Comparison

InShot vs Transition Maker

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • AI Effects & Auto Captions
  • Background Removal
  • Smart Tracking & Smooth Slow-mo
  • Video Trimming & Merging
  • Filters, Effects & Transitions
  • Photo Collage Maker
  • High-Resolution Sharing
Features
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InShot: Empowering Creators with Advanced Video and Photo Editing. Unlock effortless editing with easy-to-use features and powerful AI tools, elevating your video and photo editing experience to new heights. [AI Tool] - AI Effects. Experience the magic of AI with instant presets that elevate your images and videos in just one tap. - Auto Captions. AI-powered speech-to-text tool helps you say goodbye to manual text typing and makes video editing effortless. - Auto Remove Background. Remove background of videos/photos at the touch of a button. - Smart tracking. Make stickers/text move seamlessly in sync with your tracking object motion, adding dynamic flair to your videos. - Smooth slow-mo. Experience seamless slow-motion effects for buttery smooth videos. - Auto Adjust. Instantly enhance your images and videos with one-tap. - Smart collage. Make photo collages with AI Blend effects and Screenshot Stitch with effortless caption recognition. [Video editing] - Trim/Merge clips. - Reverse videos. - Add text, emoji and InShot exclusive stickers. - Add music, sound effects & voice-overs. - Add various-styles voice effects. - Speed control. Speed up/slow down video. Add speed ramping. - Keyframe editing. Add custome keyframe animations. - Chromakey. Easily edit green screen video. - Picture-in-Picture. Create multi-layered videos. [Filters, Effects & Transitions] - Lots of cinematic filters. - Unique effects such as Glitch, Fade, Noise, Beats, Weather, Retro DV, celebrate, etc. - AI effects. Clone, stroke, auto-blur, etc. - Combine clips with super transitions. [Photo Editing] - Add text and stickers to photos, make fun story. - Add filters and adjust brightness, contrast, curves, etc. [Photo Collage] - Easy-to-use photo grid collage maker. - Create seamless collages with AI Blend. - AI subtitle detection in Captions stitch mode. - High-quality pic stitch in horizontal/vertical way. [Share] - High video output resolution. Now InShot support save in 4K, 60fps. - Share to social apps, like YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, etc. [InShot Pro Unlimited Subscription] - With an InShot Pro Unlimited subscription, you have access to all features and paid editing materials including stickers, filter packages, etc. Watermark and advertisements will be removed automatically. - InShot Pro Unlimited subscription is billed monthly or annually at the rate corresponding to the selected plan. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews 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. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. [Terms of Use] https://inshot.cc/terms/terms.html [Privacy Policy] https://inshot.cc/terms/privacy.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. Acknowledgements: FUGUE Music https://icons8.com/music/

About

Transition Maker

Easily merge multiple video clips together with a wide selection of beautiful transitions. Tell your story seamlessly with just a few taps, preview your creation, and export in your desired quality. Ideal for creating memorable stories or video tutorials.

Highlights
  • Merge video clips
  • Apply beautiful transitions
  • Preview merged video
  • Export in high, medium, low quality
  • Create video tutorials
  • Share videos
Features
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TRANSITIONMAKER - An easy tool to merge video with so much beautiful transitions. Pretty wonderful moments that you got on your devices, but you want to have more. So why not let this app help you tell the story seamlessly? With just few taps, select your videos and the transition, preview merged video to guarantee you’re satisfied. And final, export video with 3 qualities (high, medium and low). Keep your memorable story for your own or share it to your friend. This app considered a good support tool to make video tutorial. So let download this app when it still free in Appstore. #TRANSITIONMAKER offers auto-renewing subscription options: $4.99 per month $35.99 per year • You can subscribe for unlimited access to all features and content offered for purchases within Transition Maker • Subscriptions are billed monthly on the subscription plan • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews 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 • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Terms of Use: https://tos.vidanimate.co Privacy Policy https://privacy.vidanimate.co

Screenshots

InShot4 screens
Transition Maker2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: InShot at 86% against Transition Maker's 20%. InShot also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.9) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). Transition Maker's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. InShot sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Transition Maker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

InShot holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: InShot has 2.5M ratings behind it against 138, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of InShot's written reviews are positive against 20% of Transition Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

InShot ships an update fortnightly, Transition Maker every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
InShot versus Transition Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInShotTransition Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.5M ratings) — better2.9 (138 ratings)
Positive reviews86.0% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2.5M — better138
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 11 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
Best chart rank#27 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size252 MB217 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSHANTANU PTE. LTD.Polymath Company Limited

Customer experience

InShot

All ratings2,495,847 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews7,031 reviews
Positive86.0%
Neutral4.7%
Negative9.3%

Transition Maker

All ratings138 ratings
Positive42.8%
Neutral6.5%
Negative50.7%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral5.3%
Negative74.7%

User reviews

InShot

From 2.5M App Store ratings

What 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

Transition Maker

From 138 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Free transitions available
  • 👍 Some users find it good
  • 👍 Easy to use (for some)

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Black/grey screen issues
  • 🐛 App doesn't load or work
  • 🐛 Poor video quality
  • 🐛 Too many ads

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

Transition Maker

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • App crashes on startup
  • Black screen on opening
  • Grey screen on opening
  • App freezes
  • App closes when selecting video
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  • Export fails
  • Transitions not showing
  • Videos not importing correctly
  • Ads cannot be dismissed
  • App crashes when exporting
  • App crashes when trying to select a video
  • App crashes when trying to export a video
  • App crashes when adding a video

Requested features

7 requests
  • Ability to combine more than two videos
  • More transition options
  • Improve functionality
  • Fix bugs and crashes
  • Add ability to insert images and GIFs
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  • Improve video quality
  • Allow combining multiple videos at once

In-app purchases

11 purchases

InShot

Subscriptions3
  • InShot Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
  • InShot Pro - Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • InShot Pro - Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time8
  • 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
2 purchases

Transition Maker

Subscriptions2
  • TransitionMaker PRO Monthly$4.991 Month
  • TransitionMaker Premium Annual3 Days trial$35.991 Year

Questions

Is InShot free?
InShot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Transition Maker free?
Transition Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, InShot or Transition Maker?
InShot is rated higher. InShot averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.5M ratings, while Transition Maker averages 2.9 from 138 ratings.
Do InShot or Transition Maker have ads?
Both InShot and Transition Maker show ads.
Which is updated more often, InShot or Transition Maker?
InShot ships an update fortnightly, and Transition Maker every 11 months. Most recently, InShot was updated on September 24, 2026 and Transition Maker on September 19, 2026.

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