Comparison

Splice vs ProductionCrate

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 on your mobile device with intuitive editing tools. Easily trim clips, add effects like slow motion and Chroma Key, and customize soundtracks with royalty-free music or your own audio. Share your creations directly to social media platforms or save them to your camera roll.

Highlights
  • Trim, cut, and crop video clips
  • Adjust playback speed and apply speed ramping
  • Overlay clips with masks and Ken Burns effect
  • Remove backgrounds with Chroma Key
  • Access 6,000+ royalty-free music tracks
  • Add narration and custom sound effects
  • Direct sharing to social media
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

ProductionCrate

Easily add superpowers, explosions, and fire effects to your videos in seconds. This mobile VFX studio uses real-time motion tracking and 3D rendering to create immersive special effects without requiring technical knowledge. Access a vast library of assets to enhance your video content.

Highlights
  • 10,000+ video FX
  • Real-time motion tracking
  • 3D rendering
  • No green screen required
  • Intuitive timing control
  • Access to all current and future special FX
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Add superpowers, explosions and fire VFX to your video instantly. While Hollywood movies take years to produce, ProductionCrate FX is the first mobile VFX studio that allows you to create exciting special effects in seconds. Built with flawless real-time motion tracking and 3D rendering, you have the power to create incredibly immersive video fx without any technical knowledge required. Simply add lightning, magic and spaceship fx into your scene, and hit record! ProductionCrate AR features: 10,000+ video FX 400+ high-quality 3D models Real-time camera tracking for your VFX Record, save and share your videos instantly Real-time foreground keying, no green screen required! Control over effect scale, rotation, brightness and more Intuitive timing control for timing your effects perfectly. Customizable trigger buttons to activate events Support for Front and Back camera Freedom to organize, delete and download new special fx. We've made high-end Hollywood effects accessible even to beginners by creating an effortless intuitive AR editing experience. You're in control of an unprecedented professional library of visual effects assets and are free to position them into augmented reality with the tap of a finger. Any video artist can use this app to compose lasers, dragons and spells with full control over its integration. ProductionCrate is constantly growing the selection of digital effects available for our community of mobile content creators. With this app, you'll have access to all current and future special fx forever. Pro ProductionCrate users will have unlimited access to everything on offer, while Free users can still access an exciting selection of effects. Inspire and stand out from the crowd by using ProductionCrate FX to build high production-value videos for your social media. You'll be able to produce short videos with incredible special effects without hours of additional work - helping you become an efficient video creator. This app will become your secret weapon to gain a competitive edge. Rapidly prototype effects for your film projects and use ProductionCrate FX as a previsualization platform. The vast selection of assets available makes this the perfect environment to plan out complex effects when working on a large project. By taking advantage of ProductionCrate FX's portability, you'll be able to collaborate and communicate ideas on-set, and instantly visualize these with your actors. Use ProductionCrate FX to learn the fundamentals of VFX. 3D tracking, blocking and lighting all become intuitive concepts to users of this app. Try placing a bright orange light source (such as a bulb, LED’s or a laptop screen) in the position of a fire effect, and you'll instantly recognise how practical lighting combined with ProductionCrate FX's digital effects work together to create a realistic image. ProductionCrate FX offers Free access to a limited range of content. Pro Membership unlocks access to the entire range of 10,000+ effects and 3D models. Payment will be charged either weekly, monthly or annually (dependant on selection) to your Apple account after upgrading to a Pro membership. You can cancel your Pro membership at any time. You will retain the features of Pro membership until the end of your current subscription period. Requires iOS 14 iPhone/iPad+ We would love to hear your feedback, ideas and questions. Contact us! Support@ProductionCrate.com TOS: https://www.productioncrate.com/legal/mobile-apps/TERMS.pdf

Screenshots

Splice4 screens
ProductionCrate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Splice at 4.6 against ProductionCrate's 3.9. Splice also leads on ratings volume (431K vs 312) and review sentiment (71% vs 59%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and ProductionCrate sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Splice holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Splice has 431K ratings behind it against 312, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Splice's written reviews are positive against 59% of ProductionCrate's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Splice ships an update fortnightly, ProductionCrate monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Splice versus ProductionCrate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpliceProductionCrate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (431K ratings) — better3.9 (312 ratings)
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better58.9% of reviews
Number of ratings431K — better312
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#17 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size162 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBENDING SPOONS OPERATIONS SPAPRODUCTIONCRATE STUDIOS LLC

Customer experience

Splice

All ratings430,871 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews5,541 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral6.0%
Negative22.6%

ProductionCrate

All ratings244 ratings
Positive70.5%
Neutral6.6%
Negative23.0%
Written reviews112 reviews
Positive58.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative33.9%

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

ProductionCrate

From 312 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Extremely user friendly and easy to use
  • 🚀 Free version has tons of great effects
  • 🚀 Effects are super high quality
  • 👍 Good for monster movies
  • 👍 Game changer for creative cinematic projects

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Hard to edit the VFX to be perfect
  • 🔒 Download limit on the free version is obscure
  • 🔒 Most effects require premium subscription
  • 🐛 Can't do a lot of things, not fun
  • 🔒 Everything costs money, too greedy

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

ProductionCrate

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Download limit exceeded error even without downloads
  • Free effects are actually paid
  • Camera is extremely slow, like 1 frame per minute
  • Effects disappear when moved
  • Login issues even with paid subscription
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  • Can't use videos from camera roll

Requested features

10 requests
  • More free VFX effects
  • Vampire, werewolf, and other monster filters
  • Add sound effects
  • Allow horizontal orientation
  • More free effects, less premium content
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  • Add ability to record and then add effects
  • Allow editing of already filmed videos
  • Add custom sound effects
  • Improve cutout and 3D object handling
  • Add Kamehameha effect

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Splice

Subscriptions6
  • 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
5 purchases

ProductionCrate

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Yearly$49.991 Year
One-time3
  • 1 Download$0.99
  • 10 Downloads$6.99
  • 50 Downloads$24.99

Questions

Is Splice free?
Splice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ProductionCrate free?
ProductionCrate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Splice or ProductionCrate?
Splice is rated higher. Splice averages 4.6 out of 5 from 431K ratings, while ProductionCrate averages 3.9 from 312 ratings.
Do Splice or ProductionCrate have ads?
Neither Splice nor ProductionCrate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Splice or ProductionCrate?
Splice ships an update fortnightly, and ProductionCrate monthly. Most recently, Splice was updated on November 8, 2026 and ProductionCrate on November 3, 2026.

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