# PowerDirector: AI Video Editor — user reviews > 778 indexed App Store user reviews of PowerDirector by CyberLink, rated 4.60/5 from 30,589 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/powerdirector-ai-video-editor/id1473574597/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/powerdirector-ai-video-editor/id1473574597.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 25,549 · 4★ 2,263 · 3★ 987 · 2★ 417 · 1★ 1,373 ## What do users think of PowerDirector? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use - 🚀 Great editing features - 💡 Comprehensive tool set - ⭐ Excellent for beginners - 🎨 Powerful video effects **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches - 🔒 Premium features locked behind paywall - 🔋 High storage usage - 🤔 Confusing UI/UX in some areas - 🕰️ Slow performance on older devices **Commonly reported bugs** - Audio desynchronization issues - Disappearing media/lost projects - Inability to properly crop/resize videos - Laggy performance when editing longer videos - Exporting/rendering problems **Most requested features** - Add more free audio/music options - Improve chroma key/green screen functionality - Allow more customization of text/titles - Implement iCloud/cloud sync for projects - Add more speed/time control options ## Newest reviews (13 of 778) ### 2/5 — Great program - greedy devs *2026-08-10, version 16.6.7* Power director is amazing! I use it regularly for insta edits and real estate tutorials! It is user friendly and quick. I just wish the devs weren’t Jews like every other big company ever 🫩. Of course you have to subscribe instead of one time payment to own, of course you need different subscription for different device, and of course it’s more AI instead of listening to customers. ### 3/5 — NOT 4+ | just so you know what you’re getting *2026-07-25, version 16.6.5* I’ve had this app for a long time. It used to be fantastic, and they’ve been adding even more features, which is great. But this app is no longer deserving of the 4+ rating. They have added a lot of AI features that are very adult and explicit. Basically, you can take a photo and use AI to turn it into a video. This includes this like turning two photos into a video of those people kissing, etc., but it also includes things like making videos of women taking off their shirts to expose their bras. It includes many other adult features, like suggestive dancing, french kissing, and other sexual filters. I don’t appreciate these “updates,” but I won’t tell you what to do or think. I just want you to know what you are downloading, and I suggest the app have an age rating update. ### 3/5 — PVE *2026-07-23, version 16.6.3* Good app for sure but very hard to download my projects keep getting stuck at 76 percent. ### 1/5 — HELP STOP AI *2026-07-21, version 16.6.3* STOP AI!! Ai is making our earth destory itself!! You can stop Climate change until in 3 years!! Stop climate change before its too late!! ### 1/5 — 操了你们的狗妈的，是真他妈难用！一堆没用的功能，点哪都是付费，你们是东朝鲜搞出来的吗？去你们妈的 *2026-07-21, version 16.6.3* 操了你们的狗妈的，是真他妈难用！一堆没用的功能，点哪都是付费，你们是东朝鲜搞出来的吗？去你们妈的 ### 1/5 — Used to be good. *2026-07-17, version 16.6.2* Greed. Now with how much they want to charge you monthly, the value of this app has sank. It is now among the culture of coorporate capitalism. Everything is never enough. Demand every penny they can fathomably squeeze out from YOU. ### 1/5 — Did not order *2026-07-12, version 16.6.2* I have looked everywhere to request a refund from your company. You’ve charged me $79 plus taxes so $84 for something I’ve never used. ### 1/5 — problem *2026-07-10, version 16.6.2* every time i try to go on it it keeps kicking me out why you need to fix it it keeps freezing ### 3/5 — Pro+ *2026-07-08, version 16.6.2* Yeah, was great. I’ve been using the app for eight years with no problem but now for some reason why I’m not using any pro no get it tomorrow have to get out. It’s gonna be here till July or August features that I can’t videos without buying the plus, thepro plus I spent hours working on my video and I can’t even produce it because of a function I can’t upload it either even though I have nothing saved on my file ### 3/5 — Omg *2026-07-07, version 16.6.2* I’m broke but you have to pay for every little thing ### 1/5 — Captions Issue *2026-07-07, version 16.6.2* I've been a user for Many years. Great app and it was way ahead of its time. However, captions would be great if they would allow you to choose a style and then choose the background color for the highlighted words. Right now you’re stuck with terrible colors that don’t match your color scheme because you can change font, size, design, everything except the background color. One star until this is fixed. ### 3/5 — Lots of Glitches Lately *2026-07-06, version 16.6.2* I use to use Power Director regularly and have enjoyed it. But as of recently there has been a lot of glitches and issues with it. Videos that I would make in a timely manner now take two to three times longer because something would go wrong with the app. I’ve even given up a time or two on making a video because of issues with the app. It’s unfortunate especially because I pay for the subscription for it. I have just recently had to sign up for another video editing app just so I would have back up for when Power Director isn’t working properly. I do hope they resolve some of these issues because I do enjoy using the app when things are working smoothly and properly. ### 4/5 — Developers responded *2026-07-04, version 16.6.1* (UPDATE): my original complaint was that despite paying for a pro subscription, I still had a watermark on my videos. This has since been fixed. Still not the biggest fan of having two separate pro plans, one with all the new updates and goodies, but my biggest complaint was the watermark. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Bugs *2026-08-16, version 16.6.7* This app is nothing but bugs, it’s bad to the point where you HAVE to work around it and do something you originally had in mind differently or not even do it period. A simple, beginner-friendly app that stresses you out. I have been working on this project for days and finally when it’s almost time to finish the app decides to set me back to the very beginning after I spent hours on it. I exported my project and instead of it being 4:00 it came out as 56 seconds. Everything I did the app would randomly reset me back to that point, for no reason and it is infuriating. I exit to the home page, the project erases most of the work I did and now I have to continue from nearly square one. I switch apps, my project gets a reset. Ridiculous, I’m actually livid this is one horribly ran app. ### 1/5 — App freezes upon saving clip *2026-08-12, version 16.6.7* This app continues to freeze upon saving the video- 2ndlyfootage can disappear without trace ### 1/5 — やめた方がいい *2026-08-10* 1年契約のサブスク登録していますが、アップデートのたび何かしらの不具合(できていたものができなくなる)デグレしています。アプリもよく落ちます。余分にかかった編集時間返金して欲しいレベルで落ちます。勝手に音消えたりもします。話にならないです。7ヶ月しっかり利用してのレビューです。サブスク更新することはないです。AI機能もマジかと思うレベルで使えないです。 追記 5分おきくらいに1回はフリーズしてデータ吹っ飛ぶので本当に論外マジで全額プラス無駄になった時間分金返せ さらに追記 今回のアプデで無事文字打つと同じ文字が2重に勝手に入力されるバグが増えました。もはや1年前の方が使いやすかったです…全く使えないAI機能強化しないで最低限の編集するための機能ちゃんとやろうよ…こんなゴミの編集アプリでAIは使わんて…普通にちゃんとしたの使うから、最低限編集できればいいよもう… さらにさらに追記 今回のアプデ2026年8月初旬のは今までのバグが改善されてよかった。ただバグが正常になるのは正直当たり前、、AI機能がよく更新されるがただただ重くなるだけ、、これ最新のCPUとかじゃないとまともに動かないって、、普通の編集できてくれればいいんだって、、正直AI機能まともに使えること少ないんだから無駄な努力せず普通の編集機能追加して普通に動くようにしてくれよ、、1年前の方がよっぽどよかった、、 上記の追記 治ったかなと思ったけどバグありきで30分でできていたことが重すぎて1時間以上かかるようになりました、、アホなのかなここの開発者は、、まずAIのアップデート止めてバグを直して重くならない程度のおまけでAIやればええやん、、このアプリに高度なAIは誰も求めてないって…本当に時間かけてどんどんアプリ悪くしてるのポンコツすぎないか、、 **Developer response:** 長期にわたるご利用と詳細なご報告をいただき、誠にありがとうございます。また、クラッシュやデータの消失、動作の遅延によりご不便をおかけし、深くお詫び申し上げます。まず返金についてですが、iOSでのご購入およびサブスクリプションはすべてAppleが管理しており、CyberLinkから直接返金を行うことができません。お手数ですが、Appleの「問題を報告」ページ（reportaproblem.apple.com）より、Appleへ返金をお申し込みください。クラッシュ、データ消失、音声の途切れ、文字が二重に入力される不具合などにつきましては、設定内の「フィードバックを送信」よりご連絡いただき、端末の機種・iOSバージョン・問題が発生する操作手順をお知らせください。エンジニアチームが優先的に調査いたします。基本的な編集機能の最適化と、安定性・パフォーマンスの確保に注力してほしいというご意見につきましても、しっかりと記録し、製品チームへ共有いたしました。 ### 1/5 — Clunky and slow *2026-08-08, version 16.6.7* Slow, janky, glitchy and expensive. Not ideal for iPhone editing unfortunately. If the app isn’t at least as good as IG edits then it’s not worth the money. I can get better functionality for free ### 1/5 — Go with DaVinci *2026-08-07, version 16.6.7* I have used PowerDirector for years both mobile and desktop, two days ago they did an update with a major push for AI features - since this update has happened the product is no longer even functional, the timeline constantly freezes, the app constantly freezes, moving the play head doesn’t change anything because the timeline is frozen, every 10 minutes I would have to close and reopen the program. I spent two days working through it on a project that would have normally taken 3-4 hours. I finally completed it, it was due yesterday but delayed because of how broken their product became overnight. When I went back to review the final project before saving and exporting it there are subtitles of varying sizes and directions BURNED into the video itself with NO WAY to remove them because they weren’t ADDED - some scenes these subtitles take up the bottom 1/4 of the screen with letters so large that the lines run off the screen, another they are literally backwards - and I have no way to fix or repair this project, I tried removing the sections with these subtitles and re-adding them by manually cutting scenes from the master video file and replacing these sections on the track and the subtitles are still burned onto the screen. I hate that I have been a loyal customer to this company for years and they destroyed their product, and my product from that, so quickly that I now have to both pay for and learn a new editing software while also having MONTHS left on my paid subscriptions with both PowerDirector mobile and desktop because I have been paying for the subscriptions a year at a time Save yourself the headache of having to pay for and learn a new program later and just start with DaVinci in the first place ### 1/5 — Deleting? *2026-07-28, version 16.6.5* I like the set up of the app but my projects keep deleting randomly and its so irritating since i was almost done with a good edit and then it just disappeared ### 1/5 — Hit or miss *2026-07-27, version 16.6.5* This app noise cancellation feature lags, causes voice to be off. Or sometimes mute the entire clip. Many other issues as well ### 1/5 — Awful *2026-07-25, version 16.6.5* App constantly glitches and crashes ### 1/5 — Very unhappy *2026-07-23, version 16.6.3* Did their free trial and cancel it in the same hour, as I could not create a decent video, even using their tools, and with no app support, I was very frustrated, and just made the decision to cancel, and delete, only to find out that they charged me anyways and now I’m stuck with this subscription that I don’t want and can’t use. Can’t figure anything out and still haven’t uploaded a single video. I’m very dissatisfied and they’re free trial with anything but free ### 1/5 — Absolutely unusable now *2026-07-23, version 16.6.3* Hey PowerDirector, it’s a little ridiculous I can’t edit my video without your app completely freezing up. Especially since you guys want $30 a month, it’s absolutely pathetic ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Good *2026-08-22, version 16.7* So good and so fun to play ### 5/5 — PowerDirector *2026-08-07, version 16.6.7* I like this app, but I wish it was not 9.16 and normal version (16.9) ### 5/5 — Cheap and Amazing! *2026-08-04, version 16.6.5* Doesn’t break the bank and does what other big apps do just the same. I don’t use anything else for my short form content on social media love this app! ### 5/5 — The best app ! *2026-07-18, version 16.6.2* This is by far the best app for tweens making vids😊☀️ ### 5/5 — Not sure where to make a suggestion, but I love you guys 🙈 *2026-07-13, version 16.6.2* You would probably make my whole year, lol if there was a way to save a template for selfie videos where I wouldn’t have to adjust the Face Reshape to my constant 10% and 15% lol over and over again it would be amazing lol ### 5/5 — Light *2026-07-12, version 16.6.2* One more stat ### 5/5 — Best app *2026-07-08, version 16.6.2* Easy to use and provides tons of features. ### 5/5 — My first choice for editing *2026-07-04, version 16.6.1* When in begin my YouTube channel ,almost 5 years ago, my first choice was power director. And I never considered any other. Power Director is # 1 to me. ### 5/5 — Great application *2026-06-22, version 16.5.6* I always do all my video edits on the application it’s easy and fun to use and gets the edits down fast!!!! ### 5/5 — I love this app…but.. *2026-06-15, version 16.5.6* I LOVE this editing app. I’ve used it for roughly a year on my yt channel. It’s great! It’s very easy to navigate and use, it made me enjoy making edits. But, after my one loyal year of using it…it has stopped working. I’ve had to remove and reinstall this app so many times just to make it work because it will just stop working. And I honestly don’t know why because it’s one of the four apps I have. But it finally stopped for good. I can’t even import a 12 second video in there. It keeps crashing and giving me an error thing. While it is a great app..I’m sad to say it’s awful at the same time. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-28.*