Comparison

CapCut vs Screenshot Editor

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

Screenshot Editor

Easily create and edit screenshots with tools to highlight important information and hide sensitive details. Enhance your images with professional templates, device mockups, and text overlays.

Highlights
  • Redact sensitive information
  • Highlight important areas
  • Add text and notes
  • Use device mockups
  • Apply GIF animations
  • Utilize trending templates
Features
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Create and edit your screenshots. Highlight the important and hide the confidential. We added new 7 tools for your screenshots: Redact, Highlight, Underline, Strike, Blur, Blend and Pixel Screencut is an application for quickly creating beautiful screenshots. Easily create screenshots in a powerful editor that supports photos and videos, multiple device mockups, adding notes, overlaying text and GIF animations, and flexible settings for shadows and fillets. The app also offers dozens of the most trending screenshot templates to make your images look stylish and professional. You can create screenshots in just two clicks, directly from the share menu, making the process even faster and more convenient Terms of use: https://seraleev.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://seraleev.com/privacy Support address: programadorviktor@icloud.com

Screenshots

CapCut4 screens
Screenshot Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CapCut at none against Screenshot Editor's shown. CapCut also leads on ratings volume (1.1M vs 126) and chart position (#3 vs unranked). Screenshot Editor's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 50%). 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. CapCut sells 28 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Screenshot Editor sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 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 4.6 for Screenshot Editor. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CapCut has 1.1M ratings behind it against 126, 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 75% of Screenshot Editor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
CapCut versus Screenshot Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCapCutScreenshot Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.1M ratings)4.6 (126 ratings)
Positive reviews49.6% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1M — better126
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
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 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size777 MB99 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBytedance Pte. LtdProgramacion Viktor Seraleev EIRL

Customer experience

CapCut

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

Screenshot Editor

All ratings126 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral4.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

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

Screenshot Editor

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
5 purchases

Screenshot Editor

Subscriptions5
  • Redact, highlight, blur3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • Screencut Premium3 Days trial$9.993 Months
  • Screencut Premium$14.996 Months
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  • Get Premium access$19.991 Year
  • Screencut Premium$24.991 Year

Questions

Is CapCut free?
CapCut is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Screenshot Editor free?
Screenshot Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CapCut or Screenshot Editor?
CapCut and Screenshot Editor are both rated 4.6 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1.1M and 126 ratings respectively.
Do CapCut or Screenshot Editor have ads?
Screenshot Editor shows ads; CapCut does not.
Which is updated more often, CapCut or Screenshot Editor?
CapCut ships an update weekly, and Screenshot Editor weekly. Most recently, CapCut was updated on September 24, 2026 and Screenshot Editor on September 19, 2026.

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