TikCut vs VidKit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TikCut
This app offers a comprehensive suite of audio and video editing tools for Mac and iOS. Easily segment, merge, and manipulate media with multi-track support, dynamic effects, and automatic transcription. Create engaging content with advanced features like keyframes and 3D scenes.
- Audio and video segmentation, merge, delete
- Video filters and parameter adjustment
- Dynamic subtitle effects
- 3D scene creation
- Auto recognize audio to text
- Auto cutout foreground object
- Keyframe animation
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TikCut is an easy to use, comprehensive audio and video editing tools. Both Mac & iOS version is available. 「Easy to operate」 It is convenient for fragment segmentation, merge and deletion, and supports various quick drag and drop operations. Support multi track editing, easy to add audio, video, pictures and other materials. 「Main functions」 • Support audio and video segmentation, merge, delete, adjust druation, copy, paste or other basic operations. • Support various filters and parameter adjustment of video. • Support dynamic subtitle effect. • Support 3D scene and replace the specified picture in the scene as your own video • Support various dynamic gif stickers • Support a large number of transition • Support auto recognize audio to text • Support auto cutout the foreground object • Support key frames • Support video mask SUBSCRIBE TIKCUT • Products: Monthly Subscription, Yearly Subscription • Type: Non Auto-Renewable Subscriptions • Price: $45.99/year, $9.99/month • Terms of Service: https://tikcut.live/termservice.html • Privacy Policy: https://tikcut.live/privacy.html
VidKit
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VidKit is a fast, private, offline video editor. Everything happens on your iPhone — no account, no upload, no server. EDITING • Trim, split, and reorder clips on a multi-track timeline • Add still images with adjustable display duration • 24+ transitions: dissolve, fade, slide, zoom, wipe, pixelize, radial, diagonal and more • Per-clip speed (0.1× – 4×), reverse, freeze frame • Rotate, flip, crop, mask (circle / rectangle) TEXT & OVERLAYS • Customizable text with font, size, color, bold, italic, alignment • Keyframeable position, scale, opacity, and rotation • Image and video overlays with chroma key (green screen) • Per-layer blend modes COLOR & FILTERS • Brightness, contrast, saturation, hue • HSL grading per color range • Curves with per-channel control • Import your own .cube 3D LUTs • Non-destructive — all adjustments are stored, never baked AUDIO • Multi-track audio (music, voiceover, extracted audio) • Per-track fade in/out, EQ (bass/treble), echo, reverb • Beat sync — auto-detect BPM and snap clips to the beat • In-app voiceover recording EXPORT • MP4 / MOV • Up to 4K at 60fps • Real bitrate control (not just presets) • Output saved to Photos PRIVACY • All processing happens on your device • No account or sign-in required • No analytics or tracking beyond ad requirements • Remove watermark with one short video ad Built for creators who want a full-featured editor without the subscription fatigue. Free with ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: VidKit at none against TikCut's 4. VidKit also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). TikCut's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (4 vs 2). On price 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
Both are free to download. TikCut sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. VidKit asks for nothing beyond the download.
TikCut ships an update every 2 months, VidKit every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TikCut | VidKit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 166 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 法钱 谢 | Burak Bebek |
In-app purchases
TikCut
- 100 Credits Package$4.99
- One Month Fee$9.99
- 500 Credits Package$9.99
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- One Year Fee$45.99
VidKit
No in-app purchases









