Comparison

Mote vs slicecut

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

Head to head
About

Mote

This app uses live hand tracking to apply dynamic visual effects to your videos. Create unique content with frame filters that react to your hand movements and music beats. New effects are added weekly, with options for both free and premium users.

Highlights
  • Live hand tracking camera
  • Dynamic frame filters
  • Music beat synchronization
  • Automatic 4-cut Frame Strip generation
  • Weekly new effect drops
  • On-device processing for privacy
Features
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Mote is a live hand tracking camera. Make an L with each hand and only the space between your fingers changes: Invert, Rainbow, Glitch, Comic, Pop or Pixel, switching on the beat while you record. HAND FRAME • Hold up two L's with a gap between them and the frame opens • Six looks inside the frame, switching at 90, 120 or 150 BPM • Tap the screen to hold the look you like • Tilt your hands and the frame tilts with them EVERY TAKE, TWO RESULTS • A clip ready for your feed and Stories • An automatic 4-cut Frame Strip • Save to Photos in one tap A NEW DROP EVERY FRIDAY • A new trending hand effect lands every Friday • Record it that week and it stays in your collection • Past drops include Bubble, Lightning and Stars FREE AND PRO • Free: this week's drop and every drop you caught, 15-second takes with a small watermark • Mote Pro: every drop including missed ones, 60-second takes, no watermark PRIVATE BY DESIGN Hand tracking runs on your device. Camera frames are not uploaded, and you never need an account. ABOUT MOTE PRO Mote Pro is optional. It is available as a weekly subscription (with a 3-day free trial when you are eligible), an annual subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or when the free trial ends. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; the renewal is charged within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Restore previous purchases anytime in the app. Privacy Policy: https://www.secondearth.io/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.secondearth.io/terms

About

slicecut

Features
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Talk. Swipe. Post. slicecut is the first mobile app that lets you edit video by editing text. Record your talking head or yap video, and slicecut transcribes it instantly. Swipe away the words, sentences, or pauses you don't want, and slicecut cuts exactly there. No timeline. No fumbling for the right frame. Just talk, swipe, done. From raw take to reel in under a minute Recording is the fun part. Editing shouldn't eat your day. With slicecut, a full talking-head cut that used to take 10 to 20 minutes now takes less than one. What you can do: Cut by text, not by timeline. Swipe the words you don't need, and slicecut finds the perfect cut point automatically. Every cut lands exactly right. No more guessing, no more re-cutting because you missed by a frame. Remove all silence. One tap. Pauses and dead air disappear instantly. Erase filler words instantly. Tap away every "um," "uh," or verbal tic. Trim whole sections in one tap. Cut long intros or outros, and slicecut auto lands on the right word. Merge clips in seconds. Combine multiple takes into one video, right on your phone. Zero quality loss. Upload in 4K, export in 4K. Built for one thing. Done exceptionally well. slicecut doesn't do filters, effects, or subtitles, and that's on purpose. It's not another bloated editing suite. It's the fastest way to turn a spoken take into a clean, publish ready video. Nothing else gets in the way. Why creators are switching to slicecut Timeline-based editors are built for visual content, not spoken content. Manually dragging cuts is slow and easy to get wrong. Desktop tools offer text-based editing but chain you to uploading and downloading files through the cloud. slicecut brings text-based editing to your phone. No desktop, no cloud detour, no wasted time. Perfect for: Talking head creators Yap videos and podcast clips Hook testing (record multiple hooks, swap them in seconds) Anyone who'd rather spend time creating than editing Get started Try slicecut free. 30 minutes of video included. Talk. Swipe. Post. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://slicecut.io/privacy

Screenshots

Mote4 screens
slicecut4 screens

Verdict

The call

Mote and slicecut are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Mote sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days and slicecut sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mote ships an update weekly, slicecut every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Mote versus slicecut: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoteslicecut
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size125 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSecondEarth AI, Inc.Nicolas Goldstrass

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Mote

Subscriptions2
  • Mote Pro3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • Mote Pro (Annual)$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Mote Pro Lifetime$49.99
3 purchases

slicecut

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly$6.997 Days
  • Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Yearly$89.001 Year

Questions

Is Mote free?
Mote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is slicecut free?
slicecut is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mote or slicecut have ads?
Neither Mote nor slicecut shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mote or slicecut?
Mote ships an update weekly, and slicecut every 4 days. Most recently, Mote was updated on November 6, 2026 and slicecut on November 6, 2026.

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