# Video Crop & Zoom - HD — Dynamic reframe rotate movies

> Video editing app for cropping, zooming, and rotating footage. (iPhone/iPad app by Francis Bonnin.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/video-crop-and-zoom-hd/id652507050 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Francis Bonnin](https://appshunter.io/developer/284043095)
- Category: Photo & Video, Productivity
- Price: $1.99
- Rating: 4.70/5 from 240 App Store ratings · 152 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 11.0 · 69 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish
- Released: 2013-06-22
- Data updated: 2026-09-04
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/video-crop-and-zoom-hd/id652507050/reviews.md

## What is Video Crop & Zoom?

Video Crop & Zoom - HD allows you to crop your videos in an easy and precise way.
Why would you do that?

• You want to remove a person or an object from a video. Crop your video to make this part invisible.
• You need to straighten a video in order to fix the horizon.
• You have recorded a video with a portrait orientation and you would like to change it to a landscape orientation.
• You want to add small effects to your video, like a zoom-in to someone's face, shortly followed by a zoom-out to a larger general view.
• You want to keep the best of your video only, cropping the main part of it, and removing the superfluous.
• You want to crop your video with a specific constrain (square, 4x3, 16x9 , ...) or some precise dimension (580p, 1080p, ...) before sending it to your TV or your favourite social service.


The Input video can be imported from your device in several ways.
The modified version (if there is one) or the original version of the video are both available.
The camera can be used directly to record a video if needed.
You can also connect your device to your computer in order to drag and drop specific videos (Files feature).

The output video can be exported in several ways.
Create a new video in the Photo app or in the Files app.
Directly modify the input video by adding an edited version.
Share the video to another application.


An animated and original user interface allows you to crop (and zoom and rotate), if necessary, every frame of the video independently.
An interpolation will be done automatically between each of your modifications, in order to scale and move progressively the crop area.

Those cropped areas can be defined by using some simple gestures, but in case some high precision is needed, you can directly change the values (in pixels for the size and position, in degrees for the angle).
Some optional visual guides, like configurable grids, and contextual information, can be displayed to help you track your target.


This application can run, on your iPhone and your iPad, as a standalone application, a Photo Extension, or as an Action Extension (from the compatible applications like the Photo app).
Portrait and Landscape orientations are supported in all screens.
Dark mode of iOS13 is supported.

You will find the original and intuitive user interface, common to all our videos applications.
These applications have been featured many times by Apple and various websites.

## Key features

- Precise video cropping
- Dynamic zoom effects
- Video rotation and straightening
- Custom aspect ratios
- Frame-by-frame editing
- Interpolation for smooth transitions

## What do users think of Video Crop & Zoom?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Fast processing and export speeds
- 👍 Intuitive and easy-to-use interface
- 💡 Dynamic frame-by-frame cropping and tracking
- 🎬 Professional-quality video output
- 💰 Affordable pricing for functionality
- 🔧 Customizable crop dimensions and aspect ratios
- 📱 Works seamlessly with iMovie and other apps
- ⚡ Lightweight app with small footprint
- 🎯 Excellent for stabilizing shaky footage
- ✨ Smooth crop transitions and animations
- 📊 Handles large 4K videos efficiently
- 🏆 Reliable and stable performance

**Cons**

- 🐛 Video quality degradation after saving
- ❌ No zoom functionality (misleading marketing)
- 🎨 Limited cropping flexibility at video start/end
- ⚠️ Red background display when pausing
- 📐 Lacks grid overlay for horizon alignment
- 🔴 Crashes on render/export (older versions)
- ❓ Steep learning curve for some users
- 🎬 Cannot freely select crop areas
- 📱 WiFi dependency issues
- 🖼️ Cannot work with still photos/images
- ⏱️ No video trimming capability
- 🔍 Limited import compatibility with camera roll

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes immediately after pressing render button
- Video quality loss after export
- Red background appears when pausing video
- Cannot save to camera roll properly
- Export doesn't work on first attempt
- Limited video import from camera roll
- Unstraightened videos saved despite edits
- Slow zoom-out during playback (unwanted behavior)
- Compatibility issues with certain video formats

**Most requested features**

- Grid overlay for straightening horizon lines
- Support for still photos and image editing
- Video trimming/length editing functionality
- Zoom capability on specific objects in videos
- Ability to freely select crop areas
- Better preview/zoom during editing
- Video length restrictions removed
- Improved tutorial and documentation

## Recent user reviews (10 of 152)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/video-crop-and-zoom-hd/id652507050/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Je n’peux pas m’en passer !

*2026-06-03*

Plus de vidéos mal centrées ou qui donne le vertige, un vrai bonheur 🥹

**Developer response:** Merci pour votre message :)

### 5/5 — Worth it!

*2025-03-02*

normally, I would never pay for an app because I believe our phone app should be free, but this app works amazing. Makes steel frame videos look like somebody was filming with their hand. It’s customizable and when you work with iMovie, it will change the project that you’re working on to whatever you modify the original video to

### 1/5 — No zoom option available

*2025-02-14*

WASTE OF MONEY!!

**Developer response:** To zoom, just make any crop area smaller by using the 2 finger pinch gesture (or by changing the size in the option menu)
You can contact me at contact@pacolabs.com for any help.

### 1/5 — Used to LOVE this app

*2025-01-11, version 5.6*

I really used to love this app, and haven’t been able to find a replacement. However, I don’t know what happened to the quality of the video. It’s horrible after saving it.

### 1/5 — Horrible

*2024-11-22, version 5.6*

Can't freely select crop area and when we pause the video it show a red picture in the background.

### 5/5 — Great tool

*2024-07-26*

So quick and easy to edit my dance videos exactly to follow my movement

### 5/5 — High quality effective focused app for cheep

*2024-02-05*

This app is under priced.  It is easy to use.  Fast (in exporting and processing) even large videos.  If you are looking for dynamic cropping even just to do it for a few videos it works so good and is so much easier to do than using video editing software and trying to key each frame.  

Highly recommend.  It is single focused use case but if it’s your use case it works perfectly

### 5/5 — Amazing!

*2024-02-03, version 5.6*

Satisfaction 🤌🏼👌🏼

### 5/5 — Love this app

*2024-01-23*

This app is very useful. Great purchase and really reliable. It posed a bit of a challenge at first as I wasn’t as keen in this area of expertise, but with a little bit of practice everything became easier. Since 2022, I have used this app for all of my edits and have been happy with it ever since.

Thank you devs!

### 5/5 — Perfection

*2023-02-02, version 5.6*

Great crop/zoom app. Simple to use and fast conversions.

## Frequently asked questions about Video Crop & Zoom

### What can I do with Video Crop & Zoom - HD?

This app allows you to crop videos precisely to remove unwanted elements, reframe content for different aspect ratios like square or 16:9, and straighten horizons. You can also add dynamic zoom effects, rotate videos, and keep only the best parts of your footage.

### How does the editing process work?

The app features an animated user interface for frame-by-frame editing. You can use simple gestures or directly input pixel values for position and size, and degrees for rotation. Automatic interpolation ensures smooth scaling and movement of the crop area between your modifications.

### Is this app free to use?

Yes, the application is free to use. It does not contain in-app purchases or advertisements, offering a completely free editing experience.

### What devices is Video Crop & Zoom - HD compatible with?

This application is designed to run on both your iPhone and iPad. It can function as a standalone app, a Photo Extension, or an Action Extension within compatible applications like the Photos app.

### How can I export my edited videos?

You have multiple options for exporting your edited videos. You can create a new video directly in the Photos app or Files app, modify the input video by adding the edited version, or share the video to another application.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 5.7 — 2026-07-21

• Improved support for HDR videos.
• Fixed Live Photo imports from the system media picker on the video selection screen.
• You can now adjust the selected photos and videos when full Photos access has not been granted.

### 5.6 — 2022-02-12

Fix for a potential crash when a keyboard is connected to the device.

### 5.5 — 2021-12-26

iOS 15.2 related fixes
(sometimes, the app could not launch correctly)

### 5.4.1 — 2020-12-26

Fix for a possible application crash when an HEVC video is used as input (on a device that cannot encode HEVC videos).

### 5.4 — 2020-11-30

Support for iPhone 12 zoom mode.

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