Splice vs Efectum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Efectum
Easily create engaging videos with speed adjustments, reverse effects, and music. Merge clips, trim footage, and export in HD quality for social media sharing. This tool offers a variety of editing functions to enhance your video content.
- Slow motion and fast motion effects
- Reverse video playback
- Add music to videos
- Merge and combine clips
- Cut and trim videos
- Timelapse functionality
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GET CREATIVE :) Create awesome videos with Fast Motion, Slow Motion and Reverse Video edits! Get this mighty yet easy-to-use film maker for sharing on all your social feeds! How does it work? Simply slow down the video or speed it up. Watch your video become something completely different. Control the video frame rate and add your favorite music. VIDEO EDITING FEATURES - SLO-MO, FAST-MO, REVERSE video effects - Multiple speeds - Timelapse - Rewind video - Add your favorite music - Merge or combine multiple clips - Cut/trim videos - All popular video formats are supported - HD quality - Easy to use with a wide variety of functions which are always improving - Save and share on all social media We welcome feedback so if you have any suggestions or problems with the app, contact us at: efectum.app@gmail.com Make the world a little more fun ;) Privacy Policy: https://bitly.su/JBZJ Terms of Use: https://bitly.su/1WCeB
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Splice at 4.6 against Efectum's 4.0. Splice also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (431K vs 4). Efectum's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Splice sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Efectum sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Splice holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Splice has 431K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Splice's written reviews are positive against 64% of Efectum's.
Splice ships an update fortnightly, Efectum every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Splice | Efectum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (431K ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 64.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 431K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #16 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 164 MB | 270 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bending Spoons Apps ApS | Craigpark Limited |
Customer experience
Splice
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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
Efectum
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Splice
- 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
Efectum
- Efectum Pro (1 month)$1.991 Month
- Efectum Pro (1 month)$3.991 Month
- Efectum Pro (1 month)$4.991 Month
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- Efectum Pro (1 year)7 Days trial$6.991 Year
- Efectum Pro (1 year)7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Efectum Pro - video editor$9.991 Year
- Efectum Pro (1 year)7 Days trial$12.991 Year
- Remove watermark$1.99
- Efectum Pro$15.99
- Efectum Pro$27.99
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