Comparison

Splice vs VSilencer

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

Head to head
About

Splice

Create professional-looking videos with a powerful yet simple mobile editor. Easily trim clips, add effects, customize soundtracks with royalty-free music, and share your creations directly to social media.

Highlights
  • Trim, cut, and crop video clips
  • Adjust exposure, contrast, and saturation
  • Speed ramping for slow or fast motion
  • Overlay clips and apply masks
  • Chroma Key for background removal
  • Royalty-free music library
  • Voice recorder for narration
Features
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Simple yet powerful, Splice makes it easy to create fully customized, professional-looking videos on your iPhone or iPad. Imagine the performance of a desktop editor, optimized for your mobile device. Just tap to trim clips, add slow motion effects, and overlay multiple clips to create beautiful videos you’ll love to share. It’s never been easier to edit like a pro on the go. POWERFUL EDITING TOOLS MADE SIMPLE + Trim, cut, and crop your photos and video clips. + Refine your clips by adjusting exposure, contrast, saturation, and more. + Adjust playback speed for fast or slow motion, now also with speed ramping. + Overlay photos or videos and apply masks to create incredible effects. + Remove background with Chroma Key. + Animate your clips with the Ken Burns effect. + Apply filters and adjust background colors, orientation, and more. + Add amazing effects: glitch, chroma, vintage, and lots more. + Choose your transition style and control the speed between transitions. + Add title slides, text overlays, and a custom outro. + Bring your photos to life and create slideshows with pan and zoom effects. CUSTOMIZE THE PERFECT SOUNDTRACK + Choose songs from 6,000+ royalty-free tracks from Artlist and Shutterstock libraries. + Trim and mix multiple audio tracks with precision. + Use a song from your own iTunes collection (subject to iTunes terms). + Add narration or custom sound effects with the built-in voice recorder. EASILY SHARE + SAVE YOUR VIDEO + Share right to YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Mail, Messages, and more. + Save videos to your camera roll. SUBSCRIPTION INFO: Subscribe to take advantage of the features described above. • Subscription length: weekly, monthly, yearly • Your payment will be charged to your iTunes Account as soon as you confirm your purchase. • You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal from your Account Settings after the purchase. • Your subscription will renew automatically, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • The cost of renewal will be charged to your account in the 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. • When canceling a subscription, your subscription will stay active until the end of the period. Auto-renewal will be disabled, but the current subscription will not be refunded. • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when purchasing a subscription.

About

VSilencer

Easily mute the audio of your videos. Choose between a simple one-tap mute or a more controlled approach that lets you replace specific video sections with silence or bleep sounds.

Highlights
  • Mute video audio
  • Simple Mode for quick muting
  • Time Range Mode for specific sections
  • Replace audio with silence
  • Replace audio with bleep sounds
  • Independent volume control
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This app is designed to mute the audio of a video. Unleash the power of silence in your videos with effortless precision. Easily mute audio in Simple Mode by selecting your video and pressing 'Save.' For more control, Time Range Mode allows you to replace specific sections with silence or bleep sounds. Take command of your video's audio seamlessly and precisely. - Simple Mode Using it is extremely straightforward: select the video you want to silence, then press 'Save.' That's all it takes. - Time Range Mode Replace specific time ranges with silence or bleep sounds effortlessly. Adjust the video volume and the bleep sound volume independently.

Screenshots

Splice4 screens
VSilencer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: VSilencer at none against Splice's 11. Splice's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (431K vs 262). On price, rating, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Splice sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. VSilencer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Splice against 4.7 for VSilencer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Splice has 431K ratings behind it against 262, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Splice's written reviews are positive against 60% of VSilencer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Splice ships an update fortnightly, VSilencer every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Splice versus VSilencer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpliceVSilencer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (431K ratings)4.7 (262 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.5% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings431K — better262
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#16 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size164 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBending Spoons Apps ApSREAFO CO., LTD.

Customer experience

Splice

All ratings430,441 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews5,474 reviews
Positive71.5%
Neutral6.0%
Negative22.6%

VSilencer

All ratings261 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral4.2%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral2.2%
Negative37.8%

User reviews

Splice

From 431K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Intuitive interface
  • 🎨 Variety of editing tools
  • 🎶 Good music selection
  • 💡 Allows video and photo editing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitchy performance
  • 🔒 Paywall for basic features
  • 💰 Expensive subscription
  • 🔍 Difficult to navigate
  • 🔇 Audio issues

VSilencer

From 262 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🚀 Fast processing
  • 💰 Free to use
  • 🚫 No ads (for some users)
  • ✅ Works as described

Room to improve

  • ⚠️ Too many ads (for some users)
  • 🐛 Video export fails
  • 🐛 App crashes or freezes
  • 🐛 Video not muted correctly
  • 🐛 Inability to save to camera roll

Bugs and requests

Splice

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Videos fail to export properly
  • App crashes during editing
  • Syncing issues with audio and video
  • Laggy performance on older devices
  • Inconsistent behavior with photo/video imports

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more transition options
  • Allow importing custom music
  • Improve text editing capabilities
  • Implement layers and compositing
  • Provide better export options

VSilencer

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Video export fails after update
  • Unable to save to camera roll
  • Video not muted correctly
  • App shows full video instead of trimmed
  • Ads interfere with usage
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  • App crashes during export

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add music functionality
  • Add text insertion
  • Improve thumbnail size in camera roll selection

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Splice

Subscriptions7
  • Movie creator and clip editing7 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Splice4 variants$9.997 Days
  • Splice Weekly With Free Trial14 Days trial$9.997 Days
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  • Splice Bundle7 Days trial2 variants$9.997 Days
  • Splice Weekly With Free Trial7 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Splice Bundle$9.997 Days
  • Splice Monthly With Free Trial7 Days trial$13.991 Month
None

VSilencer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Splice free?
Splice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VSilencer free?
VSilencer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Splice or VSilencer?
VSilencer is rated higher. Splice averages 4.6 out of 5 from 431K ratings, while VSilencer averages 4.7 from 262 ratings.
Do Splice or VSilencer have ads?
VSilencer shows ads; Splice does not.
Which is updated more often, Splice or VSilencer?
Splice ships an update fortnightly, and VSilencer every 3 months. Most recently, Splice was updated on October 26, 2026 and VSilencer on October 24, 2026.

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