BeatReel vs Quick Cut Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BeatReel
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BeatReel is a simple video editor that syncs your photos and videos to the beat of your music and adds striking visual effects. • Pick a track and trim your favorite part • Add your photos and videos • BeatReel cuts them to the beat and adds effects • Save or share the result
Quick Cut Pro
Effortlessly transform raw video clips into polished montages. Automatically analyzes footage for quality, syncs cuts to music beats, and offers fine-tuned editing controls. Export in various aspect ratios without watermarks.
- Automatic clip analysis
- Beat-synced editing
- Fine-tune clip editing
- Multiple export aspect ratios
- Import from Photos and Files
- Automatic project saving
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Pick your clips. Get a cut. Quick Cut Pro turns a folder of phone videos into an edited montage in seconds. No timeline to wrangle, no dragging clips around. Choose your footage, choose a length, and it cuts. HOW IT DECIDES Every clip you pick is analysed on your iPhone for sharpness, exposure, motion, faces and near-duplicates. The dull footage and the accidental repeats are left out, and the strongest moments are packed into the length you asked for. Nothing is uploaded and nothing leaves your phone. DON'T LIKE IT? SHUFFLE Shuffle rolls a new edit from the same clips instantly. It reuses the analysis, so there is no waiting - press it until you like what you see. CUT TO THE BEAT Add a track from Files and Quick Cut Pro finds its tempo, then lands the cut points on the beat. A waveform sits under the timeline with the beats marked, so you can see the cuts hit rather than take our word for it. If a track has no clear beat, the app says so and cuts freely instead of snapping to a grid it guessed. FINE CONTROL WHEN YOU WANT IT Tap any shot to open the clip editor: - Trim - drag either end to change how long the shot runs - Slip - drag the middle to keep the length and move to a different moment - Dice - keep the rhythm, jump to a random moment - Swap - put a different clip in this shot's place REFRAMED, NOT SQUASHED Export 9:16, 1:1 or 16:9. The crop follows the interesting part of the frame rather than blindly taking the middle. BRING FOOTAGE FROM ANYWHERE Import from Photos, or from Files for footage that never went into your photo library - camera cards, AirDrop, iCloud Drive. Add more clips at any point, or drop ones you do not want. PROJECTS Every cut is saved automatically the moment your clips land. Come back later and your footage, settings and trims are exactly as you left them. FREE, AND HONEST ABOUT IT The free version exports a real file: 15 seconds, 720p, watermarked. Export is never blocked. Pro is a one-time $2.99 - no subscription - and unlocks full length, full quality from your source, and no watermark. PRIVACY Everything happens on your iPhone. No account, no upload, no tracking, no ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BeatReel at none against Quick Cut Pro's 1. Quick Cut Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 days). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Quick Cut Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BeatReel asks for nothing beyond the download.
BeatReel ships an update every 4 days, Quick Cut Pro every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BeatReel | Quick Cut Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Timofey Privalov | Scott Manley |
In-app purchases
BeatReel
No in-app purchases
Quick Cut Pro
- Quick Cut Pro$2.99









