Videoleap: AI Video Editor

This app is amazing to use, and very simple to understand. I’ve made multiple really cool special effect videos for my TikTok account, and it’s all because of this app. The only things that I can think of at the moment about what this app needs is a bigger resistance against crashing, something it does a lot of when handling too many tiny details at once, like zooming in on a clip with multiple editing points, as well as a custom masking feature. I often get annoyed by my limitations with the masking feature because I’ve used After Effects and Premier Pro before, but they’re just too expensive, but their masking feature is unbeatable. I would like to be able to work with a more flexible masking tool rather than having to figure out how I can get the line, or the mirror, or rectangle, or circle mask to work for me. If I could bend the line tool, I could definitely pull off SOOO many cooler effects. I don’t have all the (physical) recording space in the world, or the best recording equipment (An iPhone 8’s camera and microphone) and I can work with what I have. If I had better lighting tools, a dolly, an actual tripod, external microphones for secondary audio, and more space to record my videos, I could make some higher level videos, but I don’t have that and I’m still making some good videos. But that masking tool can be a real nightmare, but it’s also the only option I got. Also, if we could stretch/warp video shapes and sizes, that could be pretty cool.

Being one of the easiest ways to edit a video, Videoleap has always been my first choice in editing short clips. I love the app, how simple it is, and what you can do with it. But after a few months of using it, they started charging for things, and I understand that, but things kept getting more and more pricey. All of a sudden, the video lengths were shortened to a minute and 30 seconds, I think it was originally a minute and 25… Though I don’t pay much mind, since, well, I make short clips, Videoleap being my only mobile editing software makes it to where I would need to split videos in half and upload them separately. I’d considered buying the one-time purchase around this time, where it was around 30-40 bucks… and I didn’t actually have the time to think about it until I came back to it a couple months later thinking I should buy it now… but holy moly, 200 bucks??? Videoleap, don’t get me wrong. You are my favorite mobile editing app, but I believe playing the price game might not work out if you charge that high. I have never had to make a review on an app before, but I want it to be known: I love this app, but it is charging too much.

I edit videos every now and then for fun and have had this app for a good 2-3 years now (farthest back I remember using it was early 2019 for a school project.) It was excellent, at one point I even purchased premium for a short period to edit a whole video for a friend efficiently because I enjoyed the app so much and wanted to support the devs, I regret that so much. Over time I noticed not having premium just got worse and worse. First the developers began adding annoying ads for premium when you launch the app, which is understandable, I mean you need marketing. But then I noticed the layers they allow you to have on standard went from 4-5 to like 2, which is laughable because its a cheap way to annoy people into buying a premium subscription, but then they began taking away features from standard and making it premium only. Which is why I’m no longer using this app, because what I used it for is no longer available to me. I literally have no reason to have this app because the features I used it for (chrome key & animated text) are premium only now. Thats just incredibly lazy and a slap in the face to people that have been using, supporting, and recommendeing this app to others for so long. I understand what the developers are doing to promote their subscription but at the same time I feel cheated, and feel even worse for people who pay for features they could have been using 2 years ago for free. Be better please and good day.