The best video editing apps allow you to create high quality content that is ready for sharing with the world. Whether you’re looking to add an extra layer of flair or just make sure your footage is ready, there’s an app out there that can help. In the article below, we’ve gathered some of the best video editing apps on the market and broken them down by category.
You can download any of these apps on your iPhone or Android device, so you’ll always have access to them wherever you go.
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Holiday footage being edited in Premiere RushCB
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- Adobe Premiere Rush (cross-platform)
The best video editing app overall
SPECIFICATIONS
Platform: iOS, Android, Windows, MacOSMulti-track editor: YesExport directly to YouTube: Yes4K support: Yes
TODAY’S BEST DEALS
Adobe Premiere Rush CC
US$9.99/mth
Adobe Premiere Pro & Premier Rush CC
US$20.99/mth
Adobe CC All Apps
US$52.99/mth
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REASONS TO BUY
+Cross-platform
+Useful export options
+Free starter plan
REASONS TO AVOID
-Full version needs subscription
Let’s keep things simple. Whether you’re using iOS or Android, Adobe’s Premiere Rush is the best video editing app available today, bar none. Why? Well, we’ve yet to see another ap that offers such wide functionality from such a simple interface. The UI offers large icons and panels, making it very straightforward for standard video editing tasks, such as dragging-and-dropping footage onto the timeline, correcting colour, mixing in music or voiceovers, or adding titles and transitions.
The focus is on letting you process clips quickly to upload them to social media. For example, it automatically converts your videos to the specific aspect ratios and quality levels required by each platform. That makes it the perfect choice for YouTubers, social media users and anyone wanting to experiment with video editing.
This cross-platform, video editing app is much easier to use than Adobe’s more complex desktop software, such as Premiere Pro, After Effects and Audition. That said, Premiere Rush isn’t just for amateurs. It’s also the best video editing app for professional video editors, because it lets you move content back and forth into Premiere Pro, where you can make more sophisticated edits to it.
You can subscribe to Premiere Rush as a single app, as part of a limited free starter plan, as a bundle with Premiere Pro, or as part of the entire Adobe suite. Either way, you’ll get access to updates. For instance, the most recent version (2.0, released this November), introduced unlimited exports on desktop, additional languages, and thousands of new royalty-free sound effects and loops. See our full Premiere Rush review for more info.
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- Quik (cross-platform)
The best video editing app for GoPro users
SPECIFICATIONS
Platform: iOS, Android, Windows, MacOSMulti-track editor: YesExport directly to YouTube: Yes4K support: Yes
TODAY’S BEST DEALS
VISIT SITE
REASONS TO BUY
+Easy interface
+Sync songs to footage
+Horizontal levelling
REASONS TO AVOID
-Doesn’t work with all phones
If you use a GoPro, there are a number of third-party apps for editing your footage. However, the best option we’ve tried to date is the official GoPro app, Quik. It’s focused on two specific things: allowing you to remotely control your GoPro device, and edit your GoPro footage. Quik automatically imports your footage, and makes it easy to do things like sync your clips to music, add photos, titles and timelapse sequences, and include graphs based on your stats.
The Horizon Levelling editor tweaks the angle of your scene to correct things if your camera wasn’t mounted in line with the horizon. You can go through your footage frame-by-frame to find standout still images. And once your photos and videos are ready, you can directly upload them to Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and more, or share them via text or email.
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Currently on version 10.9, Quik saw a big update in December 2021. This tuned up the app’s navigation and made workflows easier and faster. This app is free, but you can pay for extra themes and filters via in-app purchases.
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- LumaFusion (iOS)
The best iOS app for advanced features
SPECIFICATIONS
Platform: iOSMulti-track editor: YesExport directly to YouTube: Yes4K support: Yes
TODAY’S BEST DEALS
VISIT SITE
REASONS TO BUY
+Advanced features
+Thunderbolt 4 support
+No subscription needed
REASONS TO AVOID
-iOS only
If Premiere Rush isn’t quite advanced enough for you, then check out LumaFusion, which has the most comprehensive feature set of any video editing app, although it’s only available for iOS. Produced by the creators of Pinnacle Studio, LumaFusion is kind of like a mobile version of Final Cut Pro, with a multitrack timeline along the bottom, media browser top left, and a preview monitor.
Any effect can be keyframed, as can clip animation, allowing precise adjustments to your project. You get six video/audio tracks for photos, videos, titles and graphics, along with an extra six audio tracks for narration, music and sound effects. LumaFusion offers insert/overwrite capability, colour correction, a fully featured audio mixer, lossless export, support for vertical video, advanced title creation tools and slow motion/fast motion (forward and reverse). There are also an impressive number of effects you can apply.
For casual users, this is mostly overkill, and for beginners it would be a frightening learning curve. Professional video editors, though, will appreciate the range of powerful features it has to offer. These include a MultiCam Sync feature, which lets you sync and edit clips from multiple camera and audio sources. Plus, if you have the latest iPad Pro, you can take full advantage of your Thunderbolt 4 port for faster download and upload speeds. And there’s a nice integration with Dropbox to make it easier to collaborate on footage with others.
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Once you’re done editing, there are endless sharing options and exporting options. For instance, you can export at different resolutions, qualities and frame-rates, as well as exporting audio and video separately. The app even supports for XML export to Final Cut Pro. At such an affordable price, Lumafusion is a real bargain, making it one of the best video editing apps for pros. For more info, read our full LumaFusion review.
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- KineMaster (Android, iOS)
A cross-platform video editing app with pro appeal
SPECIFICATIONS
Platform: Android, iOSMulti-track editor: YesExport directly to YouTube: Yes4K support: Yes
TODAY’S BEST DEALS
VISIT SITE
REASONS TO BUY
+Advanced features
+Multi-track editing
+Precision control
REASONS TO AVOID
-Watermarks on free version
If you’re a professional video editor, KineMaster is well worth checking out. Available for both iOS and Android, this app allows you to shoot, edit and export your footage on your phone or tablet via a mult-layer interface. High-end features include blending modes, chroma-keying, and audio mixing.
Smooth and precise, KineMaster is one of the best video editing apps for trimming clips and layers with frame-by-frame granularity. Audio clip timing can be adjusted, too, with sub-frame accuracy. You can upload multiple layers of video (on supported devices), images and text, as well as multi-track audio. Other features include instant edit previews, precise volume envelope control, colour LUT filters, speed controls, chroma key compositing and 3D transitions.
In short, while this isn’t quite Premiere Pro on a mobile device, in our experience it isn’t far off. Its interface will be quite off-putting for a beginner or casual user, but video editing professionals will appreciate its comprehensive range of tools. You’ll need an up-to-date phone or tablet to use it without lag, though.
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KineMaster is free to download, but adds watermarks to videos, which you have to take out a subscription to remove. This also allows you to export at 1080p or 4K, and get access to over 1,000 premium assets. Find out more in our KineMaster review.
Screenshot from our review of Apple iMovie, one of the best video editing apps
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- iMovie (Apple devices)
Free video editing app for all iPhone and iPad users
SPECIFICATIONS
Platform: iOS, MacMulti-track editor: YesExport direct to YouTube: Yes4K support: Yes
TODAY’S BEST DEALS
VISIT SITE
REASONS TO BUY
+Free for Apple users
+Easy to use
REASONS TO AVOID
-Not the most feature-rich
-Not the most powerful
It’s great to find a useful app that’s genuinely free. But what’s even better is one you don’t even have to download. And iMovie is a great example: it’s already there on your iPhone, iPad or Mac, so you may as well give it a try.
iMovie is aimed at ordinary users who don’t necessarily have any experience of video editing, so it’s much less sophisticated than the likes of LumaFusion or Kinemaster. However, if you’re a video editing beginner, or just want an easy way to add titles, music, voiceovers and photos to your home clips, it’s a great choice.
In our review, we found the interface easy to use. The app also supports 4K on modern devices, and it integrates beautifully with the Apple ecosystem as a whole. So for example, you can save your clips to the iCloud drive or stream them to an Apple TV via AirPlay. iMovie plays nicely with Apple Photos, Mail and Messages too. To learn more about the app, see our full iMovie review.
The last big update since we did our full review came last October, and introduced the ability to import and edit video captured in Cinematic mode on iPhone 13. If you have a new iPhone or iPad, you can now use the Cinematic control in the inspector to modify the intensity of the depth effect; focus on faces or other objects by selecting them in the viewer; and view and delete focus points in the timeline.
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- FilmoraGo (Android, iOS)
Easy video editing app for casual users.
SPECIFICATIONS
Platform: Android, iOSMulti-track editor: NoExport direct to YouTube: Yes4K support: No
TODAY’S BEST DEALS
VISIT SITE
REASONS TO BUY
+Free
+Themed filters and effects
REASONS TO AVOID
-No multi-track editing
-No 4K support
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Want to edit videos without a steep learning curve? Then FilmoraGo, which is available for iPad and Android, is a solid choice. You get all the basic tools you’d expect from a basic video editing app, such as being able to trim and split videos, adjust video speed, control volume and resequence clips. And while FilmoraGo lacks the advanced features of Lumafusion or Kinemaster, such as multi-track editing or 4K support, that does make it pretty easy to use. Plus, thanks to its themed filters and effects, it can help even newbies make their videos look impressively professional.
FilmoraGo is technically a free app, although you’ll have watermarks on your videos unless you upgrade to the paid version. If you tried it before and didn’t like it, it might be worth revisting. That’s because a big update in June 2021 gave it a new user interface, as well as an AR camera and light and dark modes. Plus you can now choose to splice videos in the same picture, and you can use masks not only on the main track but also on the PIP track.
FilmoraGo was further updated in December 2021, adding a Chroma Key feature that makes it easy to remove a specific colour from an image or video. If you like the app and fancy checking out its desktop sibling, see our Filmora X review.
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- Apple Clips (iOS)
The best video editing app for kids
SPECIFICATIONS
Platform: iOSMulti-track editor: NoExport direct to YouTube: Yes4K support: Yes
TODAY’S BEST DEALS
VISIT SITE
REASONS TO BUY
+Free
+Fun for families
+Support for iPhone 13 Pro
REASONS TO AVOID
-Not a “serious” app
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If you just want to edit home-shot videos for fun, the best video editing app for you probably isn’t one that’s as complex and sophisticated as many of the opinions above. You’ll prefer something that simpler and easy to use. In which case, if you have an iPhone or iPad, try Apple Clips.
Aimed at children and families, Apple Clips is super-simple. As we mention in our review, this free app is very limited and can hardly be considered among the best video editing apps for pros. But it does make it very easy to edit video clips, stories or messages. You can also easily add filters, animated text, music, emoji, and stickers too.
Released in September 2021, the latest version (3.1.2) allows you to import and edit video captured in Cinematic mode on iPhone 13, as well as ProRes video from iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max. For more info, read our Apple Clips review.
Filmmaker pro screenshot on iPad plus logo in top left corner
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- Filmmaker Pro (iOS)
Freemium video editing app with some clever features
SPECIFICATIONS
Platform: iOSMulti-track editor: NoExport direct to YouTube: No4K support: Yes
TODAY’S BEST DEALS
VISIT SITE
REASONS TO BUY
+Video grading
+Green screen support
REASONS TO AVOID
-No multi-track editing
-Best features not free
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Filmmaker Pro is another one of the best video editing apps for non-professionals (yes, despite the name it’s not really a ‘pro’ app, although it does come with some pro features including video grading, superb green screen support, nearly 200 different fonts for your text overlays, and chroma keying).
You also get 30 filters, 17 transitions and Audiometer assisted voiceovers. Plus a big update in October added a new subject tracking crop tool, which follows the movement of a subject and keeps it within the crop frame. The latest version (9.5.4) includes new animations for picture-in-picture videos and the ability to delete multiple projects simultaneously on iPhone.
There’s a free version of Filmmaker Pro, but you won’t get all the features and your videos will be overlaid with watermarks. So it’s best to see this option as more like a free trial.
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- Inshot (cross-platform)
Freemium app for making social videos
SPECIFICATIONS
Platform: iOS, AndroidMulti-track editor: NoExport directly to YouTube: Yes4K support: Yes
TODAY’S BEST DEALS
VISIT SITE
REASONS TO BUY
+Easy to use
+Free
REASONS TO AVOID
-No advanced features
-Pay to remove watermarks
Need to craft a quick video for social media? Then most of the apps on this list will be overkill. Instead, you might want to consider Inshot, a consumer-friendly video editing app that offers pre-built canvas sizes for exporting clips everywhere from IGTV to TikTok. We found Inshot’s interface to be very simple, making it easy to import, trim and edit your clips together and then add filters, stickers, captions, emojis, and other fun things on top, plus free music and sound effects.
A major update this January added a library that lets you add exclusive stock footage to your videos, and the ability to preview videos in full screen. The app is free, but comes with ads, and watermarks on your videos. Both can be removed with a small monthly subscription. There are also one-off purchases for more advanced features.
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CyberLink ActionDirector
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- ActionDirector
Another great video editing app for GoPro footage
SPECIFICATIONS
Platform: AndroidMulti-track editor: NoExport directly to YouTube: Yes4K support: Yes
TODAY’S BEST DEALS
VISIT SITE
REASONS TO BUY
+Free version
+Slow and fast motion effects
+Supports 4K
REASONS TO AVOID
-Basic editing only
Not a fan of Quik, the official GoPro app? Then maybe try ActionDirector, an Android app specifically designed for capturing and editing action footage. As well as offering basic video editing, you can also apply some nifty action effects to your shots. For instance, you can slow down or speed up video segments with precision, to create eye-catching slow-motion or fast-motion scenes.
You can also highlight specific sections of your video to replay or rewind. There are hundreds of background music tracks and sound effects you can add to your clips for free. You can add titles and text, and share your videos via social networks. ActionDirector is free, with in-app purchases for certain features.
best free video editing app for android 2021
#1. FilmoraGo
Price: Free
System Requirement: Android 4.2 or higher
If you want a pro tool to edit your videos and media files shot with your Android phone, then the FilmoraGo Video Editor is the best. It has almost all the editing functionalities you’d need from a PC editing program. It allows you not only to create a slideshow of your media files such as images, pictures, and soundtracks but also to do some basic editing such as trimming/merging/cropping/rotating videos and adding background music or voiceovers to videos. And there are cool special effects available in the APP, such as overlay and filter effects, animated text and title effects, motion elements, etc. With the easy-to-use intuitive interface, you would have no problem editing your videos and sharing them with the world.
#2. VivaVideo
Price: Free with ads
System Requirement: Android 4.2 or higher
VivaVideo is one of the best video editing software, image slideshow maker, and movie editing app. With the storyboard, you can import, edit and trim your video clips easily, and then add effects, filters, various effects, text and titles, fast/slow motion to your video, making your video a professional-looking and sharing with your friends easily. The free VivaVideo will come with a watermark and a limited time for your video.
#3. Quik Video Editor
Price: Free
System Requirement: Android 4.4 or higher
Quik Video Editor by GoPro is one of the easiest ways to create beautiful videos with just a few taps. Just select your favorite images and video clips on your Android phone, Facebook, or Instagram account, and then the APP will analyze and create a short video for you. You can also add transition effects, titles, filters, music, and more to make your video more creative and unique, and then share it with your friends easily.
#4. KineMaster
Price: Free with ads
System Requirement: Android 4.3 or higher
KineMaster is a full-featured video editing tool. It has a multitracked timeline with full drag-n-drop support which enables you to easily import different types of media files and move them around with your finger. It’s also equipped with robust video editing options and a wide range of tools for improving video quality. Adding transitions, texts, and voice-over are also available.
#5. Funimate
Price: Free with ads
System Requirement: Android 4.4 or higher
Funimate is one of the most fun video editors, but not overly powerful apps. It allows you to create a professional image slideshow and add soundtracks. It boasts itself has more than 30 video effects that you can play with and the editing process is very easy, so you can make your video more enjoyable, creative, and unique. You can also share your videos with friends and family members on social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.
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