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Top 10 Best Video Maker Apps
For social media creators, videos win over static posts any day of the week. They showcase your personality, bring your profile to life, and allow your audience to connect with you on a deeper level.
Videos are also the most favored content type by algorithms, capturing a viewer’s attention for longer and boosting the likelihood of more likes, comments, profile tap-throughs—and even follows.
That said, with 41 million pro creators in the world right now, your videos have to soar above the rest in terms of originality (while still being easy to piece together).
Whether you’re new to creating videos or more experienced, these top 10 best video maker apps for iPhone or Android have got you covered.
Firstly, we have to talk about Videoleap. This user-friendly app means that you can create maximum-quality videos and visual effects with minimal fuss. All you need is a smartphone to express your creativity.
Our favorite thing about Videoleap is that it offers total control. Every aspect of a video can be customized according to nifty animations, seamless transitions, captivating sound effects, and more.
Beginners can enhance their video-making skills using ready-to-go templates and in-app tutorials, whereas those telling more complex stories will be in their element with advanced tools like keyframes, chroma key, and Glitch.
Follow your favorite creators and curate your own community so you can have fun while you work—and produce powerful content that explodes in popularity. The sky’s the limit!
Try the free 7-day trial before upgrading to Videoleap Pro for $7.99 per month.
InShot is a handy app for those who are new to video creation or don’t have a lot of time to play with. It offers no-frills video making in the form of cutting together and trimming down clips, as well as adding filters, backgrounds and music from a built-in library of royalty-free tracks.
Simple to use with in-app support, you can create professional-looking content in mere minutes. However, all your videos will be watermarked unless you upgrade to InShot Pro, where you can also access more advanced transitions, effects, and stickers.
Try InShot Pro for free for 3 days before the subscription starts at $3.99 per month.
Splice is a hassle-free video maker that was developed by GoPro but recently acquired by Bending Spoons. It provides all the typical video making tools, alongside effects, animation, transitions, titles, and speed control.
Splice is mostly loved for its ease of use in addition to the variety of music and sound effects available through the app. It even has the capability to sync a video to the beat of your soundtrack.
Splice can be downloaded on both iOS and Android devices. However, users have reported that some of the advanced features in the iOS version aren’t yet available in the Android version. These include keyframes, audio editing, and chroma key.
Subscriptions start at $2.99 per week.
Filmr was designed by InVideo for beginner and experienced video creators. You can use all of its basic features to craft an enticing video effortlessly. Alternatively, make the most of the swish transitions, effects and filters to level up your videos.
Some reviews indicate that the majority of people rate the free version of Filmr and how straightforward and intuitive the interface is. It has a vertical editing timeline—unlike other similar apps.
Even so, keep in mind that unless you watch an ad or upgrade, Filmr will put a watermark on your content. It also doesn’t support multiple languages.
Paid plans start from $15 per month.
WeVideo stands out from the other apps on this list because it offers cloud-based video making software. Simply put, this means that you can access it through a browser on your desktop, or via the app on your phone or tablet. Either way, all your projects will be synced across all your devices.
WeVideo also has the following distinctive features:
The downside is that you only have 10GB of cloud storage on the free plan. Your videos will have a watermark too.
Upgrade to the paid plan from $4.99 per month.
Magisto is owned by Vimeo and aimed at new creators who need a short yet powerful social media video (up to three minutes long). Its three-step video maker process is what makes Magisto one of the top 10 best video maker apps.
The app’s diverse range of templates mean that creating a video is hassle-free. Even so, you have to pay for one of their subscriptions for stock videos, watermark removal, and lengthier content.
Paid plans start from $4.99 per month.
Adobe Premiere Rush is free and works similarly to Magisto in the sense that it syncs your video with audio initially before allowing you to make further customizations. Use the integrated music library that has thousands of royalty-free songs or upload your own.
Additionally, the app has a built-in camera for capturing videos directly, a drag-and-drop functionality for easy-breezy video creation and editing, and a resize tool so you can repurpose your content for multiple platforms.
Unfortunately, you need to upgrade to the Pro version for more benefits, such as split views, storage over 100GB, and a full content library.
Upgrade for $20.99 per month.
KineMaster was developed by professionals for professionals and has more advanced video making tools, as a result. These include:
Having said that, users have reported bugs and issues with chroma key compositing and exporting videos. All videos are also watermarked under the free plan.
The Pro Edition costs $4.99 monthly.
This is another GoPro product to make it on our list of 10 best video maker apps. The tagline for Quik is “awesome edits made easy” and is especially true for GoPro users.
You can add transitions and effects to no more than 200 photos and clips from your phone library or GoPro Plus. There are 26 different themes available, as well as dozens of fonts, graphics, and filters.
Benefit from unlimited cloud backup storage and customizations that auto-sync to one of the 100+ free tunes—and all features are completely free! Just be aware that there’s no trimming tool and the technology can supposedly be glitchy.
Last but not least, VideoShow helps novices to produce and create fun, quirky videos using a range of neat tools. They offer more than 50 video themes, 30 filters, and hundreds of free licensed music songs.
You can also experiment with visual effects, GIFs, stickers, transitions, multi-track music, and live dubbing to put an individual stamp on your mini-movies.
The only thing is that watermarks and ads are an issue with the free version unless you upgrade.
Become a VideoShow monthly VIP from $7.99.
As a social media creator, your priority is to find a video maker app where innovative effects and transitions can be conjured in just a couple of taps.
If you want the convenience of being able to customize every element of your masterpiece to make as much impact as possible, look no further than Videoleap. This app ensures that your imagination has no limit.
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