YouCut - AI Video Editor

YouCut Review: The No-Watermark Cutter From the InShot Studio

Cut, Merge, Slice — and Enough Layers for a Social Clip

The listing leads with its two words — Free and No Watermark — and its verbs: merge videos into one, cut and trim, slice and split, compress without losing quality, make photo videos with music. Around that core sit the tools a short-form clip needs: a multi-layer timeline, chroma key and green screen, speed and smooth slow motion, stop-motion, background blur, filters, transitions, stickers and text, plus the AI Video Boost set — auto captions from speech, one-tap background removal and quality enhancement. Reviewers describe exactly that use. The most-voted, 6,047 votes from May 2025, uses it only for cropping, removing audio and basic edits, offline, with no pop-ups and no forced watermark; a December 2024 review with 4,009 votes bought it because it was a small one-time purchase, not a subscription; an August 2026 four-star who owns LumaFusion and VLLO opens YouCut every day because it is quick and straightforward. The September 2026 build added style transitions.

What 107 Reviews Say: Great for Basics, Thin on Effects, Lag as Projects Grow

One hundred and seven Google Play reviews — 75 five-star, 7 one- or two-star — from a base of 8.6 million ratings at 4.8. The praise: light on storage compared with CapCut, per an October 2025 four-star with 1,948 votes; works without Wi-Fi; nothing forced. The limits are as consistent. Effects and transitions are simple and cliché and fonts are paid, says that same review; the music library is limited and the good tracks are Pro, per a December 2025 four-star with 1,617 votes; a July 2026 four-star finds it falls off for advanced work. Bugs are specific: deleting a clip deletes any voiceover touching it (July 2026), the app cannot export audio as mp3 (August), lag grows with project length (August), a September one-star says the new pre-processing of 4K footage makes a seven-minute edit almost unusable, and a July reviewer woke to a phone drained from 60% to 0% with the app in the background.

Free, No Watermark, Ads — and a Lifetime Price Reviewers Wish Were Lower

Both stores show advertising and in-app purchases. The App Store itemises YouCut Pro: $6.99 monthly, $25.99 yearly, $59.99 lifetime; Google Play's range is $2.99 to $59.99. Free exports carry no watermark, which is the app's pitch and the reviews confirm it; Pro unlocks the paid effects, fonts, music and stickers and removes ads. Three 2026 reviews ask for a cheaper lifetime fee; one calls it useless unless you pay, against many who say the free tier covers them. Requirements: iOS 15.0 or newer at 161 MB, or Android 8.0 or newer, in 18 languages, rated 4+ and Everyone; the iOS version dates from July 2022. Privacy is the surprise for a video cutter: Google's card lists location, personal info and two other types collected and device IDs shared, while Apple lists identifiers not linked to you. The developer is SHANTANU PTE. LTD., maker of InShot. Prices vary by region.