Comparison

Cute CUT Pro vs VideoPad

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

Head to head
About

Cute CUT Pro

Create unique, high-quality movies with advanced Hollywood-style editing tools. Draw directly on your videos, add multiple media types, and customize transitions for professional results. Share your creations easily across platforms.

Highlights
  • Draw directly on videos
  • Add multiple media types simultaneously
  • Customizable transitions and effects
  • Picture-in-Picture (PIP) functionality
  • Support for various resolutions and aspect ratios
  • User-friendly drag-and-drop interface
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

About

VideoPad

Create professional-quality videos with this intuitive video editing tool. Easily fine-tune visuals, add audio, and apply effects and transitions to your footage. Supports a wide range of import formats for seamless workflow.

Highlights
  • Fine-tune color and visual effects
  • Adjust video speed (slow, fast, reverse)
  • Video stabilization
  • Add photos and digital images
  • Add audio soundtracks and narration
  • Apply clip effects and transitions
Features
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VideoPad Video Editor is a full-feature video editor anyone can use. VideoPad is designed to intuitive for a friendly user experience. Using VideoPad, you can create professional quality videos in minutes! Complete Video Optimization: *Fine-tune color and other visual effects *Slow down, speed up or reverse video clip playback *Reduce camera shake with video stabilization *Add photos and digital images to your sequences *Add audio to give your video a soundtrack or narration Supported Input Formats: *Import Video - avi, mpeg, wmv, divX, Xvid, mpeg, mp4, and more! *Import Images - bmp, gif, jpg, png, tif and more! *Import Audio - wav, mp3, m4a, mid, and more! With VideoPad Video Editor for iOS you can also apply a wide variety of clip effects, transitions, speed adjustments, and many more!

Screenshots

Cute CUT Pro4 screens
VideoPad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: VideoPad at Free against Cute CUT Pro's $9.99. Cute CUT Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and rating (4.4 vs 4.0). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

VideoPad is free to download; Cute CUT Pro costs $9.99 up front. VideoPad sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Cute CUT Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cute CUT Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cute CUT Pro has 13K ratings behind it against 441, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Cute CUT Pro's written reviews are positive against 39% of VideoPad's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cute CUT Pro ships an update monthly, VideoPad every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Cute CUT Pro versus VideoPad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCute CUT ProVideoPad
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (13K ratings) — better4.0 (441 ratings)
Positive reviews63.5% of reviews — better39.4% of reviews
Number of ratings13K — better441
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer波 余NCH Software

Customer experience

Cute CUT Pro

All ratings12,749 ratings
Positive85.8%
Neutral5.7%
Negative8.5%
Written reviews1,325 reviews
Positive63.5%
Neutral10.9%
Negative25.6%

VideoPad

All ratings426 ratings
Positive71.6%
Neutral7.0%
Negative21.4%
Written reviews236 reviews
Positive39.4%
Neutral12.7%
Negative47.9%

User reviews

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

VideoPad

From 441 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Efficient editing tools
  • 💡 Gradient effects
  • 👍 Beginner-friendly

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Freezing and crashing issues
  • 🐛 Inability to load videos/photos
  • 💸 Overpriced in-app purchases
  • 🔍 Confusing interface

Bugs and requests

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
Show 2 more
  • Provide more font and text customization options
  • Implement a redo button for editing

VideoPad

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Videos get distorted during export
  • Saved projects get deleted unexpectedly
  • Audio/video sync issues
  • Inability to select multiple clips

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add streaming functionality
  • More audio effects (e.g. vibrato)
  • Support for more languages
  • Improved video export quality

In-app purchases

None

Cute CUT Pro

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

VideoPad

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Full Subscription$2.991 Month
One-time2
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • All Current Features$9.99

Questions

Is Cute CUT Pro free?
Cute CUT Pro costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is VideoPad free?
VideoPad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cute CUT Pro or VideoPad?
Cute CUT Pro is rated higher. Cute CUT Pro averages 4.4 out of 5 from 13K ratings, while VideoPad averages 4.0 from 441 ratings.
Do Cute CUT Pro or VideoPad have ads?
Neither Cute CUT Pro nor VideoPad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cute CUT Pro or VideoPad?
Cute CUT Pro ships an update monthly, and VideoPad every 5 months. Most recently, Cute CUT Pro was updated on November 10, 2026 and VideoPad on November 1, 2026.

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