Comparison

Filter Candy vs Videdit

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

Head to head
About

Filter Candy

Transform your photos with a wide array of film-inspired presets and powerful editing tools. Achieve stunning visual effects for any subject or setting, from classic vintage looks to vibrant, high-contrast styles. Enhance your images with adjustments like vignette, grain, and sharpness before sharing.

Highlights
  • Film-emulation presets
  • Vignette, grain, sharpness adjustments
  • Exposure and contrast controls
  • Saturation enhancement
  • Multiple preset packs (Essential, Classic, Instant, Slide, Creative, Black)
  • Photo sharing
Features
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Filter Candy is a collection of powerful film-emulation presets and editing tools. Edit your photos with our presets to transform them into something beautiful. Our extensive collection of presets have something which is ideal for almost any setting or subject. Enhance your photos with editing tools (such as but not limited to vignette, grain, sharpness, exposure, contrast, saturation) and share with loved ones. Included preset packs: Essential: This pack consists of our most popular and versatile presets Classic: Vintage-inspired pack recreates the look of days gone by Instant: Recreate the look of tradition instant film with this pack Slide: Vivid colors and extreme contrast makes this pack ideal for fashion and outdoors Creative: Reimagine the boundaries of color with this pack Black: Create a stronger emotional connection with your subject by removing the distraction of color Photos by Mark Sebastian

About

Videdit

This app offers a comprehensive suite of over 30 video editing tools. Easily trim, crop, blend, and apply effects like chromakey and mosaic. Enhance your videos with text, stickers, filters, and custom audio, then share your creations.

Highlights
  • Trim and crop videos
  • Apply filters and effects
  • Add text and stickers
  • Adjust playback speed and reverse
  • Compress video files
  • Create GIFs and collages
  • Add particle and distortion effects
Features
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Videdit has more than 30 features: Info, Trim, Crop, Blend, Erase, Chromakey, Mosaic, Splice, Particle, BlingBling, Filter, Text, Sticker, Paint, Tuner, Dub, Speed, Reverse, Zoom, Rotate, Compress, Gif, Collage, Magnifier, Distortion, Reflection ... With Videdit, you can edit your videos in a lot of ways and make them more awesome and different. === SIMPLE AND EASY TO USE === Choose the video from Photo, Select a way of editing, handle it and save or share it. === RICH FEATURES === + View, modify or delete some EXIF and properties of the video file + Trim unwanted parts of the video + Crop the video into any size + Splice videos and images with 100+ transition animation effects + Mosaic a part of the video statically or dynamically: select the shape and type, adjust the blur intensity and speed of moving, drag the handler and move to blur the selected part of the video; can invert the blurred area + Add some text into the video with rich text effects + Adjust the color and effect of the video with dozens of filters + Take a picture from the video + Tuner by which to adjust the pitch and volume of the sound within the video, distort the sound, and add reverb to the sound make the sound have some special effects + Dub for the video and support to adjust the volume + Add special audios into the video with over 200 sound effects + Adjust the playback speed of the video + Replay a selected segment of the video and flexibly set count of loop and the the speed of playing + Let the video playback in reverse order + Zoom in or out the video + Rotate or flip the video and support 3D rotation at any angle + Compress the video by resolution, bit rate and frame rate + Convert the video into GIF + Create a picture-in-picture video + Add borders to video with rich border material + Add static or dynamic stickers to videos and can adjust the size, position, duration, speed, color and so on; can flip it; can choose an image as a static sticker or GIF as a dynamic sticker + Support collage of videos with rich background textures + Paint on the video: select color and width of brush, draw, undo, redo, erase + BlingBling for the video and make them full of brilliance: automatically detect highlights, add spot and star streaks and flexibly adjust their quantity, rotating speed and strength + Add particle effects for the videos: over 100 particle effects templates and rich particle texture images, flexible adjustment of various parameters of particle emission. Use your imagination to add surprises to your videos. + Add magnifier for video: flexibility to select the area to be enlarged and adjust the magnification and display position of the magnifier + Distort video: provide a variety of distortion types and flexibly adjust twist radius, force and center position + Reflect video: provide a variety of reflection filters and flexibly adjust the boundary and center position of reflection + Blend videos: provide 20+ classic blend modes: darken, multiply, color burn, linear burn, lighten, color dodge, linear dodge, overlay, soft light, hard light, average, difference, exclusion and so on; flexibly adjust the opacity, size and position of the foreground; exchange the foreground and the background; make the blended area into a variety of shapes + Erase video: you can flexibly select the erased area (eg. the watermark) by drawing directly on the video to erase the content on the fixed area, and the effect is better for the erased area with simple background color + Chromakey video: chromakey by which a block of a particular color (often blue or green) in a video image can be replaced by another color ... === QUICK RESPONSE === + Real-time preview + Quickly generated + Support 1080P HD output === SAVE AND SHARE === + May save videos to your camera roll + Easily share videos with friends If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact at: mekits@163.com. Thanks for using Videdit.

Screenshots

Filter Candy4 screens
Videdit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Filter Candy at Free against Videdit's $0.99. Filter Candy also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). Videdit's advantage is review sentiment (76% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 5 months). On rating 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Filter Candy is free to download; Videdit costs $0.99 up front. Videdit sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Filter Candy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Videdit holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Videdit has 645 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Filter Candy's written reviews are positive against 76% of Videdit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Filter Candy ships an update every 5 months, Videdit every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Filter Candy versus Videdit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFilter CandyVidedit
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.3 (20 ratings)4.5 (645 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews76.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings20645 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer205L Studio知刚 刘

Customer experience

Filter Candy

All ratings20 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative37.5%

Videdit

All ratings648 ratings
Positive86.6%
Neutral4.8%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews300 reviews
Positive76.0%
Neutral4.3%
Negative19.7%

Bugs and requests

Filter Candy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Videdit

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Can't save edited videos
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Incompatibility issues with iOS 16
  • Restoring in-app purchases not working
  • Videos stuck in iCloud
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  • Editing features randomly locked
  • Audio distortion after editing

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add ability to save edited videos
  • Improve video compression and rendering
  • Add more free features
  • Implement landscape mode
  • Add music and sound effects
Show 1 more
  • Improve duplicate video management

In-app purchases

None

Filter Candy

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Videdit

One-time10
  • CropFree
  • SpliceFree
  • StickerFree
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  • RotateFree
  • MagnifierFree
  • DistortionFree
  • PaintFree
  • ChromakeyFree
  • InfoFree
  • RateFree

Questions

Is Filter Candy free?
Filter Candy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Videdit free?
Videdit costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Filter Candy or Videdit?
Videdit is rated higher. Filter Candy averages 4.3 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Videdit averages 4.5 from 645 ratings.
Do Filter Candy or Videdit have ads?
Videdit shows ads; Filter Candy does not.
Which is updated more often, Filter Candy or Videdit?
Filter Candy ships an update every 5 months, and Videdit every 5 weeks. Most recently, Filter Candy was updated on November 6, 2026 and Videdit on November 6, 2026.

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