Comparison

RhythmReel vs Quick Cut Pro

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

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.

Highlights
  • Automatic clip analysis
  • Beat-synced editing
  • Fine-tune clip editing
  • Multiple export aspect ratios
  • Import from Photos and Files
  • Automatic project saving
Features
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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.

Screenshots

RhythmReel4 screens
Quick Cut Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Quick Cut Pro at every 2 days against RhythmReel's every 3 weeks. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. RhythmReel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Quick Cut Pro 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 Quick Cut Pro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RhythmReel ships an update every 3 weeks, Quick Cut Pro every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
RhythmReel versus Quick Cut Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRhythmReelQuick Cut Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEvan Andrew RothScott Manley

Customer experience

RhythmReel

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

Quick Cut Pro

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

RhythmReel

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

Quick Cut Pro

One-time1
  • Quick Cut Pro$2.99

Questions

Is RhythmReel free?
RhythmReel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quick Cut Pro free?
Quick Cut Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RhythmReel or Quick Cut Pro?
RhythmReel and Quick Cut Pro are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do RhythmReel or Quick Cut Pro have ads?
Neither RhythmReel nor Quick Cut Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RhythmReel or Quick Cut Pro?
RhythmReel ships an update every 3 weeks, and Quick Cut Pro every 2 days. Most recently, RhythmReel was updated on October 6, 2026 and Quick Cut Pro on October 7, 2026.

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