Comparison

QuickTimeLapse vs RayCut Pro

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

Head to head
About

QuickTimeLapse

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Turn long videos into 60-second timelapses, ready for Reels, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts. Pick 1 to 5 videos. QuickTimeLapse auto-calculates the speed and crunches them into a single 60-second clip. No sign-up, no uploads — your videos never leave your iPhone. — Features — • Up to 5 videos at once, auto-stitched into 60 seconds • Day Counter auto-numbering for daily check-ins (workouts, yoga, cooking, travel) — filenames carry Day 1 / Day 2 … • Custom filename templates — mix date, sequence, and your own text • PHPicker-based selection — no full Photos library access required • Fully on-device — nothing uploaded — Who it's for — Anyone tracking daily workouts, yoga, cooking, or travel vlogs as a timelapse series. Anyone who wants to crunch long footage into Reels, TikTok, or YouTube Shorts. — Pricing — Free to download. The first conversion each day is ad-free; from the second conversion on, you'll see one ad before processing. "Remove Ads" is a one-time purchase that removes all ads forever (no subscription). — Story — I film my workouts every day and wanted to compress them into 60-second timelapses for Instagram. I used to airdrop every clip to my Mac just to make a timelapse in iMovie — the back-and-forth was a hassle. I couldn't find a tool that felt right, so I vibe-coded one myself. Hope it helps if you're in the same boat. — Feedback — Tap Settings → Report a Problem inside the app to write to me directly. I'll do my best to reply.

About

RayCut Pro

Edit videos like a professional on your Apple devices with a multi-track timeline, automatic captions, and cinematic color grading. Create movie trailers, storyboards, and instant movies with advanced editing tools and effects. Your footage stays private on your device.

Highlights
  • Multi-track timeline editing
  • Automatic captions with animated styles
  • Cinematic color grading tools
  • 4K HDR export
  • Story Studio for trailers and storyboards
  • Smart Reframe for multi-format output
  • On-device processing for privacy
Features
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Edit like a pro on iPhone, iPad and Mac. No account. No uploads. RayCut Pro gives you a real multi-track timeline, automatic captions, cinematic color and 4K HDR export, and your footage stays on your own devices. NEW: STORY STUDIO • Movie trailers: pick one of 9 themed trailers, fill the shot list with your clips, add your title and credits. RayCut times the cuts, titles and music for you. • Storyboards: guided shot lists that tell you what to film, then assemble the edit. • Instant Movie: choose your clips and get a finished, music-timed movie you can keep editing. FINISH FASTER • Viral Cut and automatic edits that cut to the beat of your music, at the pace you choose. • Automatic captions with animated styles, word-by-word highlights and speaker labels. Search the transcript and jump to any word. • Remove silences, split long clips at every shot change, and detect beats in one tap. • Smart Reframe follows your subject so one project works vertical, square and landscape. A REAL PRO TIMELINE • Frame-accurate, multi-track and magnetic: insert, append, overwrite, connect and replace edits, In/Out ranges, ripple and roll trims, and a precision trim view. • Compound clips, multicam editing, auditions for alternate takes, markers and chapters, and a searchable timeline index. • Keyframes with smooth curves for position, scale, rotation, opacity and effects. • Speed ramps, smooth slow motion, reverse and freeze frames. MAKE IT LOOK CINEMATIC • Color wheels, curves, HSL, LUTs, Looks, Match Color and Auto Enhance. • Change the focus of iPhone Cinematic videos after you shot them. • Cut Out removes the background without a green screen. Plus chroma key, shape masks, object tracking with pinned titles and stickers, and stabilization. • Animated titles with neon, glitch and wave effects, 3D transitions and animated backgrounds. SOUND THAT HOLDS UP • Voice Isolation and Voice Enhance for clean dialogue, EQ and voice effects. • Music that follows your edit, a built-in sound library, auto-ducking under voice, voiceover recording and text-to-speech narration. • Dialogue, music and effects roles with per-role mute and stem export. IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC • Projects sync through your own iCloud. Start on iPhone, continue on Mac with Handoff. • On Mac: familiar pro keyboard shortcuts, skimming, and a full-screen viewer on a second display. • Export FCPXML to keep editing in Final Cut Pro. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No RayCut account, no tracking, no RayCut cloud. • Captions, cutouts, reframing and beat analysis run on your device by default. • Sync uses your own iCloud, and you decide when and where a video is shared. EXPORT WITH CONFIDENCE • Up to 4K with HDR on supported media and devices, up to 60 fps. • Chapters in the exported movie, plus ready-to-paste YouTube chapter timestamps. • Save to Photos, AirDrop, Files or the share sheet. Long exports pause and resume safely. PLANS RayCut Pro is free to download and edit with. Exports from the free version end with a short RayCut Pro card; remove it once with Remove Watermark. Pro and Max subscriptions (monthly or yearly) unlock the advanced tools. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use / EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

QuickTimeLapse4 screens
RayCut Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: RayCut Pro at none against QuickTimeLapse's shown. RayCut Pro also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. QuickTimeLapse sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and RayCut Pro sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

QuickTimeLapse ships an update every 2 weeks, RayCut Pro fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 6 level
QuickTimeLapse versus RayCut Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuickTimeLapseRayCut Pro
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB125 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWEI HAN YENSolueman Hussain

In-app purchases

1 purchases

QuickTimeLapse

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
9 purchases

RayCut Pro

Subscriptions4
  • Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Max Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$44.991 Year
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  • Max Yearly$89.991 Year
One-time5
  • Remove Watermark$1.99
  • Pro 1-Month Pass$2.99
  • Max 1-Month Pass$4.99
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  • Pro 1-Year Pass$24.99
  • Max 1-Year Pass$49.99

Questions

Is QuickTimeLapse free?
QuickTimeLapse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RayCut Pro free?
RayCut Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do QuickTimeLapse or RayCut Pro have ads?
QuickTimeLapse shows ads; RayCut Pro does not.
Which is updated more often, QuickTimeLapse or RayCut Pro?
QuickTimeLapse ships an update every 2 weeks, and RayCut Pro fortnightly. Most recently, QuickTimeLapse was updated on October 10, 2026 and RayCut Pro on October 12, 2026.

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