Top 14 Best Video Editing Apps For Instagram Stories & TikTok Videos (2024)
It’s 2024 and if you’re looking to create a video montage from photos and videos you no longer need a computer and hours of time to create a video slideshow with music.
In this day and age, there are plenty of apps that allow you to add photos and videos of special memories and events and put them together into a beautiful video montage and the ability to add music in the background to give it a real emotional experience.
In this article, we’re going through the top 14 best video slideshow apps (that also allow you to add music to your videos) that are currently available on iOS (iPhone) and Android.
Here are the 14 Best Video Slideshow Apps for iOS and Android in 2024:
(this list is not in any particular order)
Before we start, I’d like to quickly recommend my apps PicMerger and PostBuilder.
These are 2 super useful content creator tools that have everything you need to make your life easier and save you time.
- PicMerger for editing pictures and making photo collages:
PicMerger makes it easy for you to create high quality content for TikTok and Instagram all on your phone.
With PicMerger, you can stitch photos/screenshots together, add watermarks and text overlays, create collages with over 200+ easy to use templates, and more.
- PostBuilder for Instagram scheduling, captions, line break generator, and custom fonts:
PostBuilder allows you to schedule your Instagram stories & posts, customize your Instagram & TikTok captions & bio with 60+ unique fonts, reposting capability, and more.
StoriesStudio allows you to take a long video and cut it down into separate clips that can then be uploaded to:
- Instagram Stories
- Snapchat
- WhatsApp Stories
- TikTok
- Facebook Stories
- Messenger Stories
- Twitter’s version of Stories: “Fleets”
Simply upload your video to StoriesStudio and choose how many seconds you want the video to be cut into.
For example, if you had a 60 second long video, you can use StoriesStudio to cut your video into 6 separate clips that are 10 seconds long.
2. EverChanging Video Slideshow Maker
EverChanging is one of the latest new video slideshow apps that has come out and the popularity of the app has been a hit already. EverChanging is super simple to use.
The quality of videos / slideshows that you can create using the app is just the same as the other top apps in the App Store…
But here’s what makes EverChanging different:
EverChanging is so much faster than all of the apps out right now.
Meaning, if you create a slideshow using EverChanging, you can essentially be done in half the time with arguably a much better video vs the other apps.
Pros:
- Easy and super quick
- FREE
- No monthly subscription needed to access all of the features of the app
- Able to add music
- Custom effects
- Stickers
Cons:
- There is no version for the Mac
- Only available on the App Store
3. Viva Video
Viva Video for the most part.. is very similar to most video editing apps.
However, Viva Video has a few bells and whistles that other apps may not possess.
The one drawback for this app is they require you to sign up to their monthly subscription to unlock all of their app.
Pros:
- You can add emojis to your text and other small details to your videos
Cons:
- This app requires subscriptions in order to use it’s full features. Once you stop your subscription, the app deletes all of your videos/content you had created while you had premium.
4. Magisto
Magisto is also a great app where you can create beautiful slideshows from photos and videos.
One thing that should be mentioned about Magisto is they offer several filters that you can then put over different parts of your video.
Cons:
- Again, this app requires you to be on their subscription to use their full features.
- Magisto requires you to pay $29.99 USD per year to use the app’s full features.
5. SideLab
SideLab is yet again a solid option that you could choose if you were creating slideshows.
What makes SideLab unique is that they offer transitions (fads, zooms, etc.) that you can use for your pictures and videos during your slideshow to give your video a professional feel to it.
Cons:
- SideLab requires you to pay $2.99 USD a month to use their full features in their app
Filmmaker Pro is a great option for video editing. However, in order to get access to the app’s full features, you have to pay a hefty fee.
Cons:
- You have to pay $69.99 to get full access to the app. Otherwise, you get nickle and dimed along the way while you use the app.
7. InShot
InShot is also a popular video editor that many people use.
The app has all of the great features that the top apps offer.
However, again, InShot requires you to pay a premium if you want to unlock the full features of the app.
Cons:
- InShot requires you to pay $14.99 per year before you get access to the app’s full features.
This app is also semi-popular among a lot of people.
However, unlike other apps, if you don’t pay at all, you essentially cannot use the Slideshow Social app.
Cons:
- Slideshow Social requires you to pay $2.99 per month to be able to access the main / full parts of the app.
Slideshow Magic is actually made by the same company as Slideshow Social… and these apps are almost exact clones of one another.
As you can expect, Slideshow Magic also does not allow you to go far or create anything in the app without first paying.
Cons:
- Slideshow Magic requires you to $5.99 a year plus a few other small fees before you can use their app’s main functionality.
10. Movavi Video Clips Movie Maker
Last but not least is the Movavi Video Clips Movie Maker app.
The Movavi app is definitely one of the best options when it comes to creating beautiful custom video collages that you and your group will cherish forever.
What’s so great about Movavi is yes, they also require a subscription to be able to access the full features in the app… but their subscription program is very reasonable at $1.99 per month.
Also, Movavi makes it super transparent what you will be charged, how to cancel your subscription, and they have a team of customer service reps that can clear up and discrepancies or answer questions at any time.
Cons:
- Because there are so many features in this app, it might be hard to grasp how to do everything at the very start.
11. VSCO
VSCO is a popular app, packed with features that compete with some of the top video editing apps.
What makes VSCO unique is that it has a social component to it, where you can share and discover photos and videos amongst other users.
One of the downsides of VSCO is that you have to create an account to have access to any of the features of the app.
Pros:
- Lots of cool video and photo editing features.
- Unique way of sharing and discovering photos and videos.
Cons:
- VSCO requires you to create an account and pay $19.99/month to access the full features.
12. Creator Studio from Facebook
Creator Studio is a great app that allows you to edit photos and videos before you post them to Facebook.
It has plenty of photo and video editing features and doesn’t require any type of in app purchase to access them.
Pros:
- Edit your photos & videos.
- Create and schedule Facebook posts.
Cons:
- The downside of Creator Studio is that they only give you the option to post your finished photos and videos to Facebook
13. Unfold
Unfold is a popular app used to create stories for Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok.
The app has lots of features to upgrade your stories such as templates, stickers, and adding text on top of your photos and videos.
The downside of Unfold is that you have to pay $19.99/year to access all of the app’s features.
Pros:
- Lots of unique features to make your stories look professionally done.
Cons:
- Unfold makes you pay $19.99/year to have access to all of its features.
14. Canva
Canva is another very popular app for photo and video editing and is filled with custom templates and features.
The unique aspect of Canva is that it lets you save your designs so you can come back and add more to them later.
Canva also has a lot bells and whistles that other apps might not have, such as a very wide variety of templates, wallpapers, and posters.
However, Canva requires you to pay a hefty price of $119.99/year to access the full features of the app.
Pros:
- Canva has a huge variety of custom templates, wallpapers, posters, etc.
Cons:
- Canva requires you to pay $119.99/year to access all of the features of the app.
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