Cute CUT Pro vs Retrospecs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Retrospecs
Transform your photos and videos into retro pixel art. Emulate the look of classic computers and consoles from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Customize your output with various graphics engines, color palettes, and fonts.
- Pixelate images and video clips
- Emulate 40+ classic computer/console systems
- Create custom graphics modes
- Variety of color palettes and fonts
- Supports Commodore 64, IBM PC, ZX Spectrum, Amiga, and more
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A retro computing / pixel art camera app. Retrospecs lets you convert images and video clips so they appear as they would on a wide variety of home computers and consoles from the 70's, 80's and 90's. Simply take a picture (or select one from your photo library) and you can display it as it would appear on over forty systems including the Commodore 64, IBM PC (DOS, CGA, EGA and VGA), Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, Sega Mega Drive, Nintendo Game Boy and even the original 1984 model Apple Macintosh. If that's not enough you can also create your own custom modes based around four different graphics engines and a wide variety of color palettes and character fonts. (The free version only contains a limited number of systems/dither modes and the custom editors, video clip processing and animation options aren't available.) All trademarks are acknowledged as the property of their respective owners.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Retrospecs at Free against Cute CUT Pro's $9.99. Retrospecs also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 64%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). Cute CUT Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ratings volume (13K vs 367). On update cadence, 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
Retrospecs is free to download; Cute CUT Pro costs $9.99 up front. Retrospecs sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Cute CUT Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
Retrospecs holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cute CUT Pro has 13K ratings behind it against 367, 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 94% of Retrospecs's.
Cute CUT Pro ships an update monthly, Retrospecs every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cute CUT Pro | Retrospecs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (13K ratings) | 4.8 (367 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.5% of reviews | 94.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13K — better | 367 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #75 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 波 余 | John Parker |
Customer experience
Cute CUT Pro
Retrospecs
User reviews
Cute CUT Pro
From 13K App Store ratingsWhat 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
Retrospecs
From 367 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Versatile and customizable
- 👍 Authentic retro filters
- 👍 Extensive system emulations
- 👍 Powerful editing capabilities
- 👍 Nostalgia-inducing effects
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
- 🔍 Limited image resolution
- 📏 Aspect ratio issues with some filters
- 🙈 Aggressive upgrade prompts in free version
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
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- Provide more font and text customization options
- Implement a redo button for editing
Retrospecs
Reported bugs
3 issues- Animation option not working properly
- Video import and saving issues
- Occasional image loading failures
Requested features
5 requests- Add more retro systems (e.g. NES, TI-99/4A)
- Improve video encoding capabilities
- Allow adjusting dithering levels
- Add support for transparent PNGs
- Implement batch processing and export options
In-app purchases
Cute CUT Pro
No in-app purchases
Retrospecs
- Small tip$0.99
- Medium tip$1.99
- Unlock everything$1.99
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- Big tip$4.99
- The king of tips$9.99









