Exacto vs VideoSize
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Exacto
Easily create precise photo cutouts and remove backgrounds with a powerful pen selection tool. This app brings advanced desktop editing capabilities to your mobile device, allowing for pixel-perfect selections and unlimited layers for complex edits.
- Pen Selection Tool for precise cutouts
- Unlimited layers for multiple selections
- Delete and insert points in selections
- Reset control points
- Unlimited undo/redo
- Autosave projects
- Instant preview
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Quickly remove unwanted backgrounds or create razor-sharp photo cutouts with the Pen Selection Tool. Previously found only in advanced desktop programs, now available for the very first time on iPhone and iPad with a streamlined and much simplified implementation optimized for touch. This incredibly versatile tool offers unique capabilities unmatched by anything else on the App Store. It’s an integral part of the professional toolbox and artists and photographers have relied on it for decades. Now you can too! You no longer have to waste hours working on a single photo only to achieve less than satisfactory results. With Exacto you can make pixel-perfect selections that precisely trace the contours of any subject, no matter how intricate or complex. But that’s not all! Exacto even goes beyond the standard functionality of the Pen Selection Tool by introducing features that provide greater flexibility and control such as the ability to delete and insert points anywhere in the selection, the ability to reset control points, and most importantly, unlimited layers for making multiple selections. In addition, Exacto offers other advanced features that greatly enhance the user experience including unlimited undo / redo, projects autosave, instant preview, and much more! Here’s how it works: 1 - Place points around an area of interest then drag them into position to make a selection. 2 - Add layers to make selections of multiple subjects and areas in your photo. 3 - Keep track of your progress with the full-size instant preview option. 4 - Made a mistake? With unlimited undo / redo your entire editing history is preserved, from start to finish. So you can go backward or forward as many steps as you need. 5 - Must leave in a hurry? With autosave your work is never lost and you can pick up right where you left off at any time. 6 - All done? Save your photo cutout to the Camera Roll or open it in other apps. There’s no limit to the fun and exciting ways you could use your photo cutouts. For example, you could: 1 - Superimpose them on different backgrounds. 2 - Insert them in work or school presentations. 3 - Use them as stickers in chats. 4 - Use them in creating decorative art. 5 - Print them out and make actual cardboard cutouts for special occasions. and on and on! Experiencing issues? Have comments or suggestions for future updates? Please contact us at support@exactoapp.com.
VideoSize
Easily resize videos on your iPhone or iPad. Select videos from your Files or Photos app and export them in various resolutions with hardware-accelerated encoding.
- Resize videos
- Export in various resolutions
- Hardware-accelerated encoding
- Select from Files app
- Select from Photos app
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VideoSize allows you to easily resize videos and export them in various resolutions, right on iPhone or iPad. Pick videos from the Files app or the Photos app to get started. Export videos in a variety of resolutions with hardware-accelerated encoding.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: VideoSize at 5.0 against Exacto's 4.5. Exacto's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (615 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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
Exacto costs $2.99 and VideoSize $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
VideoSize holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Exacto has 615 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Exacto ships an update every 2 months, VideoSize every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and August 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Exacto | VideoSize |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (615 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 615 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tinkerworks Apps | Furnace Creek Software LLC |
Customer experience
Exacto
VideoSize
Bugs and requests
Exacto
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on newer iOS versions
- Saving issues, unable to save with transparent background
Requested features
5 requests- Add a refine selection brush
- Ability to add a background layer
- Magnetic lasso tool
- Change the color of the selection outline
- Combine with creative composition tools
VideoSize
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Exacto
No in-app purchases
VideoSize
No in-app purchases









