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Videoshop - Video Editor
A quick iPhone and iPad video editor with 29 tools, from trim and voiceover to stop motion and green screen.
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- Developer
- Jajijujejo Inc.
- Score
- 4.9
- Downloads
- 100K+ ratings
- Age
- Rated 12+
- Version
- 84.5.6
- Price
- Free
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About this app
An unusually long tool list for something this simple to use is what Videoshop offers. It's a free-to-start video editor for iPhone and iPad, meant for people who want to fix up a clip and post it, with a few playful extras thrown in. The basics are here: trim and split, merge, speed changes, brightness and colour adjustment, text in various fonts, animated titles, filters, transitions, voiceovers and a sound effects library. Then come the oddities: stop motion recording for claymation, lip sync, tilt shift, distortion effects, picture-in-picture layering, Ken Burns motion on stills, reverse playback and a Chroma green screen for selfie backgrounds. Finished videos share directly to Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, Dropbox, WhatsApp or email. The developer warns that it only handles video shot on iPhone or iPad, and that piling on effects can strain the phone. A subscription (monthly or annual) or a one-time payment covers the paid content.
Videoshop - Video Editor: the full guide
What the app is
Twenty-nine tools in an app that stays simple is the trick Videoshop pulls off. It's a free-to-start editor for iPhone and iPad for fixing up a clip and posting it, and alongside trim, merge, speed, colour, text, filters, transitions and voiceover it keeps some oddities: stop motion recording, lip sync, tilt shift, Ken Burns motion on stills and a chroma key for swapping selfie backgrounds.
Exports go straight to Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube and Facebook, or to Vimeo, Dropbox, WhatsApp and email. It only handles footage shot on iPhone or iPad, and the developer warns that stacking effects can strain the phone.
How it works day to day
Most sessions are short: trim the clip, maybe reverse it or speed it up, add a title, pick a filter, share. The playful tools come out when there's time, a claymation afternoon with the stop motion recorder, a lip sync clip, a tilt-shift miniature of a street scene. Picture-in-picture handles reaction videos.
The developer's own warning applies: piling effects on a long clip can slow things down, so the app rewards short pieces with one or two tricks rather than ambitious edits.
Why people look for it
The 4.9 rating, which is the highest in this batch and does a lot of the selling on its own. People wanting a quick editor that still has a green screen and stop motion, without a timeline to learn, find that combination rare. The direct share list, including WhatsApp and Dropbox, is broader than most, and the one-time payment option appeals to subscription-weary users.
Look and feel
With 29 tools, the five screenshots on the page will likely show a tool strip and a few of the effects in action. Expect a single-clip-at-a-time workspace with a scrolling row of options beneath the preview rather than a layered timeline, which is what simple-to-use means in this category. The 12+ rating is on the content side, not the interface.
