Video Highlighter vs 'splain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Video Highlighter
Draw attention to specific areas or subjects within your videos. Customize borders with adjustable colors, thickness, and opacity. Apply highlights to chosen durations or the entire video.
- Highlight selected video areas
- Customizable border colors
- Adjustable border thickness
- Set border opacity
- Apply highlights for specific durations
- In-app video previewer
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Highlight a video and put focus on a person or object by adding coloured borders around them.Using the application, any area of interest could be highlighted. The application puts a rectangular or square border around the area of interest.Also, the color and border width could be adjusted as per the requirements. For example : The color of the border could be changed to Yellow, blue, green or any other color of choice. The application comes with a color picker using which a wide range of colors could be selected.Also, the thickness of the border could be adjusted as per the requirements for better visibility. Highlighting a video could be useful in many ways as below : -- In sports, if you want to highlight a player, this could be done using the application. -- Highlighting an area in a Tutorial video or in a lecture video. -- Highlighting a person in a crowd. -- Highlighting object like a shop or vehicle in a video. -- Highlighting an important person in an event. Below are the features of the application: **Applying highlight for duration of choice : Using the application, the highlight effect could be applied for a selected duration or for the entire duration.For example : If there is a video of duration 10 minutes , the highlight could be applied only between 2nd to 4th minutes. If required, the highlight effect could be applied to the entire video as well. ** Select an area of choice : Select any area of choice in a video to highlight. ** Set any color to the border. ** Change the thickness of the border as per the requirements. ** Change opacity of the border color (from the color picker). ** Inbuilt previewer to view the created videos inside the application itself.
'splain
Easily add text, annotations, and visual elements to your photos and videos. Customize with a variety of fonts, colors, and sizes. Save your creations or share them directly to social media.
- Point and tag functionality
- Customizable fonts, colors, and sizes
- Direct sharing to social media
- Internal photo album
- Slideshow functionality
- Supports photos and videos
- Keyframe editing for videos
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Splain your photos with speed with the best point and tag app for iPhone! * simple, easy to use interface * lots of fonts, colors, and sizes to choose from * easily share to SNS or save for later * internal photo album and slideshow functionlity * supports still photos or videos * keyframes to modify adding and moving during video playback and more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 'splain at 5.0 against Video Highlighter's 3.4. 'splain also leads on price ($1.99 vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). Video Highlighter's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads 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
Video Highlighter costs $3.99 and 'splain $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
'splain holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Video Highlighter has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Video Highlighter's written reviews are positive against 45% of 'splain's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Video Highlighter ships an update every 44 months, 'splain every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Video Highlighter | 'splain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.4 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 45.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 44 months | Every 29 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ruchira Ramesh | GREEN MONSTER .INC |
Customer experience
Video Highlighter
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In-app purchases
Video Highlighter
No in-app purchases
'splain
No in-app purchases
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