Comparison

LumaFusion vs Final Cut Pro

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

LumaFusion

This professional video editing app offers a fluid, intuitive touch-screen experience for storytellers. It provides advanced tools for multi-track editing, layered effects, color correction, and audio control, allowing users to create and share high-quality videos.

Highlights
  • Six video/audio/graphic tracks
  • Layered effects and color correction
  • Advanced audio control
  • Multilayer titles and text
  • Flexible aspect ratios and frame rates
  • External monitor preview
  • Speed ramping and enhanced keyframing
Features
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LumaFusion: The Ultimate Storytelling Experience for Video Editing Welcome to the App Store’s “App of the Year” for 2021 and the recipient of the Editors’ Choice Award! The gold standard for storytellers worldwide. Offering a fluid, intuitive, touch-screen editing experience. PROFESSIONAL EDITING MADE EASY • Six video/audio or graphic tracks: Create multiple layer edits with smooth handling of 4K ProRes and HDR media. • Six Additional audio tracks: Build your soundscape. • The ultimate Timeline: Fluent editing using the world’s most flexible track-based AND magnetic timeline. • Loads of transitions: Keep your story moving. • External Monitor Preview: View on a big screen. • Markers, tags and notes: Stay organized. • Voiceover: Record VO while playing your movie. LAYERED EFFECTS AND COLOR CORRECTION • Green screen, luma, and chroma keys: For creative compositing. • Lock & Load Video Stabilizer: Steady your footage. • Powerful color correction: Create your own look. • Video Waveform, vector and histogram scopes. • LUTs: Import and apply multiple .cube or .3dl LUTs. • Unlimited keyframes: Animate effects with precision. • Customizable text and effect presets: Save and share your favorite animations and looks. • Grids and Guides: Precisely align elements with Title-Safe, Action-Safe and horizon line. ADVANCED AUDIO CONTROL • Graphic EQ, Parametric EQ and Voice Isolation: Fine-tune audio. • Keyframe audio levels, panning, and EQ: Craft seamless mixes. • Stereo and Dual-mono audio support: For interviews with multiple mics on one clip. • Audio Ducking: Balance your music and dialogue. • Third-party audio plugins: Enhance your sound. CREATIVE TITLES AND MULTILAYER TEXT • Multilayer titles: Combine shapes, images, and text into your graphic. • Customizable fonts, colors, borders, and shadows: Design eye-catching titles. • Import custom fonts: Strengthen your brand. • Save and share title presets: Perfect for collaboration. PROJECT FLEXIBILITY AND MEDIA LIBRARY • Aspect ratios for all uses: From widescreen cinema to social media. • Frame rates from 18fps to 240fps: Flexibility for any workflow. • Edit from Photos, Frame.io, and directly from USB-C drives: Access your content anywhere. • Import media from cloud storage: Wherever you store it. SHARE YOUR MASTERPIECES • Control resolution, quality, and format: • Share movies to social media, local storage or cloud storage. • Edit on multiple devices: Seamlessly transfer projects. ENHANCED FEATURES (purchase individually, or get them ALL as part of the Creator Pass subscription - see below) • Speed Ramping and Enhanced Keyframing - Create speed ramps, Bézier curves, and easing with this one-of-a-kind, easy to use feature. • XML Export: Send your project to Final Cut Pro for Mac • Multicam Studio: Synchronize 6 cameras or audio and tap to switch angles CREATOR PASS SUBSCRIPTION • Get full access to Storyblocks for LumaFusion: Millions of High-quality royalty-free music, SFX, and videos, PLUS get ALL the Enhanced Features above. EXCEPTIONAL FREE SUPPORT • Online tutorials: www.youtube.com/@LumaTouch • Reference Guide: luma-touch.com/lumafusion-reference-guide • Support: lumatouch.co/support

About

Final Cut Pro

This professional video editing application reimagines creation for iPad with a touch-first interface. It offers advanced features like Live Multicam, intelligent editing tools, and a vast library of content to polish projects.

Highlights
  • Touch-first interface optimized for iPad
  • Live Multicam with up to four connected devices
  • Intelligent editing tools like Scene Removal Mask and Auto Crop
  • Live Drawing with Apple Pencil for annotations
  • Extensive library of titles, effects, and music
  • HDR workflow support
Features
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Final Cut Pro is now part of Apple Creator Studio, an amazing collection of Apple’s most powerful creative apps designed to help you bring your ideas to life. The suite includes Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Motion, Compressor, and MainStage — plus premium content and intelligence features in Keynote, Pages, Numbers, and Freeform, all in one simple plan. Final Cut Pro reimagines video creation for iPad with a touch-first interface for creators, professionals, and students. Capture with the built-in pro camera using manual controls to dial in your shot or seamlessly connect, record, and sync up to four iPhones or iPads with Live Multicam. Navigate complex projects with Multi-Touch and edit with precision using the jog wheel and Magnetic Timeline. Add a personal touch with Live Drawing to create handwritten animations directly on top of your footage. Choose from a vast library of graphics, effects, and music to polish your projects. Final Cut Pro for iPad puts the power of a production studio at your fingertips. Creative Interface Optimized for iPad • Navigate the Magnetic Timeline and complex projects with intuitive Multi-Touch gestures • View, edit, and move your media with frame accuracy using the jog wheel • Draw, highlight, and write directly on top of your footage with Live Drawing using Apple Pencil or Apple Pencil Pro • Skim your footage without ever touching the screen with Apple Pencil hover* • Create stunning videos with an HDR workflow on the Liquid Retina XDR or Ultra Retina XDR display** • Connect a keyboard to access powerful key commands and make precise edits with Apple Pencil or Apple Pencil Pro Live Multicam • Quickly start a Live Multicam session and connect up to four iPhones or iPads running the Final Cut Camera app • Remotely preview and initiate recording on all your connected devices right in Final Cut Pro for iPad • Dial in each angle’s ISO, shutter speed, white balance, manual focus, and more directly on iPad • Monitor your video with focus peaking, audio meters, and zebras to ensure your multicam clips look and sound great • Instantly edit your multicam clips with preview media that is automatically synced in the media browser • Save time in post with background media transfer that seamlessly replaces preview media with originals as you work Powerful Intelligence • Quickly find the perfect soundbite or visual with intelligent search tools • Analyze any song to reveal its bars and beats using Beat Detection and easily snap your edits to the music’s rhythm • Effortlessly create visual highlights videos set to your music with Montage Maker • Automatically improve the color and brightness of your videos with Enhance Light and Color • Intelligently analyze and adjust footage for vertical, square, and other aspect ratios with Auto Crop Spectacular Pro Content • Customize your video with dynamic titles, lower thirds, bumpers, and transitions • Apply beautiful color presets to dial in the perfect look • Score your videos with soundtracks that dynamically adjust to the length of your edit Take Projects to the Next Level • Send your project to Final Cut Pro for Mac for additional tools including Magnetic Mask, advanced color correction, and third-party content options*** • Import projects created in iMovie for iOS to take advantage of the advanced editing tools in Final Cut Pro for iPad**** Upgrading to the latest iPadOS is recommended * Requires iPad models with M2 chip or later, or iPad mini (A17 Pro) ** Requires iPad Pro (M5), iPad Pro (M4), or iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation or later) *** Requires Final Cut Pro 12.0 or later **** Requires iMovie for iOS 3.0 or later

Screenshots

LumaFusion4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Final Cut Pro at Free against LumaFusion's $29.99. LumaFusion's advantage is review sentiment (62% vs 35%) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Final Cut Pro is free to download; LumaFusion costs $29.99 up front. LumaFusion sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Final Cut Pro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LumaFusion holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LumaFusion has 25K ratings behind it against 3.1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of LumaFusion's written reviews are positive against 35% of Final Cut Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LumaFusion ships an update monthly, Final Cut Pro every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
LumaFusion versus Final Cut Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLumaFusionFinal Cut Pro
Price$29.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (25K ratings) — better4.4 (3.1K ratings)
Positive reviews61.9% of reviews — better34.9% of reviews
Number of ratings25K — better3.1K
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
Best chart rank#8 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.0 — better26.6
Further details — not scored
Size238 MB1.4 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuma Touch LLCApple Inc.

Customer experience

LumaFusion

All ratings24,776 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral1.9%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews964 reviews
Positive61.9%
Neutral10.3%
Negative27.8%

Final Cut Pro

All ratings3,126 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral4.4%
Negative10.6%
Written reviews641 reviews
Positive34.9%
Neutral12.3%
Negative52.7%

User reviews

LumaFusion

From 25K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Powerful mobile video editor
  • 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
  • 🚀 Fast rendering and performance
  • 🚀 Supports 4K and high-bitrate video
  • 🚀 Extensive audio controls and effects

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and stability issues
  • 🐛 Export/rendering problems with longer videos
  • 🐛 Audio sync issues
  • 🐛 Glitches with certain file formats
  • 🔒 Limited file management options

Final Cut Pro

From 3.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
  • 🚀 Great for editing on the go
  • 💡 Useful drawing and annotation features
  • 🚀 Comfortable to use with Apple Pencil and keyboard

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
  • 🔒 Lack of compatibility with desktop version and external storage
  • 💰 Subscription model instead of one-time purchase
  • 🔍 Missing key features like color grading, stabilization, and custom LUTs

Bugs and requests

LumaFusion

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when exporting longer videos
  • Audio sync issues after editing
  • Glitches with certain file formats
  • Unreliable file management and media handling

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add speed ramping and curve-based speed adjustments
  • Implement more advanced color grading features (e.g., color wheels, curves)
  • Improve file management with folder support and better organization
  • Add masking and rotoscoping tools
  • Expand the number of video and audio tracks
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  • Implement live photo/video support
  • Add more transition and effect options

Final Cut Pro

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Frequent crashes and loss of work
  • Issues with importing and exporting media
  • Bugs with text editing and timeline manipulation

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add support for external hard drives and storage
  • Improve compatibility with desktop version of Final Cut Pro
  • Introduce more advanced editing tools and effects
  • Provide a one-time purchase option instead of subscription

In-app purchases

6 purchases

LumaFusion

Subscriptions2
  • Creator Pass Monthly3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Creator Pass Yearly7 Days trial$69.991 Year
One-time4
  • FCPXML Export$19.99
  • Multicam Studio$19.99
  • Speed Ramping & Keyframing$19.99
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  • CoreMelt PaintX Plug-In$19.99
2 purchases

Final Cut Pro

Subscriptions2
  • Final Cut Pro for iPad1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • Final Cut Pro for iPad1 Month trial$49.001 Year

Questions

Is LumaFusion free?
LumaFusion costs $29.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Final Cut Pro free?
Final Cut Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LumaFusion or Final Cut Pro?
LumaFusion is rated higher. LumaFusion averages 4.7 out of 5 from 25K ratings, while Final Cut Pro averages 4.4 from 3.1K ratings.
Do LumaFusion or Final Cut Pro have ads?
Neither LumaFusion nor Final Cut Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LumaFusion or Final Cut Pro?
LumaFusion ships an update monthly, and Final Cut Pro every 2 months. Most recently, LumaFusion was updated on October 15, 2026 and Final Cut Pro on October 15, 2026.

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