Comparison

InShot vs Reverse Backwards Video 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: 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

Reverse Backwards Video Maker

Easily create captivating reverse videos with music in just seconds. This app allows you to filter, trim, crop, and add your favorite tracks to videos from your library. Share your creations directly to social media or save them to your device.

Highlights
  • Create reverse videos
  • Add music
  • Filter videos
  • Trim and crop
  • Share to social media
  • Save to camera roll
Features
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Create amazing reverse videos with music in seconds! No signup required. Filter, trim, crop, add music and more! Easily select videos from your photo library, add music and special effects, trim video length and share directly to social media or the camera roll! KEY BENEFITS: - Create amazing videos in seconds - Add music from your Apple Music library or choose music from our library - Filter videos with a wide range of filtering options - Share videos through social media or save directly to your photo albums In App Purchase: If you choose to purchase Contra, payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase. Current Contra subscription price is $2.99 USD/month or $19.99 USD/year. Prices are in U.S. dollars, may vary in countries other than the U.S. and are subject to change without notice. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. If you don't choose to purchase Contra, you can simply continue using Contra for free. Privacy Policy: https://www.brantleymediagroup.com/contraprivacypolicy Terms of Service: https://www.brantleymediagroup.com/contraeula

Screenshots

InShot4 screens
Reverse Backwards Video Maker3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Reverse Backwards Video Maker at none against InShot's shown. Reverse Backwards Video Maker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). InShot's advantage is ratings volume (2.5M vs 20) and chart position (#30 vs unranked). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 Reverse Backwards Video Maker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Reverse Backwards Video Maker 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 20, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

InShot ships an update every 2 weeks, Reverse Backwards Video Maker monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and August 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
InShot versus Reverse Backwards Video Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInShotReverse Backwards Video Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.5M ratings)5.0 (20 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.5M — better20
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#30 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size252 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSHANTANU PTE. LTD.Murphy Brantley

Customer experience

InShot

All ratings2,497,904 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews7,128 reviews
Positive86.0%
Neutral4.7%
Negative9.4%

Reverse Backwards Video Maker

All ratings20 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

Reverse Backwards Video Maker

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
2 purchases

Reverse Backwards Video Maker

Subscriptions2
  • Unlimited Access Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Unlimited Access Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is InShot free?
InShot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Reverse Backwards Video Maker free?
Reverse Backwards Video Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, InShot or Reverse Backwards Video Maker?
Reverse Backwards Video Maker is rated higher. InShot averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.5M ratings, while Reverse Backwards Video Maker averages 5.0 from 20 ratings.
Do InShot or Reverse Backwards Video Maker have ads?
InShot shows ads; Reverse Backwards Video Maker does not.
Which is updated more often, InShot or Reverse Backwards Video Maker?
InShot ships an update every 2 weeks, and Reverse Backwards Video Maker monthly. Most recently, InShot was updated on September 27, 2026 and Reverse Backwards Video Maker on August 16, 2026.

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