Comparison

Thumbnail Maker Studio Editor vs CapCut

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

Head to head
About

Thumbnail Maker Studio Editor

Easily create custom video thumbnails for your YouTube channel with a variety of templates, backgrounds, fonts, and stickers. Enhance your visuals with professional filters and unique design elements to make your videos stand out.

Highlights
  • Customizable templates
  • 1000+ backgrounds
  • 100+ typography fonts
  • Popular stickers
  • Professional filters
  • Add shapes and curves
Features
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Just a few steps and you can create perfect custom video thumbnails. Thumbnail maker is the easiest app to create thumbnails for your youtube channel. Perfectly cropped to 1280x720, you can create the perfect video thumbnail for your youtube videos. Here are some of the awesome features: -Popular & trending stickers to highlight the best part of your videos. -Select from different templates for the most suitable one to begin with 1000+ Backgrounds -Select from a huge variety of backgrounds to create your thumbnails or simply import your own Backgrounds -Over 100+ Typography fonts uniquely designed fonts to create the most stunning thumbnails -Add unique curves or shapes to make your thumbnail stand out -Enhance the visual appeal of your thumbnails with 30+ professionally designed filters Thumbnail Maker Premium We currently offer the following auto-renewing subscription option: -$3.99 per week -3 days of free trial followed by $9.99 per month By subscribing you get unlimited access to music, stickers, effects and save unlimited videos. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Terms of Use: https://tos.vidanimate.co Privacy Policy: https://privacy.vidanimate.co

About

CapCut

Create professional-looking videos with a wide range of editing tools, including advanced features like keyframe animation, chroma key, and stabilization. Add text, effects, music, and auto-generated captions to make your content stand out on social media.

Highlights
  • Keyframe animation
  • Smooth slow-motion
  • Chroma key
  • Stabilization
  • Auto captions
  • Background removal
  • Trending effects & filters
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CapCut offers easy-to-use video editing functions, in-APP fonts and effects, advanced features such as keyframe animation, smooth slow-motion, chroma key, and stabilization, to help you capture and snip moments. Create fancy videos with other unique features: auto captions, text-to-speech, motion tracking, and background removal. Show your personality and go viral on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook! FEATURES Basic video editing • Trim and shorten clips and split or merge videos. • Adjust video speed from 0.1x to 100x, and apply speed curves to clips. • Animate video clips with incredible zoom in/out effects. • Highlight the best moments with the freeze feature. • Explore transition options with awesome effects on and between clips. Advanced video editor • Keyframe video animation is available for all settings. • Edit videos to create smooth slow-motion with the optical flow feature and speed curve tool. • Use the chroma key to remove specific colors from videos. • Easy to arrange and preview clips on multi-track timeline. • The stabilizing feature keeps video footage steady. Intelligent features • Auto captions: automate speech recognition and subtitles in videos. • Text-to-speech: apply text-to-speech in multiple languages and voices. • Background removal: automatically remove backgrounds. Text & Stickers • Add text to videos with different fonts and styles, choose unique text templates. Fonts can be imported locally. • Subtitles can be added to the timeline of video tracks and can be moved and adjusted in one step. Trending Effects & Filters • Match video content with diverse filters that are updated weekly with the latest trends. • Edit videos with hundreds of trending effects, including Glitch, Blur, 3D, etc. • Add movie-style video filters or adjust video brightness, contrast, etc. Music & Sound Effects • Add millions of music clips and sound effects to videos. • Extract audio, clips, and recordings from videos. Easy to Share • Custom video export resolution, HD video editor supports 4K 60fps exports and smart HDR. • Adjust the format and share with your friends on social media platforms. CapCut is an all-in-one video editor and video maker application with everything you need to create stunning, high-quality videos. Beginners can get started with CapCut in a matter of seconds, while advanced users can enjoy all the functions they need to edit videos. Terms of Service — https://www.capcut.com/clause/terms-of-service Privacy Policy — https://www.capcut.net/clause/privacy Contact Us Any questions about CapCut? Please contact us at capcut.support@bytedance.com. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/capcutapp Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/capcutapp YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/capcutofficial TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capcut

Screenshots

Thumbnail Maker Studio Editor4 screens
CapCut4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CapCut at none against Thumbnail Maker Studio Editor's shown. CapCut also leads on ratings volume (1.1M vs 427) and chart position (#2 vs unranked). Thumbnail Maker Studio Editor's advantage is review sentiment (78% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Thumbnail Maker Studio Editor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and CapCut sells 28 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CapCut holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CapCut has 1.1M ratings behind it against 427, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of Thumbnail Maker Studio Editor's written reviews are positive against 50% of CapCut's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thumbnail Maker Studio Editor ships an update every 8 days, CapCut weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Thumbnail Maker Studio Editor versus CapCut: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThumbnail Maker Studio EditorCapCut
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (427 ratings)4.6 (1.1M ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.0% of reviews — better49.6% of reviews
Number of ratings4271.1M — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#2 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size254 MB777 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPolymath Company LimitedBytedance Pte. Ltd

Customer experience

Thumbnail Maker Studio Editor

All ratings427 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral4.0%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews209 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative15.3%

CapCut

All ratings1,121,417 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral2.6%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews17,823 reviews
Positive49.6%
Neutral9.5%
Negative40.9%

User reviews

Thumbnail Maker Studio Editor

From 427 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Efficient thumbnail creation
  • 💡 Helpful for YouTube/social media
  • 🎨 Good editing tools and features

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing
  • 💤 Slow performance and loading issues
  • 📢 Too many ads
  • 🔒 Saving/exporting problems

CapCut

From 1.1M App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Beginner-friendly
  • 🚀 Efficient editing
  • 👍 Extensive effects and templates
  • 🚀 Fast rendering

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Laggy performance
  • 🐛 Glitchy behavior
  • 💰 Excessive monetization
  • 🐛 Unreliable storage management
  • 🐛 Buggy audio/video synchronization

Bugs and requests

Thumbnail Maker Studio Editor

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes when accessing 'My Projects'
  • Inability to save or export thumbnails
  • Text input issues and glitches
  • Compatibility problems on certain devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • More customization options
  • Cut-out and sticker maker
  • Better text editing tools
  • Improved stability and reliability

CapCut

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Deleted projects not recoverable
  • Camera/video recording issues
  • Inconsistent performance across devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved slow motion feature
  • More advanced editing tools (e.g. graphs, custom transitions)
  • Better audio editing capabilities
  • Organizational features (e.g. folders, project management)
  • Expanded language support

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Thumbnail Maker Studio Editor

Subscriptions2
  • ThumbnailMaker Premium Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Thumbnail Maker PremiumMonthly$9.991 Month
One-time1
  • Thumbnail Maker Life Time$29.99
28 purchases

CapCut

Subscriptions21
  • capcut cloud space$1.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$5.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription3 variants$7.991 Month
Show 18 more
  • MonthlySubscription—7days free7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial3 variants$7.991 Month
  • Standard Monthly Subscription1 Month trial3 variants$9.991 Month
  • Standard Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial2 variants$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$10.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$12.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$19.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$19.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly Subscription$19.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial2 variants$19.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription7 Days trial$62.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription$89.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • Standard Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • Annual Subscriptions1 Year trial$89.991 Year
One-time7
  • Template Editing$0.49
  • Make Reservation$0.99
  • One-month PRO$11.99
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  • One Month Standard$11.99
  • One- year PRO$54.99
  • One-year Standard$77.00
  • One-year Pro$77.00

Questions

Is Thumbnail Maker Studio Editor free?
Thumbnail Maker Studio Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CapCut free?
CapCut is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Thumbnail Maker Studio Editor or CapCut?
CapCut is rated higher. Thumbnail Maker Studio Editor averages 4.4 out of 5 from 427 ratings, while CapCut averages 4.6 from 1.1M ratings.
Do Thumbnail Maker Studio Editor or CapCut have ads?
Thumbnail Maker Studio Editor shows ads; CapCut does not.
Which is updated more often, Thumbnail Maker Studio Editor or CapCut?
Thumbnail Maker Studio Editor ships an update every 8 days, and CapCut weekly. Most recently, Thumbnail Maker Studio Editor was updated on September 24, 2026 and CapCut on September 26, 2026.

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