KineMaster - Video Editor

KineMaster is a multi-track video editor for phones and tablets. It sits above the simple trim-and-caption apps and below desktop software, and for a lot of social video work that is exactly the right place.

What it actually offers

Layered editing is the core of it: multiple video and audio tracks, overlays, text and handwriting layers, and keyframed movement on each. Chroma key is included, which is unusual at this level.

The editing model is closer to desktop non-linear editors than to the template-driven apps that dominate this category, which means a steeper start and a much higher ceiling.

The watermark question

The free tier applies a watermark to exports. There is no way around it other than subscribing, and there is no one-time purchase — it is a recurring subscription. Decide about that before investing hours in a project, because the watermark is applied at export rather than shown during editing.

Practical notes

• Performance is bound by the device. On mid-range hardware, timelines with several 4K layers will drop frames during preview even when the export is fine.
• Projects are stored on the device. There is no cloud project sync, so a lost or reset phone loses in-progress work.
• Export at the source resolution rather than upscaling; the encoder handles downscaling better than the reverse.