Comparison

RayCut Pro vs BetterSee

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

Head to head
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/

About

BetterSee

Features
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BetterSee is an ad-free, minimalist app for watching iCSee and Xiongmai IP cameras — on your home Wi-Fi or from anywhere with Cloud ID. Open a camera and you get live video, tap-to-look PTZ, and a day of SD-card recordings you can scrub through. No ads. No junk. Just a clearer view of home. WATCH LIVE • Live video over your local network (RTSP) or remotely via Cloud ID • Fast dashboard with stills while streams open • Switch quality when you need a lighter stream • Landscape immersive view that keeps PTZ on screen CONTROL THE CAMERA • Tap a point on the video to look that way • Hold the on-screen stick to pan, plus zoom in and out • Recall presets, start a cruise, or zoom toward an area • Works with PTZ-capable Xiongmai / iCSee cameras PLAY BACK WHAT YOU MISSED • Scrub a full day of footage from the camera’s SD card • Jump by day, filter motion or alarm clips, and change playback speed • We do not keep a BetterSee cloud DVR — recordings stay on your camera SHARE THE HOUSEHOLD • Cameras belong to a household, not a single login • Invite family by email; members can watch, owners manage • Group cameras into rooms (kitchen, yard, garage) • Find cameras on Wi-Fi or add them with a Cloud ID BUILT TO STAY OUT OF THE WAY • No ads, no analytics SDKs, no third-party trackers • English, Portuguese, and Spanish • Light, dark, or system appearance • Encrypted camera passwords; account security with 2FA and passkeys COMPATIBILITY BetterSee is built for households that already use iCSee or Xiongmai cameras (Cloud ID / serial, local RTSP, and NETIP PTZ). It is an independent app and is not affiliated with iCSee, Xiongmai, or JFTech. SUBSCRIPTIONS BetterSee is free to try for 14 days on your first household. After the trial, an auto-renewable annual subscription is required to keep watching. • Standard — $19.90 per year: full access for one household you own • Premium — $39.90 per year: full access for unlimited households you own Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. The subscription renews automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Privacy policy: https://bettersee.app/privacy Support: hello@bettersee.app

Screenshots

RayCut Pro4 screens
BetterSee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: RayCut Pro at 3 against BetterSee's 1. On price, update cadence, 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. RayCut Pro sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and BetterSee sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RayCut Pro ships an update fortnightly, BetterSee every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
RayCut Pro versus BetterSee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRayCut ProBetterSee
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.618.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size178 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSolueman HussainGustavo Paiva

In-app purchases

9 purchases

RayCut Pro

Subscriptions4
  • Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Max Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$17.991 Year
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  • Max Yearly$22.991 Year
One-time5
  • Remove Watermark$1.99
  • Pro 1-Month Pass$2.99
  • Max 1-Month Pass$3.99
Show 2 more
  • Pro 1-Year Pass$24.99
  • Max 1-Year Pass$29.99
2 purchases

BetterSee

Subscriptions2
  • Standard Annual$19.991 Year
  • Premium Annual$39.991 Year

Questions

Is RayCut Pro free?
RayCut Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BetterSee free?
BetterSee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do RayCut Pro or BetterSee have ads?
Neither RayCut Pro nor BetterSee shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RayCut Pro or BetterSee?
RayCut Pro ships an update fortnightly, and BetterSee every 8 days. Most recently, RayCut Pro was updated on October 28, 2026 and BetterSee on October 24, 2026.

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