Stellar vs SimpleCut Video
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stellar
This app offers advanced control for creating timelapses and capturing single shots with customizable intervals and delays. It supports manual camera settings, dual camera capture, and various output formats, including RAW. Remote control and Apple Watch integration are also available.
- Interval shooting
- Manual camera controls
- Dual camera capture
- RAW photo output
- Remote control
- Apple Watch integration
- Timelapse video creation
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Stellar is a precision interval camera built for photographers who want complete control from a quick self-timer shot to a multi-hour timelapse session. CAPTURE • Interval shooting: every 2, 5, 10, 30, or 60 seconds • Single shot mode with start delay. Use Stellar as a self-timer • Set a shot count (1 to ∞) or a duration limit (30s to 1h) • Schedule a session to fire automatically at a specific time • Visual countdown before the session starts CAMERA CONTROLS • Switch between Ultra Wide, Wide, and Telephoto lenses (If supported) • Manual shutter speed, ISO, and exposure compensation • Manual focus with barrel-style slider and haptic feedback • Barrel-style zoom with haptic tick feedback • Flash: Off / Auto / On • AE/AF lock and tap-to-focus DUAL CAMERA • Multicam: Capture front and back cameras simultaneously • Picture-in-Picture layout: draggable and swappable • Both lenses fire at the exact same time PHOTO OUTPUT • Formats: HEIC, JPEG, RAW, RAW+HEIC, RAW+JPEG • Aspect ratios: Original, 1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9 • Optional geotagging. Embed GPS location in EXIF metadata • Sessions automatically saved to a named album in Photos TIMELAPSE VIDEO • Build a timelapse from any session or photo library • Share photos from the iOS Photos app directly into Stellar to generate a timelapse • Frame rate: 24 or 30 fps • Quality: 1080p, 1440p, or 4K • Speed: 0.5×, 1×, 2×, 3×, or 4× • Reverse playback option • Export and share in seconds REMOTE CONTROL • Control a second iPhone over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth • Start, stop, and preview shots remotely APPLE WATCH • Start and stop capture from your wrist • Live preview on the watch face after each shot • Shot counter displayed during active sessions FRAMING AIDS • Ghost overlay: match composition to the previous shot • 3×3 grid for rule-of-thirds framing • Horizon level indicator • Aspect ratio crop guides GALLERY • Browse, view full-screen, share, or delete photos & videos captured by Stellar FEEDBACK & SETTINGS • Shutter sound and haptic feedback • LED countdown: flashes 3-2-1 before each shot • Battery saver mode: dims screen during long sessions • Sleep mode: pause and resume without losing your session • Presets: save and load named setting combinations • Storage warning before starting a session Download Stellar. Every second counts.
SimpleCut Video
Effortlessly transform a single video into multiple shareable clips with a single export. This tool streamlines the process of extracting highlights from longer recordings, saving you time and simplifying content creation for social media.
- Export multiple clips from one video
- Batch export selected segments
- Save time on highlight extraction
- Create separate video files
- Clean and simple editing interface
- Fast multi-clip export
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Turn one video into multiple ready-to-share clips in a single export. SimpleCut is built for one job: helping you quickly cut one video into multiple separate clips without repeating the same export process again and again. Instead of trimming one moment, saving it, going back, trimming another, and repeating the whole workflow, you can select multiple segments and export them all at once. Each selected segment is saved as its own video file. Why people use SimpleCut: - Export multiple clips from one video in one action - Save time when pulling highlights from longer recordings - Keep only the moments you want - Get separate video files ready to post, share, or edit How it works: - Import one video - Mark the segments you want to keep - Export all selected clips in one batch Designed for a fast, focused workflow: - Clean and simple editing interface - Quick multi-clip export - Smooth performance with modern video technologies - No extra tools, filters, or distractions Great for: - Highlight clips from long recordings - Fitness and acroyoga videos - Tutorials and demonstrations - Social media content for Instagram, TikTok, Reels, and Shorts If you regularly record long videos and only want the best parts, SimpleCut helps you turn one recording into multiple finished clips in seconds. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Stellar at every 4 days against SimpleCut Video's monthly. Stellar also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Stellar against 5.0 for SimpleCut Video. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Stellar ships an update every 4 days, SimpleCut Video monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stellar | SimpleCut Video |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gabriel Pires | Anton Smolianin |
Customer experience
Stellar
SimpleCut Video
In-app purchases
Stellar
No in-app purchases
SimpleCut Video
No in-app purchases








