Comparison

YouTube Create vs Spring

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

Head to head
About

YouTube Create

Create engaging videos with this intuitive mobile editor. Add music, effects, and auto-captions to enhance your content. Easily trim, combine clips, and share directly to your channel.

Highlights
  • Combine videos, photos, and audio
  • Trim, clip, and crop video
  • Add royalty-free music and sound effects
  • Record voiceovers
  • Auto-generate captions
  • Apply filters and effects
  • Resize for different aspect ratios
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Take your videos to the next level with YouTube Create, the official editing and creation app from YouTube. Add filters and effects, music, voiceover, auto-captions and more to easily make amazing videos that will captivate your audience – all without the need for complicated editing tools. EDIT WITH ALL THE ESSENTIALS ● Easily combine videos, photos and audio all in one place ● Trim, clip and crop video clips ● Choose from 40+ transitions to seamlessly blend your clips together ● Speed up or slow down your video SIMPLIFY YOUR PROCESS WITH POWERFUL TOOLS ● Turn your footage into a high-quality first draft using the Edit with AI tool* ● Automatically add captions or subtitles to your videos with just one tap (available in selected languages) ● Arrange your footage with one of our built-in, customisable templates ● Remove your video's background with the cut out or chroma key features ENHANCE VIDEOS WITH MUSIC AND QUALITY AUDIO ● Bring your video to life with thousands of trending and royalty-free songs available through the YouTube Shorts music library, as well as sound effects ● Find the beat of your soundtrack and easily sync your video clips to the music with beat matching ● Narrate your videos by recording a voiceover directly in the app ● Easily remove distracting background noise with the audio cleanup tool CREATE BEYOND YOUR CAMERA WITH AI ● Generate new videos with prompts and reference images* ● Also generate new images with prompts and reference images* ● Remix AI videos and put your own spin on them* STAND OUT WITH FILTERS AND EFFECTS ● Enhance the colour by adjusting saturation, brightness, exposure, hue and more ● Set the mood with customisable filters ● Choose from 60+ effects to make your videos pop GET CREATIVE WITH UNIQUE STICKERS AND FONTS ● Add your creative touch with hundreds of fonts and animated text effects ● Choose from a library of stickers, GIFs and emojis to match your style MADE TO SHARE ACROSS FORMATS ● Resize your videos to different aspect ratios, including portrait, landscape and square, for sharing across different formats ● Export videos in up to 4K resolution, with frame rates of up to 60 fps supported ● Easily upload your video directly to your YouTube channel and share your creation with your audience *Feature is available in selected countries

About

Spring

Easily create professional-looking videos with AI-powered tools for editing, captioning, and music selection. Offers templates for short-form content and supports high-resolution exports without watermarks.

Highlights
  • AI Auto Captions
  • AI Text-to-Speech
  • AI Music Match
  • AI Magic Removal
  • Short-form Video Templates
  • 4K Video Export
  • No Watermarks
Features
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[ Make Your Videos Your Way! ] • Cut, combine, caption, overlay, and animate! • AI tools make editing easy • No watermarks, no sneaky purchases • Supports up to 4K at 60FPS [ AI That Helps! ] • AI Auto Captions: Add subtitles instantly from video or audio • AI Text-to-Speech: Create spoken audio from text with one tap • AI Music Match: Get song recommendations fast • AI Magic Removal & Noise Remover: Cut out the background and zap annoying sounds • AI Tracking, AI Upscaling, and AI Styles: Powerful AI tools to completely change how your video looks • AI Templates: Get a template recommended for your next awesome video! [ Done In 60 Seconds: Reels, Shorts, and TikTok Templates ] • Provides trendy short-form templates • Quickly complete by simply changing images or videos • Supports template saving, sharing, and collaboration functions [ Use Easy & Powerful Editing Tools ] • Make fast cuts, merge clips, make speed adjustments, and rewind • Use pan & zoom, transitions, effects, and slow motion • Add subtitles, text, stickers, and fun visual effects • Make color corrections, voice changes, or animate with keyframes • Multi-Selection Save time by selecting, aligning, duplicating, or repositioning multiple video project layers at once [ "Use-it-Anywhere" Music and Sound Effects ] • Amazing background music and sound effects • Safely upload to YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok [ Design & Decorate Your Videos ] • Choose from tons of stickers, graphic animations, and effects • Vibe with fun, trending and free video creative elements [ Make 4K Videos or HD Clips for Social Media ] • Save up to 4K resolution and 60 frames per second • Upload to social media, including YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram • Create special effects with transparent background videos (ideal for design and motion graphics work) Terms of Use for Spring and Asset Store Use: https://resource.kinemaster.com/document/tos.html Contact: support@kinemaster.com

Screenshots

YouTube Create4 screens
Spring4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: YouTube Create at none against Spring's 5. YouTube Create also leads on chart position (#124 vs unranked) and ratings volume (3.8K vs 1.1K). Spring's advantage is review sentiment (74% vs 66%). On price, rating, update cadence 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

Both are free to download. Spring sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. YouTube Create asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for YouTube Create against 4.7 for Spring. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.8K and 1.1K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 66% of YouTube Create's written reviews are positive against 74% of Spring's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

YouTube Create ships an update weekly, Spring every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
YouTube Create versus Spring: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYouTube CreateSpring
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (3.8K ratings)4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.5% of reviews74.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.8K — better1.1K
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#124 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size240 MB221 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGoogleKineMaster Corporation

Customer experience

YouTube Create

All ratings3,630 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral3.0%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews690 reviews
Positive65.5%
Neutral8.6%
Negative25.9%

Spring

All ratings1,074 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral2.9%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews327 reviews
Positive74.3%
Neutral9.5%
Negative16.2%

Bugs and requests

YouTube Create

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Spring

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Unable to delete internal audio
  • Rejected templates for unclear reasons
  • Premium features not working as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to extract audio from videos
  • Improve layer and animation tools
  • Expand font and transition options
  • Provide better integration with KineMaster accounts

In-app purchases

None

YouTube Create

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Spring

Subscriptions4
  • Premium (Monthly)2 variants$5.991 Month
  • Spring's Premium(Monthly)$9.991 Month
  • Premium (Annual)3 Days trial$39.991 Year
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  • Spring's Premium(Annual)3 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is YouTube Create free?
YouTube Create is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spring free?
Spring is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, YouTube Create or Spring?
Spring is rated higher. YouTube Create averages 4.6 out of 5 from 3.8K ratings, while Spring averages 4.7 from 1.1K ratings.
Do YouTube Create or Spring have ads?
Both YouTube Create and Spring show ads.
Which is updated more often, YouTube Create or Spring?
YouTube Create ships an update weekly, and Spring every 2 weeks. Most recently, YouTube Create was updated on October 21, 2026 and Spring on October 19, 2026.

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