Don’t have time lapse or slow motion feature on your smartphone? Try these apps

Use these apps to shoot time lapse or slow motion videos from your smartphone.

Top apps for time lapse and slow motion videos for Android, iOS

Cameras on modern smartphones are becoming quite advanced. From taking studio-like stage light effect to DSLR-like shallow depth-of-field, smartphone cameras can help you achieve results close to professional photography. Modern phones come with a slew of high-end features and built-in applications, not all phones support time lapse and slow motion.

Fortunately, there are a lot of third-party applications that allow you to shoot time lapse and slow motion videos on your Android smartphone or iPhone. Beyond timelapse or slow motion effects, these apps provide additional features to enhance your videos.

Here's a look at the applications that let you take timelapse or slow motion apps on your smartphone.

Lapse It

Lapse It is available for both Android and iOS platforms. Lapse It comes with editing tools such as setting the frame per second (fps) time between milliseconds, seconds, and minutes. You can also choose the resolution for your video between 360p and 480p. Lapse It also gives you many different features to add and change ranging from focus mode, ISO mode, color effects, auto exposure, among others.

You can also make a Lapse IT account and post videos in the community's feed. There's a pro version of Lapse It which is priced at ₹180 on Google Play Store, and ₹250 on the App Store. The paid version naturally comes with more options such as adding music to your videos, and increasing the resolution to full HD (1080p).

Download: Android, iOS 

Framelapse

Framelapse is available only for Android users. Unlike Lapse It, Frame Lapse comes with a minimal layout and functions as well. You can set recording duration for your videos at 1, 5, 10, and 30 minute intervals. Similarly, you can set duration at seconds also for 3, 7, 10, and 30. Framelapse also gives you the option to set video recording resolution at full HD (1080p).

Note that the video quality will also depend upon your smartphone camera's capabilities. More options like sleep mode and camera grid are available in the pro version which is priced at ₹190. In the free version, videos can be recorded only in landscape mode.

Download: Android

Microsoft Hyperlapse Mobile

Microsoft Hyperlapse Mobile is one of the most popular apps available for shooting timelapse videos. What this app offers is a clean and simple UI for users although it doesn't come with additional editing tools. Here, you can simply record a timelapse video or import one from your gallery.

Another option provided is changing the fps speed from 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 16 and 32 seconds. You can change the speed for imported videos as well. There's an option to share the videos from the app itself to other platforms like Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, and more.

Download: Android

Hyperlapse from Instagram

This app is exclusive to iOS only. Similar to Microsoft Hyperlapse Mobile, this app also has a simple layout. The app allows you to record videos and change the fps from 1 to 12 seconds. As the name suggests, you can share the hyperlapse videos from the app to Instagram and other platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook.

Download: iOS

iMotion

iMotion app for iOS offers users the option to record a new video or import one from their smartphone. In addition to setting fps, you can also choose a frame in the video and delete them if needed. Here, you can only save the video to your Photos folder and iTunes. The pro version for iMotion comes with more options like sharing videos on social platforms and adding sound to your videos.

Download: iOS

Slow Motion Video FX

This app is considered one of the best slow motion video apps for Android. Here, you can either edit videos saved in your device or create new ones. Two editing options available here include cutting videos for start and end time, and changing the speed of the slow motion effect. You can also share the videos created on different social platforms.

Download: Android

SloPro

SloPro is an iOS exclusive app for slow motion videos. After creating your slow motion video, you can choose among options like slowing the videos up to 8 percent and 25 percent. At the same time, you can also fasten the speed up to 4 times, and choose among 500 and 1,000 fps. SloPro also resizes the videos to three options while exporting it.

Download: iOS