iMovie
What is iMovie?
Creates and edits videos, trailers, and movies with titles, transitions, music, and visual effects.
IMovie is a video creation and editing app in the Photo & Video genre. It can make videos from selected media and offers tools for storyboards, trailers, and movie editing.
Pricing. IMovie is free, with no in-app purchases on the App Store.
Good for
- Making a video from an album of photos and clips
- Creating a trailer with customizable credits
- Editing a movie with titles, music, and effects
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Why this app is in S tier
S tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
iMovie scores 94 out of 100: rating 78, rating count 100, App Store search rank 100, update recency 100. The four parts are averaged and S tier follows from that score within this list.
Description
With a streamlined design and intuitive Multi-Touch gestures, iMovie lets you create Hollywood-style trailers and beautiful movies like never before.
Instantly create Magic Movies
- With just a few taps, you can create and share a beautiful, custom video
- Select an album or group of videos or images and iMovie will create a video for you - no video editing required - with titles, transitions, and music
- Easily rearrange or delete clips in the simplified shot list
- Apply a different style to change up the look and feel of the whole video
Learn storytelling with Storyboards
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- Choose from 20 Storyboards that help you get started with popular video types
- Record video or take photos right into each placeholder clip, or add media from your Photos library
- Add, reorder, and delete clips as needed to organize and customize your story
- Apply a dynamic visual style that includes title layouts, fonts, filters, color palettes, and music
Make Hollywood-style trailers
- Choose from 14 trailer templates with stunning graphics and original scores by some of the world’s top film composers
- Customize movie studio logos, cast names, and credits
- Select videos and photos for your trailer or record video right in iMovie
Create beautiful movies
- Choose from 8 unique themes with matching titles, transitions, and music
- Give your movie the perfect look with 13 Apple-designed video filters
- Choose from 11 animated title styles like Split, Reveal or Pop-up
- Adjust any title by changing its font, color, size, location, and more
- Add solid, gradient, and patterned backgrounds to your movie
- Import and edit video captured in Cinematic mode on iPhone 13 or later
- Add, adjust, and delete focus points and modify the depth of field effect in video recorded in Cinematic mode*
- Easily add picture in picture, green screen, and split screen effects
- Select from more than 130 soundtracks that automatically adjust to the length of your movie
- Add sound effects, songs from your music library, and your own narration
- Connect a keyboard and use simple shortcuts to edit movies quickly
- Connect a trackpad or mouse to iPad for fast and accurate moviemaking
iMovie everywhere
- Transfer projects between your iPhone and iPad using AirDrop or iCloud Drive
- Send projects to your Mac via AirDrop or iCloud Drive to finish editing with iMovie or Final Cut Pro
- Connect an external display to your iPhone or iPad and choose to mirror the iMovie interface or display your video fullscreen while you edit**
Share with friends and family
- Send videos with Mail and Messages
- Save to your Photos library in resolutions up to 4K at 60 frames per second***
- Export videos optimized for Instagram, YouTube, and other popular video destinations
- Requires iPhone XS or later, iPad mini (5th generation or later), iPad Air (3rd generation or later), iPad Pro 11-inch or iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation or later)
** External display support requires iPhone 7 or later, iPad (6th generation) or later, iPad Air 3 or later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) or later
*** 4K at 60 frames per second support requires iPod touch (7th generation), iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 7, iPad (6th generation) or later, iPad mini (5th generation), iPad Air 3 or later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch or later
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Questions about iMovie
Can iMovie create a video without manual editing?
Yes. Select an album or group of videos or images, and iMovie can create a video with titles, transitions, and music.
Can I transfer projects between iPhone and iPad?
Yes. The listing says projects can be transferred between iPhone and iPad using AirDrop or iCloud Drive.
Is iMovie free?
Yes. iMovie is free on the App Store, with no in-app purchases.
Is iMovie right for me?
iMovie is built for making a video from an album of photos and clips, creating a trailer with customizable credits, editing a movie with titles, music, and effects. It sits in the movie making list on AppTierList.
Is iMovie worth it?
iMovie is S tier, ranked #5 of 26 movie making apps with a score of 94 out of 100, from a 4.3 App Store rating across 971,833 ratings. It is in the list's top tiers; 4 apps rank above it.
How does iMovie compare to Filmmaker Pro?
iMovie is S tier at 94; Filmmaker Pro is S tier at 97. Filmmaker Pro ranks higher. iMovie is free, with no in-app purchases, Filmmaker Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases.
How often is iMovie updated?
iMovie was updated 23 days ago, which counts in its favour.
Alternatives
Top rated in Movie Making
Categories
All the facts
Ranking
- Lists
- Movie Making (S tier, #5) · Video Creation (S tier, #6) · Video Editing (A tier, #17)
- Tier
- S (Best in class)
- Score
- 94 / 100
- Rank in list
- #5 of 27
- Ranking certainty
- settled
Ratings
- App Store rating
- 4.3 out of 5, every App Store country
- Ratings
- 971,833
- Recent reviews
- 3.4 from 20 in the last 180 days
App
- Price
- Free download
- App Store category
- Photo & Video
- Current version
- (23 days ago)
- Size
- 703 MB
- Requires
- iOS 27.0 or later
- Age rating
- 4+
- Languages
- 33
- Runs on
- iPhone, iPad
Links
- Developer pages
- Website · Support · Privacy policy
- Maker
- not verified
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
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