Comparison

Superimpose vs Cute CUT Pro

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Superimpose

This app allows for powerful multi-layer photo editing, enabling users to combine images, cut out objects, and blend them with various tools. It also integrates AI features for image generation, background removal, and enhancements, offering a comprehensive creative suite for visual content creation.

Highlights
  • Multi-layer photo editing
  • Combine and arrange image layers
  • AI image generation from text
  • AI-assisted background removal
  • Advanced masking tools
  • Blend modes for creative effects
  • Text tools for designs
Features
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Superimpose is a complete creative studio for photo editing, image compositing, video editing, and AI-powered visual creation. Build complex edits by hand with layers, masks, blend modes, brushes, effects, adjustments, shadows, text, blur, warp and perspective tools. Cut out people and objects, combine several images, paint masks, adjust colours, add depth and shadows, and refine every detail. When you want faster results, use AI to generate images from text, edit and repair photos, replace backgrounds, expand a picture beyond its edges, enhance details, relight a scene, create headshots, swap faces, turn a sketch into finished art, or animate a still photo into a short video. And it is not only about photos any more. A true multi-track video editor is built in, so one project can carry you from a single image to a finished video without ever leaving the app. PHOTO EDITING AND COMPOSITING • Layer-based editing with up to 24 layers • Advanced masking, including Magic Wand, Magic Lasso, brush masks and shape masks • 18 blend modes and 16 adjustment layers • Non-destructive layer blur and adjustments • 63 photo effects, plus clarity, colour, tone and detail controls • Text and curved text tools • Motion Blur, Zoom Blur, Spin Blur, Lens Blur, Selective Blur and Gradient tools • Warp, perspective transform and distortion tools • Paint, smudge, clone stamp and effect brushes • Built-in shadow and Light Wrap tools • Camera fill with real-time masks and blend modes • Masking Library for reusable cutouts and stickers • Session Library that saves your projects automatically • PSD export with layers • More than a million royalty-free stock photos VIDEO EDITING • Multi-track timeline for video, images, audio and text • Split, trim, rotate and freeze clips with ease • Speed control, including speed ramps • Keyframe animation with adjustable curves • Transitions between clips • Stack effects and animations on any track for unique results • Use masks for precise editing, including green screen and more • Audio from your device, voiceovers and royalty-free music • Stickers and animated GIFs • Royalty-free stock video and photos • Export in the format and resolution you choose AI TOOLS • AI people masking • AI image generation from text • AI image editing and inpainting • AI background creation and replacement • AI outpainting and image expansion • AI image enhancement • AI relighting • AI sketch-to-image creation • AI headshot generation • AI face swap • AI image-to-image transformation • AI image-to-video generation Whether you are making social posts, thumbnails, designs, artwork, product images, profile photos, memes, edits or professional composites, Superimpose X gives you manual precision and AI speed in one app. Start with an idea, a photo, a sketch, a video or a blank canvas. Superimpose gives you the freedom to create by hand, the speed of AI when you need it, and the control to make every result your own. Terms of use: https://www.superimposeapp.com/terms-of-use--superimpose-classic-.html Privacy Policy: https://www.superimposeapp.com/privacy2.html

About

Cute CUT Pro

Create unique movies with advanced editing tools, including drawing directly on video. This app offers a user-friendly interface with drag-and-drop functionality, supporting multiple media types and customizable transitions for professional-quality results.

Highlights
  • Draw directly on movies
  • Simultaneous adding of 6 media types
  • Supports various resolutions and aspect ratios
  • Picture-in-Picture (PIP) functionality
  • Customizable transitions and effects
  • User-friendly drag-and-drop UI
Features
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Now, you can DRAW movies, AND you can draw ON movies! Cute CUT’s powerful, easy-to-use editing features put YOU in control, allowing you to make the highest quality movies, DIFFERENT from anything you’ve seen! Do you want to create your own unique movie? Cute CUT’s robust and intuitive feature set will have you doing so in no time, drawing gorgeous, one-of-a-kind movies and so much more!
 Besides providing the utilities of a common video editor, Cute CUT brings to the table exceptionally advanced, Hollywood-style editing functionality!
 We’re continually working to enrich and strengthen Cute CUT’s top-tier functionality, and its refreshingly simple, unique presence in today’s digital market. Are you with us? Join more than one million others who’ve dared to discover the delightful difference that’s Cute CUT! =================================================================== Key Features: - User-Friendly UI. 
Just drag and drop; you can arrange your media segments easily. Sleek, bookshelf-style organizer showcases your movies. UI supports both portrait and landscape modes. 
 - Make DIFFERENT movies, make movies DIFFERENT! Supports SIMULTANEOUS Adding of UP TO SIX different types of media into movie projects: Video, Photo (both from Album or Camera), as well as SELF-DRAW, Text, Music, and Voice.  
 - Supports various Resolutions and Aspect Ratios, including HD (16:9, 19.5:9 and 21:9), SD (4:3 and 5:4), SQUARE (1:1) and even Portrait Mode! Creating a PIP (Picture-In-Picture) movie is EASY: Merely place one movie atop another; Cute CUT even supports independent Resizing of each and every video segment!  - Draw directly on movie. 30+ drawing tools.  
 - 3 Advanced Brushes for pro effects: Texture, Linear Gradient, Radial Gradient, gradients editable. - Highly customizable transitions. - 20+ Pre-Defined Transitions. - Transparency, Border, Corner, Shadow, Transform, and Sound Volume ... ALL Customizable! - Share Your Movie. Export to Camera Roll. Send to YouTube/Facebook. Send via e-mail. 
 - Multiple Tutorials, and even Full Video Walkthroughs available, easily accessible. =================================================================== Cute CUT is available BOTH on iPhone and iPad. Homepage: https://cutecut2.mobivio.com Feedback and Support: support@mobivio.com

Screenshots

Superimpose4 screens
Cute CUT Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Superimpose at Free against Cute CUT Pro's $9.99. Superimpose also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 64%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Cute CUT Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and chart position (#26 vs unranked). On rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Superimpose is free to download; Cute CUT Pro costs $9.99 up front. Superimpose sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Cute CUT Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Superimpose against 4.4 for Cute CUT Pro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.2K and 13K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Superimpose's written reviews are positive against 64% of Cute CUT Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Superimpose ships an update every 2 weeks, Cute CUT Pro monthly. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Superimpose versus Cute CUT Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuperimposeCute CUT Pro
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating4.5 (3.2K ratings) — better4.4 (13K ratings)
Positive reviews77.7% of reviews — better63.5% of reviews
Number of ratings3.2K13K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank—#26 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size381 MB131 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPankaj Goswami波 余

Customer experience

Superimpose

All ratings3,200 ratings
Positive87.2%
Neutral2.2%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews1,068 reviews
Positive77.7%
Neutral3.6%
Negative18.7%

Cute CUT Pro

All ratings12,736 ratings
Positive85.8%
Neutral5.7%
Negative8.5%
Written reviews1,325 reviews
Positive63.5%
Neutral10.9%
Negative25.6%

User reviews

Superimpose

From 3.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💻 Powerful photo editing capabilities
  • 🎨 Versatile tools for creative projects
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 🔍 Excellent masking and layering features
  • 🕰 Long-term reliable app (10+ years of use)

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Recent updates have added paywalls for core features
  • 🤯 Confusing new UI layout after recent update
  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches with latest version
  • 🔍 Difficult to find and access certain tools
  • 💰 Paid upgrade (Superimpose X) required for advanced features

Cute CUT Pro

From 13K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great for editing videos on the go
  • 👍 Easy to use interface
  • 💡 Useful custom transitions
  • 🚀 Fast rendering and exporting
  • 👍 Affordable one-time purchase

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
  • 🔇 Audio issues like glitches and desync
  • 🔇 Limited audio/video quality options
  • 🔒 Unreliable project saving and recovery
  • 🔒 Lack of transparency on device storage usage

Bugs and requests

Superimpose

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Freezing and crashing issues
  • Saved images losing quality
  • Masking tools not working as expected
  • Imported images not displaying properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Ability to save and resume projects
  • Background blending tools
  • Improved layer management
  • Automatic background removal

Cute CUT Pro

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when editing longer videos or adding many layers
  • Randomly reduces video quality without user control
  • Issues with importing and exporting videos
  • Transition-related bugs like disappearing or glitchy transitions

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add more advanced effects and transitions
  • Implement a green screen/chroma key feature
  • Allow more than 2 video layers
  • Add a mirror/flip effect
  • Improve motion blur and animation capabilities
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  • Provide more font and text customization options
  • Implement a redo button for editing

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Superimpose

Subscriptions6
  • Superimpose Premium$2.991 Month
  • Superimpose (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Full Access Yearly$17.991 Year
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  • Full Access Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
  • Superimpose Pro (Yearly)3 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Superimpose Pro (Yearly)$34.991 Year
One-time2
  • 500 Pro AI Coins$3.99
  • 1000 Pro AI Coins$6.99
None

Cute CUT Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Superimpose free?
Superimpose is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cute CUT Pro free?
Cute CUT Pro costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Superimpose or Cute CUT Pro?
Superimpose is rated higher. Superimpose averages 4.5 out of 5 from 3.2K ratings, while Cute CUT Pro averages 4.4 from 13K ratings.
Do Superimpose or Cute CUT Pro have ads?
Neither Superimpose nor Cute CUT Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Superimpose or Cute CUT Pro?
Superimpose ships an update every 2 weeks, and Cute CUT Pro monthly. Most recently, Superimpose was updated on October 29, 2026 and Cute CUT Pro on October 29, 2026.

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