Comparison

CapCut vs New Layer

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

Head to head
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

About

New Layer

Experience a metaverse connected to the real world. This application allows you to place virtual objects into your physical surroundings using augmented reality. Explore and interact with virtual content overlaid onto your environment.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality viewer
  • Place virtual objects in real world
  • Connect to Unisphere metaverse
  • View 3D art in AR
  • Metaverse integration
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Unisphere is a metaverse connected to the real world. Unisphere makes it possible to place virtual things in the real world! The New Layer is a client for connecting to the Unisphere metaverse. Welcome to the Unisphere metaverse!

Screenshots

CapCut4 screens
New Layer4 screens

Verdict

The call

CapCut and New Layer both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 95% of New Layer's written reviews are positive against 50% of CapCut's. CapCut's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.1M vs 217). On price, rating, 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

Both are free to download. CapCut sells 28 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and New Layer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for CapCut against 4.7 for New Layer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CapCut has 1.1M ratings behind it against 217, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of CapCut's written reviews are positive against 95% of New Layer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CapCut ships an update weekly, New Layer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and July 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
CapCut versus New Layer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCapCutNew Layer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.1M ratings)4.7 (217 ratings) — better
Positive reviews49.6% of reviews95.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1M — better217
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#3 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size777 MB119 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBytedance Pte. Ltdar-generation

Customer experience

CapCut

All ratings1,121,417 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral2.6%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews17,775 reviews
Positive49.6%
Neutral9.5%
Negative40.9%

New Layer

All ratings217 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive95.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.8%

Bugs and requests

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

New Layer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

28 purchases

CapCut

Subscriptions21
  • capcut cloud space$1.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$5.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription3 variants$7.991 Month
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  • 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
3 purchases

New Layer

Subscriptions3
  • New Layer PREMIUM for 1 week$4.497 Days
  • New Layer PREMIUM$4.991 Month
  • New Layer PREMIUM for 1 year$28.491 Year

Questions

Is CapCut free?
CapCut is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is New Layer free?
New Layer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CapCut or New Layer?
New Layer is rated higher. CapCut averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.1M ratings, while New Layer averages 4.7 from 217 ratings.
Do CapCut or New Layer have ads?
New Layer shows ads; CapCut does not.
Which is updated more often, CapCut or New Layer?
CapCut ships an update weekly, and New Layer every 3 weeks. Most recently, CapCut was updated on September 24, 2026 and New Layer on July 6, 2026.

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