Comparison

AirStory vs Trim Forge

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

Head to head
About

AirStory

Features
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Every flight has a story. AirStory helps you find it. Your hard drive is full of incredible flights. Sunrises. Hidden beaches. Perfect orbits. Wildlife you didn't expect. AirStory turns all of it into a beautiful library you can revisit, replay, and share โ€” no editing skills required. Insert your SD card once, and years of forgotten flights become a library organized by place and time, ready to explore. RELIVE EVERY FLIGHT Watch any flight the way you flew it: the video plays alongside a live map that traces your path, an altitude graph you can scrub, and a smooth 3D replay over real terrain. Fly it again from your couch. ORGANIZED BY WHERE YOU'VE BEEN AirStory sorts your flights by the places you visited โ€” beaches, parks, the trip you took last spring โ€” so finding that one perfect sunset takes seconds, not an afternoon of scrubbing folders. STORIES, MADE FOR YOU Pick a few favorite flights and AirStory finds the best moments โ€” the orbits, the reveals, the dives โ€” and cuts them into a short, music-scored story automatically. Mark your own favorite clips too, and build exactly the highlight reel you want. SHARE IN ONE TAP Every story becomes a link you can text to friends or post anywhere. They just tap and watch โ€” no app, no sign-in. ON EVERY SCREEN AirStory is one app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Import a flight from your phone the moment you land, curate on iPad or Mac when you're home, and pick up right where you left off โ€” your library stays in sync. Fly. Import. Rediscover. Share. โ€” AirStory works beautifully with DJI drones. Your original videos stay yours โ€” AirStory keeps a lightweight copy for smooth playback and never touches your master files.

About

Trim Forge

Features
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Trim Forge helps you turn longer videos into focused clips without setting up a full editing project. It is especially useful for camera and drone recordings, including videos captured with DJI drones, when you want to keep only the flight highlights. Create a project, choose a video from your library, mark the parts you want to keep, preview the selected ranges, and export the result back to Photos. Trim Forge is built for practical clip preparation: saving drone footage highlights, cutting long recordings into shorter segments, and keeping simple trimming work organized by project. What you can do: - Create local projects for videos you want to trim. - Choose videos from your photo library. - Trim camera, drone, and DJI drone videos into focused clips. - Add one or more clip ranges to a project. - Set clip start and end points from the video preview. - Play selected clips in sequence before exporting. - Export selected ranges as one combined video. - Export selected ranges as separate clips. - Save exported videos back to Photos in a Trim Forge album. - Keep project data stored locally on your device. - Switch between system, light, and dark appearance. Trim Forge always uses lossless copy export, so compatible videos can be trimmed without re-encoding. Export support depends on the source video format and the device. Privacy: Trim Forge does not require an account and does not send your videos to a server. Project metadata is stored locally on your device. The app requests photo library access so you can choose source videos and save exported clips back to Photos. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

AirStory4 screens
Trim Forge3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AirStory at none against Trim Forge's 2. AirStory also leads on ads (none vs shown). Trim Forge's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Trim Forge sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. AirStory asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AirStory ships an update every 6 weeks, Trim Forge every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 2 level
AirStory versus Trim Forge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAirStoryTrim Forge
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days โ€” better
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.6 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size12 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDon BrowningRonald Derksen

In-app purchases

None

AirStory

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Trim Forge

Subscriptions1
  • Trim Forge Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Trim Forge Pro Lifetime$5.99

Questions

Is AirStory free?
AirStory is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Trim Forge free?
Trim Forge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AirStory or Trim Forge have ads?
Trim Forge shows ads; AirStory does not.
Which is updated more often, AirStory or Trim Forge?
AirStory ships an update every 6 weeks, and Trim Forge every 5 days. Most recently, AirStory was updated on October 28, 2026 and Trim Forge on October 9, 2026.

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