Comparison

Rilu 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

Rilu

Effortlessly transform photos and videos into engaging reels. Simply select your media, choose a song, and let the app automatically create beat-synced edits. Share your creations instantly to platforms like Instagram Reels and TikTok.

Highlights
  • Automatic beat-synced editing
  • Instant reel creation
  • No timelines or templates
  • Easy media selection
  • Direct sharing to social media
Features
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Tap to edit. Making a great reel shouldn't take an hour. Rilu automatically edits your photos and videos to the energy of your music, creating smooth, natural videos ready to post. No complicated timeline. No keyframes. No editing experience. Just choose your clips, pick a song, and tap. What Rilu does • Automatically edits your photos and videos • Syncs every cut to your music • Creates smooth, natural pacing • Lets you control how fast or slow the edit feels • Works in seconds How it works Add your photos and videos. Pick a song. Tap to edit. Share your reel.

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

Rilu4 screens
Quick Cut Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rilu at none against Quick Cut Pro's 1. Quick Cut Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Quick Cut Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Rilu asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Rilu against 5.0 for Quick Cut Pro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rilu ships an update weekly, Quick Cut Pro every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Rilu versus Quick Cut Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRiluQuick Cut Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperElena Zobak LLCScott Manley

In-app purchases

None

Rilu

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Quick Cut Pro

One-time1
  • Quick Cut Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Rilu free?
Rilu is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Quick Cut Pro free?
Quick Cut Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Rilu or Quick Cut Pro?
Rilu and Quick Cut Pro are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do Rilu or Quick Cut Pro have ads?
Neither Rilu nor Quick Cut Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rilu or Quick Cut Pro?
Rilu ships an update weekly, and Quick Cut Pro every 2 days. Most recently, Rilu was updated on October 31, 2026 and Quick Cut Pro on October 31, 2026.

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