Comparison

Slidezilla vs BeatSync

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

BeatSync

Easily create trendy music videos from your photos or a single video clip. Select a template, add your media and music, and let the app automatically sync effects to the beat. Export your creation or send it as a project file to KineMaster for advanced editing.

Highlights
  • Create trendy music videos
  • Automatic beat-synced effects
  • Use photos or one video clip
  • Select custom music
  • Send projects to KineMaster
  • No watermark
  • Save and share videos
Features
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Finally, you can send your video as a project file to KineMaster, the World's Most Powerful video editor, for more editing. No Watermark The Easiest way to make your own Hot Trendy Videos All you have to do is just pick a bunch of photos or a video on your phone and select a BeatSync template. Voila! Your amazing video is ready to be shared with your friends and to the world. Moreover, you can use your own video files! (Select 1 video file only) BeatSync Effects on the Music that You selected Select any music that you like, BeatSync will automatically provide you with the hot video effects on the perfect timing. Want to use your favorite music in your video and the effects are still in sync with the music? No problem! Our Beat Detection Algorithm will detect the perfect beat positions of your selected music, so the video effects could precisely match the beats. * 18 languages supported (Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese) * Project sharing to KineMaster will be available only for KineMaster v.5.1.0 or later. * The previews might be unstable on low-tier devices, but the exported videos will look fine. The Fastest and Easiest way to set up a KineMaster project Project share from BeatSync app to KineMaster app means that you are able to create a sophisticated video editing project in less than a minute. All the selected photos in BeatSync will be there in the primary timeline of the KineMaster as well as the transitions and the clip effects will be displayed in the KineMaster editing screen as a project, which means that everything is ready to be edited in the KineMaster automatically. You can change any transitions or clip graphics that have been created in BeatSync and enjoy the full editing strength of KineMaster. This means that you can add multiple video layers and use reverse mode, blending modes, voiceovers, chroma key, speed control, transitions, subtitles, special effects, and so much more into your video in KineMaster! Key Features . Select your photos or a video to make your own Hot Trendy Music Videos. . No need to edit anything, just select photos or a video and a template . You can add 1 video only or up to 30 photos. . You can make an order of the selected photos. . You can cancel the selected photos at once. . Various video effects and transitions (All included in KineMaster) . Hot and trendy music tracks (All included in KineMaster) . You can select any music that you like on your phone and the video effects will precisely match the beats automatically. . Send your video as a project file to the KineMaster video editing app . Seek bar is ready for a comfortable preview . Save your video in your local storage . Share your video to your favorite SNS such as TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram Download BeatSync now, and become a world coolest video maker! Are you a KineMaster user? Do not miss this chance to utilize the way to set up a sophisticated KineMaster project, easy and quick. For more details, questions and feature requests, please contact us. email : support.bs@beatsyncapp.com

Screenshots

Slidezilla4 screens
BeatSync4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Slidezilla at 4.1 against BeatSync's 3.3. Slidezilla also leads on review sentiment (64% vs 38%) and ratings volume (247 vs 66). BeatSync's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Slidezilla sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BeatSync asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Slidezilla holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 247 and 66 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Slidezilla's written reviews are positive against 38% of BeatSync's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Slidezilla ships an update every 6 weeks, BeatSync every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Slidezilla versus BeatSync: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSlidezillaBeatSync
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (247 ratings) — better3.3 (66 ratings)
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews — better38.5% of reviews
Number of ratings247 — better66
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB188 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFalstad.comKineMaster Corporation

Customer experience

Slidezilla

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

BeatSync

All ratings66 ratings
Positive56.1%
Neutral6.1%
Negative37.9%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive38.5%
Neutral10.8%
Negative50.8%

User reviews

Slidezilla

From 247 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Easy to use and intuitive interface
  • 🎬 High-quality transitions available
  • 💰 Most features free without paywall
  • ⚡ Quick slideshow creation
  • 🎨 Good variety of filters and effects

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent app crashes
  • 📸 Photos/videos not loading from camera roll
  • 💧 Watermark too prominent
  • 🔒 Limited free photo limit (10 photos max)
  • 🎬 Cannot control transition placement

BeatSync

From 66 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to work with
  • 👍 Good transitions and effects
  • 👍 Good beat syncing
  • 👍 Works for photos
  • 👍 Good for TikTok and short dance videos

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashing often
  • 🐛 App no working
  • 🐛 Does not work for videos
  • 🐛 App crashed when selecting videos
  • 🐛 App crashes itself

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

BeatSync

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • App crashing often on iPhone 17
  • App crashing when selecting videos
  • App shuts down when adding video
  • App crashes itself (April 2023)
  • App crashed on iOS 16
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  • App stuck on loading screen
  • App creates thousands of albums on iPad
  • App cannot proceed with hidden photos
  • Video loading errors on iOS 15
  • App force closes on new iPhone 13
  • App contains a virus, creates thousands of folders
  • Cannot transfer effects to KineMaster on iOS
  • No sound anymore
  • Cannot download translations on iPhone
  • BeatSync problems, cannot add to KineMaster
  • Cannot transfer clip graphics and transitions to KineMaster on iOS
  • App does not use all photos in video

Requested features

15 requests
  • Add option to choose multiple videos and photos
  • Add ability to add own music/songs
  • Add ability to select certain part of song
  • Allow using a short video for effects
  • More effects
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  • Switch positions of photos
  • Change coloring of picture
  • Add option to choose sounds from device storage
  • Add feature to mute music
  • Longer videos
  • More templates
  • Add YouTube music support
  • Add KineMaster integration for iOS
  • Add extra clip graphics
  • Add ability to use videos instead of only photos

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Slidezilla

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$1.99
None

BeatSync

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Slidezilla free?
Slidezilla is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BeatSync free?
BeatSync is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Slidezilla or BeatSync?
Slidezilla is rated higher. Slidezilla averages 4.1 out of 5 from 247 ratings, while BeatSync averages 3.3 from 66 ratings.
Do Slidezilla or BeatSync have ads?
Both Slidezilla and BeatSync show ads.
Which is updated more often, Slidezilla or BeatSync?
Slidezilla ships an update every 6 weeks, and BeatSync every 2 months. Most recently, Slidezilla was updated on October 13, 2026 and BeatSync on October 15, 2026.

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