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VivaVideo

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VivaVideo is a long-standing video editor praised for its ease of use and comprehensive features, but recent updates have introduced significant stability issues, performance problems, and a frustrating monetization model that limits free functionality and misleads users about subscription terms.

4.8★ lifetime (280,024) Free to download since 2014 by Hangzhou Xiaoying Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. updated 0.4 mo ago recent negative 32% 120 reviews across 4 regions
Monetization & Pricing App Stability Exporting Issues Feature Degradation Ease of Use
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recent reviews across 4 regions, vs the 4.8★ lifetime average

VivaVideo is a video editing app with a long history of positive user experiences, offering a wide range of features for creating engaging content. However, recent reviews highlight a concerning decline in app stability, with frequent crashes and glitches, alongside a shift towards a heavily paywalled experience that frustrates both free and paid users.

What users like

  • Easy to use, intuitive interface, and fast for quick editsR2R11R16R23
  • Offers a wide range of features, effects, music, and transitions for creative video editingR4R16R21R30
  • Helpful for creating content for social media and business pagesR16R178R39R50
  • Customer support is responsive and takes inquiries seriouslyR16

What users complain about

  • Frequent app crashes, freezing, and lagging, especially after recent updatesR10R34R141R304
  • Many features are locked behind a paywall, even for VIP subscribers, requiring additional credits or purchasesR15R18R35R38
  • Users report being misled into yearly subscriptions instead of free trials or monthly plans, with no clear refund optionsR84R93R96R100
  • Issues with exporting videos, including crashes, slow processing, or failure to save, even for paid usersR25R35R223R252
  • Performance problems like slow loading times, sync delays between music and video, and videos not appearing during editingR11R29R34R351
  • Specific features like templates, stickers, music options, background removal, and text editing have changed or become less functionalR178R175R361R390
  • AI features are criticized for bias and lack of multicultural representationR33

Latest update · v9.37.1

What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):

Fix bugs and improve performance for better experiences.

Recurring themes

App Stability negative
Many recent reviews report frequent app crashes, freezing, lagging, and glitches during editing and exporting, contradicting the developer's notes about performance improvements.R10R11R34R141
Monetization & Pricing negative
Users are highly frustrated by the app's aggressive monetization, with many essential features locked behind VIP subscriptions or requiring additional 'credits' even after paying for VIP. There are numerous complaints about being misled into yearly subscriptions instead of trials or monthly plans, with no clear refund process.R15R18R35R38
Feature Degradation negative
Several users report that previously available or well-functioning features, such as templates, stickers, music options, background removal, and text editing, have either disappeared, changed for the worse, or become less functional after updates. The new AI section is also criticized for bias.R33R178R175R361
Ease of Use positive
Despite the recent issues, many long-term users still appreciate VivaVideo for its intuitive interface, ease of use, and comprehensive editing tools, making it suitable for quick and high-quality video creation.R2R4R11R16
Exporting Issues negative
A significant number of users, including paid subscribers, experience problems when trying to export videos, with the app crashing, failing to save, or producing lower quality than expected.R25R35R223R252

Who it's for

VivaVideo is for users who need an easy-to-use video editor with a wide range of features for creating social media content or quick edits, especially if they are willing to pay for a subscription R16R21R30R50. It is NOT for users who expect a fully functional free app, are on a tight budget, or rely on stable performance for professional work, as recent issues with crashes, paywalls, and exporting make it unreliable .

Evidence note: The recent reviews skew heavily negative, focusing on performance issues and monetization problems, which contrasts with the app's high lifetime rating. This indicates a significant negative trajectory in user experience following recent updates. While there are still positive comments about ease of use, they are often from long-term users who acknowledge recent declines.

Frequently asked

Is VivaVideo free to use?
While VivaVideo is free to download, many core editing features, transitions, music, and the ability to export videos without watermarks or time limits require a paid VIP subscription or additional in-app purchases R35R38R64R104.
Does VivaVideo have performance issues?
Yes, many recent reviews report frequent app crashes, freezing, lagging, and slow performance, especially when editing or exporting videos, even on newer devices and for paid subscribers R10R11R34R141.
Are there problems with VivaVideo subscriptions?
Yes, numerous users report being misled into purchasing yearly subscriptions when they intended to sign up for a free trial or a shorter plan, with difficulties in obtaining refunds R84R93R96R100.

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. [R2] 5/5 · US Better videos: Really easy to use, fast download
  2. [R11] 2/5 · US A great app with serious issues: I’ve been using VivaVideo for about seven years, and despite the issues I’m about to mention, I continue to use it because the editing workflow fits the way I create videos better than most other mobile editors. When it works, it’s fast, intuitive, and easy to use. Unfortunately, there are several major problems that have existed for years and still haven’t been f
  3. [R16] 5/5 · US Great App for Easy, Fun & High-Quality Video: VivaVideo is an easy and powerful app for creating short, fun, and high-quality videos. I use it to edit and share pet sitting moments, and the results always look polished, cute, and engaging for social media. Their customer support is also excellent, they respond to every inquiry, take it seriously, and follow through with real action. Highly recommen
  4. [R23] 5/5 · US Love this app: Love it and so easy to use!!!
  5. [R4] 5/5 · US Perfect: This program is so easy to use has all of the features combined in one. It never glitches it is so well worth the low cost.
  6. [R21] 5/5 · US Awesome!!: When looking to edit your videos with awesome effects, music and transitions then you need to start with VivaVideo! Very user friendly and you can definitely make awesome content and videos with this app!
  7. [R30] 5/5 · US Great editor: Easy to use for beginners. Lots of editing options. Liked it so much I bought a lifetime subscription!
  8. [R178] 3/5 · US Was great: Sticker option changed & not as good as before. I hope they change it back. Also wish for better music options. However VivaVideo has helped me tremendously in creating content for my FB Biz PAGE.
  9. [R39] 5/5 · US Great For Marketing: Love it
  10. [R50] 5/5 · US Love it!: I own a pet care business where I offer pet sitting and grooming. Clients and myself just love the themed videos. The themes adds a perfect touch to videos I send to those pet parents who miss their furry loved ones while away. Awesome app!❤️🐾❤️
  11. [R10] 1/5 · US App crashing: App has been crashing every time I open animation since the new update. I otherwise love this app. Please fix and I’ll edit my review
  12. [R34] 2/5 · US It’s good when it works: I keep having issues with my videos not appearing when I’m trying to edit and it’s very annoying. This is a good editing app it just keeps making my video clips not stay on what I’ve already edited!
  13. [R141] 1/5 · US Amazing UNTIL: it crashes!!!! It used to be so so good. I actually bought the full suite but it constantly crashes 😭
  14. [R304] 3/5 · GB App buffer: Hey, this app usually works very well but for the past week it has been lagging when I scroll across the media trying to cut. Any reasons why?
  15. [R15] 1/5 · US No compres vip: No sirve de nada vip mejor compre créditos
  16. [R18] 1/5 · US Yearly vip plan not worth it: I accidentally bought the yearly vip plan, nothing comes with it! Even the smallest most common thing all the other apps are doing fot free needs credit so you're gonna have to spend dollars to be able to use the features. Total Scam
  17. [R35] 2/5 · US Conversion: It's impossible to convert in the free version; everyone intentionally used the free features, but it says it's in use and you need to pay! I don't use the app enough times for the payment to be justified. The reason is duration! This is the first time I've encountered this! Videos aren't saved! Can you somehow make separate paid and free versions? What and where should I look for to highlight if accidentally? · translated
  18. [R38] 1/5 · US Requires purchase: Nothing is free; everything costs money. You can't even try anything; you just have to pay a large amount to try it. Very, very bad. · translated
  19. [R84] 1/5 · US DO NOT CLICK: This app is a scam!! I repeat this app is a scam! I clicked on subscribe because it said 3 day trial, i mean who would purchase such an expensive app by not trying it out first. Lo and behold, i did not realize that they made me click a year long subscription!! This is pure And simple highway robbery, click bait scam at its finest!
  20. [R93] 1/5 · US Asked for a monthly subscription and charged for yearly: I was looking for a one-week subscription, but I was charged for a full yearly subscription instead. There was no clear warning and no possibility to get a refund. No support available to update/review those transaction. This feels very disappointing. Be extremely careful before confirming any payment.”
  21. [R96] 1/5 · US Scam!: Total waste of money! I want a refund!
  22. [R100] 1/5 · US Scam: This app charged for an entire year and instead of giving a free trial. Scam
  23. [R25] 5/5 · US Bad app: It says try 4K so I did. You can’t save it to your camera roll. Which means you can’t post your 4K video on YouTube OT instagram. You can only save them in worse quality than you recorded them. So what good is it. None. A waste of money. I won’t renew.
  24. [R223] 2/5 · US One complaint: One thing I hate is the app always trying to get me to use a card for the subscription and I can’t even export my edits
  25. [R252] 1/5 · GB Viva: Paid for yearly for 3 days free and can’t export the videos to WhatsApp or my phone
  26. [R29] 1/5 · US Unusable: Until recently, videos loaded quickly in the app. Now, it's tens of minutes of waiting. And I even pay for the VIP package! · translated
  27. [R351] 3/5 · GB Extremely good but delays…: I’m extremely surprised by the features of this app. I’m an advanced video editor and I can tell this app has a lot of potential BUT right now I’m frustrated because there’s constant sync delays between the music I uploaded and the video. It works but I need to refresh the app all the time, even by doing that it keeps bugging. I believe when is too many transitions and
  28. [R175] 1/5 · US Remove BG no longer functional: Remove background no longer works. It will completely black out or white out the whole screen. This used to be the most accurate app for remove BG which is why I paid now it is broken.
  29. [R361] 3/5 · GB Template is not showing up : disappeared: I found it very useful to use some template. But it disappeared from my main screen. I even purchased pro and updated the app which no result. Can you please bring it back?
  30. [R390] 3/5 · GB Features dont work: Im a paid subscriber and have been using this app for a while now, lately I have been limited to certain features such as using themes or fonts and font animations. Please fix this
  31. [R33] 3/5 · US Good, almost great product…but: I’ve been using VivaVideo Editor for a few years now and it’s been pretty solid overall for quick video edits. But I have to say I’m really disappointed with the new AI section. It shows some clear bias and does not seem to represent multicultural people fairly. I just disappointed with the representation for AI videos, clearly that’s who VivaVideo Editor is market
  32. [R64] 2/5 · US Key frames: The fact that key frames are paid and I don't have any money makes this video editor impossible to use
  33. [R104] 2/5 · US Features: What's the point of making an app with a free trial if all features are paid? 😂 · translated

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store