# AvFX - awesome video effect, editor & background music edit for Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Vine

> Video editor with effects, music, and social media sharing. (iPhone/iPad app by Chee Ket Yung.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/avfx-awesome-video-effect-editor-and-background-music-edit-for-instagram-facebook-youtube-vine/id712806016 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Chee Ket Yung](https://appshunter.io/developer/481641603)
- Category: Photo & Video, Entertainment
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.30/5 from 2,280 App Store ratings · 274 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 6.0 · 21 MB
- Languages: American English, Chinese (Simplified, China), Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
- Released: 2013-11-14
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/avfx-awesome-video-effect-editor-and-background-music-edit-for-instagram-facebook-youtube-vine/id712806016/reviews.md

## What is AvFX?

Record videos of your beautiful moments in life with AvFX. Very easy to use: Tap a filter, (if you want background music, tap the music note to add music) tap the record button, & tap stop button when you're done. And share the video on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and more!  Features at a glance as follows:

1. 156 awesome video effects/filters. 13 packs (Color, Color 2, Mono, Mono 2, Vignette, Tone 1, Tone 2, Lomo, Vintage, Light Bubbles, Neon, Aurora, Fantasy), each pack has 12 effects.

2. Add music from your iPod library as background music to your videos. You can easily trim the music to your preferred length.

3. Pick a video from your Photo Library, Camera roll, edit it : including cropping & trimming. And apply it with an awesome effect & add background music to it.

4. Square-ready video best for Instagram. You can also record in full aspect ratio of your device. Just change it from the app's settings

5. Video trimming and cropping: Now you can crop a video into square, 3:4, 9:16, 4:3, and 16:9

6. 3 torch modes for video recording. Off, Auto & On.

7. Flexible in-app settings including capturing video in two aspect ratios : square, full, microphone: on/off, record playback music from microphone, on/off microphone and torch on/off when camera starts.

8. You can mix background music with microphone input. 

9. Exposure, gamma, saturation and sharpness adjustments for video in edit mode

10. Live adjustments for exposure, gamma, saturation and sharpness settings for iPhone 5, 4S and iPad 4

11. Video camera supports auto focus & tap to focus

12. Easily share on Instagram, Facebook, Youtube and other video editing iOS apps. And of course you can easily save to camera roll.

13. Accept video sent from other iOS apps for further editing, adding effect & music etc.

14. Sample videos posted on Instagram http://instagram.com/p/fjqejjAXc6/ http://instagram.com/p/fjfu1RgXTK/ . Or check out Instagram hashtag #avfxapp . Appreciate very much that you can also tag your video (captured or edited with this app) as #avfxapp

15. Support & look & feel for iOS 7

## Key features

- 156 video effects/filters
- Add and trim background music
- Edit existing videos
- Square-ready video for Instagram
- Video trimming and cropping
- Adjust exposure, gamma, saturation, sharpness
- Mix background music with microphone input

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lomo & Tone filter pack | $1.99 | one-time |
| Neon filter pack | $0.99 | one-time |
| Fantasy filter pack | $0.99 | one-time |
| Aurora filter pack | $0.99 | one-time |
| Value pack | $2.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of AvFX?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Great filters and effects
- 🎨 Lots of customization options
- 🎶 Ability to add music to videos
- 💾 Easy to save and share videos
- 🙌 Useful for creating unique content

**Cons**

- 🔒 Many features locked behind paywall
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes reported
- 🤔 Confusing or unintuitive UI
- 🔍 Limited video editing capabilities
- 🔋 High battery consumption

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Videos not saving properly
- Upside down or misaligned video output
- Crashes when applying certain filters
- Compatibility issues on older devices

**Most requested features**

- More free filters and effects
- Improved video trimming and cropping tools
- Option to import music from external sources
- Slow motion and other advanced video effects
- Ability to edit multiple videos at once

## Recent user reviews (10 of 274)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/avfx-awesome-video-effect-editor-and-background-music-edit-for-instagram-facebook-youtube-vine/id712806016/reviews.md

### 1/5 — iPhMaxPro.—Bought it, Crashed.—Not Working

*2020-02-22, version 3.0.0*

iPhMaxPro.— Feb. 20, 2020. After I bought the app, it crashed, unable to work anything on it.— It would not opened.— Therefore, TIME & MONEY 💰 waisted for nothing.—-It doesn’t work on this device.— ⁉️😡😡😡⁉️

### 3/5 — Unable to upload videos

*2019-03-05, version 3.0.0*

It has refused to open my video gallery despite granting it privacy permission to access my videos via settings

### 1/5 — Hasn’t ever worked

*2019-01-05, version 3.0.0*

For me

### 5/5 — Great app

*2018-09-01, version 3.0.0*

Greeeeaaaat

### 4/5 — Great App would recommend

*2018-08-22, version 3.0.0*

This is a great, easy to use app which I recommend. The only thing I would change is I would prefer to pay to buy the app at the beginning then not have in app purchases to use the filters etc.

### 5/5 — Very useful and fantastic

*2018-08-11, version 3.0.0*

I really enjoy using AvFX.

### 3/5 — Yeah

*2018-08-01, version 3.0.0*

Good yet... I’m having trouble finding what I want... 
but that is down to me for now as I’m new to the app.

### 3/5 — Nice app

*2018-04-23, version 3.0.0*

Cool app

### 5/5 — Amazing

*2018-04-21, version 3.0.0*

Flat out amazing love the filters and to be able to change and enhance videos is awesome!!!!

### 5/5 — Review

*2017-10-25, version 3.0.0*

Love it

## Frequently asked questions about AvFX

### What does AvFX do?

AvFX allows you to record and edit videos with a variety of effects, filters, and background music. You can easily add music from your iPod library, trim clips, crop videos into different aspect ratios, and adjust video settings like exposure and sharpness.

### What are the key features of AvFX?

Key features include over 150 video effects and filters, the ability to add and trim background music, edit existing videos from your library, create square-ready videos for Instagram, and adjust various video parameters like exposure and saturation.

### Is AvFX free to use?

The application is free to download and use, but it offers in-app purchases. This means you can access basic functionality for free, with options to purchase additional effects or features.

### What devices is AvFX compatible with?

The app is designed for iOS devices, including iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, and iPad 4, with support for iOS 7. It also offers live adjustments for specific iPhone and iPad models.

### How can I use AvFX for social media?

AvFX is optimized for social media sharing, particularly for Instagram, with its square-ready video format. You can easily share your edited videos directly to platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube, or save them to your camera roll.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.0.0 — 2014-11-06

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

*** Major update *** AvFX version 3.0 brings you the following new features:
1. Now all filter effects are adjustable to suit the strength you want
2. Update for iOS 8
3. Re-design of various adjustments (Exposure, Gamma, Saturation & Sharpness) 
4. Added  adjustments of exposure, manual focus & white balance for iOS 8 users.
5. Added zoom capabilities up to 4x for iPhone 5, 5C, 5S, 6 & 6 Plus
6. Added video transform capabilities in editing mode including flip vertically, horizontally & rotate video when needed
7. Graphics for iPhone 6 & 6 plus 
8. Optimized for storage usage (Documents & Data) especially for iOS 8. Any recorded video or edited audio stored in the AvFX video & audio libraries respectively consumes your device's storage, but once they're deleted, space will free up immediately : ) !
8. Various improvements, bug fixes etc

### 2.0.1 — 2014-06-17

- Address the crashes after the update to version 2.0 from 1.0.1 
- Now if you've purchased or restored the value pack, then all filter packs will be unlocked for you without needing you to rate, FB or twitter share to unlock etc
- Eliminates the previous confusion (which iCloud musics couldn't be attached to video), now it filters out iCould music, you can only select music local to your device
- Fixed some mistakes of Chinese translation
- Removed some misleading texts
- Some other fixes & improvements

### 2.0 — 2014-06-10

/** For users of old version 1.0.1, if you ever experienced crashes after the update to 2.0, please consider to delete and re-install the app from Apple app store again,very sorry for the inconvenience caused!! Please go to our Facebook page http://facebook.com/AvFXApp for support **/

- Lots of new features!!! Added new filter packs, 2 bonus packs: color 2 (rate us to unlock), mono 2 (tweet to unlock) and 2 new dynamic filter packs: vintage and light bubbles added into the Lomo & Tone filter pack ! Making up a total of 156 filters
- Thanks for all the valuable feedbacks, now you can record in full aspect ratio other than square, switch the recording aspect ratios at the app's settings or rotate your device will prompt you for option to record in landscape mode of full aspect ratio 
- Some changes of design and UI and allow a full screen view while recording in full aspect ratio or landscape mode
- Added the capabilities to edit and crop a video to different aspect ratios including square, 3:4, 9:16, 4:3 and 16:9
- Added animated tips on how to use. You can turn it off it the app's settings (show tips)
- Added Chinese simplified & traditional localization support
- Many other improvements and bug fixes

### 1.0.1 — 2013-11-05

- Fixed a bug of the missing slider in music editing

### 1.0 — 2013-10-24

No release notes.

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