Comparison

Splice vs Spring

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

Spring

Easily create professional-looking videos with AI-powered tools for editing, captioning, and music selection. Offers templates for short-form content and supports high-resolution exports without watermarks.

Highlights
  • AI Auto Captions
  • AI Text-to-Speech
  • AI Music Match
  • AI Magic Removal
  • Short-form Video Templates
  • 4K Video Export
  • No Watermarks
Features
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[ Make Your Videos Your Way! ] • Cut, combine, caption, overlay, and animate! • AI tools make editing easy • No watermarks, no sneaky purchases • Supports up to 4K at 60FPS [ AI That Helps! ] • AI Auto Captions: Add subtitles instantly from video or audio • AI Text-to-Speech: Create spoken audio from text with one tap • AI Music Match: Get song recommendations fast • AI Magic Removal & Noise Remover: Cut out the background and zap annoying sounds • AI Tracking, AI Upscaling, and AI Styles: Powerful AI tools to completely change how your video looks • AI Templates: Get a template recommended for your next awesome video! [ Done In 60 Seconds: Reels, Shorts, and TikTok Templates ] • Provides trendy short-form templates • Quickly complete by simply changing images or videos • Supports template saving, sharing, and collaboration functions [ Use Easy & Powerful Editing Tools ] • Make fast cuts, merge clips, make speed adjustments, and rewind • Use pan & zoom, transitions, effects, and slow motion • Add subtitles, text, stickers, and fun visual effects • Make color corrections, voice changes, or animate with keyframes • Multi-Selection Save time by selecting, aligning, duplicating, or repositioning multiple video project layers at once [ "Use-it-Anywhere" Music and Sound Effects ] • Amazing background music and sound effects • Safely upload to YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok [ Design & Decorate Your Videos ] • Choose from tons of stickers, graphic animations, and effects • Vibe with fun, trending and free video creative elements [ Make 4K Videos or HD Clips for Social Media ] • Save up to 4K resolution and 60 frames per second • Upload to social media, including YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram • Create special effects with transparent background videos (ideal for design and motion graphics work) Terms of Use for Spring and Asset Store Use: https://resource.kinemaster.com/document/tos.html Contact: support@kinemaster.com

Screenshots

Splice4 screens
Spring4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Spring at free with in-app purchases against Splice's subscription. Splice's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (429K vs 1K). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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 Spring sells 4 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Splice against 4.7 for Spring. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Splice has 429K ratings behind it against 1K, 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 74% of Spring's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Splice ships an update fortnightly, Spring every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on September 28, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Splice versus Spring: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpliceSpring
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (429K ratings)4.7 (1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews74.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings429K — better1K
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#16 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size164 MB220 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBending Spoons Apps ApSKineMaster Corporation

Customer experience

Splice

All ratings429,184 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews5,010 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative22.7%

Spring

All ratings1,018 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral2.9%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews321 reviews
Positive74.1%
Neutral9.3%
Negative16.5%

User reviews

Splice

From 429K 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

Spring

From 1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Good alternative to CapCut
  • 💡 Useful features like no watermark
  • 🤩 Great for short video editing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Issues with exporting/saving videos
  • 🤔 Lacks some advanced features compared to KineMaster
  • 💰 Paid subscription required for longer videos
  • 🤷‍♀️ Inconsistent template approval process

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

Spring

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Unable to delete internal audio
  • Rejected templates for unclear reasons
  • Premium features not working as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to extract audio from videos
  • Improve layer and animation tools
  • Expand font and transition options
  • Provide better integration with KineMaster accounts

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

Spring

Subscriptions4
  • Premium (Monthly)2 variants$5.991 Month
  • Spring's Premium(Monthly)$9.991 Month
  • Premium (Annual)3 Days trial$39.991 Year
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  • Spring's Premium(Annual)3 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Splice free?
Splice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spring free?
Spring is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Splice or Spring?
Spring is rated higher. Splice averages 4.6 out of 5 from 429K ratings, while Spring averages 4.7 from 1K ratings.
Do Splice or Spring have ads?
Spring shows ads; Splice does not.
Which is updated more often, Splice or Spring?
Splice ships an update fortnightly, and Spring every 2 weeks. Most recently, Splice was updated on September 28, 2026 and Spring on September 28, 2026.

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