Slidezilla vs Swirl Magick
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Swirl Magick
Enhance your photos with a unique swirly lens bokeh effect. Easily share your creations to popular social media platforms and messaging apps directly from your device.
- Swirly lens bokeh effect
- Photo enhancement
- Direct sharing to social media
- Support for multiple platforms (Mail, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Line)
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Swirl Magick add swirly lens bokeh effect to your photo. Share to other apps Mail, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Line etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Slidezilla at 4.1 against Swirl Magick's 2.6. Slidezilla also leads on review sentiment (64% vs 33%) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 45 months). Swirl Magick's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Slidezilla sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Swirl Magick sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Slidezilla holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Slidezilla has 247 ratings behind it against 11, 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 33% of Swirl Magick's.
Slidezilla ships an update every 6 weeks, Swirl Magick every 45 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Slidezilla | Swirl Magick |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (247 ratings) — better | 2.6 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 247 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 45 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Falstad.com | Kenichi Kobayashi |
Customer experience
Slidezilla
Swirl Magick
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
Swirl Magick
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Slidezilla
- Pro Upgrade$1.99
Swirl Magick
- Remove Ads$0.99
