows incorrect photo count
  • App freezes on 'Get Started' button
  • Videos appear squished and distorted
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  • Glitchy video editing experience
  • App crashes when adding videos
  • Photos deleted after slideshow creation
  • Cannot post/save videos
  • App crashes after upgrade to pro
  • Videos speed up unexpectedly
  • Photos not displaying in final video
  • App crashes before saving
  • Redownload requires repayment despite same Apple ID
  • App won't load all available photos

Requested features

15 requests
  • Add text overlay capability
  • Import custom music from camera roll
  • More transition options
  • Remove or reduce watermark
  • Ability to use more than 10 photos without upgrade
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  • Video trimming and splitting tools
  • Disable Ken Burns zoom effect
  • Custom transition placement
  • Drag-and-drop media reordering
  • Photo background selection
  • Rearrange media by modification date
  • Shorter photo duration options (less than 1 second)
  • Remove unwanted color filters
  • Expanded music library with popular artists
  • Better tutorial for transition controls

Beat Sync Maker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Slidezilla

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$1.99
3 purchases

Beat Sync Maker

Subscriptions2
  • Roland Cloud Core Month$2.991 Month
  • Roland Cloud Core Year$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Upgrade: One-time purchase.$2.99

Questions

Is Slidezilla free?
Slidezilla is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Beat Sync Maker free?
Beat Sync Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Slidezilla or Beat Sync Maker?
Slidezilla is rated higher. Slidezilla averages 4.1 out of 5 from 247 ratings, while Beat Sync Maker averages 2.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Slidezilla or Beat Sync Maker have ads?
Slidezilla shows ads; Beat Sync Maker does not.
Which is updated more often, Slidezilla or Beat Sync Maker?
Slidezilla ships an update every 6 weeks, and Beat Sync Maker every 4 months. Most recently, Slidezilla was updated on September 30, 2026 and Beat Sync Maker on October 1, 2026.

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