Comparison

Watermelon Backup vs Video Editor

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

Head to head
About

Watermelon Backup

Easily back up your iPhone photos and videos to various network and cloud destinations, or directly to computers and external drives. Offers a 'Drop Mode' for quick file transfers and allows browsing and managing your media library.

Highlights
  • Backup to computer via local network
  • Direct backup to external drives
  • Drop Mode for quick file transfers
  • Support for SMB, WebDAV, SFTP, S3, OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive
  • Browse and manage media library
  • Background auto-backup (Pro)
  • Picture-in-Picture progress (Pro)
Features
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Back up your iPhone photo library to computers on the same local network, external drives, SMB, WebDAV, SFTP, S3, OneDrive, Dropbox, or Google Drive. Drop Mode also sends photos, videos, and files directly. Nothing passes through Watermelon Backup’s servers. • BACK UP TO A COMPUTER OR EXTERNAL DRIVES Back up directly to a computer on the same local network without installing a desktop app. Open link.watermelonbackup.com in Chrome or Edge, choose a backup folder, then scan the QR code with Watermelon Backup. Keep both devices on the same local network. You can also back up directly to external drives connected to your iPhone. • DROP PHOTOS, VIDEOS, AND FILES Drop Mode sends selected items directly to a computer or storage destination’s Inbox without backup records. Choose original or edited versions, Live Photo MOV videos, or location removal; Photos stays unchanged. It does not deduplicate, so sending an item again keeps another copy. Free users can send up to 3 items at a time; Pro has no per-send limit. • NETWORK AND CLOUD DESTINATIONS Connect to a NAS or server using SMB, WebDAV, or SFTP, or use S3-compatible storage. For OneDrive, sign in with a personal Microsoft account; work or school accounts and SharePoint are not supported. OneDrive backups stay in the app folder. Dropbox backups are stored in Dropbox/Apps/Watermelon, and Watermelon cannot access your other Dropbox files. For Google Drive, provide your own OAuth client ID. Watermelon uses its own folder in My Drive and only requests access to files created by this OAuth app. • BROWSE AND MANAGE MEDIA The built-in media browser covers your full library and selected albums. In the full-library browser, switch among Local, All, and Remote to explore your on-device library, a connected backup, or a combined view. See whether each item is on your device, in the backup, or both. Browse photos, videos, and Live Photos with full-screen previews, then select one or more items to upload, restore, share, or delete from the device or backup. • BACKGROUND AUTO-BACKUP — PRO With Pro, automatically upload the current and previous calendar months to saved SMB, WebDAV, SFTP, S3, OneDrive, Dropbox, or Google Drive destinations while your iPhone is charging and online. Configure a minimum interval and Wi-Fi/cellular use for each destination; iOS decides the actual timing. Backup to Computer sessions and external drives are not supported in the background. • PICTURE-IN-PICTURE PROGRESS — PRO View live transfer status and logs in a floating Picture-in-Picture window for Upload, Download, or Complete tasks while the app is in the background. Pro offers monthly and yearly subscriptions or lifetime access. Lifetime owners keep Pro. • BACK UP, DOWNLOAD, OR COMPLETE BY MONTH The Home screen places your iPhone library and backup destination side by side, organized by month. Choose one or more months to back up, download, or complete. Complete first backs up local items missing from the destination, then restores remote-only items to Photos; it does not synchronize deletions. Existing content is recognized to avoid unnecessary transfers, and active tasks can be paused and resumed. • PRESERVE ORIGINALS AND RESTORE Photo and video resources are transferred without recompression. Backups of edited media include the edited version, the unedited original, and adjustment data. Live Photos are stored as a still image and paired video, then rebuilt when restored to Photos. Optional iCloud Photos access can fetch iCloud-only originals when needed; when disabled, only on-device resources are processed. • BUILT-IN TOOL The Duplicates tool finds content-identical items in your local photo library so you can review what to keep before removing selected copies. • OPEN AND REVIEWABLE The source code is open for review, and credentials for saved destinations are stored in the iOS Keychain. --------------- End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Video Editor

This app offers a streamlined approach to editing videos, screen recordings, and audio. It provides a suite of focused tools for tasks like trimming, merging, adding text, subtitles, and music. Preview your edits before exporting to ensure satisfaction with the final result.

Highlights
  • Trim and join video/audio clips
  • Add text, stickers, and subtitles
  • Replace background music
  • Create video collages
  • Convert video to GIF/Live Photo
  • Extract audio and mix narration
  • Generate subtitle files
Features
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ClipFlow is a video and audio editor and converter. Turn video clips into Live Photos, compress videos, or convert videos to MP3. You can also trim and join media, change speed, add subtitles and filters, edit audio, and preview your work before exporting. Key features: - Trim, split, and join videos, or trim and join audio, with multiple ranges to remove - Insert videos, photos, GIFs, or Live Photos into a video - Create slideshows from photos, GIFs, or Live Photos, and combine videos or images in a video collage - Create a subtitle long image from a video, extract photos from video, turn video into a GIF, Live Photo, or Live Wallpaper, or convert a GIF to video or Live Photo - Change the speed of a full video or audio file or selected parts, use video speed curves, slow-motion interpolation and fast-motion blur, reverse video, and add silent pauses to audio - Crop, rotate, flip, adjust the canvas, add device frames, apply filters, color adjustments, video beauty, temporal noise reduction and low-resolution video enhancement, and add fades - Add text, images, looping GIFs, built-in stickers, decorative frames, text masks, timers, chapter progress bars, and text watermarks - Cover fixed video watermarks, add mosaics, or automatically detect and track faces to obscure the ones you select - Transcribe, import, or write subtitles, adjust subtitle length and breaks, use a personal subtitle dictionary and AI translation, and burn subtitles into video - Extract or remove original audio, add multiple music tracks, apply voice denoising and sound filters, or beep or mute selected parts - Turn text into spoken audio with system voices or AI - Compress video while keeping resolution, optionally reduce the frame rate, convert common media formats, and preserve HDR when compatible - View video and audio details such as format, duration, dimensions, and audio tracks Privacy and permissions: Video, audio, sound filters, and speech-to-subtitles are processed mainly on device. Photo, file, and system speech-recognition permissions are requested only when you use the related feature; microphone access is requested only when you start recording for sound filters. OpenASR speech models are downloaded after your confirmation. System recognition may download an Apple-managed language model when generation starts. Model download requests do not include your media or subtitles. Your personal subtitle dictionary stays on the device and is not uploaded as a separate dataset. When you choose AI mode in Text to Speech, your text and selected voice are sent to ClipFlow's service. When you choose AI subtitle translation, subtitle text and the target language are sent. Both services use necessary request identifiers and pseudonymous purchase-entitlement identifiers for generation and verification. These requests do not include video, audio, timecodes, or subtitle styling. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Watermelon Backup4 screens
Video Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Watermelon Backup at 97% against Video Editor's 70%. Video Editor's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Watermelon Backup sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Video Editor sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Video Editor holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 20 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 97% of Watermelon Backup's written reviews are positive against 70% of Video Editor's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Watermelon Backup versus Video Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWatermelon BackupVideo Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (14 ratings)4.9 (20 ratings) — better
Positive reviews96.7% of reviews — better70.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1420 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysEvery 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB140 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZIZICICI LIMITED辉 周

Customer experience

Watermelon Backup

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive96.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.3%

Video Editor

All ratings20 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive70.3%
Neutral8.1%
Negative21.6%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Watermelon Backup

Subscriptions2
  • Watermelon Pro (1 Month)$0.991 Month
  • Watermelon Pro (1 Year)7 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Watermelon Pro$12.99
3 purchases

Video Editor

Subscriptions2
  • ClipFlow Pro Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • ClipFlow Pro Annual Subscription3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Watermelon Backup free?
Watermelon Backup is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Video Editor free?
Video Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Watermelon Backup or Video Editor?
Video Editor is rated higher. Watermelon Backup averages 4.6 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Video Editor averages 4.9 from 20 ratings.
Do Watermelon Backup or Video Editor have ads?
Neither Watermelon Backup nor Video Editor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Watermelon Backup or Video Editor?
Watermelon Backup ships an update every 2 days, and Video Editor every 2 days. Most recently, Watermelon Backup was updated on November 5, 2026 and Video Editor on November 5, 2026.

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