Comparison

Merge Videos vs ImageReady

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

Head to head
About

Merge Videos

Easily combine multiple video clips into a single, cohesive story. This app allows you to rearrange clips, mix portrait and landscape formats, and automatically optimizes frame rates for a seamless viewing experience. Perfect for creating compilations from your recorded footage.

Highlights
  • Merge multiple videos
  • Rearrange video order
  • Combine portrait and landscape videos
  • Automatic frame rate optimization
  • Save to camera roll
  • Preview videos
Features
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This app is great for creating stories especially if you have recorded multiple videos. Merge all your videos into a single video. Portrait and landscape videos can be combined together in the same video. After you have imported all your videos, you can also rearrange in any order you choose. This app is very simple and focuses only in providing you with the best possible videos merged. It will automatically set the frames per second accordingly. This app is great for beginners, experts or someone that just want to merge some videos together. Videos will be saved directly to your camera roll. You can combine more than a dozen videos together, as long as your device has the storage space. You can view the size of each video individually as well preview them.

About

ImageReady

Features
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ImageReady is a fast, simple, and powerful image utility for resizing, compressing, converting, and arranging photos into clean collage layouts. Designed for creators, sellers, and everyday users, ImageReady helps you quickly prepare images for social media, chat apps, marketplaces, and sharing. You can resize photos to common aspect ratios, reduce file size, convert formats, and combine multiple images into one polished collage. With a clean interface and instant preview, ImageReady makes image editing feel effortless. Adjust spacing, borders, corner radius, background color, and layout presets in real time, then export in high quality with just a few taps. Key features: Resize images to popular aspect ratios Compress photos to reduce file size Convert image formats quickly Create collages with preset layouts Adjust spacing, margins, borders, and rounded corners Real-time preview while editing Export in high quality Simple, fast, and easy to use ImageReady is built for speed and clarity, so you can get the exact result you want without complex editing tools.

Screenshots

Merge Videos4 screens
ImageReady4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Merge Videos at none against ImageReady's 1. On price, update cadence, ads 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

Both are free to download. ImageReady sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Merge Videos asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Merge Videos ships an update every 3 months, ImageReady every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Merge Videos versus ImageReady: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMerge VideosImageReady
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (1.7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews26.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.7K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaroun Abi RamiaLuan Cu Xuan

Bugs and requests

Merge Videos

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Videos only save as audio or black screen
  • App freezes or crashes when trying to merge videos
  • Ads prevent exiting the app

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add video editing tools (trim, split, add text/effects)
  • Improve video quality and stability
  • Allow reordering of merged videos

ImageReady

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Merge Videos

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ImageReady

One-time1
  • ImageReady Pro Lifetime$6.99

Questions

Is Merge Videos free?
Merge Videos is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ImageReady free?
ImageReady is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Merge Videos or ImageReady have ads?
Neither Merge Videos nor ImageReady shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Merge Videos or ImageReady?
Merge Videos ships an update every 3 months, and ImageReady every 2 months. Most recently, Merge Videos was updated on October 24, 2026 and ImageReady on October 14, 2026.

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