Comparison

Splice vs Fast & Easy Slideshow Maker

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

Fast & Easy Slideshow Maker

Quickly create engaging slideshows with music and custom effects. Add unlimited photos, animated transitions, filters, and text. Share your creations instantly to social media platforms.

Highlights
  • Add unlimited photos
  • Add your own music
  • Animated transitions
  • Custom frames and filters
  • Add text
  • Share to social media
Features
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It's so fast and easy to use! Stop spending hours making a slideshow when you can do it in just a couple of minutes! When your done, share your slideshow with the world with just a single tap! See below for all included features. All options below are included! -Add Unlimited Photos -Add Your Own Music -Animated Transitions -Add custom frames -Add filters -Add Text -Share on Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, and more ----- There is an additional option to upgrade to Pro which will give you access to additional features on an ongoing basis including: Unlimited photos Additional transitions Additional photo editing options Removal of ads and watermarks Unlocks all stock music Choose from different packages such as: 1 months @ $2.99 Forever @ $9.99 Additional details: • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable – https://www.grassapper.com/terms-and-conditions – https://www.grassapper.com/application-privacy-policy

Screenshots

Splice4 screens
Fast & Easy Slideshow Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Fast & Easy Slideshow Maker at free with in-app purchases against Splice's subscription. Fast & Easy Slideshow Maker also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). Splice's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (431K vs 4.5K). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Splice sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Fast & Easy Slideshow Maker sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. 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 Splice against 4.6 for Fast & Easy Slideshow Maker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Splice has 431K ratings behind it against 4.5K, 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 65% of Fast & Easy Slideshow Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Splice ships an update fortnightly, Fast & Easy Slideshow Maker every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Splice versus Fast & Easy Slideshow Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpliceFast & Easy Slideshow Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (431K ratings)4.6 (4.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better64.5% of reviews
Number of ratings431K — better4.5K
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#15 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size164 MB91 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBending Spoons Apps ApSGrassapper LLC

Customer experience

Splice

All ratings430,441 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews5,489 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral6.0%
Negative22.6%

Fast & Easy Slideshow Maker

All ratings4,464 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral3.3%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews417 reviews
Positive64.5%
Neutral3.4%
Negative32.1%

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

Fast & Easy Slideshow Maker

From 4.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and easy to use
  • 👍 User-friendly
  • 💡 Allows use of own music
  • 🚀 Quick slideshow creation

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Forced to leave 5-star review to access full features
  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes when trying to save or export
  • 🐛 Inconsistent behavior with paid upgrades
  • 🐛 Inability to rearrange photos in slideshow

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

Fast & Easy Slideshow Maker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Slideshow disappears after attempted export
  • Paid upgrades not working as expected
  • App freezes when adding more than 10 photos

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow custom music selection without restrictions
  • Provide more editing options for photos and transitions
  • Improve stability and reliability to avoid crashes
  • Implement a true 'unlimited' option without forced reviews

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
8 purchases

Fast & Easy Slideshow Maker

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro$24.991 Year
One-time6
  • Remove Final Slide$1.99
  • Remove ads$1.99
  • Stock Music$1.99
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  • Stock_Music$1.99
  • Unlock Unlimited Photos$1.99
  • Get Everything$24.99

Questions

Is Splice free?
Splice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fast & Easy Slideshow Maker free?
Fast & Easy Slideshow Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Splice or Fast & Easy Slideshow Maker?
Fast & Easy Slideshow Maker is rated higher. Splice averages 4.6 out of 5 from 431K ratings, while Fast & Easy Slideshow Maker averages 4.6 from 4.5K ratings.
Do Splice or Fast & Easy Slideshow Maker have ads?
Fast & Easy Slideshow Maker shows ads; Splice does not.
Which is updated more often, Splice or Fast & Easy Slideshow Maker?
Splice ships an update fortnightly, and Fast & Easy Slideshow Maker every 2 months. Most recently, Splice was updated on October 28, 2026 and Fast & Easy Slideshow Maker on October 26, 2026.

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