Picsart AI Photo Editor vs CapCut
Choose Picsart AI Photo Editor for its creative features, but be cautious of its pricing structure.
Picsart AI Photo Editor offers a wider range of creative tools and features, though many users express frustration over its pricing and paywalls. CapCut is also a strong editing app but has received criticism for increasing paywalls and restrictions on basic features.
Head to head
you want a feature-rich photo editing app and are willing to navigate its pricing structure.
you prefer a simpler video editing experience, but be aware of increasing costs for features.
Evidence note: Both apps have significant user complaints about pricing and features, but Picsart has a slightly better overall rating and more positive feedback on creative capabilities.
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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.
- [R5] Picsart AI Photo Editor about how good it is: its is ver fun to play and make things this app is about creativity and how to make it nice it is very fun plus good for playing in ur free time or bored it a ver good app i definitely recommend this for u guys
- [R8] Picsart AI Photo Editor Best Photo Editing: I have tried so many photo editing apps over the years and Picard is the best. Easy and user friendly. It has clean and natural end result.
- [R38] Picsart AI Photo Editor Versatile and Imaginative: This is by far my favorite creative app, whether for photo editing, graphic design, or collage making it excels in its utility and customization. I frequently use this app for vision boarding and photo effects. I make backgrounds for my phone using the open asset library of stickers in combination with photos and grain effects, as well as matching custom app icons. This
- [R63] CapCut Pay walls: This is not my kind of cake. Pay walls just to do simple things? In my opinion, it’s a little greedy, but it’s probably my fault that I don’t have enough money for this, it’s not a bad product if you got the money.
- [R6] Picsart AI Photo Editor Not bad just a lot of adds and glitches: 3/5
- [R18] Picsart AI Photo Editor bruh: makes me pay for almost everything i cant even screenshot my own work
- [R81] CapCut cool and easy but..: THERES SO MUCH LAG THAT I CAN BEARLY USE IT? like srrsly i cant even move an overlay bc of lage when i put like only 5 layers
- [R90] CapCut It can’t let me add text to voice: CapCut is great but there is problem I can’t have the text to have audio idk if it a bug but the app is great
- [R10] Picsart AI Photo Editor NEED ACCOUNT TO USE: it makes you create an account now in order to even get into the app. You’re unable to skip that now. There’s an ugly amount of ai on this app now too. I miss the way it used to be
- [R36] Picsart AI Photo Editor They need to fix this: I just spend the last 30 minutes photoshopping an image for my friends just to I find out I can’t save it because I guess I use a premium feature they need to add some sort of a warning so people don’t waste they’ve time like I did, I used to use this app all time a couple years ago the greed is insane
- [R79] CapCut not very good: Good for editing. When it works, see a lot of time when I use this app it forces me to delete photos and videos and files off of my phone if I am am even CLOSE to being out of storage. Now I know, technically that is my fault for being out of storage, but even when I’m not it still says “You need storage. Try it now.” I only gave it two stars because it is just an OK editing app.
- [R98] CapCut Lag: When trying to edit I experience lag with good internet and it’s not just me I know lots of editors/mixers like me and they experience it too PLEASE fix it but other than that it’s good
- [R3] Picsart AI Photo Editor It’s okay: It works good if you get it perfect but it is very expensive I payed for the $10 monthly and got to make 2 videos today and now I can’t make anymore until next month. My opinion, not worth it.
- [R9] Picsart AI Photo Editor Too expensive: Nice, but they want to charge you for everything I bought a subscription for a year and then they wanna charge me for credits to use AI tools on top of that so they’ve made it too expensive to use. I canceled the subscription
- [R49] Picsart AI Photo Editor App Ruined by Corporate Greed: I used to really love this app and now you can’t use it without paying hundreds of dollars a year. You can’t even screenshot your own work without paying a subscription. This app has been ruined beyond belief by greed and unnecessary paywalls. They expect people pay hundreds of dollars annually just to use the app, it’s ridiculous. 1/10, can’t believe that the entire
- [R73] CapCut It used to be my favorite: So this is now an app of full pay good luck with that
- [R22] Picsart AI Photo Editor I can’t cancel my subscription: I’ve tried everything…
- [R43] Picsart AI Photo Editor They denied the refund: I accidentally subscribed to this plan and immediately asked for a refund. But they refused!! I haven’t used the service a single time since being charged. Absolutely horrible experience!!!!
- [R94] CapCut INAPPROPRIATE APP‼️⚠️‼️‼️‼️⚠️⚠️: It’s a great editing app, but there is a feature where you can see what other people have made, and LOTS of people have made many unclean things. Things from abuse to pornography!!! Don’t let a kid or yourself get this app for those reasons!!‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
- [R111] CapCut Dear CapCut, I wanna say a platform is good but some people make inappropriate content so please fix: It’s good but need to fix inappropriate content to nice content
- [R27] Picsart AI Photo Editor Insane Subscription Hikes: Going from $12.99 to $15.99 was bad enough, now it is up to $18.99 for the same service I once had for $12.99. I gave up. When are these companies going to learn raising subscriptions aren’t the answer. Eventually the working class is going to break and limit which subscriptions they are willing to pay for.
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store