Comparison

Splice vs Video Editor ·

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

Video Editor ·

Create and edit videos with music, text, and stickers. This app allows you to combine multiple videos or pictures, adjust formats, add transitions, and export your creations to social media or your device. It's a powerful tool for making engaging video projects.

Highlights
  • Create projects from videos/pictures
  • Adjust video format, cut, speed, volume
  • Insert transition effects
  • Add music or voices
  • Incorporate filters, emoticons, texts
  • Record and share creations
Features
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Video Editor is the most powerful movie & slideshow editor application on iPhone. Create and edit any video or images, add music, texts, and stickers and export it to your iOS devices or your favorite social networks. Whether you are in a waiting room, on public transport or comfortably at home, Video Editor is the reference application on the AppStore to create your video project. It is very frequently used to make and share videos on Tik Tok, YouTube, Instagram or Facebook. - CREATE your project from several videos or pictures. - ADJUST your videos (format, cut, speed, volume). - INSERT transitions effects to make your creation smoother - ADD music or voices. - INCORPORATE transitions effects, filters, emoticons and texts from a huge library. - RECORD your creations and share it around you. "Perfect, creating video montages has become a real pleasure for my Instagram posts " "Allows you to combine your holiday memories into one video, my loved ones loved it." "The stickers / emoticons are too beautiful, the filters too, I validate totally" Subscription: - You can subscribe to this app to get access to unlimited content, projects, and no ads - Subscription options are: 1-month with 3-day trial, 1-year, 1-quarter Privacy policy : https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/59258418 EULA : https://www.iubenda.com/terms-and-conditions/44220384

Screenshots

Splice4 screens
Video Editor ·4 screens

Verdict

The call

Splice and Video Editor · both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 71% of Splice's written reviews are positive against 31% of Video Editor ·'s. Splice also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). Video Editor ·'s advantage is monetization model (freemium vs subscription). On price, rating, ratings volume 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 Video Editor · sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. 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 Video Editor ·. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 429K and 218K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Splice's written reviews are positive against 31% of Video Editor ·'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Splice ships an update fortnightly, Video Editor · monthly. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Splice versus Video Editor ·: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpliceVideo Editor ·
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (429K ratings)4.7 (218K ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better30.7% of reviews
Number of ratings429K — better218K
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
Best chart rank#16 — better#177
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.4
Further details — not scored
Size164 MB244 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBending Spoons Apps ApSLuni

Customer experience

Splice

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

Video Editor ·

All ratings218,061 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews515 reviews
Positive30.7%
Neutral8.9%
Negative60.4%

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

Video Editor ·

From 218K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Quick video editing
  • 💡 Useful built-in music and effects
  • 👍 Simple and easy to use interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🔒 Inability to remove watermark without subscription
  • 🔋 Slow exporting and saving process
  • 👎 Limited customization and editing options

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

Video Editor ·

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Videos not saving or exporting properly
  • Editing tools and features not working as expected
  • Frequent app crashes and freezes
  • Incompatibility with certain devices and iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to use own music and audio
  • Improve video export and saving functionality
  • Expand editing tools and effects
  • Fix issues with video playback and loading

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
13 purchases

Video Editor ·

Subscriptions12
  • Premium : 1 week$3.997 Days
  • Premium : 1 month3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Premium : 1 month3 Days trial$9.991 Month
Show 9 more
  • Premium : 1 month$9.991 Month
  • Premium : 1 month 12.99$12.991 Month
  • Premium : 1 month 12.993 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Premium7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Premium : 1 year$29.991 Year
  • Premium : 1 year3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Premium : 1 year3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Premium : 1 year (NT)$39.991 Year
  • Premium : 1 year3 Days trial$69.991 Year
One-time1
  • Export$0.99

Questions

Is Splice free?
Splice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Video Editor · free?
Video Editor · is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Splice or Video Editor ·?
Video Editor · is rated higher. Splice averages 4.6 out of 5 from 429K ratings, while Video Editor · averages 4.7 from 218K ratings.
Do Splice or Video Editor · have ads?
Video Editor · shows ads; Splice does not.
Which is updated more often, Splice or Video Editor ·?
Splice ships an update fortnightly, and Video Editor · monthly. Most recently, Splice was updated on September 24, 2026 and Video Editor · on September 24, 2026.
Which is more popular, Splice or Video Editor ·?
Splice currently peaks at #16 in the App Store charts, and Video Editor · at #177. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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