InShot vs Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
InShot
Effortlessly edit videos and photos with AI-powered tools. Create stunning collages, add text, music, and effects. Share your creations in high resolution to social media.
- AI Effects & Auto Captions
- Background Removal
- Smart Tracking & Smooth Slow-mo
- Video Trimming & Merging
- Filters, Effects & Transitions
- Photo Collage Maker
- High-Resolution Sharing
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InShot: Video Editor & Photo Editor for Every Moment. Create stunning videos and photos with easy-to-use editing tools and powerful AI features. Whether you're making daily vlogs, birthday or anniversary videos, creating content for social media, or growing your small business, InShot makes it easy to bring your ideas to life and share them with the world. [AI Tools] - Auto Captions. Generate subtitles and captions with AI speech-to-text tool. - Bilingual Subtitles. Create bilingual subtitles to make your videos accessible to a wider audience. - AI Speech. Turn text into natural-sounding speech with AI Text to Speech and AI Voice Generator. - AI Cut. Automatically remove silence, filler words, and breath sounds to make video editing faster and easier. - Video & Photo Enhance. Improve the quality of your photos and videos for sharper, clearer results. - AI Effects. Experience the magic of AI with instant presets that elevate your images and videos in just one tap. - AI Portrait. Enhance portraits with AI Retouch, AI Face Edit, and AI Light. Fine-tune facial features and add flash, backlight, or hair light effects. - Auto Background Removal. Remove backgrounds from photos and videos with one tap. - Voice Enhance. Enhance voice clarity and reduce background noise. - Auto Adjust. Instantly enhance your images and videos with one-tap. [Video Editing] - Trim & Merge. Trim, split, and merge video clips with ease. - Reverse. Reverse videos and create unique playback effects. - Speed Control. Speed up or slow down videos from 0.1x to 100x, with speed curves and speed ramping. - Text & Stickers. Add text, emoji, and InShot-exclusive stickers with a wide range of fonts, styles, and text templates. Import your own fonts locally. - Music & Voice. Add music, sound effects, voice-overs, and voice effects in various styles. - Keyframe Animation. Add custom keyframe animations to clips and adjust settings over time. - Slow Motion. Create smooth slow-motion videos with speed curves. - Chroma Key. Remove specific colors from videos and create green screen effects. - Picture-in-Picture. Layer multiple videos to create multi-layered videos. - Stabilizer. Stabilize shaky footage for smoother, steadier videos. - Smart tracking. Make stickers/text move seamlessly in sync with your tracking object motion, adding dynamic flair to your videos. [AI Photo Editor] - Blur the background easily. - 1000+ stickers, stylish text, and creative doodles. - AI Enhance. Turn blurry photos into HD with AI Photo Enhancer. - AI Cutout. Remove BG with pixel-level precision. - AI Remove. Instantly erase unwanted objects or passersby for a clean, perfect shot. [Collage Maker] - Easy-to-use photo grid collage maker. Up to 20 photos and 500+ customizable layouts. - Freestyle Collage. Create scrapbooks with one-tap AI Cutout, outlines, and beautiful backgrounds. - Create seamless collages with AI Blend. - AI subtitle detection in Captions stitch mode. - High-quality pic stitch in horizontal/vertical way. [Filters, Effects & Transitions] - Cinematic Filters. Add a cinematic look with a wide range of filters. - Visual Effects. Add creative effects like Glitch, Clone, Fade, Noise, Beats, and more. - Transitions. Combine clips with smooth and seamless transitions. [Share] - High video output resolution. Now InShot support save in 4K, 60fps. - Share to social apps, like YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, etc. [Terms of Use] https://inshot.cc/terms/terms.html [Privacy Policy] https://inshot.cc/terms/privacy_policy.html Feel free to contact us: inshot.ios@inshot.com, your feedback and suggestions are important to us! For more InShot news and tutorials, follow us on YouTube @InShot Video Editor. [Disclaimer]: InShot is not affiliated, associated, sponsored, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter.
Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus)
Transform your photos and video clips into engaging music videos with a variety of themes and music options. Create professional-looking slideshows for any occasion in just a few steps, then save and share them in HD.
- Create videos in minutes
- Over 100 video templates
- Rich background music library
- Smart photo cropping
- Save and share in HD
- Connect to social media albums
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Feel bored looking at your photos? Look no more! Powered by VivaVideo team, SlidePlus helps you turn your photos and video clips into epic music videos in a few steps! To make a photo video can be easy! You don’t have to master formal video editing skills to make an excellent and professional looking video. Just select your photos/video clips, choose your favorite theme in SlidePlus, and in minutes, you will have a photo video you’ll be proud to share with anyone! With over 100 elaborate themes to choose from, you can easily make beautiful slideshow videos to celebrate any occasions—birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, babies, friends. Also, SlidePlus is great for Youtube intro videos, business promotion videos. How to Use SlidePlus? It’s EASY! 1: Pick photos/video clips from your phone 2: Select the theme you like from SlidePlus 3: Add text or change the music as you like That’s it! Now save your SlidePlus videos to your phone in HD 1080P or 720P and feel free to share to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Vine, WhatsApp...... KEY FEATURES: - Make Great Videos in Minutes SlidePlus smart video editor takes convenience as the top priority in video editing. The themes in SlidePlus already have all the transitions and effects built in, so all you have to do is add the media. You pick photos/video clips, select your fave theme and music on SlidePlus, and then you get what used to take hours to create. - 100+ Video Templates to Choose From Every theme in SlidePlus slideshow video maker is carefully designed by our wonderful designers to make your video look professional. We have over 100 themes for you to choose from, featuring any occasions from weddings, baby steps, love, holidays, anniversaries, travels, pets, to business and more. We also make regular update or special edition themes to meet the individual needs of video making. There are always new ones to try on SlidePlus video editor! - Rich Background Music List SlidePlus slide show video maker is packed with varieties of background music, so you can always find the one that fits your need while making slideshow videos. You can also add your favorite music from your phone. - Smart Cropping and Trimming Portrait Photos Based on the accurate facial recognition algorithm, SlidePlus slide show video editor can crop and trim your photos and pictures smartly and automatically to make sure your blooming smiles light up in the slide show videos. - Save & Share Videos at Any Time Save videos to your phone in wonderful 1080p and share your montage videos/music video/slideshow with music to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Snapchat, Vine, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Line, email, etc. - Support Instagram and Facebook Albums SlidePlus video maker connects your Facebook or Instagram account, so you can make slideshow with music with photos&videos from your Facebook or Instagram directly on SlidePlus. - VIP SUBSCRIPTION SlidePlus slideshow with music video maker is free, but you can enjoy a even more powerful slideshow maker video editing experience with a subscription. Subscriptions includes all in-app themes and features. Subscriptions are billed monthly or annually at the rate selected depending on the subscription plan. Subscriptions on Apple Store renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Terms & Privacy: https://sp-rc.vdresource.com/web/h5template/80282baf-782c-4c17-9433-80c7dded6644-language=en/dist/index.html Contact us: support@slideplus.tv Your feedback is welcomed and highly appreciated. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/slideplusapp/?fref=ts Instagram: @SlidePlus TAG #SlidePlus for a chance to get featured on Facebook and Instagram to impress the world!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus) at none against InShot's shown. Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus) also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). InShot's advantage is ratings volume (2.5M vs 2.4K) and review sentiment (86% vs 62%). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. InShot sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus) sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for InShot against 4.7 for Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus). That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: InShot has 2.5M ratings behind it against 2.4K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of InShot's written reviews are positive against 62% of Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus)'s.
InShot ships an update every 2 weeks, Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus) every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on September 29, 2026.
| Parameter | InShot | Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.5M ratings) — better | 4.7 (2.4K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.0% of reviews — better | 62.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.5M — better | 2.4K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #29 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 252 MB | 129 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SHANTANU PTE. LTD. | Hangzhou Xiaoying Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
InShot
Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus)
User reviews
InShot
From 2.5M App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💎 Excellent editing features
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- 💎 Comprehensive video editing capabilities
- 🤩 Impressive effects and transitions
Room to improve
- 🐛 Saving and conversion issues
- 🐛 Glitchy performance and crashes
- 🔒 Limited cloud/cross-device sync
- 🔒 Restricted access to local media files
- 🔒 Aggressive monetization tactics
Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus)
From 2.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 💡 Variety of templates and themes
- 👍 Ability to create videos with music
- 🚀 Smooth performance
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes
- 🔒 Subscription issues and unexpected charges
- 👎 Limited customization options
- 🐛 Compatibility problems with newer devices
Bugs and requests
InShot
Reported bugs
4 issues- Saved drafts randomly disappearing
- Video/audio desynchronization issues
- Crashes when editing long videos
- Difficulty accessing local media files
Requested features
5 requests- Green screen/chroma key support
- More advanced text animation options
- Improved audio editing tools
- Ability to save multiple projects/drafts
- Smoother integration with other apps/devices
Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus)
Reported bugs
3 issues- Video clips not playing
- Inability to save videos to gallery
- Login issues
Requested features
4 requests- Longer music clips
- More editing tools and options
- Ability to remove watermarks
- Improved video export quality
In-app purchases
InShot
- InShot Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
- InShot Pro - Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- InShot Pro - Yearly$19.991 Year
- Filter pack - CREATE$1.99
- Filter pack - CINEMA$1.99
- Filter pack - SKIN$1.99
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- Video Effect - FORM Pack$1.99
- Remove ads$3.99
- Transition pack - Power$3.99
- Transition pack - Glitch$3.99
- InShot Pro - Lifetime$49.99
Slideshow Maker (SlidePlus)
- Weekly Membership$2.497 Days
- Subsribe:Premium_Weekly3 Days trial$2.497 Days
- Monthly Membership$3.991 Month
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- SlidePlus Pro3 Days trial$28.991 Year
- SlidePlus Pro3 Days trial$59.991 Year
- Remove Watermark$1.99
- Increase Picture/Video Quantities$1.99
- Theme: #BirthdayFun$1.99
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- Theme: Love Story$1.99
- Unlock Premium Pack(V3.0)$3.99
Questions
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