Video editing has now become a very basic digital skill in this age of social media and video content consumption. Earlier, only professionals could edit videos through a PC but today there are a plethora of video editing apps for smartphones too.
If you also want to create engaging videos for your social media page, then you can edit videos professionally through your smartphone just like PC software. These apps have become so advanced that you will get some amazing pre-built templates to edit your videos on the go.
Here are some of the most popularly used video editing apps that you can install on your mobile phone and edit your videos to make them more engaging by adding cinematic effects, texts, video transitions, and animations.
1. VN Video Editor
VN Video Editor & Maker is one of the most widely used editing app for Android and iOS that has almost all the features required to edit videos professionally.
Be it trimming, adding texts, animations, video transitions, background music, you can use all these options to make your video more engaging for viewers.
The best part about this app is its no watermark feature even for free plan. Beginners always find themselves stuck in exporting videos with a watermark which does not make it professional. But this app is easy-to-use and all features can be accessed for free.
2. InShot
InShot is a powerful music video editor and photo editor with AI glitch effects, and other professional editing options that almost every other video editing app provides to its users.
If you’re into making status for social media, then InShot Video Editor & Maker can be an easy-to-use editing app for your smartphone. It is one of the most downloaded editing app on the Google Play Store that comes with intuitive interface and cinematic video effects.
3. KineMaster
KineMaster became popular with the increasing usage by YouTube creators and even now, it is the best professional video editing app for smartphone. It comes with some amazing features and a landscape-orientation user interface making it an easy-to-use application for everyone.
If you edit long-form videos, then you’ll find KineMaster a great editing app despite many new apps have come nowadays with some AI features. The feature-rich interface of this app might be daunting for some beginners, but once you master all the features then you can’t get through it.
The only problem with this app is that its free plan come with a watermark in your final video. And if you want to remove the ‘Made with KineMaster‘ watermark from your videos, then you have to purchase the premium plan which unlocks some other advanced features also.
4. Filmora
Wondershare Filmora is a popular video editing software for PC and the same company has made Filmora mobile app for video editing on smartphone.
Earlier known as FilmoraGo, it has now some AI features also that make the editing workflow easy and fun for creating short videos. It has features like Auto Caption, Text-to-Speech, AI Music, Cinematic Effects and many other eye-appealing design elements that can be added into the videos.
5. CapCut
CapCut is the most widely used video editing app worldwide and comes with some unique and advanced features. It has a PC software too that can be easily used by a beginner also, and the mobile version is obviously easy-to-use as it is designed for normal people who want to make videos for social media.
The popularity of this app can be felt with the creation of millions of CapCut templates that has some pre-built animations and effects and can be used to replicate a certain editing style. You might have seen some templates on Instagram that can be used to make trending reels and short videos.