Comparison

Splice vs 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

Slideshow Maker

Transform your photos into engaging video slideshows with music. Easily select, arrange, and add transitions to your images. Personalize duration and incorporate your favorite tunes before sharing your creations.

Highlights
  • Create slideshows from photos
  • Organize photos with drag-and-drop
  • Add photo transitions
  • Incorporate music from gallery or device
  • Customize slideshow duration
  • Share to social media or save to camera roll
Features
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Turn your memories into movies with music. The app helps you to create beautiful SlideShow from your photos. It's completely FREE. Simple steps: • Pick your photos • Organize them in the right order (Long tap a photo and drag to reorder it) • Select a transition to animate between photos • Choose your favorite music from our gallery or your own songs. • Select the slideshow's length to change the duration per photo. • Share it on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube or save it to your camera roll. So, let's make your memories even more amazing

Screenshots

Splice4 screens
Slideshow Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Slideshow Maker at free against Splice's subscription. Splice's advantage is ratings volume (429K vs 6.4K) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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 Slideshow Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 4.7 for Slideshow Maker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Splice has 429K ratings behind it against 6.4K, 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 78% of Slideshow Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Splice ships an update fortnightly, Slideshow Maker every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Splice versus Slideshow Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpliceSlideshow Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (429K ratings)4.7 (6.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews78.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings429K — better6.4K
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
Best chart rank#16 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size164 MB190 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBending Spoons Apps ApS国媚 张

Customer experience

Splice

All ratings429,184 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews5,010 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative22.7%

Slideshow Maker

All ratings6,378 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral4.6%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews274 reviews
Positive78.1%
Neutral7.7%
Negative14.2%

User reviews

Splice

From 429K 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

Slideshow Maker

From 6.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Completely free
  • 💡 Great for creating slideshows
  • 😊 Enjoyable experience
  • 🎨 Lots of transition options

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes
  • 🔇 Limited music selection
  • 📏 Restricted to 9 photos per slideshow
  • 🔀 Inability to mix transition types

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

Slideshow Maker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Freezes when trying to load music
  • Inconsistent photo quality when saved
  • Ads interfere with app functionality

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow longer music tracks
  • Add more modern song options
  • Implement filters and effects
  • Enable adjustable slide durations
  • Permit re-editing of saved slideshows

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
Show 4 more
  • 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
1 purchases

Slideshow Maker

One-time1
  • Remove Ads Now!$2.99

Questions

Is Splice free?
Splice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Slideshow Maker free?
Slideshow Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Splice or Slideshow Maker?
Slideshow Maker is rated higher. Splice averages 4.6 out of 5 from 429K ratings, while Slideshow Maker averages 4.7 from 6.4K ratings.
Do Splice or Slideshow Maker have ads?
Neither Splice nor Slideshow Maker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Splice or Slideshow Maker?
Splice ships an update fortnightly, and Slideshow Maker every 2 months. Most recently, Splice was updated on September 25, 2026 and Slideshow Maker on September 7, 2026.

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