Best video editing apps in 2023, tested by our editors

These days, everyone seems to be creating videos of their friends, family, pets and nearly everything they see or do. But before sharing videos on social media sites like TikTok

and Instagram, via text messaging, on websites or through email, the most savvy mobile videographers should know they can quickly and easily edit their videos right on their

smartphones using a video editing app. Over the course of several weeks, we used our smartphone to test five different video editing apps — Premiere Rush (by Adobe), Video Editor

& Maker (by InShot), Videoleap Editor and Maker (by Lightricks), VlogNow VN Video Editor (by Ubiquiti Labs), and Filmora Video Editor & Maker (by Wondershare) — to see

which one is the best video editing app on mobile for you. We put the video editing apps through their paces, building two different video projects featuring a Pembroke Welsh Corgi

named Gizmo. We noted things like ease of installation and setup, user interface, editing tools, features, content, graphics libraries, import/export and sharing options, and

availability of tutorials, among others. Based on our testing, Filmora Video Editor & Maker came out on top for the best video editing app to use on your smartphone. Filmora

Video Editor & Maker Best video editing app overall Filmora Video Editor & Maker is a feature-rich video editing app with the largest and most varied content libraries of

all the mobile apps we tested. What’s more, we found we could do more with our two test videos we created with Filmora than with any of the other apps we tested. We found Filmora

Video Editor & Maker (formerly FilmoraGo) to be the best video editing app overall due to its interface that was intuitive and quick to master. Everything is responsive and

clearly laid out, with thick, easy-to-manipulate, color-coded ribbons representing auxiliary tracks. What we liked about Filmora Video Editor & Maker We had no difficulty

selecting, moving, expanding and shortening, and aligning and coordinating clips. The dedicated YouTube channel has short how-to videos featuring quick edits to create unusual

effects — such as replacing your shadow with one that mocks you. While you can download additional content for other apps, mostly notably in Adobe Premiere Rush (which has access

to Adobe’s extensive holdings), Filmora Video Editor & Maker has the largest and most varied libraries installed with the app. The scores of transitions include both optical

and geometric effects (such as the rotating cube we used in our “Good Boy, Gizmo!” video that we discuss later in the “How we tested” section). Similarly, the app has a