Comparison

ko Frame Extractor vs RoughCut

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

Head to head
About

ko Frame Extractor

Features
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This app extracts and saves a single frame from any video. While screen capture creates large files, this app saves the image as a compressed JPEG, so it doesn't waste data storage space. @@@ Simple Instructions @@@ • After launching the app, select and open a video saved on your device. • Use the slider to display the frames. You can move between frames by swiping left or right. • Press the share button to save the image to your photos app.

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RoughCut

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Stop scrubbing through hours of footage looking for the boring parts. RoughCut turns a rambling talking-head recording into a tight, captioned, clean-sounding video in minutes: it cuts silence and filler words, adds animated captions and cleans up your audio. Drop in a podcast, vlog, tutorial or Reel and let RoughCut do the tedious first pass. You review every cut before you export, so the edit is always yours. No account, no sign-up. AUTO CUT SILENCE AND DEAD AIR • Finds and removes silent gaps, dead air and awkward pauses automatically, like a jump-cut edit done for you • Fine-tune the silence threshold, minimum pause length and padding around each cut so the result feels natural, not choppy • Boost the volume of quiet recordings • Tap any part of the timeline to keep it or cut it by hand REMOVE FILLER WORDS (PRO) • Detects "um", "uh" and other hesitations and cuts them out • Turn it on or off per video and check every cut on the waveform AUTO CAPTIONS AND SUBTITLES (PRO) • Automatic captions in 14 languages • Animated word-by-word styles: Pop, Karaoke, Bold, Minimal and Classic • Burn captions into the video or export an SRT subtitle file STUDIO CLEAN AUDIO (PRO) • Reduces background noise and room hum behind your voice • Levels loudness so every clip sounds consistent READY FOR EVERY PLATFORM • Reframe to 9:16, 1:1 or 16:9 for Reels, TikTok, Shorts, feed posts and YouTube • Export in 1080p for free, or up to 4K with Pro • Import videos from Photos or Files, or audio-only recordings • Batch processing: queue several clips and let RoughCut cut, caption and export them in one pass (Pro) • Save your favorite settings as presets and apply a whole look in one tap • Works on iPhone and iPad PRIVATE BY DESIGN Silence detection, audio cleanup, reframing and export all run on your device, and your videos are never uploaded to our servers. Captions use Apple's speech recognition, which runs on-device for supported languages. PERFECT FOR • Podcasters cutting dead air between thoughts • YouTubers and vloggers editing talking-head footage • TikTok, Reels and Shorts creators who need fast, clean cuts • Teachers and course creators trimming tutorials and lectures • Anyone who records long and wants to post short FREE AND PRO Free: silence removal, manual edits, reframing, presets and 1080p export. RoughCut Pro: auto captions, filler-word removal, Studio Clean Audio, batch processing, 4K export and SRT subtitles. Pro is available as a weekly or annual auto-renewinfor your country is shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end ocan manage or cancel it at any time in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://lumiq.art/roughcut/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Download RoughCut and turn your next recording in minutes.

Screenshots

ko Frame Extractor1 screens
RoughCut4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ko Frame Extractor at none against RoughCut's 2. ko Frame Extractor also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. RoughCut sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. ko Frame Extractor asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ko Frame Extractor ships an update fortnightly, RoughCut every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
ko Frame Extractor versus RoughCut: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterko Frame ExtractorRoughCut
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKENICHI HIYAMAerdem caygor

In-app purchases

None

ko Frame Extractor

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

RoughCut

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Annual$39.991 Year

Questions

Is ko Frame Extractor free?
ko Frame Extractor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RoughCut free?
RoughCut is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ko Frame Extractor or RoughCut have ads?
Neither ko Frame Extractor nor RoughCut shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ko Frame Extractor or RoughCut?
ko Frame Extractor ships an update fortnightly, and RoughCut every 3 months. Most recently, ko Frame Extractor was updated on October 30, 2026 and RoughCut on October 31, 2026.

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