# InShot review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Mobile video and photo editor for iPhone and Android Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. InShot is a video and photo editing app for phones. It covers trimming, merging, speed control, text and stickers, music and voice-overs, keyframes and chroma key, plus AI tools such as auto captions, text to speech and background removal. It is free to download with ads and sells a Pro upgrade. - **Category:** Screen Recording & Video - **Made by:** InShot - **Website:** https://inshot.com - **Runs on:** iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you edit on a computer, since there is no desktop version. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, InShot has a free plan, and paid plans start at $4.99 per month for InShot Pro, or $19.99 per year. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free to download with in-app purchases; ads can be removed for $3.99. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Core editing tools with ads; the Remove ads purchase is $3.99. | | InShot Pro - Monthly | $4.99 per month | Pro subscription as listed in the US App Store in-app purchases. | | InShot Pro - Yearly | $19.99 per year | Pro subscription billed yearly, per the US App Store listing. | | InShot Pro - Lifetime | $49.99 one-time | One-time Pro purchase as listed in the US App Store in-app purchases. | Read from https://apps.apple.com/us/app/inshot-video-editor/id997362197 on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with InShot before buying. ## Key features - **Trim, merge and speed control:** Trim, split and merge clips, reverse video, and change speed from 0.1x to 100x with speed curves. - **Text, stickers and music:** Add text, emoji and stickers, a music library, sound effects, voice-overs and voice effects. - **AI captions and speech:** Auto captions with speech-to-text, bilingual subtitles and text to speech, plus AI Cut to remove silence and filler words. - **Keyframes, chroma key and stabilizer:** Keyframe animation, green-screen removal, picture-in-picture layers and a video stabilizer. - **Photo editing and collages:** The same app edits photos and builds collages, with filters, effects and background removal. ## Good for - Editing short social videos directly on a phone - Creators who want captions and effects without a desktop editor - Casual users who may prefer a one-time Pro purchase ## Worth knowing - Phone app only: the site lists the App Store, Google Play and AppGallery and no desktop version. - The free app shows ads; removing them is a separate $3.99 purchase, apart from Pro. - Effect, transition and filter packs are sold separately in the App Store listing, at $1.99 to $3.99 each. - Prices are the US App Store's; the billing basis for Pro on Google Play was not read. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 3.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. InShot edits video and photos on iPhone and Android, with captions, keyframes, chroma key and speed control. The free app shows ads, packs are sold separately, and there is no desktop version. - **Value for money: A.** Pro is $19.99 a year, about $1.67 a month, under 60% of the $8.33 where the cheaper quarter of video tools starts. Lifetime is $49.99. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Free to download with core editing tools and ads, and one person could use it that way. Removing ads is a separate $3.99, and some features are Pro. - **Features: B.** Trim, merge, speed from 0.1x to 100x, text, music, keyframes, chroma key, stabilizer, auto captions and photo collages. Effect and filter packs cost $1.99 to $3.99 each on top. - **Ease of use: A.** 4.8 on the App Store from about 2.5 million ratings. Open it, pick clips and start cutting. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** iPhone and Android only. No desktop or web version and no integrations listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from InShot's own pages on 13 November 2026 and its App Store rating. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among screen recording and video tools - InShot's GPA of 3.2 is higher than 129 of the 133 other screen recording and video tools we grade, and level with 2. - It stands best on ease of use (A, above 127 of 133) and worst on platforms and integrations (C, above 17). - Its paid plans start at $1.67 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $12.25 for the category: 1 of the 88 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4, and no tool on the category's chart scores higher without costing more. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/video ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace InShot you would be making a video editor. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.2 is higher than 129 of the 133 other screen recording and video tools we grade. It costs $19.99 a year. - You could not: A video editor. - You could not: A voice model, which you can rent by the minute but not make. - You could not: Speech turned into text you can trust. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## What people say - **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.8 out of 5 from 2,526,221 ratings in the United States, read Nov 13, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id997362197 **Tags:** Video editing, AI features, Transcription, Text to speech, One-time purchase ## Alternatives - [CapCut](https://toolgpa.com/tools/capcut): Video and photo editor with effects, auto captions and AI tools. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/capcut-vs-inshot) - [VN Video Editor](https://toolgpa.com/tools/vn-video-editor): Free multi-track video and photo editor for phones and Mac. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/inshot-vs-vn-video-editor) - [KineMaster](https://toolgpa.com/tools/kinemaster): Mobile video editor with templates, layers and AI tools. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/inshot-vs-kinemaster) - [Videoleap](https://toolgpa.com/tools/videoleap): Mobile and web video editor with templates and AI effects. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/inshot-vs-videoleap) - [LumaFusion](https://toolgpa.com/tools/lumafusion): Multitrack video editor for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/inshot-vs-lumafusion) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/inshot-video-editor/id997362197 - https://inshot.com Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/inshot Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).