- Here's our round up of the best video editors
for Android right now, including a review
of the leading options and our top pick for which one
takes the title of best video editing app on Android.
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So, let's jump in to it.
Okay, so there's hopes of options out there,
you've got things like Adobe Clip, Quik, PowerDirector,
InShot, KineMaster, YouCut, ActionDirector, Wevideo,
and VivaVideo and we've put
them through their paces.
But the biggest thing you'll find is that most of
the apps out there, aren't really video editing apps,
they'll let you maybe trim off the start or the end
of the clip and maybe throw a filter on or it's completely
theme-based or template-based, where you don't even get
to control the edit, you just tell it which clips
you'd like to include and it'll go ahead
and cut something for you.
That's not really video editing, but the apps our shortlist,
the ones that we're about to cover are standout editing apps
that will actually let you edit your videos and have full
control over them just like you would on a desktop computer.
So, from all of those, our shortlist is made up
of InShot, KineMAster and PowerDirector.
Now before to our top pick list, take a look at each one
of these in a little bit more detail.
InShot is a super easy to use, really intuitive
video editing app
and that's something that was
really surprising to me, just how powerful it is
and how easy it is to use.
It's probably the fastest app out there to be able
to edit your videos down really quickly,
but we're talking simple edits here,
not really, really advanced edits.
It's got really great color correction options and filters
and things that you can apply across your video
and it supports all the major video sizes or formats,
making it perfect for creating social media content.
It's also said the app itself, the overall interface
is really really intuitive and easy to use and it's actually
totally unlike any of the other more professional
video editing applications.
This is definitely on the simpler end
and the more basic end, but it's still for what it is,
it's really really powerful.
It doesn't have all the extra fancy features and things
like, support for multiple video layers or multiple
audio layers, there's no advanced video or audio
editing features like that you find in KineMaster
and PowerDirector, but I really think the focus for this app
isn't on those more advanced longer form pieces of content,
this is more around short, sharp, social media post,
really, it'll be prefect for that,
and the app itself is free, but there are ads in it,
there are ads while you're editing
that appear on the side of the timeline
area, but also, before you go to do
things like, save your video out.
Now, if you do wait for that ad to play before you save out
your video, then your video is gonna be exported without
any watermarks or branding,
but obviously, you can pay to remove all the ads
and if you're gonna be using this a lot or you gonna be
using this for business, then I definitely think
it would be worthwhile.
So, there's three pricing options you've got when it comes
to upgrading to pro version,
you can pay a one time fee of around $43
and that will give you access to the pro version for life.
You can also pay monthly, $4.39 or $13.99 per year
to get access to the pro version on a subscribtion basis.
So, overall I think InShot is a great option for
someone who just wants to make really simple edits,
but still have a lot of features and things in there
to be able to do it and do it fast and do it well,
and also for someone that's creating different versions
of their videos for different social media platforms,
you'd be able to do that really well in here,
but if you're someone that wants more control over your
editing and more ability to get more creative
in the process, then this probably
isn't the right fit for you.
The next app on the shortlist is KineMaster,
which is, again, another really really east to use yet,
so much more powerful video editing app.
The interface is really intuitive and really easy to find
everything and it's definitely not gonna be overwhelming.
It's got a really great feature set and there's lots
of advanced controls in here,
things like advanced audio control and advanced effects,
support for multiple video layers
and multiple audio layers as well.
There's also some really powerful cutting and trimming
tools in there, things, again, that you really only see
in more professional video editing software that they've
got in here as well.
Things that are gonna make it much faster for you
to edit your content down, so it's gonna be perfect
if you're gonna be working with longer form video content
and shorter content as well,
but specifically with the longer content,
these are the tools here to help you cut that down fast.
It also supports a large range of file types,
so if you're gonna be bringing footage from other cameras
or other devices, there's a good chance that they're
gonna work inside of KineMaster straight out of the box.
There's also support for editing
and exporting 4K video files too.
The app itself does have in-app purchases, so you can buy
extra transitions, effects and titles and those sorts of
things and there's also an iOS version of this as well.
So, if you're someone that has a mix of devices,
some Android, some iOS, then you can actually get the same
app and have the same experience on both of those.
Some of the down sides or some of the areas that KineMaster
could probably improve on, would be things like
the color-correction, it's got really basic color-correction
tools, but they're definitely not great and they're
definitely not in par with
what you get in something like PowerDirector,
and it also does support different video sizes and formats,
but once you've select your size and you've started
to create your video, you actually can't swap between them
once your project is started.
The free version of KineMaster does have a watermark
or branding on it when you go to export your video,
but you can pay to remove that and any ads that are in
the app, paying either around $5.20 per month
or around $42 for the year to be able to remove those.
But really, again, considering what you're getting
access to, this seems like an absolute no-brainer
for someone that's serious about creating videos
on their Android device.
So, KineMaster then, would be a great option for someone
either beginner or right through to advanced, that wants
more advanced editing features
and more control over their editing.
And the third one on the shortlist, was PowerDirector,
this app has been the overall winner in the last few times
that we've done videos like this,
and once again, it's another really powerful video
editing app on Android with an interface that is
surprisingly really simple and really easy
and intuitive to use.
I know I'm saying this a lot but this is part of why
these apps were shortlisted, as well, it's features
and usability and all of these apps have those.
So, once again, even if you're an absolute beginner,
it's gonna be really easy to jump into PowerDirector,
easy to find everything and to get up and editing fast.
PowerDirector has really great file compatibility to it
and it again, supports 4K videos
and if you're gonna be shooting on other cameras,
then it's highly likely that those video files are gonna
work straight out of the box editing on PowerDirector
without the need to convert them.
Like KineMaster, it also supports multiple tracks
of video and audio,
and you've also got the option again with in-app purchases
to purchase things like extra transitions, and titles
and effects and all those sorts of things,
but I do wanna say that the effects and the transitions
inside of PowerDirector and even the titles inside of there,
the presets are actually really, really amazing
and there's a lot options in there.
PowerDirector also has descent color-correction tools,
which was something that was lacking in KineMaster.
And it also links with the PC version of PowerDirector.
So, if you're a PC user and you've got PowerDirector
on your PC, you can start your edit on your Android device
using this app and then you can transfer to your PC
and finish editing over there.
And just the same as with KineMaster, PowerDirector does
support different video sizes and different formats,
but once you've actually started editing your project,
you can't switch between them.
So, if you start out editing your video down for Youtube
and then decide that it's gonna be better off on
something like Instagram stories
and you wanna convert it
from widescreen to portrait, then that's something that
is gonna be rather difficult to do without starting over
or exporting it all and importing it back in.
Now, while this definitely isn't a deal breaker,
it is a little annoying, especially when you see how
easy it is to do that in an app like InShot,
but you can convert and switch between the different formats
as you go, it's a little annoying that PowerDirector
and KineMaster don't have that.
So, in regards to the cost, there is a free version,
but again, it's got a watermark on it and you're actually
limited to your exports to 720P, so you can't export
1080 or 4K with the free version.
To remove the watermark and unlock all the features,
you can either pay around $7.50 per month,
or you got the option for three months access
for around $5 per month, or you can pay for 12 months
access for around $53 per year.
Alright, so from all of this, if we had to pick a winner,
the number one app for me right now,
is gonna go to PowerDirector.
It's stable, it's fast, it's powerful,
it supports the multiple video layers,
the multiple audio layers,
there's great control over your color correction,
there's really precise editing tools in there,
there's a good range of supported file types,
there's 4K video editing, it really is the complete solution
for video editing on Android.
It's easy if you're an absolute beginner to get up
to speed in here, or if you're more advanced and looking
for those more advanced features,
then they're in here as well.
It's also what I currently use to edit down
Instagram stories as well, which we got a tutorial
and I'll link that up in the cards.
So now that you've got your Android video editing
apps sorted, if you're looking to improve your
video editing and you're looking for the most efficient,
most effective way to edit your videos down without
any wasted time or any re-work, then check out the link
on screen now to our free PDF guide which will take you
through the ultimate video editing process.
And I'll see you soon.