Comparison

RhythmReel vs Live Slicer

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

Head to head
About

RhythmReel

This app synchronizes your videos and Live Photos with music, making them react dynamically to the beat. You can use existing clips or record new ones, and import audio files or let the microphone capture sound. It offers creative overlays and multi-clip functionality for engaging video creation.

Highlights
  • Real-time audio-reactive video playback
  • Works with any video or Live Photo
  • Record new clips
  • Microphone input or import audio
  • Live waveform visualizer
  • Text overlay reacting to audio
  • Multi-clip playlist mode
Features
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RhythmReel is an iPhone app that makes your videos and Live Photos move to music. When the beat drops, your video jumps forward. When it quiets, it eases back. Pick any clip from your camera roll or record a short video in the app. Play music out loud through your speakers and the microphone picks it up automatically. Or import an audio file directly. Short clips work especially well. Live Photos are perfect. Free to download. A one-time purchase removes the watermark and unlocks high-resolution export. FEATURES • Real-time audio-reactive video playback • Works with any video or Live Photo from your camera roll • Record a new clip from the front or rear camera • Microphone input or import audio files • Live waveform visualizer overlay • Text overlay that reacts to the audio • Multi-clip playlist mode • Export as .mp4, share anywhere Made by Evan Roth, a Berlin-based artist whose work is in the permanent collection of MoMA.

About

Live Slicer

Effortlessly create music videos from your live performance footage. This app automatically syncs beat cuts and applies genre-specific effects to your videos, all processed offline on your device.

Highlights
  • Automatic beat-synced video editing
  • Genre-specific effect presets
  • Customizable beat engine
  • 12 GPU-accelerated video effects
  • Beat-synced zoom shots
  • Offline processing
Features
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The moment is happening now. Your edit should be ready now too. Live Slicer is an automatic video editor built specifically for music performances. Record the show you are experiencing, and Live Slicer transforms the footage into an exciting, beat-driven original video on your device. When recording ends, your edit is ready to share—and your untouched original is safely saved to Photos for any changes you want to make later. No more record now, edit someday. Capture it. Let Live Slicer cut it. Share the moment. CREATED WITH A LIVE VIDEO EDITOR The visual language and workflow are supervised by an active music-live video editor, so anyone can create energetic performance videos without learning a complex editing timeline. 8 GENRE PRESETS—FREE Choose ROCK, POP, HIP-HOP, REGGAE, ELECTRO, INDIE, JAZZ, or PUNK. One tap changes BPM, cut intensity, zoom behavior, color, flashes, glitch, and the overall visual character. BEAT-SYNCED AUTOMATIC EDITING Live Slicer builds quick cuts, half-beat cuts, full-beat variations, zoom shots, flashes, scanlines, and genre-specific effects from your BPM settings. YOUR ORIGINAL IS KEPT Camera recordings are validated before editing. The untouched original is saved to Photos as well as the finished edit. If Photos saving is interrupted, the original remains safe in the app and can be saved again. MADE TO SHARE Export in 9:16 for Reels and TikTok, 16:9 for YouTube, or 1:1 for Instagram. All three formats and all eight presets are available in the free version. FLASH TEXT Add up to three short messages that appear in time with the music. PRIVATE AND ON DEVICE No account. No upload. No tracking. Video processing stays on your iPhone or iPad. FREE • All 8 genre presets • 9:16, 16:9, and 1:1 output • Up to 3 flash texts • All beat, zoom, and visual effects • 720p export with the Live Slicer watermark • Original and edited videos saved to Photos PRO—ONE-TIME PURCHASE • 1080p export • Remove the Live Slicer watermark • Add your own custom logo • No subscription or recurring fee

Screenshots

RhythmReel4 screens
Live Slicer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: RhythmReel at 8 against Live Slicer's 1. RhythmReel also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. RhythmReel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Live Slicer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for RhythmReel against 5.0 for Live Slicer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RhythmReel has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RhythmReel ships an update every 3 weeks, Live Slicer every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
RhythmReel versus Live Slicer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRhythmReelLive Slicer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEvan Andrew RothTomocreate, Inc.

Customer experience

RhythmReel

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Live Slicer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

RhythmReel

One-time1
  • Remove Watermark & High-Res Export$2.99
1 purchases

Live Slicer

One-time1
  • Live Slicer Pro$4.99

Questions

Is RhythmReel free?
RhythmReel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Live Slicer free?
Live Slicer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RhythmReel or Live Slicer?
RhythmReel and Live Slicer are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do RhythmReel or Live Slicer have ads?
Neither RhythmReel nor Live Slicer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RhythmReel or Live Slicer?
RhythmReel ships an update every 3 weeks, and Live Slicer every 6 weeks. Most recently, RhythmReel was updated on September 18, 2026 and Live Slicer on September 10, 2026.

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