Comparison

Funimate Video & Motion Editor vs RefTake

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

Head to head
About

Funimate Video & Motion Editor

Create professional-looking videos with advanced effects, transitions, and animations. Easily add text, stickers, and backgrounds to personalize your content. Share your creations on social media and join a vibrant community.

Highlights
  • Advanced video effects
  • Custom animations with keyframes
  • Video transitions
  • Element library (stickers, backgrounds)
  • Video mask and AI effects
  • Text effects and fonts
  • Add music to videos
Features
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Ranked #1 on the App Store in more than 100 countries! Awesome video editor with great effects and transitions. Funimate is the best video editing app you can find on mobile! Join millions of Funimate users who create advanced video edits easily. With Funimate, you’ll be able to create PRO edits very quickly with the help of unique and advanced editing features we have. Create amazing Fan Edits or spice up your freestyle videos with unique video features like transitions, custom animations, video and text effects and filters. Add stickers, backgrounds and overlays to your video to show off your creativity and amaze your friends from our element library with thousands of options. You can share the videos you create on Funimate on TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, Musically and amaze your friends and gain followers! Don’t forget to post on Funimate as well to join the Funimate community and even get featured! P.S: Funimate users get featured more often on social media like TikTok because of creative videos they make by using unique Funimate video effects! Even if you are not an expert, Funimate lets you create advanced multi-layered edits that look really PRO just with your mobile phone. On Funimate you can find: Fan Edit videos to show their appreciation and love to influencers and celebrities; Lip sync, dance and freestyle videos with awesome text effects, AI effects & video effects; Awesome anime edits our users make with their favorite anime & manga characters; Game edits to show off your gaming skills; And MANY MORE... TOP VIDEO EDITING FEATURES TRANSITIONS: Awesome transitions for your edits that you can add with a single tap! We have the best video transitions to wow your followers. Just add your pictures & videos and just by using a few taps you create a cool video with professional looking video transitions. ELEMENT LIBRARY: Video editing is even more fun with overlays, stickers & backgrounds from our element library that has thousands of elements. KEYFRAMES: You’re not limited to our effects when it comes to making your videos unique. It’s super easy to animate your layers using keyframes! Discover custom animations to show off your creative skills to your followers. VIDEO MASK & AI EFFECTS:You can change the background of your videos and add cool mask effects to your videos with just a click! To try this out, add a dance/freestyle video, tap AI Effects button and choose the effect you want. EFFECT MIX: You can try more than 100 advanced video effects on Funimate video editor. INTRO & OUTRO EFFECTS: Tens of intro and outro animations. TEXT EFFECTS: Tens of different fonts and styles available ! ADD MUSIC TO VIDEOS: Add your favorite music to videos to make short music video clips. VIDEO MERGE, CUT & TRIM: Besides all the awesome features, you’ll also have classic video editor app features like cropping, merging, cutting, trimming and editing videos. Funimate is the only video editor you need. You can also create reverse videos and slow motion videos just with a tap! BE A PART OF FUNIMATE VIDEO EDITING COMMUNITY: Shoot videos for weekly challenges, show your creativity by using video effects, hot music and get featured to grow your fan base on Funimate. Share your creativity on TikTok, Instagram, Youtube and Musically and boost your likes: best way to amaze your friends and get new followers. Payment for your Funimate Pro subscription will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew and your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings but refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. If you purchase your subscription during the free trial period, any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited. Funimate privacy policy and terms: http://funimate.com/terms

About

RefTake

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Play your voice recording and film yourself acting it out — all on one iPhone. RefTake is made for animators who act out their shots — record your reference, auto-split it into takes, review, and export. You know how shooting reference usually goes: your computer plays the voice recording while your phone films you, so you're stuck juggling two devices. Then comes the hunt for the take you actually want — back and forth through that one long recording, or endless digging through millions of short ones. And before it's any use, you're bouncing through another app just to get a format your 3D software will accept. RefTake pulls all of it into one workflow — just shoot, review, and export, all on the same device. CAPTURE - Drop your storyboard on screen while you film, and drag it wherever it's easiest to work from as a guide. - Play your audio through the speaker or your headphones so you can hit your timing, blocking, and movement. ORGANIZE - Lay things out like a real production: project, sequence, shot. - Tag and note your takes so you actually remember which was which. - Keep your reference footage out of your camera roll — it lives in RefTake, separate from your family photos and videos. REVIEW & RATE - Auto-split one long recording into separate takes so you can flip through and find the keeper faster. - Give each take 1 to 5 stars, and swipe or tap through them as you review — star the good ones and filter out the rest. EXPORT & SHARE - Export takes as MOV video or JPEG image sequences — any shot, any project, as often as you like, at full quality with no watermark. - Name your exports however you work: project, sequence, shot, take, tag, and note — no more "IMG_####.mov" clips. - Send them out through the share sheet, or save them straight to Files. PRO — SPEED UP YOUR REFERENCE WORKFLOW EVEN MORE - Remove the background and export PNG image sequences with an alpha channel — keep your reference simple and clear. - Save your export settings as presets — set your format, delivery, and options once, and every export after that is one tap. - Save to Project Folder: skip the share sheet and land every export in your production folder with one tap, correctly named. PRIVACY & SECURITY - Background removal happens right on your device — your footage never leaves your phone. - Your projects and footage stay on your device. We don't track you or collect your personal data. RefTake is free to download, and the free plan is the whole creative app, not a demo. Record, auto-split, rate, tag, organize, and review without limits — and export MOV or JPEG sequences from any shot in any project, as often as you like. RefTake Pro speeds up your workflow: PNG sequences with alpha, saved export presets, and delivery straight into your project folder. Monthly, annual, or a one-time buy. Built for animators — and anyone who works from reference. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Funimate Video & Motion Editor4 screens
RefTake4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Funimate Video & Motion Editor at 15.0 against RefTake's 17.0. 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. Funimate Video & Motion Editor sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and RefTake sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Funimate Video & Motion Editor ships an update every 2 weeks, RefTake monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Funimate Video & Motion Editor versus RefTake: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFunimate Video & Motion EditorRefTake
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (673K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews79.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings673K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size441 MB133 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPixery Bilgi TeknolojileriSYUAN-RU WU

Bugs and requests

Funimate Video & Motion Editor

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to save/resume edits
  • Glitchy transitions and effects
  • Audio and video sync issues
  • Crashing and freezing

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free effects and transitions
  • Ability to use own audio/sounds
  • Better moderation and feature selection
  • Improved stability and performance

RefTake

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Funimate Video & Motion Editor

Subscriptions12
  • Unlock everything7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Unlock everything3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Unlock Everything3 Days trial$3.997 Days
Show 9 more
  • Unlock everything7 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Unlock everything3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Unlock Everything3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Unlock everything7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Unlock Everything3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • Unlock everything3 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Unlock Everything3 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Unlock everything7 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Unlock everything7 Days trial$35.991 Year
One-time3
  • Remove watermark$5.99
  • Premium Video Pack$6.99
  • Buy everything$7.99
3 purchases

RefTake

Subscriptions2
  • RefTake Pro Monthly1 Month trial$4.991 Month
  • RefTake Pro Yearly1 Month trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • RefTake Pro One Time Purchase$149.99

Questions

Is Funimate Video & Motion Editor free?
Funimate Video & Motion Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is RefTake free?
RefTake is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Funimate Video & Motion Editor or RefTake have ads?
Neither Funimate Video & Motion Editor nor RefTake shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Funimate Video & Motion Editor or RefTake?
Funimate Video & Motion Editor ships an update every 2 weeks, and RefTake monthly. Most recently, Funimate Video & Motion Editor was updated on October 23, 2026 and RefTake on October 20, 2026.

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