Magisto Video Editor & Maker vs Carousel Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magisto Video Editor & Maker
Create professional-looking videos from your photos and clips in minutes. This app uses AI to intelligently edit your media, add graphics, effects, and music. It's perfect for social media, invitations, or slideshows.
- AI-driven smart editor
- Create video slideshows and collages
- Ready-made templates for any occasion
- Edit clips: cut, trim, merge, reorder
- Customize with text, fonts, and colors
- Easy social media sharing
- Vast commercially licensed music library
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Get Magisto Video Editor - Music Slideshow, Collage & Movie Maker now to create incredible share-worthy videos in minutes. Join over 120 million people who already make all the videos they need with Magisto's mobile and web apps! * Apple's Best of 2019: Discover The Storyteller Within * * Gartner' Cool Vendor' 2018 * * Consumer Reports' 2017 #1 Video Editing app * Magisto Video Editor - Music Slideshow, Collage & Movie Maker lets you: ◆ Rise to social-media stardom by turning your photos and clips into eye-catching videos. ◆ Quickly create professional-looking videos thanks to Magisto's artificial-intelligence driven smart editor. It will edit your media intelligently and add beautiful graphics, effects, filters and music in a way that tells a story. ◆ Create beautiful moving photo slideshows or video collages even if you don’t have any video clips. ◆ Use ready-made templates for any occasion: Birthday Wishes, Event Invitations, Anniversary Announcements, and much more. ◆ Edit your clips: cut, trim, merge and reorder. ◆ Customize your video by adding text, choosing fonts, changing orientation and using different colors. ◆ Easily share your scroll-stopping videos on social media, via messaging apps, email, or anywhere else. With Magisto Video Editor - Music Slideshow, Collage & Movie Maker, you can make amazing videos in just three easy steps: 1. Media - Select photos and video clips from your gallery, Google Photos™ or iStock™ library 2. Style - Pick a theme that fits the vibe and look you want to give your video: Celebrate, Love, Memories, Trailer, Extreme, Travel, and more. 3. Music - Pick from our vast commercially licensed song library. About the Magisto app: Magisto Video Editor - Music Slideshow, Collage & Movie Maker uses advanced Artificial Intelligence technology to find the best parts of your footage and apply video editing techniques including stabilization, object detection, filters and effects. The result is an eye-catching video that outshines the average slideshow or video collage. ● Magisto Premium monthly plan ($6.99) includes: ◦ Premium styles ◦ No Magisto watermark ◦ 10 min movie length ● Magisto Professional monthly plan ($29.99) includes: ◦ Everything in Premium ◦ Exclusive styles and templates ◦ 3+ million full-HD iStock™ video clips and photos ◦ Customizable colors and fonts ◦ Free access to 'Vimeo Pro' ($20 monthly value). Get powerful video hosting and sharing tools: password-protected links, customizable player, analytics, cloud storage, and more. * ‘Premium’ and ‘Professional’ plans are available via an auto-renewing subscription which you can purchase and try for a trial period. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Purchase of an additional subscription during the trial period will forfeit the remaining portion of said period. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel a subscription during the active period. Manage your subscriptions in your account. Start creating amazing videos today; get Magisto Video Editor - Music Slideshow, Collage & Movie Maker Now! Magisto uses FFmpeg licensed under the LGPLv.2.1 or later: (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html) Privacy Policy: http://www.magisto.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.magisto.com/tos
Carousel Camera
This app offers a unique circular video recording format that adapts to any screen orientation. Capture footage in high resolution and easily switch between full frame views with a simple double tap.
- Circular video recording
- Adapts to any screen orientation
- High-resolution capture (4K compatible)
- Double-tap for full frame view
- Ratioless video format
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Designed by wearedot.agency, Carousel Camera is a beautifully designed, innovative camera solution that gets rid of an old problem: aspect ratio. By using a circular video (ratioless), it can be adapted to any screen! Using a 4K-compatible phone is yields a better than HD image*, that is vertical, horizontal, any angle you want... Double tap to see a complete view of the frame, both horizontal and vertical! *Final image is "1215p" (2160x1215) in 4K phones. 607.5p in 1080p phones.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Magisto Video Editor & Maker at 4.6 against Carousel Camera's 2.7. Magisto Video Editor & Maker also leads on ratings volume (123K vs 3) and chart position (#190 vs unranked). Carousel Camera's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 39%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). 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
Both are free to download. Magisto Video Editor & Maker sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Carousel Camera sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Magisto Video Editor & Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magisto Video Editor & Maker has 123K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 39% of Magisto Video Editor & Maker's written reviews are positive against 50% of Carousel Camera's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Magisto Video Editor & Maker ships an update every 2 weeks, Carousel Camera every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magisto Video Editor & Maker | Carousel Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (123K ratings) — better | 2.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 38.8% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 123K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #190 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 212 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vimeo, Inc. | Rafael Costa |
Customer experience
Magisto Video Editor & Maker
Carousel Camera
Bugs and requests
Magisto Video Editor & Maker
Reported bugs
3 issues- Videos not saving properly
- Crashes when trying to edit videos
- Subscription charges even after cancellation
Requested features
4 requests- Allow more control over video editing
- Improve video quality output
- Add option to use own music
- Make subscription cancellation easier
Carousel Camera
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Magisto Video Editor & Maker
- Monthly Premium Subscription$4.991 Month
- Premium Magisto$6.991 Month
- Monthly Premium Subscription$6.991 Month
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- Magisto Premium$6.991 Month
- Yearly Premium Subscription$19.991 Year
- Magisto Professional7 Days trial$19.991 Month
- Magisto Professional7 Days trial2 variants$29.991 Month
- Professional Magisto7 Days trial$29.991 Month
- Single Movie Download$0.99
Carousel Camera
- Carousel Camera Pro$0.99
Questions
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