Comparison

InShot vs Video Editor Magic Effect

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

Video Editor Magic Effect

Easily create engaging videos with a variety of touch magic effects, mixed effects, and decorative stickers. Enhance your videos or photos with unique designs, create GIF-like slideshows, and share your creations across social media platforms.

Highlights
  • Touch magic effects
  • Mixed effects
  • Stickers and emojis
  • GIF/Slideshow creation
  • Multiple aspect ratios
  • Video trimming and cropping
Features
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Video Editor Magic Effect is the best video editor & video maker with effects. With Magic Video, you can easily add touch magic effects, mixed effects, stickers, emojis. -Edit videos with coolest touch video effects. - Surprise your friends with coolest effect mix. - Add touch stickers & emojis to videos or photo. - Decorate your video or photo with multiple stickers to edit your video. - Create a unique video with photo, just like Gif or Slideshow. -Multiple ratios supported, like 1:1, 4:5,3:5,9:16 - Video Edit: Video trim, video crop,Show video different ratios. - Share video Use Facebook,Instagram,Mail

Screenshots

InShot4 screens
Video Editor Magic Effect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: InShot at every 2 weeks against Video Editor Magic Effect's every 9 months. InShot also leads on ratings volume (2.5M vs 2) and chart position (#32 vs unranked). Video Editor Magic Effect's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. InShot sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Video Editor Magic Effect sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Video Editor Magic Effect holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: InShot has 2.5M ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

InShot ships an update every 2 weeks, Video Editor Magic Effect every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
InShot versus Video Editor Magic Effect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInShotVideo Editor Magic Effect
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.5M ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.5M — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 9 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#32 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size252 MB121 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSHANTANU PTE. LTD.Himanshu Yadav

Customer experience

InShot

All ratings2,497,904 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews7,129 reviews
Positive86.0%
Neutral4.7%
Negative9.4%

Video Editor Magic Effect

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Video Editor Magic Effect

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
Show 5 more
  • 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
4 purchases

Video Editor Magic Effect

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Subscription$0.997 Days
  • Monthly Subscription$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$4.491 Year
One-time1
  • One Time Purchase$11.99

Questions

Is InShot free?
InShot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Video Editor Magic Effect free?
Video Editor Magic Effect is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, InShot or Video Editor Magic Effect?
Video Editor Magic Effect is rated higher. InShot averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.5M ratings, while Video Editor Magic Effect averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do InShot or Video Editor Magic Effect have ads?
Both InShot and Video Editor Magic Effect show ads.
Which is updated more often, InShot or Video Editor Magic Effect?
InShot ships an update every 2 weeks, and Video Editor Magic Effect every 9 months. Most recently, InShot was updated on September 29, 2026 and Video Editor Magic Effect on June 4, 2026.

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