Start Here by Tinrocket vs Afterlight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Start Here by Tinrocket
Easily set a specific starting point for your videos to capture attention instantly. The app preserves video quality and allows for precise trimming, ensuring your content looks its best when shared on social platforms.
- Set custom video start points
- Preserves video quality
- Built-in trim control
- Seamless looping
- Preview starting point
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Grab your audience before they scroll away. Start Here lets you cut to the chase by making it easy to “time-shift” your video posts: Simply load your movie, mark the action, and share. Your video will begin at the best spot when it appears on Instagram or Twitter, and the full video will seamlessly loop when playback repeats. FEATURES: • Video data is preserved when saving for no loss of quality or recompression • Quickly set and preview a new starting point for your video • Built-in trim control for fine-tuning • From Tinrocket, creator of Waterlogue (App Store Best of 2014), This by Tinrocket (App Store Best of 2016), Olli (App Store Best of 2017) KEEP UP WITH TINROCKET: • Follow @Tinrocket on Instagram and Twitter for the latest! • We’re here to help: If you have a question or need assistance, you can always email us at support@tinrocket.com • If you like Start Here, please consider leaving an App Store review or rating. Every review counts and helps indie developers like ourselves. “Grab your audience” and “Grab your audience before they scroll away” are trademarks of Tinrocket, LLC.
Afterlight
Create film-inspired aesthetics for your videos with one-tap presets, authentic overlays, and a range of creative editing tools. Enhance your clips with filters, transitions, and detailed adjustments for a cinematic look.
- One-tap vintage presets
- Authentic film overlays
- Seamless clip transitions
- 32 creative filters
- Precise clip editing tools
- Advanced adjustment tools
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Meet AFTERLIGHT VIDEO: your mobile video editing companion. Tell your story with film-inspired aesthetics: one-tap Presets, authentic film overlays, and a full set of creative tools built to feel like your camera, not a timeline. { VINTAGE PRESETS IN ONE TAP } An ever-growing library of one-tap Presets for any mood. Apply, preview, and fully customize for an original, film-inspired look. - 29+ full-edit Presets, applied in a single tap - Inspired by a range of camera and film types, built with old film videography in mind - Each Preset combines filters, overlays, frames, and unique effects - Tap to preview, tap again to edit - Like most of a Preset but not all of it? Pull out what you don't want, you're in control { AUTHENTIC FILM OVERLAYS } Real film scans, not simulations. Choose from Dust, Light Leak, and Glitch overlays to add texture and imperfection to your videos. { SEAMLESS CLIP TRANSITIONS } Upload multiple clips and use the transition button in your timeline to move between them with a range of creative transition styles. { CLIP EDITING & ADJUSTMENTS } 32 Filters to play with, plus a precision clip selector: trim, flip/rotate, speed up. Finish with a full adjustment kit: Brightness, Contrast, Vibrance, Chroma, our newly updated Grain, Clarify, Glow, Exposure, Highlights, Shadows, Temp, Tint, or lower FPS for a more cinematic feel. Privacy & Terms — https://afterlight.co/privacy Have a question? — https://afterlight.co/support Follow us Instagram @afterlight TikTok @afterlightapp
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Afterlight at Free against Start Here by Tinrocket's $0.99. Afterlight also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 70%) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). Start Here by Tinrocket's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). On ads and iOS requirement 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
Afterlight is free to download; Start Here by Tinrocket costs $0.99 up front. Afterlight sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Start Here by Tinrocket asks for nothing beyond the download.
Afterlight holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 171 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Start Here by Tinrocket's written reviews are positive against 90% of Afterlight's.
Start Here by Tinrocket ships an update every 3 days, Afterlight fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Start Here by Tinrocket | Afterlight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (35 ratings) | 4.6 (171 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 35 | 171 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 251 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tinrocket, LLC | Afterlight Collective, Inc |
Customer experience
Start Here by Tinrocket
Afterlight
Bugs and requests
Start Here by Tinrocket
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Afterlight
Reported bugs
2 issues- Exporting darkens videos
- Videos darken when uploaded to Instagram Stories
Requested features
6 requests- Add more filters & presets
- Add more vintage effect variations
- Add text adding features
- Add 4K export at 60fps
- Revamp the whole system
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- Add more transition options
In-app purchases
Start Here by Tinrocket
No in-app purchases
Afterlight
- PRO Monthly$2.991 Month
- PRO Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
- PRO Lifetime$35.99
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