Comparison

splice vs Retouch

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

Head to head
About

splice

Easily create professional-looking marketing and social videos with a variety of templates, special effects, and editing tools. Enhance your videos with music, dubbing, filters, and flexible text options for a polished final product.

Highlights
  • Short video editing for marketing
  • Special effects and filters
  • Photo album MV creation
  • Flexible text editing
  • Professional color matching
  • Background music and dubbing
  • Easy sharing to social media
Features
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【Short Video Editor for Professional Marketing & Special Effects】 Only one second, just one second, to beautify your short video into your imagination! Are you still worried about the simplicity of the video? Are you still worried about the lack of "charm" in the promotional videos? Are you still upset that social videos aren't as "beautiful" as others? With WeVideo, any video problem is not a problem. There is no need for complex operation, nor the complexity of computer professional software, just a few simple steps, and then mediocre video instantly become high-power. Make your social life a "mini-sister" and make your marketing work twice as well with half the effort. It's all that simple. 【Very very fast】Fast is what we are born with. Fast is operation, fast is speed, fast is happiness. 【Many templates】There are all kinds of templates for health care, sports, fashion, diet, tourism, real estate, commerce and so on. 【Special effects video】When shooting videos, add features such as raindrops, ripples, lightning, ice cream and so on. 【Photo album MV】Synthesizes photos into video MV, and can dub at the same time. 【Flexible Text】Flexible text editing function, easy to edit text at will, a variety of Chinese and English font for choice. 【Professional color matching】There are a variety of color matching schemes for professional designers to choose from. You just need to gently click and enjoy the beauty. 【Beautiful Music】Choose the appropriate background music according to the content of the video. 【Unique dubbing】can be recorded live as a narrator of the video. 【Good filters】A variety of filters are available to make the video more effective. 【Convenient video clip】Video can be easily clipped. 【Easy to share】You can share the video with the major communities apps to meet all social media advertising needs and other occasions. =========================== Subscription options: =========================== $6.99 per month $13.49 per year These songs by Audionautix(music by audionautix.com) in app are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews for the same price and duration period as the original "one month"/"one year" package 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 at the cost of the chosen package (monthly or yearly package). - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's iTunes Account Settings after purchase. - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. - You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription setting through your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Please visit http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4098 for more information. - You may turn off the auto-renewal of your subscription via your iTunes Account Settings. However, you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. - Any unused portion of a free-trial period, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. - Terms of Use:http:http://ink-image.com/terms.html - Privacy Policy:http://ink-image.com/Privacy-Policy.html If you have any suggestions and suggestions, please contact us. The official website:http://ink-image.com

About

Retouch

Effortlessly remove unwanted objects, people, and backgrounds from your photos. Enhance selfies with skin retouching, body reshaping, and a variety of filters and adjustments for professional-looking results.

Highlights
  • AI object and people removal
  • Background changer
  • Face and body reshaping
  • Skin retouching
  • Photo adjustments and filters
  • HD quality export
Features
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Retouch AI can auto detect, remove objects, people and background from your photos RETOUCH - Photo & Selfies Editor is the best option for you with enhanced photo editing tools & exclusive features such as skin whitening, acne & blemish removal, body reshape, object erase, background change, сropping, text, filters, and many other up-to-date retouch functions. You will get an impactful and easy photo retouch experience with RETOUCH - Photo & Selfies Editor with advanced features includes: EASY OBJECT ERASER • Remove and restore unwanted objects like clothes, people, watermarks- no matter the complexity - with resizeable brush and pixel zoom. PRACTICAL BACKGROUND CHANGER: • Easily cut-out, remove background or transparent it and replace with a new one from our selective backgrounds or your own selections. FACE STRUCTURE RETOUCH (NEW) • Beautify your selfie, slim your face, enlarge your eyes acne & blemish blur, pimple & wrinkle removal, editors that will make you look gorgeous in every way. BODY SHAPE EDITOR (NEW) • Reshape your body and facial structure or any specific area, for example, arms, breast, abs, as well as buffing your muscle. POWERFUL ADJUSTMENT: • Professionally enhance your pics with customized exposure, contrast, saturation, vibrance, warmth, tint, shadows, highlights, fade, sharpness, and blur. 1-TAP FILTERS AND EFFECTS: • Elevate your photos simply by add-in stunning customizable filters, creative glitch effects, background blurring, and so on. SAVE WITH HD QUALITY • Export your works quickly to high-quality output. PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION - Subscription starts from USD 2.99. + a week subscription + a month subscription + a year subscription • Check in app for exact pricing in your region • Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew (at the duration/price selected) 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, and identify the cost of the renewal. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable • You can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by going to your iTunes Account Settings, but refunds will not be given for any unused portion of the term. Terms of Service: https://www.maplelabs.co/policies/#terms Privacy: https://www.maplelabs.co/policies/#terms If you have any feedback, do not hesitate to contact us at support@maplelabs.co

Screenshots

splice4 screens
Retouch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Retouch at 4.4 against splice's 3.8. Retouch also leads on ratings volume (8.1K vs 12) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). splice's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (40% vs 8%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. splice sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Retouch sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Retouch holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Retouch has 8.1K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of splice's written reviews are positive against 8% of Retouch's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

splice ships an update every 2 months, Retouch every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
splice versus Retouch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterspliceRetouch
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (12 ratings)4.4 (8.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews — better7.7% of reviews
Number of ratings128.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size319 MB206 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer昌 田Maple Labs Co., Ltd

Customer experience

splice

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

Retouch

All ratings8,122 ratings
Positive84.5%
Neutral2.9%
Negative12.6%
Written reviews155 reviews
Positive7.7%
Neutral2.6%
Negative89.7%

Bugs and requests

splice

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Retouch

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Freezes/Crashes
  • Removal tools don't work
  • Subscription issues/Unable to cancel

Requested features

4 requests
  • Need tutorial/instructions
  • Allow manual object selection
  • Improve background removal quality
  • Add language options

In-app purchases

3 purchases

splice

Subscriptions2
  • Unlock all&Rm ads$7.991 Month
  • Unlock all&Rm ads3 Days trial$21.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlock all forever&Rm ads$54.99
10 purchases

Retouch

Subscriptions7
  • Premium3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Premium$5.997 Days
  • Premium$9.997 Days
Show 4 more
  • Premium1 Month trial$19.991 Month
  • Premium$19.991 Year
  • Premium3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Premium2 variants$39.991 Year
One-time3
  • Lifetime Offer$19.99
  • Lifetime Offer$29.99
  • Lifetime 1$39.99

Questions

Is splice free?
splice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Retouch free?
Retouch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, splice or Retouch?
Retouch is rated higher. splice averages 3.8 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Retouch averages 4.4 from 8.1K ratings.
Do splice or Retouch have ads?
Retouch shows ads; splice does not.
Which is updated more often, splice or Retouch?
splice ships an update every 2 months, and Retouch every 2 weeks. Most recently, splice was updated on October 26, 2026 and Retouch on October 29, 2026.

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