Comparison

1secCamera vs Tabifu

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

Head to head
About

1secCamera

Capture life's moments as short, impressive video clips. Combine these one-second recordings into dynamic movies with music and titles. Easily share your creations with friends and family across various social media platforms.

Highlights
  • One-second video capture
  • Video editing with filters and music
  • Combine multiple clips into longer videos
  • Add titles to videos
  • Share to social media
  • Save to camera roll
Features
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It's easier than movies and more impressive than the photos! ◆ Recommended situation ◆ [With friends and family.] -Memories of travel. -Drinking, dancing and karaoke. -Recording the growth of kids. -Surprise movie for the birthday party or wedding. -Memories of Graduation and retirement. [But also for things.] -For dishes. You can take even steam! -Swaying flowers and dropping water. [As life log or memorandum] -Taking cooking procedure to recipe videos. -Take the same thing everyday for a month. For example, your face. You may see your hair expanding! ◆◆ Main functions ◆◆ ---------------------------------------- 1. 1 second Camera ---------------------------------------- You can take 1 second video tapping shooting button. Let's take a lot at the photo sense! ***Note*** 1 second video is the capacity of much the same with the photographs taken by iPhone! ---------------------------------------- 2. Viewer ---------------------------------------- ○ 1sec This is the album page of one second video you took. Swipe to the next video, it will be played in the auto play. ○ Album This is the album of the edited video. You can playback them, share to SNS and save the camera roll too. ---------------------------------------- 3. Edit ---------------------------------------- You can make short movies with combine 1 sec movies you took. ○ Video length / 3-32 seconds (Video will be +1 seconds with title. You can select 3-31 frame videos.) ○ Filter / 15 type ○ Music / up to 33 songs ○ Title insert / one place for one second ---------------------------------------- 4. Share ---------------------------------------- Edited video can be saved to the camera roll, of course, post to SNS easy too. Let's share the memories with everyone :-) ○ Instagram ○ Twitter ○ Camera Roll ○ AirDrop ○ OpenIn (Facebook, Dropbox, Evernote, etc.) ---------------------------------------- ◆◆◆ Please note! ◆◆◆ 1 second videos are saved only in the application, It will disappear when you delete the app. When you have to change the phone or you've tired of this app, please try to save to PC by File Sharing of iTunes. If you don't know how to save them, please contact us from settings by E-mail.

About

Tabifu

Effortlessly capture your travels by recording short video clips at each location. The app automatically compiles these clips into a travel vlog with place and date captions, creating a visual diary of your journeys without the need for editing.

Highlights
  • One-tap video recording
  • Automatic vlog compilation
  • GPS location tagging
  • Map view of trip routes
  • Customizable export formats
  • Built-in QR reader
Features
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Stop for a moment and shoot a few seconds. Every spot lands on the map, and when the trip ends you get one travel vlog with place and date captions. Tabifu is a travel diary camera for grown-up travelers who want to keep their journeys without spending time on editing. Ridges at dawn, rivers in the valley, hot-spring towns at night. On a mountain trail or a city walk, the path you take becomes your record. ■ Shoot ・One tap records a few seconds. Choose 1, 2 or 3 seconds per clip ・A simple camera: no framing stress, no editing ・16 filters to pick a tone before you shoot ・Manual focus ring and up to 10x zoom ・Turn your phone sideways to shoot in landscape, even with rotation lock on ・Also save as a Live Photo or still ・Built-in QR reader in the camera: point to open links or copy text ・Open the camera fast from a Home Screen widget, Control Center or Siri ■ Keep ・GPS records where you shot and adds the place name and address ・Each trip becomes its own volume, like "Alps Traverse" or "Kyoto in Autumn" ・Pins and routes on the map show your whole journey at a glance ・Add a short note to any spot ■ Recap ・When a trip ends, a recap video with place and date captions is made for you ・Export in portrait (9:16) or landscape (16:9), and change the layout and export again anytime ・Save to Photos or share in one tap ■ Big screens ・On iPad and foldable iPhone, your trip list and map sit side by side ■ Tabifu Premium (one-time purchase) ・No ads ・Unlimited spots ・Import videos and Live Photos from your library as spots, with no length limit ・Backup export and import ■ Made for ・Hikers and travelers who want their trips on video without the effort ・Anyone who never finds time to edit clips but still wants one film of the trip ・People who like to look back at where they walked, on a map The path you walked becomes your travel log.

Screenshots

1secCamera4 screens
Tabifu4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 1secCamera at none against Tabifu's 1. 1secCamera also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 67%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.0). Tabifu's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, 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. Tabifu sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 1secCamera asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

1secCamera ships an update every 2 months, Tabifu every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
1secCamera versus Tabifu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter1secCameraTabifu
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (64 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews74.8% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings64 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKGCMasami Yamate

Customer experience

1secCamera

All ratings64 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral10.9%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews151 reviews
Positive74.8%
Neutral15.9%
Negative9.3%

Tabifu

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

1secCamera

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes on iOS 13.2 update
  • Losing all saved videos after crashes
  • Freezing and black screen issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to record longer videos
  • Option to add custom music
  • More text customization options
  • Calendar view for videos

Tabifu

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

1secCamera

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Tabifu

One-time1
  • Tabifu Premium$3.99

Questions

Is 1secCamera free?
1secCamera is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tabifu free?
Tabifu is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 1secCamera or Tabifu have ads?
Both 1secCamera and Tabifu show ads.
Which is updated more often, 1secCamera or Tabifu?
1secCamera ships an update every 2 months, and Tabifu every 2 weeks. Most recently, 1secCamera was updated on November 1, 2026 and Tabifu on November 9, 2026.

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