iMovie

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R1] 5/5 · US Amazing!: It is amazing. You can do lots of cool things. Please get it!
2. [R3] 5/5 · US Useful: Really useful for making my stuff to post super simple to use. I find it really helpful
3. [R14] 5/5 · US Making movies: Fun and easy way to make fun little videos and movies.
4. [R22] 5/5 · US Good app: It’s good for simple edits I like I make all sorts of stuff and it doesn’t have glitches most of the time it cool.
5. [R13] 5/5 · US Birthday: Made my husband’s birthday amazing!!
6. [R18] 5/5 · US Fun with cousins!: Me and my cousins were board, so we found this free app, so much fun! We made like, five movie trailers, and they all were so good! Everything was so fun! I love the styles of movies you can make, so fun! This is a great app!
7. [R30] 5/5 · US It looks so good: I did one of my dog rose, and it was phenomenal that every single person in my family wanted it even the people that I don’t usually see
8. [R44] 5/5 · US So good: Doing YouTube Videos on this is soooooo easy and people love my vids
9. [R12] 5/5 · US It’s really good and great: It is really good and there’s no ads or anything like that you should get it.
10. [R73] 3/5 · US Good to some extent: I use this app because it’s free and easy to use. But I don’t have Apple Music, so I can’t find a way to import my own songs, i just have to use bad ones from the gallery. I also wish there was a sound effect gallery with popular sounds like vine boom or meme sounds. Overall, pretty solid though.
11. [R32] 5/5 · US Very good iMovie: I love how it can just put a lot of videos together without corrupting very nice quality love how it works!
12. [R11] 1/5 · US IT SUCKS!!: It removed my audio, it bugs way too much, and it cut out some of my video!! I definitely recommend alight motion or CapCut!!
13. [R23] 3/5 · US Fix the issue with it going black on Mobile: I am a kid writing this. It is great for editing if you’re not doing it professionally. But it makes the screen go black without warning. Can u fix it please?
14. [R25] 3/5 · US Frustrating: Everything takes forever to load and this thing is buggy buggy buggy Edit: It is working better now that it has downloaded more of my videos from iCloud. They still find some of the controls frustrating though. For instance, a timestamp on the videos would be nice so I would know where to cut a little easier than being able to move music files around a little easier would help.
15. [R296] 3/5 · GB Inconsistent: Lovely little app when it works but frequently freezes etc
16. [R24] 1/5 · US Help…: I had this on my old phone, and Loved it! But I can’t figure out how to allow it to my pictures and music on settings… I click go to settings but there isn’t a “allow” option… HELP anyone 😞 I really wanna make one. I might just find a different app though… (rated this 1 star for now sense I haven’t been able to use it. Also so you notice this, I feel bad though.) *Edit: I’m probably going t
17. [R40] 2/5 · US All access is not needed: Works a charm until the last update when I tried to create a new movie and it said I had to give it access to all media files, and not the ones I select, before it would let me create a movie. That’s unnecessary. They say it’s because it “integrates” with your media files. All apps integrate with something on your device, within set parameters. The only reason a huge com
18. [R65] 1/5 · US Requires full access to all videos and photos: I just want to compress one file and Apple requires access to all videos and photos and music. Stop be so greedy.
19. [R67] 1/5 · US No option to limit access: For as much as Apple exposes other apps for being too intrusive, I was shocked to see this app can’t be used without granting full access to your videos and photos. Most apps allow you to simply pic which videos or photos you’d like to share or use on their app. Unfortunately on Apple’s own iMovie you can’t. You’ll see the option to limit access, but once you try to u
20. [R8] 3/5 · US Good: Really good, but I wish you could just slow down one part of the video, not the whole video
21. [R79] 2/5 · US No Advanced Editing Options: I have an A16 IPad to edit on. This app is one of the worst. These are the same functions that iMovie had back in 2014 when I was using an IPhone 5… I don’t know if it’s me, but my app looks nothing like the preview pictures posted in this apps description. It should be unacceptable to all of us using Apple for their internal editing app to be the same quality it has b
22. [R89] 1/5 · US Awful products: Whats even the point of this? The ONLY thing it can do that the photo app cant is splice videos and speed them up, features that could so easily be included in the base app. Apple is a completely braindead company and this app is a waste of data. Theres are 1000s of better editing apps for free that don’t treat you like an idiot
23. [R145] 3/5 · US too limited: 3 sounds max is awful and not being able to movie videos in videos or green screened things is also horrid and needs to be added
24. [R9] 4/5 · US iMovie: Love it, but I want to be able to play my music in the movies.
25. [R41] 3/5 · US Just read it and reply.: Hey! Hope y’all are having a good day, I have absolutely no words. I love the way it’s set up but I think it needs some improvement. I’m not hating I’m just trying to make suggestions that’s why I’m reviewing, sorry if it comes out nasty. I’m trying to edit some videos and take away the sound from an original video and replace it with music, absolutely successful!(in a way
26. [R117] 2/5 · US Music not playing…: I added music that was labeled as not DRM protected and it kept showing as a solid green bar with no waveforms. It wasn’t muted. The video I attached it to had no audio. The song wouldn’t play. I tried everything, I promise. I just redownloaded this app to try and get some actual use but I’m reminded why I deleted it unfortunately. I have never left a review so this is pretty o
27. [R78] 3/5 · US Annoying, but I like it!: I used it for my YouTube channel!(Christian's RC garage) but it's really annoying because it only takes up half of the screen but I wanted to take up the whole screen. Please update.
28. [R151] 2/5 · GB Aspect ratio?: Great for landscape videos, but no option to change the aspect ratio to portrait that I can see.
29. [R154] 2/5 · GB Horizontal only… seriously: A phone video editing app that doesn’t allow you to edit verticals. This makes zero sense to me.
30. [R246] 3/5 · GB Frustrating not having portrait: Trying to make a video on my phone and annoyingly can’t do anything to change the photos from landscape to portrait even when the photos are originally portrait. Going to have to look at different apps as it’s just ruining the clips cutting off faces.
31. [R20] 4/5 · US Good but: Ii\ts a very good app but when i put something in like a soundtrack it takes a very long time to load
32. [R101] 3/5 · US Good but confusing: Pretty good, but I don't like how you can't change the video shifters in trailers or storyboards or the selection of music. And slow and confusing for exporting. But good for movies, just wish there was more selection on everything.
33. [R307] 3/5 · GB Ok: Ok but it takes a while to re download it so it could be quicker
34. [R43] 1/5 · US You can’t even edit the sizes of the video: You can’t edit the sizes of the video, adding text is almost impossible, and this is basically just adding sound and Instagram filters.
35. [R69] 1/5 · US ANNOYING “TITLES”: Adding text is so ANNOYING! It just teleports it a minute when clicking it, cannot be used in the middle of videos because it’s only TITLES?! Please fix theses mistakes Apple!
36. [R292] 3/5 · GB Mmmmm…. Some problems: 1. The music doesn’t work. I try to add my own music like Taylor Swift and Katseye but it NEVER WORKS! 2. You can’t add text if you don’t use a template 3. If you DO use a template, you can’t remove the slides you don’t need. These are the issues but otherwise worth downloading.
37. [R425] 3/5 · CA I love editing so this works: This is a good app to start your editing journey on, but I feel like many options are missing in iMovie. Ex: When you place text it only gets longer and longer the more words you place, why can’t you make it so it rights in à row. It would also be nice if texts could travel through cut clips instead of you having to retype it in the next clip. Note that this app lags
38. [R45] 1/5 · US No search bar function: Love this app. But I have videos made back years ago. Zero search function, I can’t search my longest to shortest videos made. Such easy functionality her could be made so easy. It’s 2026. Get with the times…. I have to scroll for hours trying to find what I need . Get it together apple developers….
39. [R48] 1/5 · US iMovie: "The iPad iMovie media picker lacks a search bar and date-filtering, making it impossible to find older footage without infinite scrolling or using app-switching workarounds." How can you not include such a simple feature. It’s just 2026, get with the times…
40. [R26] 1/5 · US Bruhh: Why did my whole movie get deleted just because I deleted it off my camera app! Why did it not stay in the movie? If I have kept those videos, it would have taken up all my storage! Please fix this.
41. [R75] 1/5 · US It was ok but If you delete a video in your photos it will not let you watch the video bc you delete: 1 star
42. [R129] 3/5 · US Won’t save, share/export: Haven’t used the app since the beginning of 2026 until June 2026 and now the app will not save, share/export in any way the projects made. This is happening on my iPhone 17 and iPad Pro. It acts as if it is exporting then gets to the end and just says “Error”. Yes, I have more than enough space on both devices. I believe in the last iOS updates there may be a bug that
43. [R57] 3/5 · US Magic movie: When I am making a magic movie I don’t know or crop a picture or video for my magic movie
44. [R139] 1/5 · US Clip length doesn’t save in magic movie: I like the fast magic movie option EXCEPT you don’t find out until the very end after you have spent a long time on your movie that you can’t save the clip lengths even after adjusting them. When you hit “back” to save the movie it readjusts all the times, so frustrating 😩
45. [R422] 3/5 · CA Almost there …: As a rookie movie maker I will admit that this app was relatively easy to use. Obviously as a rookie using the Magic Movie option was very good but … lacking a wee bit of editing options such as; being able to create/add your own slide or title and being able to add captions to pictures
46. [R4] 4/5 · US Great but..: Great movie maker but for some reason kept changing my first section of a video every time I was finished so took awhile to change and finally create the movie I wanted. So gave it a 4 star. But otherwise great!
47. [R2] 1/5 · US Format Prison: Why can’t I change the format?
48. [R10] 4/5 · US Not split screen compatible: I really like to make scripted videos, and I use notepad & such, but it’s not split screen compatible, so I have to take a picture of my script, paste it in my video, record the voice line, then delete the photo and use the voice lines. It’s not super hard, and there might be another way to do it, but I think it would be much easier for a lot of other reasons too. On a
49. [R21] 1/5 · US OLD TRAILERS: WHY DID YOU REMOVE THE OLD TRAILERS WITH THE EXAMPLES AND ACTORS AND YOU REPLACED IT WITH STUPID GENERIC REPETITIVE CARDS WITH SILHOUETTES
50. [R29] 4/5 · US Dear iMovie: Now don't get me wrong. I love this OK so don't be mad at me there's one That I do not like very much you cannot use your own songs. It asks you do you want to use your Apple library? I always click yes. Obviously, but I don't actually get to use any of my songs like what the heck and also I would kinda like the music that you know would be like YouTube shorts and TikTok's like the Br
51. [R6] 5/5 · US Hey iMovie plz read this: This app is awesome definitely recommend! Hi IMoive! I have a question my phone doesn't have Apple Music well it did though and I have a question if everyone could use Spotify on it to because I would use it more if it did and maybe if you want can you add background remover please. Thank You for your time 🙂
52. [R262] 3/5 · GB Capcut is better.: Capcut, or any editing software for that matter is more advanced. iMovie may be easy to use but it lacks editing tools. If you want to do meticulous edits iMovie isn’t really for that.
53. [R114] 1/5 · US Don’t Use If You Care About Privacy: The app requires full permissions for all the photos you have on the app. Why? I have no idea. It even gives you the option to select the specific items you want it to access but locks you out of using the app at all if you choose this option. Complete nonsense violation of privacy. I can’t wait until this is all made illegal and Apple goes bankrupt.
54. [R298] 3/5 · GB No portrait video: Very easy to use, but it doesn’t let you make a portrait video… Why doesn’t it let you make a portrait video??
55. [R152] 1/5 · GB Slow mo not working: This is simply not acceptable from Apple. The black screen bug when using iPhone slow-motion videos in Magic Movie has been reported by users for years, yet it still hasn’t been fixed. Slow-motion clips are one of the iPhone’s flagship camera features, so they should work flawlessly in Apple’s own video editor. Instead, the project previews and exports as a black screen, makin