AI Video Editor vs FirstCut
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AI Video Editor
This AI-powered video editor automates the creation of polished videos from your clips. It offers smart editing, auto-generated captions, music, and pacing, along with tools for finding viral moments and teleprompting.
- AI-powered video editing
- Automatic caption generation
- Teleprompter for recording
- Auto Clips for viral shorts
- Timeline editing
- 4K export
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Monito is the AI video editor for creators. AI Edit turns one or many clips into a polished video, with smart cuts, captions, music, and pacing handled for you. Auto Clips pulls viral shorts out of long videos. Plus a full timeline editor, teleprompter, auto captions, and 4K export. AI features use Cloud AI for top quality, with offline fallback built in. Your videos are never used to train AI. AI EDIT Turn one or many clips into a finished video. The AI removes retakes, false starts, and awkward pauses, picks the strongest takes, and weaves them together with captions, music, transitions, and pacing already locked in. Three built-in recipes: Talking Head Short, Long-Form, and Montage, a music-driven highlight reel for travel and events. Add screenshots or B-roll and the AI places them at the right moments. Customize aspect, style, cut strength, captions, and audio in one panel. AI VOICE Turn text into natural voiceover narration for your videos. AUTO CLIPS Find the viral moments hiding in your long videos. The AI scans your footage to surface the most engaging segments, generates captions, and frames subjects with smart face-aware cropping. Review, tweak, and export, or send a clip straight to the editor. TELEPROMPTER Record and read at the same time. Write or import scripts, adjust scroll speed, font size, and color, split scripts into sections to pause between takes, and record in up to UHD 60 fps with the front or back camera. Mirror mode, eye-line guide, and background customization included. TIMELINE EDITING Trim, split, reorder, and layer clips on a visual timeline with snap-to-grid precision. Add Picture-in-Picture overlays with adjustable size and position. AUTO CAPTIONS Generate accurate captions automatically using Apple's built-in speech recognition. Supports 40+ languages with customizable fonts, colors, and positioning. AUTOCUT Automatically detect and remove silences or sections with no speech from your videos. Choose from three sensitivity levels and adjust padding for precise cuts. FILTERS, TRANSITIONS & ADJUSTMENTS Apply professional filters, including Chrome, Noir, Sepia, Vignette, and more. Fine-tune every clip with brightness, contrast, saturation, exposure, warmth, highlights, and shadows. Add smooth transitions: Dissolve, Slide, Wipe, and Zoom. TEXT & TITLES Add styled text overlays with font choices, custom colors, background options, and preset positions. Control timing down to the frame. BACKGROUND REMOVAL & MOTION Remove the background from any clip: transparent, solid color, or blurred. Animate with motion presets or set your own keyframes with custom easing. MUSIC & AUDIO Import MP3, WAV, AIFF, or M4A tracks. Mix multiple audio layers with fade in/out and trim controls, and adjust volume per clip. SPEED CONTROL Slow down to 0.25x or speed up to 4x. Apply to individual clips or your entire project. TEMPLATES Start fast with built-in templates for Vlogs, Reels, Cinematic edits, and more, or save your own as reusable templates. POST GENERATOR Generate catchy titles, platform-optimized descriptions, and trending hashtags for Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, all from your video's content. EXPORT IN UP TO 4K Export in 720p, 1080p, or 4K with HEVC or H.264 codec. Choose 24, 25, 30, or 60 fps. Crop to any aspect ratio: 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:5, or 4:3. PRIVACY YOU CONTROL Editing, captions, AutoCut, transitions, and exports always run on-device. For AI Edit, Auto Clips, AI Voice, and Post Generator you choose: Cloud AI for top quality, Apple Intelligence on supported iPhones, or a downloadable local model that runs entirely offline. Your content is never used for training. Monito Pro unlocks unlimited AI Edit, unlimited Auto Clips, unlimited AI Voice, unlimited Post Generator, unlimited Cloud AI, unlimited auto captions, unlimited AutoCut, unlimited templates, 4K export, and unlimited daily exports. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
FirstCut
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FirstCutは、縦型ショート動画をはじめて作る人のためのiPhone動画編集アプリです。 複雑な操作を覚えなくても、「動画を選ぶ → 字幕や音を整える → 書き出す」の流れで、9:16の動画を完成できます。編集画面で見えている仕上がりを保ったまま、高画質で書き出せます。 主な機能 ・複数クリップのトリミング、分割、並べ替え、速度・音量調整 ・対応端末のオンデバイス音声認識による日本語の自動字幕 ・15種類のテロップスタイルと、色・位置・サイズ・出入り効果の調整 ・テロップをApple純正音声、または端末内VOICEVOXのずんだもん・四国めたん・青山龍星音声で読み上げ ・再生位置から録音できるナレーション ・画像、BGM、効果音の追加 ・ディゾルブ、暗転、スライド、ズームなどの切替効果 ・横長動画を活かすフィット表示と、ぼかし・単色背景 ・Undo/Redoとプロジェクトの自動保存 ・1080p/720p、30/60fps、HEVC/H.264での書き出し ・写真ライブラリへの保存と共有 プライバシー アカウント登録、広告、解析SDKはありません。プロジェクトと素材はiPhone内に保存されます。自動字幕とVOICEVOX読み上げ(ずんだもん・四国めたん・青山龍星)は端末内で処理し、音声や字幕テキストを外部サーバーへ送信しません。 こんな方に ・動画編集をシンプルに始めたい ・字幕付きの縦動画を短時間で作りたい ・自分の声や読み上げ音声を簡単に追加したい 対応環境 iOS 18.0以降のiPhone
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FirstCut at none against AI Video Editor's 6. AI Video Editor's advantage is device support (4 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. AI Video Editor sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. FirstCut asks for nothing beyond the download.
AI Video Editor ships an update every 5 days, FirstCut every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AI Video Editor | FirstCut |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (17 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 150 MB | 275 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MONOSPATIAL LLC | Yuki Terashima |
In-app purchases
AI Video Editor
- Monito Pro Weekly$6.997 Days
- Monito Pro Monthly$19.991 Month
- Monito Pro Yearly3 Days trial$69.991 Year
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- Monito Pro Yearly7 Days trial$129.001 Year
- Monito Pro Yearly$129.001 Year
- Monito Pro Lifetime$179.00
FirstCut
No in-app purchases









