CapCut Users Complain About Premium Features
41 posts across 2 communities in the last 30 days; 98% from App Store.
“[CapCut] ★★★ 3/5 (v19.6.0) — I like using it for edits and all that but I hate how everything is pro, seriously it’s super inconvenient and pro is so genuinely expensive Plus I get INSANE lag with my edits sometimes, which could be a bug of the sorts.”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.6.0) — Why do you have to pay for a lot of features? It says “for beginners”. You ruined this app for me. I do not recommend this app if you do not have money to spend.”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.6.0) — I have the pro subscription try to do a five minute video did not have enough credits so I ended up having to spend $20 to buy more credit Once the video was finished my monthly credits were over for the month and it’s the first video I The video would…”
Users feel CapCut aggressively pushes premium features and subscriptions, making basic editing functionality increasingly restricted.
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“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.7.0) — Stay far away from this app! I was charged $100 before my free trial even ended. To make matters worse, paying $100 gets you practically nothing—almost every feature, AI tool, and project template constantly prompts you to "upgrade to Pro" just to use it. Why am I being forced to pay more for an app I already paid $100 to access? On top of that, the actual app performance is terrible. 90% of the templates move way too fast to be usable for real edits. Customer support”
“[CapCut] ★★ 2/5 (v19.7.0) — Used to be a great editing app, until now you have to buy literally everything, the app is money hungry and i’d suggest other editing apps”
“[CapCut] ★★★ 3/5 (v19.7.0) — This app is great but MY GOD stop making everything pro💔 cap cut is getting too money hungry”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.7.0) — If you want to edit good, you basically need premium, which costs money. It also is hard to use because you tap one wrong thing and screws up the entire video and you would have to restart from the beginning. The key frames also don’t work very good either as when I’m trying to move around an object (in a circle) it just drags it in a line and doesn’t follow the path I dragged it in. Ngl this app sucks overall.”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.7.0) — I’ve been using this app for 5 year but even now for using stabilizing or even uploading my 4k video I have to buy pro Why most of the features have to be paid I didn’t expect this from your high demand company Wish you change your perspective of marketing”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.7.0) — Paid for the premium version. Every time I try to render a video, it tells me I need to pay again.”
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“[CapCut] ★★★ 3/5 (v19.6.0) — I like using it for edits and all that but I hate how everything is pro, seriously it’s super inconvenient and pro is so genuinely expensive Plus I get INSANE lag with my edits sometimes, which could be a bug of the sorts.”
[CapCut] ★★★ 3/5 (v19.6.0) — its good but its always asking for pro
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.6.0) — I’ve been using for over 2 years and I’m okay with the expensiveness and the other weird features, but lately more and more bugs have been popping up, about ever 1-2 minutes I find a bug that make me have to restart the app, others I just can’t fix. Most my edits I scrap because I can’t get over the bugs. It makes a 5 minute edit into a hour long troubleshooting almost every time I make an edit.”
“[CapCut] ★★★ 3/5 (v19.6.0) — Oh my hatsune miku atp i have pay jst to even click on a button like dawg do u rlly need that much money?”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.6.0) — capCut is way too money, hungry making everything CapCut pro and keeps on asking you. Do you wanna turn on notifications for this app?”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.6.0) — Why do you have to pay for a lot of features? It says “for beginners”. You ruined this app for me. I do not recommend this app if you do not have money to spend.”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.6.0) — I have the pro subscription try to do a five minute video did not have enough credits so I ended up having to spend $20 to buy more credit Once the video was finished my monthly credits were over for the month and it’s the first video I The video would not upload or generate preview. They wanted to charge me another 3100 credits to fix this issue. And trying to get a refund is almost impossible if impossible. Stay away my advice.”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.6.0) — It has a lot of features and is really easy to use, but you have to pay like they make it almost impossible for you to use the free version. I tried to edit a couple things, but overall it was just a frustrating experience. Would not recommend if you don’t want to spend money.”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.6.0) — All this app seems to do is ask you to buy premium. Get InShot instead.”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.6.0) — Ok app for the most part but they keep trying to make things that were once free cost money just to force you to pay for the pro version, absolutely ridiculous. Also, the noise reducer is horrible and doesn’t work at all yet they make you pay for it.”
“[CapCut] ★★ 2/5 (v19.6.0) — It’s okay but everything important costs money, kinda absurd”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.6.0) — i paid for capcut standard and it is still not letting me use the features i paid for”
“[CapCut] ★★★ 3/5 (v19.6.0) — Mid. DEFINITELY i do not like how its hungry money like i dont wanna pay pro everyday ?”
“[CapCut] ★★ 2/5 (v19.6.0) — IM SO FREAKING TIRED OF THESE STUPID UPDATES WHERE YOU MAKE EVERYTHING COST MONEY. I CANT MAKE VIDEOS ANYMORE BECAUSE OF THIS”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.6.0) — If I could leave a 0 star review I would. I paid for pro subscription They took my $20. Did not give me pro access. Then when I reached out to support all I was told is it would be passed to the “relevant team” so now I lost out on money and also don’t have access to CapCut. Complete waste of time and money I’d use any other app for editing if I was you.”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.6.0) — They used to be free but NO THEY HAD TO USE THE TEMPLATES FOR THE PLATINUM FOR MONEY AND THEY’RE SO MONEY HUNGRY”
“[CapCut] ★★★ 3/5 (v19.6.0) — Since like 2023 they became money hungry and literally made almost every single effect is just standard or pro and they even made extracting audio standard.”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.6.0) — Look. For editing, CapCut is great. But insanely money hungry, every other thing is pro, or limited uses, or requires credits. And it’s so annoying. And I’m an editor for edits. So I scroll through the templates for inspiration pretty often. And I’ll come across p*rn and terrible stuff that shouldn’t be there. And will stay up even if mass reported. Which is awful. But what’s even worse is that innocent videos and edits of mine get taken down and I get shadow banned fo”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.6.0) — Paid for pro which allows you a certain number of credits. Generating a video will cost you several credits repeatedly. Whole thing is a scam, skip it.”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.6.0) — Why we making everything go to where we have to pay money like what the hell”
“[CapCut] ★★ 2/5 (v19.6.0) — Honestly great app, but they continue to put features under more paywalls. Before it was just 10 dollars a month and I got everything I wanted, now they want 20 for the pro for the SAME FEATURES. The problem is they don't always work, I frequently experience glitches with filters and the caption making. If I am paying as much as 10-20 a month, it's should be running perfectly.”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.6.0) — Why is everything pro? They randomly change certain things for pro so that you have to pay for it, and it’s overly expensive. I don’t have that type of money just to make some cutesy videos. Idk why they turned so money hungry.”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.6.0) — too stingy and makes everything pro even when have surpassed 1 billion downloads globally”
“[CapCut] ★★ 2/5 (v19.6.0) — This app appears to be great on the surface, but I’ve noticed it doesn’t work well unless you’re constantly upgrading. I had the most basic paid plan (which does not offer many credits) and it was working so-so. Many times the AI doesn’t follow directions well, and it uses credits every time it even needs to fix its own mistakes. I finally broke down and purchased Pro, a more expensive plan (with more credits), to not have to deal with this issue. Same problem, only n”
“[CapCut] ★★ 2/5 (v19.6.0) — Capcut is extremely money hungry so all the good effects and other things are pro, meaning you have to pay every month just to even use the app. I even saved certain effects into my favorites just for it to turn pro the next day, so, there really is no point in adding it to my favorites. I will not ever buy capcut pro for the fact it’s obviously trying to make me, shoving capcut pro down my throat makes me wanna buy it less. You would be much better off using an actua”
“[CapCut] ★★ 2/5 (v9.4.0) — I like how easy it is to use. The desktop version is not great. It distorts images, sometimes you can’t export full videos even with Pro Edition.”
“[CapCut] ★★★ 3/5 (v19.6.0) — It’s very good in my opinion but ever since the pro update came now almost everything costs money and it’s just very annoying because I don’t feel like spending money but otherwise it’s a good editing app and I would recommend it for beginners, but it is a little like tricky to figure out how to like you know Out like editing stuff but otherwise it’s really good.”
“[CapCut] ★★★ 3/5 (v9.4.0) — THIS IS THE BEST APP EVER IT IS SUPER EASY TO USE AND YEAH BUT EVERYTHING COSTS MONEY”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.5.0) — You have to pay to use any visually appealing effects, filters, etc. There's so many bizarre bugs that occur regardless if you delete the majority of your projects. Footage you edit will randomly be replaced by different footage, and it's as if the app hasn't had a good update for years.”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.5.0) — All this app seems to do is ask you to buy premium. Get InShot instead.”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.5.0) — Doesn’t make sense how I already upgraded my package and now it’s asking me to upgrade again and give them more money just for a clear and unchoppy export. What???”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.5.0) — I was just editing my short peacefully without charges, and then CapCut fricking charged me “pro” for using “extract” which I never used. CapCut must be scamming me by using its glitches. Fix these bugs now.”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.4.0) — basically, all the features cost money, and there’s basically no history or version history, so if you make a mistake and accidentally exit everything is gone. also, if you don’t know how a feature works, or if you pay for standard, they don’t really tell you what the capabilities are, and then if you try to file a request or something, you have to send screenshots and it’s super long, annoying, bad process.”
“[CapCut] ★★★ 3/5 (v19.4.0) — I wish they would tell users AHEAD of time that the feature you are using is a CapCut PREMIUM feature. They have 3 tiers you need to pay to to get access to better features for editing tools. 20 bucks a month? Thats steep! I can do $10 but come on now, include more for what we pay for. The app itself took me so long to figure out that I had to literally look up YouTube tutorials because things are so confusing especially for someone who is mentally challenged. I am a”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.4.0) — It’s a good app, but you have to pay for literally everything and it’s not fair for people who can’t afford it like for example you can’t even export templates anymore. You have to pay for pro to export. I will not be doing this app anymore until it’s not paid to win.”
“[CapCut] ★★★ 3/5 (v19.4.0) — It’s nice but you need the pro for almost everything and it’s sooo much ai😭”
“[CapCut] ★★★ 3/5 (v19.4.0) — As much as I love CapCut, yall removing and making everything pro is soo annoying like WHY is smooth slow mo pro??? Of all things yall made that pro?? Just money hungry😭😭 ns like ive been using this app since 2023 when smooth slow mo was free and seeing it be a pro effect now sucks because thats so random”
“[CapCut] ★★★ 3/5 (v19.4.0) — Good app, but despite claiming to have some free options, after you make a video it asks to pay to be able to export your most basic project; so switched to iMovies”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.4.0) — Can’t do anything unless you pay. Only one template available unless you pay. Wants access to ALL your photos not the ones you select.”
“[CapCut] ★★★ 3/5 (v19.4.0) — I am only adding a 3 star review because I don’t think if you’re paying for pro you should have pay for credits. If you have pro it should cover everything from using a template to creating your own. I believe this application just wants money and that’s why it’s a 3 star review if everything was covered in pro than I’d give it a 5 star review”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.3.0) — Ts too much bruh, you need pro for everything, what next, yall gonna make us pay to install the app🥀🥀”
“[CapCut] ★★ 2/5 (v19.3.0) — It’s like every where I go all I see is pro stuff that used to be free why are all these companies always so greedy.”
“[CapCut] ★ 1/5 (v19.3.0) — I hate this app!!! Won’t let me download NONE of my projects cause it inserting pro features that you have to pay for. And I don’t even need the features that’s self inserted . I even thought it was an update issue. ITS NOT! I’m not paying $10/month just to edit my videos. I will be pushing my media account to spread awareness on this matter and promote people to STOP using CapCut. Cut the Cap!! It’s other apps that are thriving to dominate over CapCut. This is only gi”