Comparison

Splice vs Video Star

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 Star

Create stunning fan edits and lip-sync music videos with a vast array of effects. Enhance, animate, and combine clips to transform photos and videos into magical creations. Unlock all features with an optional subscription.

Highlights
  • Create fan edits
  • Lip-sync music videos
  • Thousands of effects
  • Color and animate clips
  • Enhance and warp videos
  • Combine and re-time clips
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Video Star is your #1 video editing app — there’s no other app like it! Create incredible fan edits and amazing lip-sync music videos with Video Star. There's thousands of effects to color, animate, enhance, warp, combine, and re-time clips ... creating pure magic from photos and videos. Video Star includes TONS of free features or get an All Access Pass to unlock everything, including your mad editing skills! We update Video Star regularly with new effects and features. Be sure to join our daily #VideoStarApp community challenges on Instagram and TikTok! Video Star Pro Subscription - A Pro subscription provides unlimited access to ALL current and future Power Packs in Video Star - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase, taxes may also be included in some areas - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - You can read our privacy policy at: videostarapp.com/privacy.html - You can read our terms of service at: videostarapp.com/terms.html

Screenshots

Splice4 screens
Video Star3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Splice at 4.6 against Video Star's 4.1. Splice also leads on review sentiment (71% vs 57%) and ratings volume (431K vs 90K). Video Star's advantage is monetization model (freemium vs subscription). On price, update cadence, 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 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Video Star sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 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 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 431K and 90K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Splice's written reviews are positive against 57% of Video Star's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Splice ships an update fortnightly, Video Star every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Splice versus Video Star: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpliceVideo Star
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (431K ratings) — better4.1 (90K ratings)
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better56.8% of reviews
Number of ratings431K — better90K
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
Best chart rank#16 — better#95
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size162 MB540 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBENDING SPOONS OPERATIONS SPAFrontier Design Group

Customer experience

Splice

All ratings430,840 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews5,540 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral6.0%
Negative22.6%

Video Star

All ratings89,777 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral7.2%
Negative17.8%
Written reviews1,545 reviews
Positive56.8%
Neutral15.4%
Negative27.8%

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 Star

From 90K App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐ Amazing app for editing
  • 👍 Smooth and professional
  • 🎨 Endless creative options
  • 💻 Versatile for different types of edits

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🤯 Steep learning curve for new users
  • 🔍 Limited free features and effects
  • 🔋 Quality issues with exported videos
  • 🐛 Frequent 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 Star

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Multilayer feature crashing
  • Exported videos losing quality
  • QR code imports not working
  • Saved edits getting deleted unexpectedly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add undo/redo functionality
  • Improve text animation and effects
  • Introduce more free transition and color options
  • Optimize performance and reduce crashes
  • Allow custom audio editing and voiceovers

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
10 purchases

Video Star

Subscriptions4
  • Month Pro$5.991 Month
  • Month Pro7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • 3 Month Pro$17.993 Months
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  • Year Pro$34.991 Year
One-time6
  • Video Import KitFree
  • Crazy Party Effects$2.99
  • Advanced Auto Stop$3.99
Show 3 more
  • Motion Madness Effects$5.99
  • Cinema Pro Pack$7.99
  • Multi-Layer$9.99

Questions

Is Splice free?
Splice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Video Star free?
Video Star is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Splice or Video Star?
Splice is rated higher. Splice averages 4.6 out of 5 from 431K ratings, while Video Star averages 4.1 from 90K ratings.
Do Splice or Video Star have ads?
Neither Splice nor Video Star shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Splice or Video Star?
Splice ships an update fortnightly, and Video Star every 2 weeks. Most recently, Splice was updated on November 3, 2026 and Video Star on November 3, 2026.
Which is more popular, Splice or Video Star?
Splice currently peaks at #16 in the App Store charts, and Video Star at #95. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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