Hooks vs CutUGC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hooks
This app automatically removes silences and unwanted parts from your talking-head videos, saving you editing time. It offers features like auto-captions and easy export for content creators.
- Remove silences and bad takes
- AI-powered editing
- Auto-captioning
- Easy clip recording
- Video export to camera roll
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Hooks helps UGC creators cuts silences and bad takes out of talking-head videos in seconds. If you're a content creator who's tired to spending hours cropping footage down, Hooks is the solution for you. HOW TO USE HOOKS: 1. Use the recording button to record your clips, then press continue. 2. Edit out unwanted phrases and silences using the trash can icons next to each phrase. 3. Toggle auto captions using the CC button and move them to where you want in the preview. 4. Press export to save your finished video to the camera roll!
CutUGC
This app transforms raw talking-to-camera footage into polished vertical videos by automatically selecting the best takes and removing dead air. Users can then fine-tune edits, add text, overlays, and audio. It also offers a hook builder to create multiple short clips from a single piece of content.
- AI-powered automatic editing
- Manual edit adjustments
- Text and caption styling
- Overlay and audio tracks
- Hook builder for multiple clips
- 1080x1920 export
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Film it once, retakes and all. CutUGC turns a raw talking-to-camera clip into a finished vertical video: the best take of every line kept, the dead air, ums and false starts gone. HOW IT WORKS • Record in the app or import a clip from your library, up to fifteen minutes long. • Tap Cut it. Only the sound of your clip is sent, so even a long recording opens in the editor in seconds. Your video stays on your phone. • The AI decides the edit and nothing else. Your footage is trimmed and cropped, never altered or generated. The person on screen is always you. AN EDITOR YOU CAN TRUST, AND CHANGE • Every cut is yours to adjust: drag clip edges to trim, split, reorder, or bring a line back. • Add text and place it anywhere on the video, choose from a full set of fonts, and style your captions. • Add overlays and audio on their own tracks. • Preview plays the edit instantly, and a plain cut exports right on your phone. HOOK BUILDER Upload one main piece of content and up to twenty hook clips. CutUGC renders a finished 1080×1920 video for every hook, matched in format and loudness so the join is invisible. Test more hooks without editing each one by hand. MADE FOR UGC creators, brands and agencies making talking-head videos and UGC ads, and founders filming their own content: anyone who records a lot of raw footage with retakes and wants post-ready shorts without editing by hand. PLANS CutUGC is a subscription with a 3-day free trial. Starter includes 100 cuts a month, Creator 300, and Studio is unlimited; every plan includes the AI Editor, the Hook Builder and every export. Monthly and annual billing are available. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of use: https://cutugc.app/terms Privacy policy: https://cutugc.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Hooks at free with in-app purchases against CutUGC's subscription. Hooks also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 84%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). CutUGC's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (74 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and 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
Both are free to download. Hooks sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and CutUGC sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hooks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CutUGC has 74 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Hooks's written reviews are positive against 84% of CutUGC's.
Hooks ships an update every 2 weeks, CutUGC every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hooks | CutUGC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.8 (74 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 84.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 74 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 166 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Wanagel | Artiaid Software Inc. |
Customer experience
Hooks
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In-app purchases
Hooks
- Pro Subscription - Free Trial3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Pro Subscription$9.991 Month
- Pro Subscription$79.991 Year
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- Pro Subscription - Free Trial3 Days trial$79.991 Year
CutUGC
- Starter3 Days trial$7.997 Days
- Starter3 Days trial$17.991 Month
- Creator3 Days trial$24.997 Days
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- Studio3 Days trial$34.997 Days
- Creator3 Days trial$54.991 Month
- Studio3 Days trial$79.991 Month
- Starter3 Days trial$172.991 Year
- Creator3 Days trial$529.991 Year
- Studio3 Days trial$769.991 Year









