iMovie

RATING:

4.5

(381)

About iMovie

iMovie is a video-making software that helps businesses turn photos and videos into storytelling movies. Administrators can create shareable videos to commemorate moments, memories and sceneries. The platform enables creators to utilize built-in themes as well as templates to create personalized trailers in 4K video resolution. iMovie allows teams to add custom studio logos, cast names, credit rolls and other elements to build visuals. Additionally, supervisors can apply music and sound effects and include voice-overs for narration. iMovie is available for free and support is extended via phone and an online contact form.

Awards and Recognition

FrontRunner 2022
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iMovie Pricing

iMovie comes free with all Mac and OS operating systems.

Free trial: 

Not Available

Free version: 

Available

iMovie storyboard

iMovie Reviews

Overall Rating

4.5

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

4.5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4

Most Helpful Reviews for iMovie

1 - 5 of 378 Reviews

Tyler Jae

Education Management, 201 - 500 employees

Used more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

Reviewed December 2021

Top-notch, user-friendly video editing software

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Nickolette

Verified reviewer

Hospital & Health Care, 10,000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed April 2021

iMovie Review

It makes editing my YouTube videos so much easier, and I love that fact that their isn’t a watermark with name of the app when I save my videos.

PROS

I recently started a YouTube channel and iMovie is a God sent for me. It makes my editing life so easy! I am able to cut out parts of the video or footage that I don’t want. Mute the footage and speed up the videos. All my projects are saved on the app once the videos are still in my phone. So I can go back re-edit if I want to. You are also given the option of creating your own or you are able to use a template provided by the app, and you can just edit and make it your own. It’s user friendly, and it makes editing a lot of fun, and super easy. When you add multiple videos, a transition is automatically added by the app for you. I love the app! I would recommend 100% to anyone! Fast, easy and reliable.

CONS

The one thing about this app I which could be changed tho, is to add a faster speed to speed up videos, but you can save the video and add speed again. Apart from that this is a great app! I 100% recommend.

Reasons for switching to iMovie

I hate the watermark that came with KineMaster. iMovie is a lot better and user friendly.

Melissa

Non-Profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed October 2022

Great for basic projects, but missing features for professional editors

Overall I love iMovie. It's my go to for all my fun projects for social media and slideshow videos. I am looking into moving to a more professional level software as my projects have become more involved, but I think iMovie will always be my default video editor.

PROS

I like the software because it just works. It's perfect for beginners and just working on a fun project with friends. The templates are and if you just want a simple fun video editor this is great. It can take you really far and is easy to learn. iMovie is where I learned to make videos and it is my go to for all my basic projects

CONS

iMovie doesn't have some of the more custom or professional level editing tools, but for most video projects they are not needed. One of the things I love and also hate is how iMovie automatically connects all your video clips. It's great for slide shows and many quick projects, but I hate that I can't lock clips to specific spots on the time line...they always move around based on what clips I drop into the project.

Reason for choosing iMovie

I choose iMovie because it came free with my mac. I will eventually buy Final Cut Pro, but iMovie gave me exactly what I needed to get started with video creation for my social media.

Joseph

Verified reviewer

Higher Education, 10,000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

3

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

3

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed August 2020

Joe fumbles through iMovie

It's just one of the basic Apple tools that I have one most of my max. Most of the time I deferred to go to an Adobe product to do this kind of work because it gives me more flexibility and the end product has a higher quality.

PROS

It's one of those out of the box Apple products that come with most Apple technology. When I movie first came out it was an easy application and very inexpensive. It's not quite as easy as it used to be but it's still an expensive.

CONS

The application is a bit clunky and hard to navigate through you need to do a lot of exploration and digging to find the basic functionality of the application. An average Yeutter user is frustrated and usually either stops using the application or doesn't use it to its forced capabilities.

Reason for choosing iMovie

I choose it as a product it comes with my Mac so it's an out-of-the-box kind of application like numbers and pages. I use it if I'm just doing something down and dirty and quick or if I just want someone to be able to create some basic video. But again for the most part I'm using adobe premiere for most of what I do.

Michael

Food & Beverages, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed December 2023

iMovie review

iMovie makes everything so easy to use and no need for a degree to make good and professional videos.

PROS

Easy and fun use. It also has a back button in case you delete something by mistake.

CONS

I just don't have anything I don't like when it comes to iMovie.