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

This app offers a comprehensive suite of tools for creating and editing videos on mobile devices. It provides powerful editing functions, a vast library of creative assets, and various canvas and saving options to enhance your video projects.

Highlights
  • Powerful video editing functions
  • Massive material library
  • Adjust video parameters
  • Add animations and masks
  • Video splitting and trimming
  • Abundant resources for creativity
  • Multiple canvas sizes and backgrounds
Features
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Videoeditor is an easy-to-operate video making App on your iPhone, iPad. Whether you are a professional or an amateur, you can find the fun of video editing in Videoeditor. Videoeditor has powerful editing functions and a massive material library (such as pictures, videos, music, sound effects, stickers, etc.), which greatly reduces the creation threshold while adding creativity to the video. Let’s start creating! Here's what Videoeditor can do for you: Powerful video editing functions - Upload materials from your phone album - Adjust the brightness, contrast, saturation and other parameters of the clips - Add the entry/exit animation of the material. - Pick color and cut out - Add a mask to hide part of the layer - Video splitting and trimming - Adjust layer order - Sound extraction from video - Record your voice and add to video - Multiple sound equalizer solutions - Adjust the speed of the video - Video reverse - Freeze the key-frame of the clip - Intuitive time-line with frame-by-frame precision scaling - Replace material while retaining editing operations - Shortcut operations for video editing (Redo/Undo/Delete/Copy/Mute) Abundant resources to inspire creativity - 500+ featured stickers of different kinds - Choose photos/videos from third-party material libraries for creation - Pleasant background music - Various sounds of nature contained in sound effect library - Various filters to beautify your video - A variety of selected fonts to choose from - Various special effects to increase the fun of the video - Various transition allow natural switching between clips and clips Various adjustment operations for the canvas - A variety of canvas sizes to choose from for better display on social media - Custom canvas background (Solid color / blur) Multiple video saving options - Multiple resolutions to meet different needs - Different frames per second options to adjust the smoothness of the video ***Some features may require in-app purchases. ------------ SUBSCRIPTION PRICING & TERMS VideoEditor is free to download. Pro Subscription gives you unlimited access to all our featured functions and selected materials. Premium Features: - Access to ALL featured filters - Access to ALL resource libraries (including fancy fonts, stickers, sound effects, music) - A variety of cool transitions - Animation effects - Unlock all masks - Audio extraction - Video reverse & freeze - Color cutout - Multiple video saving options - VideoEditor offers two auto-renewing subscription options: $6.99/Month OR $29.99/Year (including 3 days free trial). - These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary, and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. - Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of your subscription - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - The account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and at the cost of the chosen package - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. - Your subscription automatically renews unless you turn off in Account Settings 24+ hours before the end of the billing period. - You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings, but refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. Read our Term of Use at: https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s3.videocut/page/agreement.html Read our Privacy Policy at: https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s3.videocut/page/privacy.html

Screenshots

Splice4 screens
Video Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Video Editor at freemium against Splice's subscription. Video Editor also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.0). Splice's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 38%) and ratings volume (431K vs 140). 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 sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. 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 4.5 for Video Editor. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Splice has 431K ratings behind it against 140, 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 38% of Video Editor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Splice ships an update fortnightly, Video Editor weekly. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Splice versus Video Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpliceVideo Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (431K ratings) — better4.5 (140 ratings)
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better37.5% of reviews
Number of ratings431K — better140
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
Best chart rank#15 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size164 MB113 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBending Spoons Apps ApSPranav Virk

Customer experience

Splice

All ratings430,441 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews5,540 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral6.0%
Negative22.6%

Video Editor

All ratings140 ratings
Positive87.1%
Neutral7.1%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews120 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral11.7%
Negative50.8%

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

From 140 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use for beginners
  • 👍 Good editing tools
  • 👍 Useful for basic needs
  • 👍 Fun to use
  • 👍 Lightweight and practical

Room to improve

  • 💸 Many features are paid
  • 💸 Subscription required for basic functions
  • 💸 Not worth the cost
  • 💸 Ads are intrusive
  • 💸 Limited free version

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

21 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Videos not saving
  • App closes automatically during editing
  • Audio disappears from uploaded videos
  • Lagging and slow performance
Show 16 more
  • Text color not changing
  • Text box appearing on wrong slides
  • Cannot search and add own gifs
  • Exporting video stops when phone screen locks
  • Corrupted files
  • No sound on added videos
  • Free trial charged immediately
  • Cannot unsubscribe from subscription
  • App kicks user out when importing or navigating
  • Video quality reduced upon export
  • Projects not opening after saving
  • No sound while editing
  • App closes and deletes work for long videos
  • Audio bug needs fixing
  • Video becomes black after saving
  • Cannot drag-select multiple items

Requested features

8 requests
  • Allow adding downloaded music
  • Remove ads for pro users
  • Unlock all features in next update
  • Add tutorial for app usage
  • Improve search functionality for music
Show 3 more
  • Allow adding photos to video background
  • Make ads smaller and less intrusive
  • Allow more than 8 clips

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
4 purchases

Video Editor

Subscriptions3
  • Premium 1 Month$6.991 Month
  • Premium 1 Year$19.991 Year
  • Video Editor Pro3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Permanent$49.99

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?
Splice is rated higher. Splice averages 4.6 out of 5 from 431K ratings, while Video Editor averages 4.5 from 140 ratings.
Do Splice or Video Editor have ads?
Neither Splice nor Video Editor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Splice or Video Editor?
Splice ships an update fortnightly, and Video Editor weekly. Most recently, Splice was updated on October 30, 2026 and Video Editor on October 30, 2026.

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