Comparison

InShot vs Efectum

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: 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.

About

Efectum

Easily create engaging videos with speed adjustments, reverse effects, and music. Merge clips, trim footage, and export in HD quality for social media sharing. This tool offers a variety of editing functions to enhance your video content.

Highlights
  • Slow motion and fast motion effects
  • Reverse video playback
  • Add music to videos
  • Merge and combine clips
  • Cut and trim videos
  • Timelapse functionality
Features
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GET CREATIVE :) Create awesome videos with Fast Motion, Slow Motion and Reverse Video edits! Get this mighty yet easy-to-use film maker for sharing on all your social feeds! How does it work? Simply slow down the video or speed it up. Watch your video become something completely different. Control the video frame rate and add your favorite music. VIDEO EDITING FEATURES - SLO-MO, FAST-MO, REVERSE video effects - Multiple speeds - Timelapse - Rewind video - Add your favorite music - Merge or combine multiple clips - Cut/trim videos - All popular video formats are supported - HD quality - Easy to use with a wide variety of functions which are always improving - Save and share on all social media We welcome feedback so if you have any suggestions or problems with the app, contact us at: efectum.app@gmail.com Make the world a little more fun ;) Privacy Policy: https://bitly.su/JBZJ Terms of Use: https://bitly.su/1WCeB

Screenshots

InShot4 screens
Efectum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: InShot at 4.8 against Efectum's 4.0. InShot also leads on ratings volume (2.5M vs 4) and review sentiment (86% vs 64%). Efectum's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). 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. InShot sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Efectum sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 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 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: InShot has 2.5M ratings behind it against 4, 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 64% of Efectum's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
InShot versus Efectum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInShotEfectum
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.5M ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews86.0% of reviews — better64.3% of reviews
Number of ratings2.5M — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#26 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size252 MB270 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSHANTANU PTE. LTD.Craigpark Limited

Customer experience

InShot

All ratings2,501,146 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews7,499 reviews
Positive86.0%
Neutral4.7%
Negative9.3%

Efectum

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews431 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral6.0%
Negative29.7%

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

Efectum

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
10 purchases

Efectum

Subscriptions7
  • Efectum Pro (1 month)$1.991 Month
  • Efectum Pro (1 month)$3.991 Month
  • Efectum Pro (1 month)$4.991 Month
Show 4 more
  • Efectum Pro (1 year)7 Days trial$6.991 Year
  • Efectum Pro (1 year)7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Efectum Pro - video editor$9.991 Year
  • Efectum Pro (1 year)7 Days trial$12.991 Year
One-time3
  • Remove watermark$1.99
  • Efectum Pro$15.99
  • Efectum Pro$27.99

Questions

Is InShot free?
InShot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Efectum free?
Efectum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, InShot or Efectum?
InShot is rated higher. InShot averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.5M ratings, while Efectum averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do InShot or Efectum have ads?
Both InShot and Efectum show ads.
Which is updated more often, InShot or Efectum?
InShot ships an update every 2 weeks, and Efectum every 2 weeks. Most recently, InShot was updated on November 1, 2026 and Efectum on October 23, 2026.

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