Comparison

Splice vs Video Editor Effects

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 Effects

Create professional-quality videos with a comprehensive suite of editing tools. Add music from a vast library, apply unique filters and effects, and customize with stickers and fonts. Export in high resolution for instant social media sharing.

Highlights
  • Easy-to-use editing tools (cut, rotate, flip, trim)
  • Dedicated royalty-free music library
  • High-quality export up to 4K resolution
  • Custom stickers and fonts
  • Handcrafted filters and effects
Features
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Video Editor Effects is the most powerful all-in-one video editing app for your smartphone. Create incredible videos using our simple yet professional tools and share instantly on social media such as TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Whatsapp, Snapchat and more! KEY FEATURES: - Easy to use editing tools: We have integrated a couple dozen video editing tools to ensure an enjoyable editing experience. Cut, rotate, flip, trim, customizable video playback, etc. are easier than ever. - Dedicated music library: We have created our music library from ground up. Our built-in music library consists of thousands of royalty free music from multiple genres to make sure that you never run out of music for your precious projects. - High quality export: We have heavily optimised the app to get the best results. Export videos for your projects in up to 4K resolution. - Custom stickers and font: Top trending stickers and fonts to make your projects more interactive and lively. - Filters and effects: Get creative with our amazing handcrafted filters and effects. PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION: - With a Video Editor Effects subscription, you can unlock all our premium features and enjoy unlimited on demand exports for your projects. - Available subscriptions: We offer a weekly subscription and a monthly subscription that costs USD $2.99/week and USD $9.99/month respectively. - Subscription automatically renews unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24h before the end of the ongoing period. - Subscriptions can be managed anytime by going to the user’s account settings. - Any unused portion of a free trial period (our weekly subscription comes with a week of free trial by default) will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription to that publication (where applicable). PRIVACY POLICY: https://sites.google.com/view/video-editor-policy-privacy TERMS OF USE: https://sites.google.com/view/video-editor-terms-of-use Feel free to leave a review on the App Store if you like our app or have any suggestions. Your feedback is extremely important to us and it inspires our whole team to work harder to make the user experience even better.

Screenshots

Splice4 screens
Video Editor Effects4 screens

Verdict

The call

Splice and Video Editor Effects both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 71% of Splice's written reviews are positive against 13% of Video Editor Effects's. Splice also leads on ratings volume (431K vs 875) and chart position (#16 vs unranked). Video Editor Effects's advantage is monetization model (freemium vs subscription) and update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). On price, rating, ads 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 Effects sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 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 4.6 for Video Editor Effects. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Splice has 431K ratings behind it against 875, 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 13% of Video Editor Effects's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Splice ships an update fortnightly, Video Editor Effects every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Splice versus Video Editor Effects: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpliceVideo Editor Effects
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (431K ratings) — better4.6 (875 ratings)
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better13.1% of reviews
Number of ratings431K — better875
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
Best chart rank#16 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size164 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBending Spoons Apps ApSCapcut Pte. Ltd

Customer experience

Splice

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

Video Editor Effects

All ratings879 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral3.9%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive13.1%
Neutral1.6%
Negative85.2%

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

Video Editor Effects

From 875 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Good app
  • 🤗 Helps a lot in projects

Room to improve

  • 💰 Requires payment to export videos
  • 🤔 Lacks features compared to CapCut
  • 🙁 Poor music selection
  • 😡 Frustrating user experience
  • 🤯 Crashes and glitches

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 Effects

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Unable to select text timeline
  • Reverse feature not working
  • Crashes when trying to edit on Mac
  • No option to remove video background

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more effects and editing tools
  • Improve music library and quality
  • Make the app free to use without paywalls
  • Provide better support for file management

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
2 purchases

Video Editor Effects

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Subscription7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month

Questions

Is Splice free?
Splice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Video Editor Effects free?
Video Editor Effects is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Splice or Video Editor Effects?
Splice is rated higher. Splice averages 4.6 out of 5 from 431K ratings, while Video Editor Effects averages 4.6 from 875 ratings.
Do Splice or Video Editor Effects have ads?
Neither Splice nor Video Editor Effects shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Splice or Video Editor Effects?
Splice ships an update fortnightly, and Video Editor Effects every 6 days. Most recently, Splice was updated on October 28, 2026 and Video Editor Effects on October 27, 2026.

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