Comparison

VideoShow AI Video Editor vs Photion

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

Head to head
About

VideoShow AI Video Editor

Effortlessly create stunning videos with AI-powered tools. Transform photos, text, or existing videos into cinematic masterpieces with advanced editing, effects, and music generation. Perfect for social media content and personal memories.

Highlights
  • AI Video Generator from photos or text
  • AI Text to Video Editing with prompt-based reimagining
  • AI Video Editing with automatic effects and transitions
  • AI Music Generator from text
  • AI Cutout Tools for background removal
  • Trending AI Effects and viral templates
  • Smart video editing tools (merge, crop, speed)
Features
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VideoShow - AI Video Editor & AI Video Generator helps you create stunning videos effortlessly. Transform your favorite moments into beautiful videos with photos, music, stickers, filters, and AI effects—making every memory unforgettable. Key Features: AI Video Generator: Turn photos or text into amazing AI-powered videos. Generate from photo to video, image to video, or text to video instantly. Create stylish story clips or viral effects with ease. AI Smooth Movie: Upload 3-10 photos and let AI weave them into a seamless cinematic video. Smooth camera flights, zero edits, one click to share. AI Text to Video Editing: Reimagine any short video with AI using a text prompt or reference image. Add or remove objects, transform backgrounds, weather, lighting, or style, and use AI green screen cutout and relighting to create a newly reimagined video with natural motion and effortless editing. AI Video Editing: Choose your content and let AI automatically add effects, filters, transitions, and subtitles—crafting cinematic videos with visuals, voiceovers, and captions in one tap. AI Text to Image: Turn your words into stunning AI-generated images. Describe your idea, and convert your creation into a photo with one tap. AI Image Edit: Reimagine any photo with AI using simple text prompts. Replace content, transform styles, rewrite specific areas, or upload a reference image to guide the look and feel of your edit. Trending AI Effects: Explore viral templates like AI Anime, AI Dance, and more! Create unique, eye-catching AI videos that stand out on TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook. Now upgraded with HappyHorse 1.0 & Seedance 2.0 for Text-to-Video & Image-to-Video — Generate higher-quality AI videos from text or photo with smoother motion, stronger visual storytelling, and more cinematic results. Smart Video Editing: Merge, crop, split, reverse, copy, or rotate clips easily. Adjust video speed, zoom in/out, or blur backgrounds to focus attention. Creative Elements: Enjoy 30+ filters, fun stickers, dynamic transitions, GIFs, and stylish text options. Access the best content center with themes, effects, stickers, emojis, and sound FX. AI Cutout Tools: Instantly remove video or image backgrounds with AI-powered Video Cutout & Image Cutout, simplify editing and create professional-quality results. Compress & Optimize: Reduce video size in seconds without losing quality. Export in 720P/1080P/4K HD—fast, clear, and smooth. AI Music Generator: Transform text into unique music tracks with AI. Generate original melodies from your words for vlogs, short films, or storytelling. AI Photo Enhancer: Bring photos to life with AI-powered upscaling and detail enhancement. AI Colorizer: Turn old black & white photos into colorful, vibrant images using intelligent color restoration. AI Object Removal: Perfect your videos or photos by removing unwanted objects instantly with precision AI. AI Voice Changer: Change your voice to cute, mature, robotic, or funny tones—add personality and fun to your videos. Music & Sound: Choose from hundreds of background tracks or import your own music to match your vibe. VideoShow makes editing and AI generation easy, fun, and powerful—all in one app. Whether you want to edit, enhance, or create videos from text or photos, VideoShow turns imagination into stunning reality! [VideoShow VIP Membership Service] Unlock all premium features. Payment is charged to your iTunes account and renews automatically unless canceled 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in iTunes settings. Privacy Policy: https://d10nkoc3mu17gd.cloudfront.net/privacy/VideoShow_Privacy_Policy_ios_en.html Terms of Use: https://d10nkoc3mu17gd.cloudfront.net/privacy/videoshow_user_agreement_ios_en.html

About

Photion

Easily create high-quality photo art with a variety of editing tools, filters, and stickers. Adjust tones, crop, rotate, and add embellishments without needing complex software.

Highlights
  • Photo editing tools
  • Stylish filters
  • Curves for detailed toning
  • Crop and rotate functionality
  • Diverse sticker sets
  • Photo frames
Features
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Photion - with just a few simple steps you can easily create high-quality photo art. Photion has various functions for photo editing, beautiful photo processing, extremely diverse sets of stickers and beautiful photo frames. With Photion - you don't need other complex image editors to create gorgeous photos. Set the tone for a professional effect Contrast, sharpness, highlight, saturation, shadow, exposure, tint, color temperature, black and white Stylish filters for beauty effects Curves for detailed toning Any point on the moving curve can be set to the effect you want. Select any three colors of red, green and blue to define the color tone Easily crop and rotate photos Select any photo to rotate it to any angle or flip it, you can also choose different ratios to crop photos. Funny face and cute embellishments in the sticker list Sticker themes are categorized. Funny smiley faces, hats, clothing accessories, fancy dresses, all in one.

Screenshots

VideoShow AI Video Editor4 screens
Photion4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: VideoShow AI Video Editor at 4.7 against Photion's 1.6. VideoShow AI Video Editor also leads on review sentiment (69% vs 36%) and ratings volume (46K vs 15). Photion's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. VideoShow AI Video Editor sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Photion asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

VideoShow AI Video Editor holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: VideoShow AI Video Editor has 46K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of VideoShow AI Video Editor's written reviews are positive against 36% of Photion's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VideoShow AI Video Editor ships an update every 3 weeks, Photion every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
VideoShow AI Video Editor versus Photion: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVideoShow AI Video EditorPhotion
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (46K ratings) — better1.6 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews68.9% of reviews — better36.4% of reviews
Number of ratings46K — better15
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size423 MB22 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperVIDEOSHOW PTE. LTD.CH3 DELTA LIMITED

Customer experience

VideoShow AI Video Editor

All ratings45,713 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral2.5%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews2,021 reviews
Positive68.9%
Neutral6.0%
Negative25.1%

Photion

All ratings15 ratings
Positive13.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative80.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive36.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative63.6%

Bugs and requests

VideoShow AI Video Editor

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Exporting videos fails or results in corrupted files
  • Editing tools and transitions not working as expected
  • Drafts/projects becoming inaccessible or damaged
  • App crashing during use, especially with longer videos

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to use own music/audio
  • Improve export quality and options
  • Fix issues with saving and loading projects
  • Enhance stability and reduce crashes

Photion

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

VideoShow AI Video Editor

Subscriptions7
  • VIP Privilege (1 Month)$4.991 Month
  • VIP Weekly (3 days trial)3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • VideoShow monthly VIP$7.991 Month
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  • VIP Monthly3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • VIP Privilege Yearly3 Days trial$21.991 Year
  • VIP Yearly3 Days trial$35.991 Year
  • VIP Privilege Yearly3 Days trial$35.991 Year
One-time3
  • "Remove Watermark once" privilege$0.99
  • Music privilege$1.99
  • Forever VIP Privilege$39.99
None

Photion

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is VideoShow AI Video Editor free?
VideoShow AI Video Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Photion free?
Photion is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, VideoShow AI Video Editor or Photion?
VideoShow AI Video Editor is rated higher. VideoShow AI Video Editor averages 4.7 out of 5 from 46K ratings, while Photion averages 1.6 from 15 ratings.
Do VideoShow AI Video Editor or Photion have ads?
Both VideoShow AI Video Editor and Photion show ads.
Which is updated more often, VideoShow AI Video Editor or Photion?
VideoShow AI Video Editor ships an update every 3 weeks, and Photion every 2 months. Most recently, VideoShow AI Video Editor was updated on November 11, 2026 and Photion on November 7, 2026.

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