CupCut vs OpenCut
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CupCut
Transform your photos and videos into viral content with AI-powered editing tools. Apply professional filters and effects to create stunning visuals for social media in seconds.
- AI-powered editing
- Professional filters
- Smart AI tools
- Video effects
- Social media content creation
- Fast editing
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AI-powered Editor for stunning photos and videos in seconds. Edit like a pro with powerful filters, effects, and smart AI tools — all in one app. Turn your ideas into viral content for social media, stories, shorts, tiktoks and reels effortlessly.
OpenCut
This app offers a suite of AI-powered tools for video, audio, and photo editing. It can extract audio from videos, restore old photos, separate voice from music, transcribe audio, generate subtitles, and transform media into cartoon styles or emojis.
- AI audio and video editing
- Extract audio from videos
- Restore and enhance old photos
- Separate voice from BGM
- Automatic subtitle generation
- Transform videos to cartoon style
- Create emojis/GIFs from videos
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OpenCut(剪画) is a professional editing kit that helps you create incredible videos, audio and photos easily, and it can also separate voice and BGM and restore old portraits and group photos to HD photos; [Extract Audio] Convert videos to MP3 audio; [Restore Photos]: Restore blurry photos into clear pictures with one click, including group photos; [Separate Lyrics and BGM] Extract voice or BGM from videos or audio; [Transcribe Audios and Videos] Make a transcription of videos and audio; [Translate Videos] Generates subtitles in multiple languages automatically for videos; [AI Generated Effect]: Instantly transform realistical videos into cartoon style videos; [Make Emojis] Convert videos into emojis/gifs with one click; [Transform Photos to Cartoons]: Turn photos into cartoons; [Edit Audios] Edit, merge, splice and add BGM to audios, etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: OpenCut at 100% against CupCut's 24%. OpenCut also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.3 vs 18.0). CupCut's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 1.3) and ratings volume (9.8K vs 3). On price, 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
Both are free to download. CupCut sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and OpenCut sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CupCut holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CupCut has 9.8K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 24% of CupCut's written reviews are positive against 100% of OpenCut's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CupCut ships an update every 3 days, OpenCut fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CupCut | OpenCut |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (9.8K ratings) — better | 1.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 24.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9.8K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jay Patel | Shenzhen Huiyin Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
CupCut
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In-app purchases
CupCut
- Export 3 media$0.29
- Export 20 media$0.99
- Export 100 media$0.99
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- Export 100 media$1.99
- Export 500 media$4.99
OpenCut
- 60 Minutes$1.99
- 3 days$2.99
- 180 minutes$2.99
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- 1 month$6.99
- 3 months$12.99
- 200 Quotas$29.99
- 500 Quotas$49.90
- 1000 Quotas$89.90
- 4000 Quotas$299.99
- 8000 Quotas$399.99
