Splice vs Pause Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Pause Camera
This app allows you to record videos by pausing and resuming at any point, enabling you to stitch together multiple clips into a cohesive story. Its intuitive interface and editing tools help you refine footage and showcase creativity.
- Pause and resume recording
- Stitch multiple clips together
- Intuitive editing interface
- Merge individual clips
- Enhance storytelling
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Welcome to Pause Camera, where the art of storytelling meets seamless video creation on your iPhone. Effortlessly record, pause, and edit your videos with precision, offering you a dynamic way to capture life's unforgettable moments. The intuitive interface ensures a smooth editing experience, allowing you to refine your footage with ease and showcase your creativity. Pause Camera redefines your approach to video creation. With the power to pause and resume recording at your discretion, you can effortlessly stitch together multiple clips, each a chapter in your visual story. The app provides a range of tools to enhance your storytelling, enabling you to merge individual clips into a cohesive, visually stunning narrative. Step into the director's seat and craft cinematic masterpieces with just a few taps. Experience the joy of true creative freedom as you embark on a journey of video creation with Pause Camera. From documenting special occasions to sharing your adventures, each moment becomes a canvas for your unique vision. Download now and immerse yourself in the world of Pause Camera, where every pause becomes an opportunity to tell a compelling story. Elevate your video creation with us – storytelling, reimagined.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Splice at 71% against Pause Camera's 30%. Splice also leads on ratings volume (431K vs 198) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). Pause Camera's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Splice sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Pause Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Splice holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Splice has 431K ratings behind it against 198, 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 30% of Pause Camera's.
Splice ships an update fortnightly, Pause Camera weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Splice | Pause Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (431K ratings) — better | 4.3 (198 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 30.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 431K — better | 198 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #15 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 164 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bending Spoons Apps ApS | Arthur Eduardo Skaetta Alvarez Desenvolvimento de Software LTDA. |
Customer experience
Splice
Pause Camera
User reviews
Splice
From 431K App Store ratingsWhat 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
Pause Camera
From 198 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Well good app
- 👍 Amazing app
- 👍 Really good app
- 👍 Pretty good game
- 👍 Great premium functionality
Room to improve
- 👎 Must pay to save
- 👎 Ransom to get footage
- 👎 Cannot download clips
- 👎 Cannot trim clips
- 👎 No video rotation
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
Pause Camera
Reported bugs
24 issues- Cannot save creation without paying
- Must pay ransom to get footage
- Cannot download clips
- Cannot trim clips
- No video rotation option
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- Screen keeps going off even when recording
- Features listed in description are nonexistent
- Videos disappeared
- Only export once
- App had issues accepting money
- Deleted all videos
- App randomly closed and work was gone
- Cannot export without premium
- Cannot screen record
- Lost all film when app closed
- No controls like zoom
- Records in reverse image
- Made to pay after one video
- Preview button didn't work
- No way to access video again after reopening
- Cannot export without premium
- Sound quality terrible, garbled, loud, echoing, then low
- Mirrored video not by choice
- Cannot flip camera during recording
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to switch camera during recording pause
- Automatic project saving
- Automatic save to camera roll after done
In-app purchases
Splice
- 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
Pause Camera
- Pause Camera Premium$1.99
Questions
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