11 Free Apps to Edit Videos on Android

If you want to show your vacation videos to your friends, it will be rare that they want to see a collection of 40 video clips and a length of 3:30. In this case, your best allies are the applications to edit video directly with the mobilewhich you can complete with others to add special effects.

In this article, we pick 11 video editors for Android that you can use freealthough the usual thing is that some functions are limited to paying the Pro version. Best of all, you don’t need to invest much time or effort because some of them do the video editing almost automatically .

Magisto

We start the list with probably the app that makes video editing the easiest, Magisto. Its main advantage is that the application takes care of doing almost all the work for youso all you have to do is provide the video clips and wait.

The free version has some limitations – you can’t export the resulting video, for example – but it lets you experience “magic”. Basically, you add the clips, you choose the theme and the soundtrack and wait for the result.

VivaVideo

VivaVideo is one of the most popular video editors on Google Play, with over 100 million downloads to its credit. The free version has several limitations and the app over time has been filled with too many additions, but it’s still a great option, with some cool editing options.

Without paying, you have to walk carefully to avoid paid functions, but in exchange, you have a voice changer, the possibility of adjust the speed of a clip, transitionsout-of-the-box music and effects.

FilmoraGo

FilmoraGo is a video editing application that you must use with your mobile in landscape. It has a somewhat peculiar interface, although once you get used to the way it’s used, you should move faster than in other similar apps.

As a video editor, it is reminiscent of PC editors, allowing some advanced features not available from competitors, such as add voiceover, set transitions between clips or add text and subtitles.

InShot Video Editor

InShot’s video editor is reminiscent of Viva Video, but with a simplified interface and without trying to checkout with each click (it also has a Pro version, which is 29.99$ for a one-time payment or 3.09$ per month).

As a video editor, it has all the basic options and more, including filters, music, different types of backgrounds for videos that don’t take up the whole screen, overlay of text and various stickers ready to use.

VideoShow

VideoShow has a lot in common with Viva Video. For starters, it also tops one hundred million downloads on Google Play and also has a paid version worth $41.99 lifetime or $22.99 per year. Noted for his ready-to-use themeswhich automatically add transitions, filters and music.

With it, you can add music, sound effects and voiceover to a video, as well as refine them by filters, effects, transitions and stickers. The Spanish translation is a bit quirky – not to say bad – so you might want to use it in English.

KineMaster

A more traditional option is KineMaster, a video editor that behaves more like video editors of a lifetime, with its timeline and horizontal interface. Although it has a paid version, you can also use it without verifying in exchange for certain restrictions.

With it you can create different layers, easily add voice, audio and video, as well as choose between a good selection of varied transitionsexpandable from the own store accessible from the application itself.

Videoshop

If the options above are too exotic for you, Videoshop is a slightly simpler editor. The free version has certain limitsbut it allows you to make simple changes easily and quickly.

Editing options include add music and audio effects, trim video clips, add text, and choose from four available transitions to switch between clips. Voiceover, flip, rotate and tilt tools are only for the paid version.

fast

Quik is the official Go Pro video editing app. It’s basically a must-have if you have one of their action cameras, but works equally well with videos from your mobile that you have saved in your gallery.

As a video editor, you can use it at two speeds: Semi-automatic or manual. In the latter case you have the possibility to adjust the order of the clips, the speed, to choose between different types of cuts and to add texts.

PowerDirector

Another video editing heavyweight is CyberLink PowerDirector. Its app for Android exceeds 50 million downloads and works well similar to a traditional video editor for PC, with multiple tracks in the timeline.

You’ll need a cellphone with a big enough screen to enjoy it, but in return you’ll be able to change the speed of a clip, add music and sound effects, filters, and choose between a large selection of transitions.

You cut

Finally, we have YouCut which, despite what its name might suggest, does more than just cut videos. It’s really about a complete video editor which has nothing or almost nothing to envy to InShot Video Editor, from the same creators.

With it, you can join various video clips and photos, trim them, add effects, texts and emojis, choose effects, add music and record your voiceover. The free version has some limitations which are removed for a one-time payment of $9.99 or $3.99 per year.

CapCut

CapCut is the video editing app from the creators of TikTok. He is a complete application focused on vertical video editing, which offers so many possibilities that it seems incredible that it is a mobile video editing application.

CapCut is ideal for editing videos, and in the resolution we want, even 4K HDR, being able to adjust almost all the basic parameters of the video, such as brightness, contrast, saturation, exposure, temperature, with a huge library of transitions and effects and texts.