Cinematical vs Scrolling Credits Maker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cinematical
Easily add black bars to your videos for a cinematic look. Select your video, apply filters, and adjust positioning to achieve the desired effect before saving.
- Add black bars (letterboxing)
- Apply video filters
- Adjust scale and position
- Simple save function
- Select videos easily
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Cinematical adds black bars(Letterboxing) like move and filter your video. How to use is very simple. - Select the video you want. - Select the filter you like. As a default, a color1 filter is selected. - Adjust scale, horizontal/vertical positions if you need. - Hit "Save" button.
Scrolling Credits Maker
Easily create smooth, scrolling end credits for your film projects or social media videos. Customize with your own backgrounds and generate professional-looking video outputs.
- Generate scrolling credits
- Use custom background images/videos
- Smooth animation without jerking
- Create templates
- Save video output
- Social media integration
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Scrolling Credits Maker is a powerful and functional credits generator to use in your projects at the start or end of your film projects. Also perfect social media. Generate scrolling text for TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, promo videos and much more. The credits generated are smooth and flow nicely. Without jerking! Use your own background images or videos! How it works 1) Create a new template 2) Choose your background (image, video or colour) 3) Write your credits 4) The app generates a video that you can save to your files, and use where you like! Subscription terms: - The subscription auto-renews at the end of each term. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. - You may manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Privacy policy and Terms of Use: https://applorium.com/privacy-credits-maker
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cinematical at none against Scrolling Credits Maker's 8. Cinematical also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (75% vs 62%). Scrolling Credits Maker's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Scrolling Credits Maker sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Cinematical asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cinematical holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scrolling Credits Maker has 802 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Cinematical's written reviews are positive against 62% of Scrolling Credits Maker's.
Cinematical ships an update monthly, Scrolling Credits Maker weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cinematical | Scrolling Credits Maker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (26 ratings) — better | 4.3 (802 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 61.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 802 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | REAFO CO., LTD. | Applorium Ltd |
Customer experience
Cinematical
Scrolling Credits Maker
Bugs and requests
Cinematical
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Scrolling Credits Maker
Reported bugs
4 issues- Constant crashing
- Inability to save generated credits
- Freezing during generation
- Incompatibility with older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to import custom fonts
- Scrolling and marquee options
- Progress indicator for generation
- Ability to save videos
In-app purchases
Cinematical
No in-app purchases
Scrolling Credits Maker
- Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
- Annual Subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Gold Package$1.99
- Silver Package B$3.99
- Silver Package A$3.99
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- Gold Package$5.99
- Gold Package$9.99
- Gold Package$19.99
Questions
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