Comparison

Video Resize & Scale vs AR Lightning

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

Head to head
About

Video Resize & Scale

Easily adjust video dimensions, aspect ratios, and file sizes. Add custom backgrounds, blur effects, or crop sections to fit any screen or social media platform. Supports various export options and direct camera recording.

Highlights
  • Modify video dimensions precisely
  • Add animated blurred or solid color backgrounds
  • Convert portrait to landscape and vice versa
  • Stretch and distort video for aspect ratio changes
  • Easily position input video within output
  • Reduce video file size
  • Add custom borders and blur effects
Features
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With Video Resize & Scale - HD, change the dimensions of your videos with precision, by stretching the image or by adding a beautiful and configurable animated blurred background. More specifically, here are the main things you can do with the application: • Modify the dimensions of your video by precisely entering the width and height, or by quickly selecting a predefined usual values (720p, Device Portrait / Letter ...). • Create squared videos from your videos, by adding an animated blurred background (or a fixed color) around your source video (Letterbox feature). • Convert your protrait videos to landscape videos (and vice versa) by either adding a background around your video or by cropping fixed extremities of your video. • Modify the aspect ratio of your videos by stretching them, and then distorting the image. • Easilily position your input video in the output one, thanks to some presets : (center / fill / aspect fill / aspect fill ...), or direclty entre the position in pixels. • Reduce the file size of your videos by making the dimensions smaller, to preserve disk space, or to quickly send them to your friends or on your social networks. • Remove the potential hidden extra pixels (outside the clean aperture) that are inside some video (like the ones in the Live Photos), to make the video smaller. • Force the display of those hidden pixels (outside the clean aperture). They are usually nor meant to be displayed but they might contain some interesting information. • Change an exotic pixel format (PAR) to a square pixel format for better compatibility. Thanks to the customisable settings, the app will also let you: • Add a fixed color border around your video. • Add a soft blurred glowy halo around your video. • Totally blur your video. • Totally fade your video with a custom colour. • Precisely position 2 instances of your source video in the output video, allowing you some fun effects like having it side by side. The Input video can be imported from your device in several ways. The modified version (if there is one) or the original version of the video are both available. The camera can be used directly to record a video if needed. You can also connect your device to your computer in order to drag and drop specific videos (Files feature). The output video can be exported in several ways. Create a new video in the Photo app or in the Files app. Directly modify the input video by adding an edited version. Share the video to another application. This application can run, on your iPhone and your iPad, as a standalone application, a Photo Extension, or as an Action Extension (from the compatible applications like the Photo app). Portrait and Landscape orientations are supported in all screens. Dark mode of iOS13 is supported. You will find the original and intuitive user interface, common to all our videos applications. These applications have been featured many times by Apple and various websites.

About

AR Lightning

Create realistic lightning effects from your fingertips using augmented reality. Control the direction and intensity of the lightning in real-time by changing your hand pose. Save your creations as videos or photos and share them.

Highlights
  • AR hand pose recognition
  • Real-time lightning control
  • Customizable ray color and power
  • Save as video or photo
  • Share to social media
  • Select photos from camera roll
Features
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●This app recognizes the pose of the hand captured by the AR camera and emits a flashy force lightning ray from the finger. ●Apple's human body image recognition technology is used to recognize hand pose images. ●By changing the pose of the hand, you can freely control the direction and on / off of the light beam in real time. In Star Wars, Sith's Dark Sidious and Count Dooku were fighting the Jedi Knights with this Force Lightning as a weapon. The rays of light emitted from the fingers in the camera are amazing just by looking at them. You can enjoy this Force Lightning effect on the AR screen that is displayed in real time. You can also save the powerful image in a video or photo or share it on SNS. You can even select a photo stored in your camera roll and save it to a video or photo. Let's enjoy the feeling of Star Wars. [Image Selection] - AR camera - Camera shooting: Photograph - Camera roll: Photo [Settings] - Selection of light emitting fingers (common to both hands) - Ray color setting (RGBA slider) - Background brightness - Ray power - Sound effect switch - Video length (5-30 seconds) - Save resolution [output] - Save to camera roll: videos, photos - Video / Photo Sharing: AirDrop, LINE, Facebook, Dropbox, Instagram, ...

Screenshots

Video Resize & Scale4 screens
AR Lightning4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Video Resize & Scale at 70% against AR Lightning's 0%. Video Resize & Scale also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (12 vs 3). AR Lightning's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Video Resize & Scale costs $1.99 and AR Lightning $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Video Resize & Scale holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Video Resize & Scale's written reviews are positive against 0% of AR Lightning's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Video Resize & Scale ships an update every 2 months, AR Lightning weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Video Resize & Scale versus AR Lightning: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVideo Resize & ScaleAR Lightning
Price$1.99$1.99
Rating4.2 (12 ratings) — better2.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrancis BonninMasanori Katsuta

Customer experience

Video Resize & Scale

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.0%

AR Lightning

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Video Resize & Scale

No in-app purchases

None

AR Lightning

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Video Resize & Scale free?
Video Resize & Scale costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AR Lightning free?
AR Lightning costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Video Resize & Scale or AR Lightning?
Video Resize & Scale is rated higher. Video Resize & Scale averages 4.2 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while AR Lightning averages 2.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Video Resize & Scale or AR Lightning have ads?
Neither Video Resize & Scale nor AR Lightning shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Video Resize & Scale or AR Lightning?
Video Resize & Scale ships an update every 2 months, and AR Lightning weekly. Most recently, Video Resize & Scale was updated on October 26, 2026 and AR Lightning on October 24, 2026.

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