Comparison

PicMov vs Silhouette Editor

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

Head to head
About

PicMov

Easily create captivating movies from your photos and videos. Add music, subtitles, and animations to personalize your creations for any occasion. Offers flexible export sizes and batch editing for a streamlined workflow.

Highlights
  • Create movies from photos and videos
  • Add music and adjust volume
  • Add subtitles and text with customization
  • Apply animations and transitions
  • Adjustable export movie sizes
  • Batch editing for multiple elements
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PicMov is an app that allows you to create captivating movies with ease by connecting together with your images and videos. Incredibly easy to use; just select images and videos from your camera roll, then simply select what music you like. Movies will look even more amazing by adding subtitles or selecting animations. Unlimited possibilities for its use, from weddings to recording your child’s growth to creating a cartoon flip book! It is also great for when you want to record birthday videos or even just everyday events. [Main Features] ■Export Movie Size - Change the size of exported movie to your liking. - The size can by changed to your liking at any time during editing. - Selectable sizes are listed below. - Square: 1:1 - Landscape: 16:9, 4:3 - Portrait: 9:16, 3:4 ■Image Import - Select your favorite images and load them as video. - The same image can be added multiple times. ■Burst Photo Import - Burst photos can be imported as video by selecting the start and end photo and playback speed. ■Video Import - You can select your preferred span of the video. - The same video can be loaded multiple times. - The volume can be adjusted. ■ Color Panel - Select your favorite color and load as video. - Perfect to add titles and between each video. ■Video Rearrange Function - Long press on the video cell to and simply drag it to the location you want it to go to rearrange the videos. ■Animation - You can change the video location and size and add your favorite animations. ■Transitions - Three transitions effects are available. - The duration of the effect can be selected, from 0.5 to 2.0 seconds. - A convenient editing function allows all transitions to be modified at once. ■Add Subtitles & Text - You can add text to video for whichever period of time you like. - You can set the text position where you like, top, middle, bottom, left, right, or center justified. - The font, text color, shadows, and background color can all be adjusted. - You can select from fade in and fade out animations. ■Batch Editing - A convenient editing function allows you to change transitions, movie animations, subtitle fonts, and font sizes all at once. ■Music - Your favorite music can be used as background music by selecting it from your iPod or iTunes. - The audio from your videos can be used as background music. - Multiple songs can be arranged in the order you prefer. - The volume can be adjusted. - Music can be cut to use your favorite parts before being added.

About

Silhouette Editor

Features
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■ Use two photos, one for the foreground and one for the background, to create a single photo. ■ Darken the foreground photo to easily create a "silhouette composite photo." ■ Background transparency is fully automatic. Enjoyable and quick photo compositing. ■ To fine-tune the automatic background transparency, you can enlarge the image and edit in detail. ● Foreground recognition function automatically makes only the background of the photo transparent. ● Adjust the brightness of the foreground and background using the brightness graph. ● Leave only the foreground you want to focus on, such as people, pets, cars, buildings, and flowers, and create a silhouette composite with another background. ● Zoom and scroll the image to correct foreground recognition errors and make detailed corrections to transparent parts. ● Zoom, rotate, and edit the position of the foreground and background. ● Copy, save, and share transparent images and composite images. ● Save transparent images to a collection (reusable) [Photo Selection] ・Launch the camera and take a photo. ・Select a photo from the photo album. ・Select a foreground image from a collection. ・Import shared files from other apps. ・Paste photos copied from web images, etc. [Outputs] ・Save to camera roll: Photos ・Share photos: AirDrop, LINE, Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram,...

Screenshots

PicMov4 screens
Silhouette Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PicMov at Free against Silhouette Editor's $2.99. PicMov also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). Silhouette Editor's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

PicMov is free to download; Silhouette Editor costs $2.99 up front. PicMov sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Silhouette Editor asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PicMov ships an update fortnightly, Silhouette Editor every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PicMov versus Silhouette Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPicMovSilhouette Editor
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews10.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.413.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperREAFO CO., LTD.Masanori Katsuta

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PicMov

One-time2
  • Remove watermark$3.99
  • Remove Ads$5.99
None

Silhouette Editor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PicMov free?
PicMov is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Silhouette Editor free?
Silhouette Editor costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do PicMov or Silhouette Editor have ads?
PicMov shows ads; Silhouette Editor does not.
Which is updated more often, PicMov or Silhouette Editor?
PicMov ships an update fortnightly, and Silhouette Editor every 4 months. Most recently, PicMov was updated on October 14, 2026 and Silhouette Editor on October 17, 2026.

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