Comparison

Perfect Video vs Side by side video

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

Head to head
About

Perfect Video

This app offers comprehensive video editing tools, including trimming, merging, splitting, and adding effects like subtitles, watermarks, and music. It supports advanced features such as keyframe animations, picture-in-picture, split screen, and chroma key for professional-looking results.

Highlights
  • Chroma Key (Green/Blue Screen)
  • Picture in Picture Video
  • Split Screen editing
  • Keyframe animations
  • Add subtitles, watermarks, and text
  • Trim, merge, split, and reverse clips
  • Add music and sound effects
Features
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Perfect Video is a really EASY TO USE and Full featured video/slideshow editing app. It lets you quickly Trim, Merge, Split, Reverse, Rotate, Mirror, Flip and Crop clips, add Subtitles, add Mosaic, add Watermark, Photos, and Text, pick Transitions, add Music and Recordings, and export your video clips. [PREMIUM FEATURES] 1. Keyframe animations: Various editing operations can add key points. 2. Picture in Picture Video. 3. Split Screen: Playing two videos side-by-side. 4. Chroma Key (Green/Blue Screen): Replace the video solid background with a video or photo. 5. Mosaic Video: Pixelate or blur or Highlighted a part in the video. 6. Video Color: Adjust the video color (Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Hue,…) in a real-time manner. 7). Photo Motion: Set Ken Burns effect for photos. [OHTER FEATURES & HOW TO USE] 1) Importing Videos or Photos: Add multiple videos or photos to a project instantly. 2) Multiple canvas ratios: Video original size, 1:1, 4:5, 16:9, 9:16, 4:3, 3:4, 19.5:9, 9:19.5, 3:2, 2:3, 2:1, 1:2, 2.39:1 . 3) Canvas background setting: Set the color or make background blur, or add a custom picture. 4) Combine: Merge multiple videos, photos or text into one video clip. 5) Split: With this feature, you can remove the middle part of the video,  speed up/down part of the video. 6) Video to picture: Extract still images from video via Split feature. 7) Trim: Cut out any unwanted moments. 8) Slow Motion: Slow down or speed up video (0.25x-6x). 9) Crop & Mirror & Flip & Rotate and Angle adjustment . 10) Reverse: Reverse video playback. 11) Duplicate: Duplicate projects or create duplicates of video clips. 12) Animated Subtitles: Add animated text or images to videos. 13) Watermark: Display your own logo on video. 14) Volume: Mute the video or increase the video volume (0-500%). 15) Music: Add multiple songs to a project. You can also choose a specific part of a song to include in your project by trimming it. 16) Sound Effects: Choose from many pre-defined sound effects. 17) Transitions: Select from a host of pre-defined video clip transitions. 18) Video Fade In/Out: Configure the fade-in and fade-out options in the Settings screen for the first and last shots. 19) Compress Video: Reduce video file size dramatically without reducing video resolution. 20) Save Storage Space: Perfect Video only saves the video location so imported videos don’t take up valuable storage space (just DON'T DELETE the original video you're editing). 21) High Resolution: Support for several formats, including 1920x1080HD, and support for up to 4K resolution on iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPad Air 2, iPad Pro and later. 22) Share: Save your video to your Camera Roll or share it on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube or via email. 23) Instant Actions: All actions are performed in an instant manner. No need to wait any more! If you have a question or suggestion, please contact us. We’ll get right back to you. Thanks! Email: PerfectVideoSupp@icloud.com

About

Side by side video

Create engaging split-screen videos for social media with this easy-to-use collage maker. Add music and customize styles to share your creations on platforms like TikTok and Instagram.

Highlights
  • Vertical and horizontal collage
  • Add music for vlogs
  • Supports popular social media ratios
  • Style customization
  • Simple and beautiful UI
Features
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Want to create Side by side video? Then this app is for you! A simple and convenient collage maker will help you make cool videos for TikTok, Instagram, Facebook. Share emotions with friends and family. FEATURES: ◉ Vertical and horizontal collage ◉ Cool music for your vlog ◉ All popular ratio: Instagram, TikTok, YouTube ◉ Style customization ◉ Simple and beautiful UI SUBSCRIPTION INFO: Subscribe to take advantage of the features described above. • Subscription length: weekly • 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 before 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. Privacy policy: http://lifeasplay.ru/privacypolicy/ Best regards, Alice Unzhakova

Screenshots

Perfect Video3 screens
Side by side video3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Perfect Video at 87% against Side by side video's 7%. Perfect Video also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Side by side video's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99). On ratings volume and ads 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

Side by side video is free to download; Perfect Video costs $4.99 up front. Side by side video sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per 7 days. Perfect Video asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Perfect Video holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 924 and 705 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Perfect Video's written reviews are positive against 7% of Side by side video's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Perfect Video ships an update monthly, Side by side video every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Perfect Video versus Side by side video: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPerfect VideoSide by side video
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (924 ratings) — better4.0 (705 ratings)
Positive reviews86.5% of reviews — better7.1% of reviews
Number of ratings924 — better705
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
Best chart rank#73 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeijing Perfect Frame Technology Co., Ltd.7Logic LLC

Customer experience

Perfect Video

All ratings919 ratings
Positive95.9%
Neutral1.2%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews875 reviews
Positive86.5%
Neutral4.5%
Negative9.0%

Side by side video

All ratings706 ratings
Positive74.4%
Neutral3.8%
Negative21.8%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive7.1%
Neutral5.7%
Negative87.1%

User reviews

Perfect Video

From 924 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Efficient video editing
  • 💡 Lots of features
  • 🎨 Good for creating videos and slideshows
  • 👍 Simple and straightforward

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes
  • 🔋 Quality issues with exported videos
  • 🔒 Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
  • 💰 Expensive for a mobile app

Side by side video

From 705 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ❤️ Simple and easy to use
  • 🎨 Good for creating side-by-side videos

Room to improve

  • 💰 Requires paid subscription to use core features
  • 🐛 Exported videos have issues (white screen, missing content)
  • 🔒 Difficult to cancel subscription
  • 📢 Misleading 'free' claims

Bugs and requests

Perfect Video

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Difficulty accessing all editing options on iPhone X
  • Issues with saving and exporting edited videos
  • Problems with music and audio syncing

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more video effects and filters
  • Improve audio editing capabilities
  • Implement a reverse/rewind feature
  • Allow importing videos from online sources
  • Add a voice-over recording function

Side by side video

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Exported videos have missing/blank content
  • Subscription charges more than advertised
  • Subscription cannot be easily canceled

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add ability to choose audio track
  • Improve video export quality
  • Provide clear subscription management options

In-app purchases

None

Perfect Video

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Side by side video

Subscriptions2
  • Side by side Pro (1 week)$3.497 Days
  • Side by side Pro (1 week)7 Days trial$3.497 Days

Questions

Is Perfect Video free?
Perfect Video costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Side by side video free?
Side by side video is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Perfect Video or Side by side video?
Perfect Video is rated higher. Perfect Video averages 4.8 out of 5 from 924 ratings, while Side by side video averages 4.0 from 705 ratings.
Do Perfect Video or Side by side video have ads?
Neither Perfect Video nor Side by side video shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Perfect Video or Side by side video?
Perfect Video ships an update monthly, and Side by side video every 3 months. Most recently, Perfect Video was updated on November 6, 2026 and Side by side video on November 3, 2026.

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