Slidezilla vs Video Effect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Slidezilla
Transform your photos and videos into engaging slideshow stories with a wide array of filters, transitions, and music. Easily create and share custom animated presentations or let the app randomize for quick, impressive results.
- Photo and video editing
- Customizable slideshows
- Hundreds of filters and transitions
- Add music (yours or app's)
- Colorful backgrounds
- Randomize slideshow generator
- Instant social sharing
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You and your photos and videos deserve to tell a story with transitions, filters, music, and FUN. Slidezilla is the new generation app for your photos and videos that brings them to life and allows you to share your unique slideshow stories instantly. Customize your personal stories with over a hundred FREE filters and transitions, music (yours or ours), colorful backgrounds, and much more! Go to town yourself or tap the Randomize button to automatically generate an awesome slideshow. Create amazing animated slideshows seamlessly with Slidezilla’s user-friendly app. Edit together videos as well as photos to make your creation. Instantly share your creation to your social sites and have others watch your own story. Download Slidezilla NOW to enjoy hundreds of options and customize your own photo slideshow. You have the story—Slidezilla helps tell it.
Video Effect
Enhance your videos with a variety of stylish filters. This application offers an easy-to-use interface for applying visual effects and exporting your creations in popular formats. Share your edited videos quickly with friends and followers.
- Easy to use UI
- Stylish video filters
- Export MPEG-4
- Export QuickTime
- Fast sharing
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Apply awesome filters to your videos! Features: - Easy to use UI - Stylish Video Filters - Export MPEG-4 and QuickTime - Fast Sharing
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Video Effect at 4.6 against Slidezilla's 4.1. Video Effect also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). Slidezilla's advantage is ratings volume (247 vs 80). On price, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Slidezilla sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Video Effect asks for nothing beyond the download.
Video Effect holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 247 and 80 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Slidezilla's written reviews are positive against 79% of Video Effect's.
Slidezilla ships an update every 6 weeks, Video Effect weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Slidezilla | Video Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (247 ratings) | 4.6 (80 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | 78.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 247 — better | 80 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Falstad.com | Shenzhen Jinxixi Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Slidezilla
Video Effect
Bugs and requests
Slidezilla
Reported bugs
15 issues- App crashes when creating videos
- Photos and videos not appearing in selection screen
- Camera roll shows incorrect photo count
- App freezes on 'Get Started' button
- Videos appear squished and distorted
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- Glitchy video editing experience
- App crashes when adding videos
- Photos deleted after slideshow creation
- Cannot post/save videos
- App crashes after upgrade to pro
- Videos speed up unexpectedly
- Photos not displaying in final video
- App crashes before saving
- Redownload requires repayment despite same Apple ID
- App won't load all available photos
Requested features
15 requests- Add text overlay capability
- Import custom music from camera roll
- More transition options
- Remove or reduce watermark
- Ability to use more than 10 photos without upgrade
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- Video trimming and splitting tools
- Disable Ken Burns zoom effect
- Custom transition placement
- Drag-and-drop media reordering
- Photo background selection
- Rearrange media by modification date
- Shorter photo duration options (less than 1 second)
- Remove unwanted color filters
- Expanded music library with popular artists
- Better tutorial for transition controls
Video Effect
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Slidezilla
- Pro Upgrade$1.99
Video Effect
No in-app purchases
