Life Lapse

What Life Lapse is

Life Lapse is an iOS app for learning, capturing, and editing stop-motion videos on a phone. It is aimed at small business owners, creators, and influencers making social video content. Capture tools include a ghost overlay, an interval timer, hands-free shooting, and automatic frame stitching. Onion skinning, live frame capture, and exposure controls support work on each frame, while timeline editing helps arrange the sequence. The app can also combine stop-motion and live footage from one shot with layers and masking.

Editing includes more than 20 Pro tools, among them freeze, boomerang, reverse, filters, and frame realignment. Users can add built-in music or their own audio, then export in HD or 4K. Life Lapse works offline, and videos can be shared to Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and other social media. The free version includes essential features and unlimited projects; upgrading to Pro adds advanced editing tools and tutorials. Life Lapse is owned by Bolandia Creative Inc., based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and was founded in 2017. The iPhone app requires iOS 15.0 or later. Its privacy policy describes UXCam analytics that collect screen and interaction patterns and device details; the maker says it cannot access users’ creations and does not own videos made in the app.

Who it suits

Life Lapse suits small business owners, creators, and influencers who make social video content on an iPhone. Its capture tools, editing options, and social sharing can support stop-motion projects, including videos that mix stop-motion with live footage.

Limits

The free plan includes essential features and unlimited projects, while advanced editing tools and tutorials require Pro. A 7-day free trial is stated for the Stop Motion Pro plan.

Getting started

1. Visit the Life Lapse website.
2. Install the app on an iPhone running iOS 15.0 or later.
3. Start with the free plan, which includes essential features and unlimited projects.
4. Upgrade to Pro for advanced editing tools and tutorials; a 7-day trial is stated for the Stop Motion Pro plan.

Verdict

Choose Life Lapse if you want to capture and edit stop-motion video on an iPhone, with frame alignment tools, audio, and HD or 4K export. Look elsewhere if you need a platform beyond iOS or want advanced editing tools and tutorials without upgrading to Pro.