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

Easily transform your photos and videos into dynamic movies with music, text, and animated stickers. Add transitions and filters to bring your memories to life and share them with loved ones.

Highlights
  • Create movies from photos and videos
  • Add music
  • Animated stickers
  • Add text
  • Transitions
  • Filters
Features
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Say goodbye to boring photo albums and hello to dynamic, share-worthy movies with our easy-to-use Slideshow Maker app! Our app allows you to create stunning movies from your photos and videos in just a few taps. Add music, animated stickers, text and more to bring your memories to life. With powerful editing tools, transitions, filters, and more, the possibilities are endless. Create a video of all your best selfies and snaps set to your favorite song, share it with friends and family, and watch your memories come alive. Download now and join the slideshow revolution! We're honored to be your go-to choice for video editing and slideshow creation. We can't wait to see the amazing creations you come up with using our app!

Screenshots

Splice4 screens
Slideshow Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

Splice and Slideshow Maker both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 71% of Splice's written reviews are positive against 35% of Slideshow Maker's. Splice also leads on ratings volume (429K vs 1.5K) and chart position (#15 vs unranked). Slideshow Maker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Slideshow Maker 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 Slideshow Maker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Splice has 429K ratings behind it against 1.5K, 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 35% of Slideshow Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Splice ships an update fortnightly, Slideshow Maker every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Splice versus Slideshow Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpliceSlideshow Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (429K ratings)4.7 (1.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better34.6% of reviews
Number of ratings429K — better1.5K
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
Best chart rank#15 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.014.0
Further details — not scored
Size164 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBending Spoons Apps ApSLyam Apps

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 ratings1,461 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral3.1%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews78 reviews
Positive34.6%
Neutral16.7%
Negative48.7%

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 1.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Quick to make slideshows
  • 💡 Lots of options for transitions

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and doesn't save properly
  • 🚫 Limited photo/video capabilities
  • 🔇 Lack of custom music 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

Slideshow Maker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Slideshow projects disappearing
  • Issues with saving and sharing

Requested features

3 requests
  • Allow custom music selection
  • Improve saving and exporting functionality
  • Expand photo/video editing tools

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

Slideshow Maker

No in-app purchases

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 no in-app purchases.
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 1.5K 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 6 days. Most recently, Splice was updated on September 25, 2026 and Slideshow Maker on September 23, 2026.

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