Comparison

Photo Split vs ChopShop

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

Head to head
About

Photo Split

Features
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This is an easy-to-use photo/video splitter app that offers wide range of features with split photos with different layouts, blur photos and edit photos. This app also allows you to split videos to continuous fragments to smaller length, allow you to upload video in parts, forming a long status/stories posts. It is easy to create beautiful stories from your precious moments by adding vintage filters, color filters, text overlays and stickers. Make your photo creative by adding watermark text and images. Key Features - Slice photos with 2*1, 3*1, 2*2, 2*3, 3*2, 3*3, 3*4, 3*5 - Slice videos in smaller length - Quick share images on Instagram - Create video status/ story with photo - Move and zoom photo for perfect fit - Creative and intuitive editing tools - Real time preview while editing - Hundreds of trending filter effects - Blur photos with selection - Resize photo with crop mode - Add text overlays and stickers - Add text or image watermark Share your work with ultra high quality and save your work locally with custom album. Download and have fun. Keep in touch to receive all new updates. Thank you!!

About

ChopShop

This app offers quick and efficient audio and video editing for everyday tasks. It allows for trimming, splitting, reordering, and cropping clips without complex project setups. Enjoy fast exports with lossless quality when possible.

Highlights
  • Quick clip trimming and splitting
  • Drag-and-drop reordering
  • Lossless export when possible
  • Crop on export
  • Retime and reverse clips
  • Separate audio and video tracks
  • Frame-accurate nudging
Features
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ChopShop is the everyday audio and video editor for iPhone and iPad — for the cuts you make 20 times a week but don't want to fire up a full editing suite for. Import a clip from Files or Photos. Trim the edges. Split at the playhead. Drag to reorder. Crop on export. Save. Done. No "create new project" dialog, no media-import wizard. The timeline appears the moment the clip lands. Lossless when it can be If your edit doesn't need re-encoding, ChopShop won't. Same codec, same bitrate, no quality loss — exports finish in seconds, not minutes. The app falls back to a clean re-encode the moment you add a crop or stack mismatched formats, and the status line tells you which path's running before you export. The cuts you actually make • Trim clip edges with a live source preview at the new in/out point • Split at the playhead • Drag to reorder, drop new clips between, collapse gaps with a tap • Retime any clip — 0.5×, 2×, or a custom rate • Reverse any clip, pre-rendered in the background so playback stays fluid • Crop on export with per-edge insets and a lock for uniform crops • Frame-accurate playhead and clip nudges • Audio + video on separate rails — unlink to trim them independently, multi-select across both • Mixed-aspect timelines: each clip displays at its own native ratio • Copy the current frame to the clipboard as PNG Opens what you throw at it MP4, MOV, M4A, MP3, and WAV open instantly. Tiny project file .chop documents are readable, formatted JSON pointing at your source media — kilobytes, not gigabytes. Move them around, email them, sync them in iCloud Drive. Native, fast, no services Pure Swift on AVFoundation. No account, no cloud dependency, no telemetry. Doesn't need an internet connection to open a file. Localized into 11 languages English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, 日本語, 한국어, Português (Brasil), Українська, Русский, 简体中文. Documentation https://bendansby.com/apps/chopshop/docs.html Support ben.dansby@gmail.com — usually a reply within a day or two.

Screenshots

Photo Split4 screens
ChopShop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Photo Split at Free against ChopShop's $9.99. Photo Split also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). ChopShop's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Photo Split is free to download; ChopShop costs $9.99 up front. Photo Split sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ChopShop asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photo Split ships an update every 3 months, ChopShop every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 3 level
Photo Split versus ChopShop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto SplitChopShop
PriceFree — better$9.99
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPiyushkumar BhutBenjamin Dansby

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Photo Split

One-time1
  • Photo Split Premium$1.99
None

ChopShop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Photo Split free?
Photo Split is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ChopShop free?
ChopShop costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Photo Split or ChopShop have ads?
Photo Split shows ads; ChopShop does not.
Which is updated more often, Photo Split or ChopShop?
Photo Split ships an update every 3 months, and ChopShop every 8 days. Most recently, Photo Split was updated on October 27, 2026 and ChopShop on November 5, 2026.

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