# Splice review (2026): is it worth paying for? > Mobile video editor for iPhone and iPad with a subscription Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Splice is a video editing app for iPhone and iPad, made by Bending Spoons. It covers trimming, speed changes, overlays, masks, chroma key, transitions, text and a soundtrack library, with export to social apps. The app downloads free and editing features are sold as a subscription. - **Category:** Screen Recording & Video - **Made by:** AI Creativity S.r.l. - **Website:** https://spliceapp.com - **Runs on:** iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you edit on a computer, as there is no desktop or web version. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Splice is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $9.99, billing period not shown in the App Store listing. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** The weekly subscription is offered with a free trial; its length is not shown. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Splice Weekly | $9.99 weekly plan with free trial; period not shown in the listing | In-app purchase listed as Splice Weekly With Free Trial. The listing says plans run weekly, monthly or yearly. | Read from https://apps.apple.com/us/app/splice-video-editor-maker/id409838725 on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Splice before buying. ## Key features - **Clip editing tools:** Trim, cut and crop clips, change playback speed with speed ramping, and adjust exposure, contrast and saturation. - **Overlays and masks:** Layer photos or videos on top of each other, apply masks, and remove a background with chroma key. - **Soundtrack library:** Pick from 6,000+ royalty-free tracks, mix several audio tracks, record narration, or use a song from your own iTunes collection. - **Slideshows and Ken Burns effect:** Animate still photos with pan and zoom, and add title slides, text overlays and a custom outro. - **Sharing:** Send finished videos to YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Mail and Messages, or save them to the camera roll. ## Good for - Phone-only editing of short social videos - Slideshows built from photos with pan and zoom - People who want a simple multi-layer editor on an iPad ## Worth knowing - The App Store listing shows $9.99 for every in-app purchase without saying whether it is per week, month or year. - The site links to the App Store and Google Play only; there is no desktop or web editor. - The App Store lists subscription lengths of weekly, monthly and yearly; confirm the price in the app before starting a trial. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Splice is a phone video editor with trimming, overlays, masks and a music library. The subscription price is not clear from the store listing, and there is no desktop or web version. - **Value for money: C.** $9.99 is the only figure in the listing, with no billing period shown, so it cannot be set against the category and sits in the middle. - **Free plan and trial: D.** The weekly plan has a free trial, but its length is not shown and the store takes a payment method. - **Features: C.** Trimming, speed ramps, overlays, masks, chroma key and a 6,000-track music library, but only the basics of a timeline. - **Ease of use: B.** No store rating on record, but it is an app you install and start cutting in. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** iPhone and iPad only on the listing, with sharing to YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook; no desktop or web editor. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Splice's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among screen recording and video tools - Splice's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 14 of the 133 other screen recording and video tools we grade, and level with 27. - It stands best on ease of use (B, above 87 of 133) and worst on free plan and trial (D, above 14). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/video ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Splice you would be making a video editor. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 92 of the 133 other screen recording and video tools grade higher. - You could not: A video editor. - You could not: Storing and serving files for other people. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. 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:** 4.6 out of 5 from 431,139 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/id409838725 ## Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook **Tags:** Video editing, File sharing ## 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-splice) - [InShot](https://toolgpa.com/tools/inshot): Mobile video and photo editor for iPhone and Android. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/inshot-vs-splice) - [Videoleap](https://toolgpa.com/tools/videoleap): Mobile and web video editor with templates and AI effects. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/splice-vs-videoleap) - [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/splice-vs-vn-video-editor) - [KineMaster](https://toolgpa.com/tools/kinemaster): Mobile video editor with templates, layers and AI tools. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kinemaster-vs-splice) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/splice-video-editor-maker/id409838725 - https://spliceapp.com Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/splice Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).