11 Ways To Speed Up A Video On iPhone

As a content creator or a video editor, you may deal with many different aspects of editing. It may go from basic editing to VFX and so on. Speed ramping is also an important feature of editing. Creators who make cinematics or B-rolls often may have used this feature.

Changing the speed of the whole video doesn’t look good in most situations therefore speed ramping feature was created. Speed Ramping means gradually changing the speed of a clip over time. It isn’t a complex thing but doing it correctly in the right amount at the right time can change the feel of the whole video. It catches the attention of viewers through different scenes of a clip.

So, here we have mentioned some iPhone video editing softwares that can at least do basic speed changes. but most of them can also do advanced speed ramping. These are as follows:

Filmora Go:

It is available on IOS and Android both.

Want to do speed ramping? use Filmora Go. But are you a content creator and want to do more than just video editing? I would still recommend “Filmora Go”. Because it is such a versatile and easy-to-use software made by Wondershare. Like its PC software, it is also packed with many cool features such as chroma key, mask, keyframing, blending, e.t.c. It also supports multiple layers. It has built-in effects, transitions, and presets to speed up the editing process.

It is a paid video editor but you can try it for free, free trial includes most of the features but it leaves a watermark on export.

~Features:

• Has speed curves for smooth speed ramping.
• Supports multiple images and video layers.
• Have many presets and filters for fast pace editing.
• Have cool features like chroma key, masking, keyframing, e.t.c.
• Supports “Pixabay’s” stock library.

~Cons:

• Its UI doesn’t support editing in landscape orientation.
• It doesn’t support 4k video resolution.

~Steps:

Import: Open Filmora Go, Click “New project” to start a new project, or Choose the previous one from the “Draft” portion. Select videos or images to import to your timeline. Hold and drag the clip to change its arrangement.

Edit: You can add text, effects, stickers, layers, e.t.c. by clicking their icon, present on the bar at the bottom.

Click and Drag a clip from the corner to trim it.

Click the “PiP” icon to add image or video layers, you also can add multiple layers.

Select a clip to edit it. Different editing tools appear on the bottom bar. Here you can change its opacity, its speed, or add animations.

Click the diamond icon above the timeline to add keyframes. Zoom, move, or rotate the clip to add keyframes with the passage of time.

Speed Ramping: To Change the speed of a clip, select it then click the “Speed” icon on the bottom bar of the screen. Move the slider to change the speed of the whole clip. To do speed ramping, click the “curves” option to choose a preset or create your own. Click a preset to apply it, and click again to open its edit menu. drag the beats up and down to change speed or add or delete a beat if you want.

Effects: Click the “Effects” icon to open the effects menu. Select an effect to apply to your clip.

Click the white box between two clips to add transitions.

Export: Click the “Export” button to export your file. Select your desired resolution and frame rate to export your clip.

Some Free Video speeding Softwares for iPhone:

If you are short on budget or don’t want to spend much on video editing softwares then you can try these free softwares. They are free that doesn’t mean that they are useless, they are quite good for beginners or moderate users although some of them are designed for professionals also. If you don’t believe me, go and try it yourself. Apart from just changing the speed, they are good in other editing aspects also.

Adobe Premiere Rush:

It is available on IOS and Android both.

If you are looking for free but good speed ramping software then why go anywhere also when you have an amazing video editor made by a well-known software company “Adobe”. Like premiere pro, they have designed a compact version for phones named “Premiere Rush”.

It is a free video editor that has all the tools needed for video editing, from video effects to color grading and audio editing. Its UI is a bit similar to PC video editors. It is a free video editor with no watermarks. Although it takes some time to understand it. But once mastered, you can do editing quickly.

~Features:

• It is a free video editor with no watermark.
• It supports up to 4K resolution at 60fps.
• You can extract audio and can do voiceover directly from the software.
• It has hundreds of filters, overlays, and title designs.
• It has basic color grading tools.
• It also has a motion tracking feature. (in Paid version)
• It supports multiple audio, video, and text layers.

~Cons:

• It only runs on high-end devices. ( It is not supported in most mid-range phones)
• Not suitable for beginners. Its UI is quite hard to understand.
• Doesn’t have common features like the chroma key, masking, e.t.c.

~Price:

Its Premium version is available for 9.99/month. It includes some premium features. Or you can purchase the “All Apps Bundle” at $54.99/month for the annual plan.

~Steps:

Import: Open “Adobe Premiere Rush”, Click the “+” sign at the bottom to create a new project. in the media location, select the clips, then click the blue “create” button to start editing.

Click the blue “+” button at the bottom-left corner to add clips, audio, or graphics.

Hold and drag the clips upward to add them as a layer.

Edit: Scroll over a clip to select it. Clicking again shows a pop-up above the selected clip. Here you get 4 options: split, duplicate, separate audio, and delete.

A number of edit options appear on the bottom line of the screen:

Graphics: Click the “Graphics” button to add animated titles, transition graphics, and overlays as a layer. Select to customize its design.

Effects: Click the “Effects” button to add transitions or motion effect. Select a clip to apply transition at both ends. or select a corner of the clip to apply on it only. And change the duration of transition if you want.

Color: Here you can color grade your clips, Apply a preset or color grade manually by using sliders. You can also create your presets.

Transform: Here you can resize, rotate, crop, or change the position of the clip.

Audio: Here you can edit the audio, select a clip to edit its audio.

Speed Ramping: Click the “Speed” button to edit its speed. Select the range option to speed ramp a specific part of the clip. Select the ramp option to create a smooth speed curve. Or Set the clip duration to change its speed accordingly.

Export: To Export your clip, click the “Export” icon on top of the screen. Click “Quality Settings” to adjust export settings then click “Export” to save your file.

CapCut:

It is available on IOS and Android both.

If you are looking for a free but good speed ramping software to help you create slo-mo videos easily anywhere, anytime you want, then “CapCut” can be the right choice for you. It is a free mobile video editing software with many interesting features like keyframing, chroma-key, masking e.t.c. It also supports video and image layers. It has one of the best speed ramping features among other mobile video editors. It provides curves to smoothly speed ramp your clips. It can edit landscape, portrait, and even square video formats. It has many amazing effects and filters, it also has some stock clips.

~Features:

• It is completely free and has no watermarks.
• It supports up to 4K video resolution.
• Has curves for speed ramping.
• Has keyframes for animation.
• It has hundreds of effects, overlays, and titles.

~Cons:

• Its UI doesn’t support editing in landscape orientation.
• Lacks some common editing tools.

~Steps:

Import: Open Capcut, then click “New Project” to start a new project. Select files then click “Add” to import them. Click the white box with the “+” sign to add more clips. Hold and drag to rearrange the clips.

Click the “Add overlay” button to add photos or videos as layers.

Edit: On the bottom of the screen, you can find a bunch of tools for editing. From here you can add overlays, effects, filters, titles e.t.c to the timeline.

Select a clip to open the edit menu situated at the bottom of the screen. Here you can do the following tasks:

Split the clip; Change its speed, remove background, edit audio, do color correction, apply filters, stabilize the clip, e.t.c.

We have more edit features for the layers only which include: Spice (Blending), Animation, Masking, Chroma key, freeze frame, change opacity e.t.c.

Click the “Keyframe” icon (Diamond shaped) below the playback screen to apply keyframes to the layer. Pinch and zoom or rotate to transform the clip. Use the “Graphs” button in the edit menu to customize the keyframe animation.

Speed Ramping: To Change the speed of a clip, select it then click the “Speed” icon on the bottom bar of the screen. Move the slider to change the speed of the whole clip. To do speed ramping, click the “curves” option to choose a preset or create your own. Click a preset to apply it, and click again to open its edit menu. drag the beats up and down to change speed or add or delete a beat if you want.

Effects: Click the “+” sign between the two clips to add a transition between them, and drag the slider to change its duration.

Select the effects, filters, or titles icon to add them as a layer.

Export: Click the “Export” button on the top-right side of the screen to export your clip. Or click the button, left to the “Export” button to change its resolution and frame rate.

iMovie:

It is available on IOS and Mac.

If you are an Apple fan and own everything Apple then what’s better than getting your hands on a video editor designed by Apple. It is simple and easy to use. It has all the basic editing tools to enhance your video like crop, trim, transitions, effects, e.t.c. It also has a speed ramping feature which let you change the speed at different points of a clip. It’s AI mode “Magic Movie” lets you select clips and a style and software will make the final product for you.

Its “Storyboards” mode is a creative way of learning production and post-production skills. It lets you choose a theme from many famous Genres available, then it will guide you through the production process like capturing footage, arranging your shots, and creating cinematic titles to enhance your story.

~Features:

• It is free and easy to use.
• Let you do speed ramping by changing the speed of different parts of the clip .
• Supports Raw files.
• It’s AI mode creates videos for you on its own.
• The “Storyboarding” feature helps you through the production process.

~Cons:

• It only works on IOS and Mac.
• Not suitable for professional projects.

~Steps:

Import: Open “iMovie” then click “Start New Project” and select one of the 3 following modes to start editing:

• Magic Movie: Select the clips for editing, then click “Create Magic Movie” to let iMovie create a movie for you, which you can customize according to your liking.
• Storyboard: Click “Storyboard” then select Template and a genre or a style then click “Create” to start the project. iMovie will guide you and let you add the clip or title according to the pattern.
• Movie: In “Movie” mode, select the clips from the media browser then click “Create Movie” to start editing.

Edit: Select a clip to edit it. A bunch of tools will appear at the bottom of the screen.

Click the “scissors” icon to split, duplicate, delete the clip, or to detach the audio.

Click the “volume” icon to change the volume of the clip.

Click the “Title” icon to add a title design. Click the text (on the playback window) to edit it.

Click the “Filters” icon to apply it to the selected clip and move the slider to change its intensity.

Speed Ramping: Click the “Speed” icon to change its speed. Move the yellow slider to change the speed of the whole clip. Or click the “Add” button to add partitions (in yellow color) to the selected clip. Select a partition to change its speed only. And click the “Freeze” button to add a freeze-frame.

Effects: Select the black box between two clips to add a transition. Select a transition to apply it and change its time duration if you want.

Export: Click the “Done” button on the top-left corner of the screen to save the clip, then click the “Export” icon on the bottom of the screen to save your file.

Some Paid Video speeding Softwares for iPhone:

If you do most of your video editing from your phone and want to invest some money in it then you should check the softwares mentioned below. They are quite affordable and are worthy of investment. As they are packed with many cool features. But if you aren’t sure which software to use then don’t worry as most of these softwares have a free version to try on but they have some limited features and they provide a watermark on export. But it is a great option to get your hands on new software and once you are comfortable with it, you can purchase its premium version.

Kinemaster:

It is available on IOS and Android both.

If you want to do more than just trimming and cropping to your videos then you should try Kinemaster. For editors, who want to do some advanced-level video editing on their phone, then you must have Kinemaster on your phone. It is a paid software, which is packed with many useful features. It has many video and audio effects. It also has an amazing audio editor. It also has many title designs and basic color correction tools. It has hundreds of effects and transitions + more can be downloaded from its asset store. Its UI is suitable for beginners and content creators both. It is a paid software, but all its features are completely free to use, but the free version leaves a watermark on export.

~Features:

• It supports up to 4K resolution at 60fps. (depending on mobile configuration)
• Have amazing features like chroma key, keyframing, blend e.t.c
• Has built-in audio and video recorder.
• Supports multiple texts and video layers with different resolutions depending on the capability of the mobile phone.
• Has UI like a PC video editor and supports landscape orientation for editing.
• Have an asset store with 100s of free effects, transitions, and stock material.

~Cons:

• Can’t export 4K videos on most devices.
• Can’t apply keyframes and chroma key to the main video. (can be done on layers only)

~Price:

Its Premium version is available for $4.9/month or $39.9/year. It also includes all the premium assets.

~Steps:

Import: Open Kinemaster, then click “New Project” to start a new project. Select the desired aspect ratio then click “Create” to start editing. Or click the “import” button on top to import an existing file to continue editing.

Media Browser will be opened. Select the clips to add them to the timeline. Click the “X” button on the top-right corner to close the media browser.

Edit: Drag the clip from the corner to trim it. Select a clip to open its editing menu. Here you can change its speed, add filters, do color correction, edit its audio, e.t.c.

On the right side, you will see a bunch of icons. Click the “Layer” button to add a media file, text, or effect as a layer. Click the “Audio” button to add an audio file. Or click the “Rec” button to do a voice-over.

Click the “+” symbol between two clips to add a transition between them, then adjust its time duration if you want.

Speed Ramping: Select the “Speed” option to change its speed. Here you can only do linear speed change. To create a speed ramp effect, split the clip into different parts and then change their speed according to your liking. Apply a crossfade transition of about 0.1 sec to smooth the jump cut between clips.

Effects: Select a clip then click “Clip Graphics” to apply the effect to your clip. Your clip will be highlighted with a yellow box, adjust it to set the time duration of the effect.

Click the “Shop” icon to visit the Asset store. Here you can find many cool Effects, clip graphics, transitions, and sound effects. Download them to use in your project.

Click the Layer clip to edit it. Here you can do chroma key, keyframing, or apply animation.

Export: Click the “Export” icon on the top-right corner of the app to open the export screen. Select the desired resolution and frame rate then click “Save as video” to export it.

Power Director:

It is available on IOS and Android both.

It is a paid but quite advanced video editor available for androids and IOS both. Like its PC version mobile version is also packed with many great features. It is compact and easy to use. It supports multiple video and audio layers. Have many cool filters and transitions. Can also do basic color corrections. To complete post-production work it also has audio editing tools and effects. It also has hundreds of title designs. Its UI is easy to use and supports both portrait and landscape orientation for editing. Most of its features can be used for free with a watermark on export. To remove the watermark you need to purchase the premium version.

~Features:

• It supports up to 4K resolution at 60fps. (compatible on most devices)
• Supports both Portrait and Landscape orientation for editing.
• Supports Key framing and video stabilization also.
• Supports multiple audio and video layers.
• Can edit videos in different aspect ratios.
• Have a vast stock library.

~Cons:

• Can’t export 4K videos on many devices.
• Can apply keyframing and chroma key to layers only.
• Software lags sometimes.

~Price:

Its Premium version is available for $4.9/month or $29.9/year.

~Steps:

Import: Open “Power Director”. Click “New Project” then select Aspect Ratio to start editing. Select clips from the media library Then click the “blue tick” button to add them to the timeline. Click the “+” icon to import more clips. From the bottom bar (in portrait mode), Select the video, image, audio, or effect icon to add them as a layer. In Landscape Mode bar it is situated on the left side of the screen.

Edit: Select and drag the clip from the corner to trim it. Select a clip to open edit tools. From here you can do audio editing, color correction, cropping, stabilization, and speed change.

Here you get more features to edit a layer or an overlay such as chroma key, masking, transform keyframe, e.t.c. To do keyframing, select a layer, then click the “diamond” icon located on the right side above the timeline to add keyframes then rotate, zoom or change the position of the clip with time to add more keyframes. You can also do keyframing for other features like adjustment, mask, blend, and opacity.

Speed Ramping: To Change speed, select a clip or a layer click the “speed” button then move the slider to change its speed. To do speed ramping split the clip into small parts and change their speed respectively. Click the “ease-in” and “ease-out” buttons to smooth the jump between the clips.

Effects: Click the grey box between the clips to add a transition and move the slider to change its duration if you want.

Select a clip, then choose a filter or an effect to apply to the selected clip.

Export: To Export the finished product, click the “export” icon on the top-right side of the screen then click “Produce and Share” to select the video resolution or click the “Settings” icon to change the storage path and frame rate. Then click “Produce”.

LumaFusion:

It is available on IOS and Mac (with an m1 processor).

As a content creator, have you ever wished for creating your own cinematic masterpiece, but the thing holding you back is that you don’t have a powerful workstation or expensive software then don’t worry. You can do professional-level editing on your iPhone with the software named “LumaFusion. It is one of the most powerful and advanced video editors available for your iPhone or iPad.

It is a multi-track video editor with many useful features like the Chroma key, keyframing, color grading, and color LUTs. Have powerful color grading tools and an audio editor. It also has a lock and load stabilizer. You have to purchase the software before using it. It doesn’t have any free version to try.

Credits: Pic by Luma touch website.

~Features:

• It supports up to 4K video resolution at a max of 240 fps.
• Can also edit and export 360 videos.
• Have powerful color correction tools. You can also import your own color LUTs.
• Supports Keyframing on almost all the editing tools within the software.
• You can add some third-party audio plugins.
• Supports up to 6 audio and video layers.
• Have “Storyblock” stock library. (Many of its contents are free to use)
• Supports external monitor for display.

Credits: Pic by Luma touch website.

~Cons:

• Not available for Android devices.
• Being an advanced software, it doesn’t have masking and speed ramping features.
• Doesn’t have a free version to try on.

~Price:

It is available for purchase at $29.99.

~Steps:

Import: Click the “+” button on the bottom of the screen to start a new project. A small tab will appear, change the settings if you want, then click the “+” button on the top-right side of the tab to start your project.

Click the “flower icon” on the top-right side of the screen to open the source menu (Its icon changes depending on the present tab), Click “Photos” to open folders and files. Click and drag files to add them to the timeline. Click and drag the clips on the top of the primary clip to add them as a layer.

Edit: Click and drag the clips from the corner to trim them. On the bar at the bottom of the screen, you will find basic tools. Click the clip, to open editing tools on the same bar.

Click the “+” icon on the bottom bar or select “Titles” on the source menu to open the Titles menu. Drag and drop the titles to use them. Double-click the text to open the edit menu.

Double-click the clip to open the edit menu. Here you can transform the clip, change its speed, Stabilize your clips, do color grading, add an effect and perform audio editing.

Speed Ramping: In the edit mode, click the “speed and reverse” button and move the slider back or forth to change the speed of the whole video. To do speed ramping, split the video into parts and apply different speeds to create a speed ramp effect. This method is not perfect but it gets the job done.

Effects: Select the “Transitions” icon on the source menu to open the transition menu. Drag and drop a transition on a clip to use it.

Double click a clip to open the edit menu. Then in the “Color & Effects” tab select any effects and apply them to your clip.

To do keyframing, on the edit menu, click the “circle” icon on the bottom-right side below the display to start keyframing. then change the settings with time to add further keyframes.

Export: To Export your file, click the “Export” icon on the bottom-right corner of the screen to open the export menu then click the “movie” icon to select the file destination. Select the desired export settings then click the “Export” icon on the top of the menu to export your finished product.

Which One Should I Choose Free or Paid iPhone Video speeding Softwares?

It usually depends on your needs. If you just want a speed editor to make slow-mo or timelapse videos for your social media then you should go for free video editors, as they are easy to use and provide better speed ramping features than some paid video editors mentioned here.

But as a content creator if you want more features alongside speed ramping then you should go for paid softwares mentioned above. As mobile video editors are quite affordable and some of them have features like that of some PC softwares.

FAQs about Speed ramping feature and softwares:

1. Q) What is Speed Ramping and where it is used?

Speed Ramping is different from just changing the speed of the whole clip. It means changing the speed of the video gradually, so the clip doesn’t feel jumpy.

It is done to give viewers a smooth experience between different parts of the clip. like the fast-forward clip is used to show the passage of time. and the slow-mo is used to emphasize something or produce tension, while a mix of both is used in ads and action scenes, e.t.c.

1. Q) How to do Speed Ramping?

Speed Ramping methods vary from software to software. Either you can do it by adding keyframes and changing speed with time or you can add or adjust curves for speed change. If your software doesn’t support the speed ramping feature, you can split a clip into parts and apply speed change to them differently. For some of the best iPhone softwares, we have mentioned the speed ramping steps above.

1. Q) What FPS is best for Slo-mo videos?

Shooting at 60 Fps is ideal as it gives a smooth and crisp video and you can make slow motion easily if required, you can slow it down up to 40% of its speed while maintaining the quality. It is supported in almost most devices nowadays. And if you want to create super slo-mo for your cinematics or product video then 120 or 240 fps is preferable. But higher fps often have disadvantages as it is harder to apply visual effects or masks. So choose the frame rate according to your requirements.

1. Q) Does changing the speed of video affect its audio?

Yes, changing the speed of video affects the audio, It affects its pitch (tempo). Increasing its speed increases the pitch of the audio making it sound shrill while decreasing the speed of the video or making slow-mo decreases the pitch making it sound deep.

Although, some softwares provide the feature to maintain the pitch while changing the speed of the clip.

~Cons:

• Its UI doesn’t support editing in landscape orientation.
• It doesn’t support 4k video resolution.

~Steps:

Import: Open Filmora Go, Click “New project” to start a new project, or Choose the previous one from the “Draft” portion. Select videos or images to import to your timeline. Hold and drag the clip to change its arrangement.

Edit: You can add text, effects, stickers, layers, e.t.c. by clicking their icon, present on the bar at the bottom.

Click and Drag a clip from the corner to trim it.

Click the “PiP” icon to add image or video layers, you also can add multiple layers.

Select a clip to edit it. Different editing tools appear on the bottom bar. Here you can change its opacity, its speed, or add animations.

Click the diamond icon above the timeline to add keyframes. Zoom, move, or rotate the clip to add keyframes with the passage of time.

Speed Ramping: To Change the speed of a clip, select it then click the “Speed” icon on the bottom bar of the screen. Move the slider to change the speed of the whole clip. To do speed ramping, click the “curves” option to choose a preset or create your own. Click a preset to apply it, and click again to open its edit menu. drag the beats up and down to change speed or add or delete a beat if you want.

Effects: Click the “Effects” icon to open the effects menu. Select an effect to apply to your clip.

Click the white box between two clips to add transitions.

Export: Click the “Export” button to export your file. Select your desired resolution and frame rate to export your clip.

Some Free Video speeding Softwares for iPhone:

If you are short on budget or don’t want to spend much on video editing softwares then you can try these free softwares. They are free that doesn’t mean that they are useless, they are quite good for beginners or moderate users although some of them are designed for professionals also. If you don’t believe me, go and try it yourself. Apart from just changing the speed, they are good in other editing aspects also.

Adobe Premiere Rush:

It is available on IOS and Android both.

If you are looking for free but good speed ramping software then why go anywhere also when you have an amazing video editor made by a well-known software company “Adobe”. Like premiere pro, they have designed a compact version for phones named “Premiere Rush”.

It is a free video editor that has all the tools needed for video editing, from video effects to color grading and audio editing. Its UI is a bit similar to PC video editors. It is a free video editor with no watermarks. Although it takes some time to understand it. But once mastered, you can do editing quickly.

~Features:

• It is a free video editor with no watermark.
• It supports up to 4K resolution at 60fps.
• You can extract audio and can do voiceover directly from the software.
• It has hundreds of filters, overlays, and title designs.
• It has basic color grading tools.
• It also has a motion tracking feature. (in Paid version)
• It supports multiple audio, video, and text layers.

~Cons:

• It only runs on high-end devices. ( It is not supported in most mid-range phones)
• Not suitable for beginners. Its UI is quite hard to understand.
• Doesn’t have common features like the chroma key, masking, e.t.c.

~Price:

Its Premium version is available for 9.99/month. It includes some premium features. Or you can purchase the “All Apps Bundle” at $54.99/month for the annual plan.

~Steps:

Import: Open “Adobe Premiere Rush”, Click the “+” sign at the bottom to create a new project. in the media location, select the clips, then click the blue “create” button to start editing.

Click the blue “+” button at the bottom-left corner to add clips, audio, or graphics.

Hold and drag the clips upward to add them as a layer.

Edit: Scroll over a clip to select it. Clicking again shows a pop-up above the selected clip. Here you get 4 options: split, duplicate, separate audio, and delete.

A number of edit options appear on the bottom line of the screen:

Graphics: Click the “Graphics” button to add animated titles, transition graphics, and overlays as a layer. Select to customize its design.

Effects: Click the “Effects” button to add transitions or motion effect. Select a clip to apply transition at both ends. or select a corner of the clip to apply on it only. And change the duration of transition if you want.

Color: Here you can color grade your clips, Apply a preset or color grade manually by using sliders. You can also create your presets.

Transform: Here you can resize, rotate, crop, or change the position of the clip.

Audio: Here you can edit the audio, select a clip to edit its audio.

Speed Ramping: Click the “Speed” button to edit its speed. Select the range option to speed ramp a specific part of the clip. Select the ramp option to create a smooth speed curve. Or Set the clip duration to change its speed accordingly.

Export: To Export your clip, click the “Export” icon on top of the screen. Click “Quality Settings” to adjust export settings then click “Export” to save your file.

CapCut:

It is available on IOS and Android both.

If you are looking for a free but good speed ramping software to help you create slo-mo videos easily anywhere, anytime you want, then “CapCut” can be the right choice for you. It is a free mobile video editing software with many interesting features like keyframing, chroma-key, masking e.t.c. It also supports video and image layers. It has one of the best speed ramping features among other mobile video editors. It provides curves to smoothly speed ramp your clips. It can edit landscape, portrait, and even square video formats. It has many amazing effects and filters, it also has some stock clips.

~Features:

• It is completely free and has no watermarks.
• It supports up to 4K video resolution.
• Has curves for speed ramping.
• Has keyframes for animation.
• It has hundreds of effects, overlays, and titles.

~Cons:

• Its UI doesn’t support editing in landscape orientation.
• Lacks some common editing tools.

~Steps:

Import: Open Capcut, then click “New Project” to start a new project. Select files then click “Add” to import them. Click the white box with the “+” sign to add more clips. Hold and drag to rearrange the clips.

Click the “Add overlay” button to add photos or videos as layers.

Edit: On the bottom of the screen, you can find a bunch of tools for editing. From here you can add overlays, effects, filters, titles e.t.c to the timeline.

Select a clip to open the edit menu situated at the bottom of the screen. Here you can do the following tasks:

Split the clip; Change its speed, remove background, edit audio, do color correction, apply filters, stabilize the clip, e.t.c.

We have more edit features for the layers only which include: Spice (Blending), Animation, Masking, Chroma key, freeze frame, change opacity e.t.c.

Click the “Keyframe” icon (Diamond shaped) below the playback screen to apply keyframes to the layer. Pinch and zoom or rotate to transform the clip. Use the “Graphs” button in the edit menu to customize the keyframe animation.

Speed Ramping: To Change the speed of a clip, select it then click the “Speed” icon on the bottom bar of the screen. Move the slider to change the speed of the whole clip. To do speed ramping, click the “curves” option to choose a preset or create your own. Click a preset to apply it, and click again to open its edit menu. drag the beats up and down to change speed or add or delete a beat if you want.

Effects: Click the “+” sign between the two clips to add a transition between them, and drag the slider to change its duration.

Select the effects, filters, or titles icon to add them as a layer.

Export: Click the “Export” button on the top-right side of the screen to export your clip. Or click the button, left to the “Export” button to change its resolution and frame rate.

iMovie:

It is available on IOS and Mac.

If you are an Apple fan and own everything Apple then what’s better than getting your hands on a video editor designed by Apple. It is simple and easy to use. It has all the basic editing tools to enhance your video like crop, trim, transitions, effects, e.t.c. It also has a speed ramping feature which let you change the speed at different points of a clip. It’s AI mode “Magic Movie” lets you select clips and a style and software will make the final product for you.

Its “Storyboards” mode is a creative way of learning production and post-production skills. It lets you choose a theme from many famous Genres available, then it will guide you through the production process like capturing footage, arranging your shots, and creating cinematic titles to enhance your story.

~Features:

• It is free and easy to use.
• Let you do speed ramping by changing the speed of different parts of the clip .
• Supports Raw files.
• It’s AI mode creates videos for you on its own.
• The “Storyboarding” feature helps you through the production process.

~Cons:

• It only works on IOS and Mac.
• Not suitable for professional projects.

~Steps:

Import: Open “iMovie” then click “Start New Project” and select one of the 3 following modes to start editing:

• Magic Movie: Select the clips for editing, then click “Create Magic Movie” to let iMovie create a movie for you, which you can customize according to your liking.
• Storyboard: Click “Storyboard” then select Template and a genre or a style then click “Create” to start the project. iMovie will guide you and let you add the clip or title according to the pattern.
• Movie: In “Movie” mode, select the clips from the media browser then click “Create Movie” to start editing.

Edit: Select a clip to edit it. A bunch of tools will appear at the bottom of the screen.

Click the “scissors” icon to split, duplicate, delete the clip, or to detach the audio.

Click the “volume” icon to change the volume of the clip.

Click the “Title” icon to add a title design. Click the text (on the playback window) to edit it.

Click the “Filters” icon to apply it to the selected clip and move the slider to change its intensity.

Speed Ramping: Click the “Speed” icon to change its speed. Move the yellow slider to change the speed of the whole clip. Or click the “Add” button to add partitions (in yellow color) to the selected clip. Select a partition to change its speed only. And click the “Freeze” button to add a freeze-frame.

Effects: Select the black box between two clips to add a transition. Select a transition to apply it and change its time duration if you want.

Export: Click the “Done” button on the top-left corner of the screen to save the clip, then click the “Export” icon on the bottom of the screen to save your file.

Some Paid Video speeding Softwares for iPhone:

If you do most of your video editing from your phone and want to invest some money in it then you should check the softwares mentioned below. They are quite affordable and are worthy of investment. As they are packed with many cool features. But if you aren’t sure which software to use then don’t worry as most of these softwares have a free version to try on but they have some limited features and they provide a watermark on export. But it is a great option to get your hands on new software and once you are comfortable with it, you can purchase its premium version.

Kinemaster:

It is available on IOS and Android both.

If you want to do more than just trimming and cropping to your videos then you should try Kinemaster. For editors, who want to do some advanced-level video editing on their phone, then you must have Kinemaster on your phone. It is a paid software, which is packed with many useful features. It has many video and audio effects. It also has an amazing audio editor. It also has many title designs and basic color correction tools. It has hundreds of effects and transitions + more can be downloaded from its asset store. Its UI is suitable for beginners and content creators both. It is a paid software, but all its features are completely free to use, but the free version leaves a watermark on export.

~Features:

• It supports up to 4K resolution at 60fps. (depending on mobile configuration)
• Have amazing features like chroma key, keyframing, blend e.t.c
• Has built-in audio and video recorder.
• Supports multiple texts and video layers with different resolutions depending on the capability of the mobile phone.
• Has UI like a PC video editor and supports landscape orientation for editing.
• Have an asset store with 100s of free effects, transitions, and stock material.

~Cons:

• Can’t export 4K videos on most devices.
• Can’t apply keyframes and chroma key to the main video. (can be done on layers only)

~Price:

Its Premium version is available for $4.9/month or $39.9/year. It also includes all the premium assets.

~Steps:

Import: Open Kinemaster, then click “New Project” to start a new project. Select the desired aspect ratio then click “Create” to start editing. Or click the “import” button on top to import an existing file to continue editing.

Media Browser will be opened. Select the clips to add them to the timeline. Click the “X” button on the top-right corner to close the media browser.

Edit: Drag the clip from the corner to trim it. Select a clip to open its editing menu. Here you can change its speed, add filters, do color correction, edit its audio, e.t.c.

On the right side, you will see a bunch of icons. Click the “Layer” button to add a media file, text, or effect as a layer. Click the “Audio” button to add an audio file. Or click the “Rec” button to do a voice-over.

Click the “+” symbol between two clips to add a transition between them, then adjust its time duration if you want.

Speed Ramping: Select the “Speed” option to change its speed. Here you can only do linear speed change. To create a speed ramp effect, split the clip into different parts and then change their speed according to your liking. Apply a crossfade transition of about 0.1 sec to smooth the jump cut between clips.

Effects: Select a clip then click “Clip Graphics” to apply the effect to your clip. Your clip will be highlighted with a yellow box, adjust it to set the time duration of the effect.

Click the “Shop” icon to visit the Asset store. Here you can find many cool Effects, clip graphics, transitions, and sound effects. Download them to use in your project.

Click the Layer clip to edit it. Here you can do chroma key, keyframing, or apply animation.

Export: Click the “Export” icon on the top-right corner of the app to open the export screen. Select the desired resolution and frame rate then click “Save as video” to export it.

Power Director:

It is available on IOS and Android both.

It is a paid but quite advanced video editor available for androids and IOS both. Like its PC version mobile version is also packed with many great features. It is compact and easy to use. It supports multiple video and audio layers. Have many cool filters and transitions. Can also do basic color corrections. To complete post-production work it also has audio editing tools and effects. It also has hundreds of title designs. Its UI is easy to use and supports both portrait and landscape orientation for editing. Most of its features can be used for free with a watermark on export. To remove the watermark you need to purchase the premium version.

~Features:

• It supports up to 4K resolution at 60fps. (compatible on most devices)
• Supports both Portrait and Landscape orientation for editing.
• Supports Key framing and video stabilization also.
• Supports multiple audio and video layers.
• Can edit videos in different aspect ratios.
• Have a vast stock library.

~Cons:

• Can’t export 4K videos on many devices.
• Can apply keyframing and chroma key to layers only.
• Software lags sometimes.

~Price:

Its Premium version is available for $4.9/month or $29.9/year.

~Steps:

Import: Open “Power Director”. Click “New Project” then select Aspect Ratio to start editing. Select clips from the media library Then click the “blue tick” button to add them to the timeline. Click the “+” icon to import more clips. From the bottom bar (in portrait mode), Select the video, image, audio, or effect icon to add them as a layer. In Landscape Mode bar it is situated on the left side of the screen.

Edit: Select and drag the clip from the corner to trim it. Select a clip to open edit tools. From here you can do audio editing, color correction, cropping, stabilization, and speed change.

Here you get more features to edit a layer or an overlay such as chroma key, masking, transform keyframe, e.t.c. To do keyframing, select a layer, then click the “diamond” icon located on the right side above the timeline to add keyframes then rotate, zoom or change the position of the clip with time to add more keyframes. You can also do keyframing for other features like adjustment, mask, blend, and opacity.

Speed Ramping: To Change speed, select a clip or a layer click the “speed” button then move the slider to change its speed. To do speed ramping split the clip into small parts and change their speed respectively. Click the “ease-in” and “ease-out” buttons to smooth the jump between the clips.

Effects: Click the grey box between the clips to add a transition and move the slider to change its duration if you want.

Select a clip, then choose a filter or an effect to apply to the selected clip.

Export: To Export the finished product, click the “export” icon on the top-right side of the screen then click “Produce and Share” to select the video resolution or click the “Settings” icon to change the storage path and frame rate. Then click “Produce”.

LumaFusion:

It is available on IOS and Mac (with an m1 processor).

As a content creator, have you ever wished for creating your own cinematic masterpiece, but the thing holding you back is that you don’t have a powerful workstation or expensive software then don’t worry. You can do professional-level editing on your iPhone with the software named “LumaFusion. It is one of the most powerful and advanced video editors available for your iPhone or iPad.

It is a multi-track video editor with many useful features like the Chroma key, keyframing, color grading, and color LUTs. Have powerful color grading tools and an audio editor. It also has a lock and load stabilizer. You have to purchase the software before using it. It doesn’t have any free version to try.

Credits: Pic by Luma touch website.

~Features:

• It supports up to 4K video resolution at a max of 240 fps.
• Can also edit and export 360 videos.
• Have powerful color correction tools. You can also import your own color LUTs.
• Supports Keyframing on almost all the editing tools within the software.
• You can add some third-party audio plugins.
• Supports up to 6 audio and video layers.
• Have “Storyblock” stock library. (Many of its contents are free to use)
• Supports external monitor for display.

Credits: Pic by Luma touch website.

~Cons:

• Not available for Android devices.
• Being an advanced software, it doesn’t have masking and speed ramping features.
• Doesn’t have a free version to try on.

~Price:

It is available for purchase at $29.99.

~Steps:

Import: Click the “+” button on the bottom of the screen to start a new project. A small tab will appear, change the settings if you want, then click the “+” button on the top-right side of the tab to start your project.

Click the “flower icon” on the top-right side of the screen to open the source menu (Its icon changes depending on the present tab), Click “Photos” to open folders and files. Click and drag files to add them to the timeline. Click and drag the clips on the top of the primary clip to add them as a layer.

Edit: Click and drag the clips from the corner to trim them. On the bar at the bottom of the screen, you will find basic tools. Click the clip, to open editing tools on the same bar.

Click the “+” icon on the bottom bar or select “Titles” on the source menu to open the Titles menu. Drag and drop the titles to use them. Double-click the text to open the edit menu.

Double-click the clip to open the edit menu. Here you can transform the clip, change its speed, Stabilize your clips, do color grading, add an effect and perform audio editing.

Speed Ramping: In the edit mode, click the “speed and reverse” button and move the slider back or forth to change the speed of the whole video. To do speed ramping, split the video into parts and apply different speeds to create a speed ramp effect. This method is not perfect but it gets the job done.

Effects: Select the “Transitions” icon on the source menu to open the transition menu. Drag and drop a transition on a clip to use it.

Double click a clip to open the edit menu. Then in the “Color & Effects” tab select any effects and apply them to your clip.

To do keyframing, on the edit menu, click the “circle” icon on the bottom-right side below the display to start keyframing. then change the settings with time to add further keyframes.

Export: To Export your file, click the “Export” icon on the bottom-right corner of the screen to open the export menu then click the “movie” icon to select the file destination. Select the desired export settings then click the “Export” icon on the top of the menu to export your finished product.

Which One Should I Choose Free or Paid iPhone Video speeding Softwares?

It usually depends on your needs. If you just want a speed editor to make slow-mo or timelapse videos for your social media then you should go for free video editors, as they are easy to use and provide better speed ramping features than some paid video editors mentioned here.

But as a content creator if you want more features alongside speed ramping then you should go for paid softwares mentioned above. As mobile video editors are quite affordable and some of them have features like that of some PC softwares.

FAQs about Speed ramping feature and softwares:

1. Q) What is Speed Ramping and where it is used?

Speed Ramping is different from just changing the speed of the whole clip. It means changing the speed of the video gradually, so the clip doesn’t feel jumpy.

It is done to give viewers a smooth experience between different parts of the clip. like the fast-forward clip is used to show the passage of time. and the slow-mo is used to emphasize something or produce tension, while a mix of both is used in ads and action scenes, e.t.c.

1. Q) How to do Speed Ramping?

Speed Ramping methods vary from software to software. Either you can do it by adding keyframes and changing speed with time or you can add or adjust curves for speed change. If your software doesn’t support the speed ramping feature, you can split a clip into parts and apply speed change to them differently. For some of the best iPhone softwares, we have mentioned the speed ramping steps above.

1. Q) What FPS is best for Slo-mo videos?

Shooting at 60 Fps is ideal as it gives a smooth and crisp video and you can make slow motion easily if required, you can slow it down up to 40% of its speed while maintaining the quality. It is supported in almost most devices nowadays. And if you want to create super slo-mo for your cinematics or product video then 120 or 240 fps is preferable. But higher fps often have disadvantages as it is harder to apply visual effects or masks. So choose the frame rate according to your requirements.

1. Q) Does changing the speed of video affect its audio?

Yes, changing the speed of video affects the audio, It affects its pitch (tempo). Increasing its speed increases the pitch of the audio making it sound shrill while decreasing the speed of the video or making slow-mo decreases the pitch making it sound deep.

Although, some softwares provide the feature to maintain the pitch while changing the speed of the clip.

~Cons:

• Its UI doesn’t support editing in landscape orientation.
• It doesn’t support 4k video resolution.

~Steps:

Import: Open Filmora Go, Click “New project” to start a new project, or Choose the previous one from the “Draft” portion. Select videos or images to import to your timeline. Hold and drag the clip to change its arrangement.

Edit: You can add text, effects, stickers, layers, e.t.c. by clicking their icon, present on the bar at the bottom.

Click and Drag a clip from the corner to trim it.

Click the “PiP” icon to add image or video layers, you also can add multiple layers.

Select a clip to edit it. Different editing tools appear on the bottom bar. Here you can change its opacity, its speed, or add animations.

Click the diamond icon above the timeline to add keyframes. Zoom, move, or rotate the clip to add keyframes with the passage of time.

Speed Ramping: To Change the speed of a clip, select it then click the “Speed” icon on the bottom bar of the screen. Move the slider to change the speed of the whole clip. To do speed ramping, click the “curves” option to choose a preset or create your own. Click a preset to apply it, and click again to open its edit menu. drag the beats up and down to change speed or add or delete a beat if you want.

Effects: Click the “Effects” icon to open the effects menu. Select an effect to apply to your clip.

Click the white box between two clips to add transitions.

Export: Click the “Export” button to export your file. Select your desired resolution and frame rate to export your clip.

Some Free Video speeding Softwares for iPhone:

If you are short on budget or don’t want to spend much on video editing softwares then you can try these free softwares. They are free that doesn’t mean that they are useless, they are quite good for beginners or moderate users although some of them are designed for professionals also. If you don’t believe me, go and try it yourself. Apart from just changing the speed, they are good in other editing aspects also.

Adobe Premiere Rush:

It is available on IOS and Android both.

If you are looking for free but good speed ramping software then why go anywhere also when you have an amazing video editor made by a well-known software company “Adobe”. Like premiere pro, they have designed a compact version for phones named “Premiere Rush”.

It is a free video editor that has all the tools needed for video editing, from video effects to color grading and audio editing. Its UI is a bit similar to PC video editors. It is a free video editor with no watermarks. Although it takes some time to understand it. But once mastered, you can do editing quickly.

~Features:

• It is a free video editor with no watermark.
• It supports up to 4K resolution at 60fps.
• You can extract audio and can do voiceover directly from the software.
• It has hundreds of filters, overlays, and title designs.
• It has basic color grading tools.
• It also has a motion tracking feature. (in Paid version)
• It supports multiple audio, video, and text layers.

~Cons:

• It only runs on high-end devices. ( It is not supported in most mid-range phones)
• Not suitable for beginners. Its UI is quite hard to understand.
• Doesn’t have common features like the chroma key, masking, e.t.c.

~Price:

Its Premium version is available for 9.99/month. It includes some premium features. Or you can purchase the “All Apps Bundle” at $54.99/month for the annual plan.

~Steps:

Import: Open “Adobe Premiere Rush”, Click the “+” sign at the bottom to create a new project. in the media location, select the clips, then click the blue “create” button to start editing.

Click the blue “+” button at the bottom-left corner to add clips, audio, or graphics.

Hold and drag the clips upward to add them as a layer.

Edit: Scroll over a clip to select it. Clicking again shows a pop-up above the selected clip. Here you get 4 options: split, duplicate, separate audio, and delete.

A number of edit options appear on the bottom line of the screen:

Graphics: Click the “Graphics” button to add animated titles, transition graphics, and overlays as a layer. Select to customize its design.

Effects: Click the “Effects” button to add transitions or motion effect. Select a clip to apply transition at both ends. or select a corner of the clip to apply on it only. And change the duration of transition if you want.

Color: Here you can color grade your clips, Apply a preset or color grade manually by using sliders. You can also create your presets.

Transform: Here you can resize, rotate, crop, or change the position of the clip.

Audio: Here you can edit the audio, select a clip to edit its audio.

Speed Ramping: Click the “Speed” button to edit its speed. Select the range option to speed ramp a specific part of the clip. Select the ramp option to create a smooth speed curve. Or Set the clip duration to change its speed accordingly.

Export: To Export your clip, click the “Export” icon on top of the screen. Click “Quality Settings” to adjust export settings then click “Export” to save your file.

CapCut:

It is available on IOS and Android both.

If you are looking for a free but good speed ramping software to help you create slo-mo videos easily anywhere, anytime you want, then “CapCut” can be the right choice for you. It is a free mobile video editing software with many interesting features like keyframing, chroma-key, masking e.t.c. It also supports video and image layers. It has one of the best speed ramping features among other mobile video editors. It provides curves to smoothly speed ramp your clips. It can edit landscape, portrait, and even square video formats. It has many amazing effects and filters, it also has some stock clips.

~Features:

• It is completely free and has no watermarks.
• It supports up to 4K video resolution.
• Has curves for speed ramping.
• Has keyframes for animation.
• It has hundreds of effects, overlays, and titles.

~Cons:

• Its UI doesn’t support editing in landscape orientation.
• Lacks some common editing tools.

~Steps:

Import: Open Capcut, then click “New Project” to start a new project. Select files then click “Add” to import them. Click the white box with the “+” sign to add more clips. Hold and drag to rearrange the clips.

Click the “Add overlay” button to add photos or videos as layers.

Edit: On the bottom of the screen, you can find a bunch of tools for editing. From here you can add overlays, effects, filters, titles e.t.c to the timeline.

Select a clip to open the edit menu situated at the bottom of the screen. Here you can do the following tasks:

Split the clip; Change its speed, remove background, edit audio, do color correction, apply filters, stabilize the clip, e.t.c.

We have more edit features for the layers only which include: Spice (Blending), Animation, Masking, Chroma key, freeze frame, change opacity e.t.c.

Click the “Keyframe” icon (Diamond shaped) below the playback screen to apply keyframes to the layer. Pinch and zoom or rotate to transform the clip. Use the “Graphs” button in the edit menu to customize the keyframe animation.

Speed Ramping: To Change the speed of a clip, select it then click the “Speed” icon on the bottom bar of the screen. Move the slider to change the speed of the whole clip. To do speed ramping, click the “curves” option to choose a preset or create your own. Click a preset to apply it, and click again to open its edit menu. drag the beats up and down to change speed or add or delete a beat if you want.

Effects: Click the “+” sign between the two clips to add a transition between them, and drag the slider to change its duration.

Select the effects, filters, or titles icon to add them as a layer.

Export: Click the “Export” button on the top-right side of the screen to export your clip. Or click the button, left to the “Export” button to change its resolution and frame rate.

iMovie:

It is available on IOS and Mac.

If you are an Apple fan and own everything Apple then what’s better than getting your hands on a video editor designed by Apple. It is simple and easy to use. It has all the basic editing tools to enhance your video like crop, trim, transitions, effects, e.t.c. It also has a speed ramping feature which let you change the speed at different points of a clip. It’s AI mode “Magic Movie” lets you select clips and a style and software will make the final product for you.

Its “Storyboards” mode is a creative way of learning production and post-production skills. It lets you choose a theme from many famous Genres available, then it will guide you through the production process like capturing footage, arranging your shots, and creating cinematic titles to enhance your story.

~Features:

• It is free and easy to use.
• Let you do speed ramping by changing the speed of different parts of the clip .
• Supports Raw files.
• It’s AI mode creates videos for you on its own.
• The “Storyboarding” feature helps you through the production process.

~Cons:

• It only works on IOS and Mac.
• Not suitable for professional projects.

~Steps:

Import: Open “iMovie” then click “Start New Project” and select one of the 3 following modes to start editing:

• Magic Movie: Select the clips for editing, then click “Create Magic Movie” to let iMovie create a movie for you, which you can customize according to your liking.
• Storyboard: Click “Storyboard” then select Template and a genre or a style then click “Create” to start the project. iMovie will guide you and let you add the clip or title according to the pattern.
• Movie: In “Movie” mode, select the clips from the media browser then click “Create Movie” to start editing.

Edit: Select a clip to edit it. A bunch of tools will appear at the bottom of the screen.

Click the “scissors” icon to split, duplicate, delete the clip, or to detach the audio.

Click the “volume” icon to change the volume of the clip.

Click the “Title” icon to add a title design. Click the text (on the playback window) to edit it.

Click the “Filters” icon to apply it to the selected clip and move the slider to change its intensity.

Speed Ramping: Click the “Speed” icon to change its speed. Move the yellow slider to change the speed of the whole clip. Or click the “Add” button to add partitions (in yellow color) to the selected clip. Select a partition to change its speed only. And click the “Freeze” button to add a freeze-frame.

Effects: Select the black box between two clips to add a transition. Select a transition to apply it and change its time duration if you want.

Export: Click the “Done” button on the top-left corner of the screen to save the clip, then click the “Export” icon on the bottom of the screen to save your file.

Some Paid Video speeding Softwares for iPhone:

If you do most of your video editing from your phone and want to invest some money in it then you should check the softwares mentioned below. They are quite affordable and are worthy of investment. As they are packed with many cool features. But if you aren’t sure which software to use then don’t worry as most of these softwares have a free version to try on but they have some limited features and they provide a watermark on export. But it is a great option to get your hands on new software and once you are comfortable with it, you can purchase its premium version.

Kinemaster:

It is available on IOS and Android both.

If you want to do more than just trimming and cropping to your videos then you should try Kinemaster. For editors, who want to do some advanced-level video editing on their phone, then you must have Kinemaster on your phone. It is a paid software, which is packed with many useful features. It has many video and audio effects. It also has an amazing audio editor. It also has many title designs and basic color correction tools. It has hundreds of effects and transitions + more can be downloaded from its asset store. Its UI is suitable for beginners and content creators both. It is a paid software, but all its features are completely free to use, but the free version leaves a watermark on export.

~Features:

• It supports up to 4K resolution at 60fps. (depending on mobile configuration)
• Have amazing features like chroma key, keyframing, blend e.t.c
• Has built-in audio and video recorder.
• Supports multiple texts and video layers with different resolutions depending on the capability of the mobile phone.
• Has UI like a PC video editor and supports landscape orientation for editing.
• Have an asset store with 100s of free effects, transitions, and stock material.

~Cons:

• Can’t export 4K videos on most devices.
• Can’t apply keyframes and chroma key to the main video. (can be done on layers only)

~Price:

Its Premium version is available for $4.9/month or $39.9/year. It also includes all the premium assets.

~Steps:

Import: Open Kinemaster, then click “New Project” to start a new project. Select the desired aspect ratio then click “Create” to start editing. Or click the “import” button on top to import an existing file to continue editing.

Media Browser will be opened. Select the clips to add them to the timeline. Click the “X” button on the top-right corner to close the media browser.

Edit: Drag the clip from the corner to trim it. Select a clip to open its editing menu. Here you can change its speed, add filters, do color correction, edit its audio, e.t.c.

On the right side, you will see a bunch of icons. Click the “Layer” button to add a media file, text, or effect as a layer. Click the “Audio” button to add an audio file. Or click the “Rec” button to do a voice-over.

Click the “+” symbol between two clips to add a transition between them, then adjust its time duration if you want.

Speed Ramping: Select the “Speed” option to change its speed. Here you can only do linear speed change. To create a speed ramp effect, split the clip into different parts and then change their speed according to your liking. Apply a crossfade transition of about 0.1 sec to smooth the jump cut between clips.

Effects: Select a clip then click “Clip Graphics” to apply the effect to your clip. Your clip will be highlighted with a yellow box, adjust it to set the time duration of the effect.

Click the “Shop” icon to visit the Asset store. Here you can find many cool Effects, clip graphics, transitions, and sound effects. Download them to use in your project.

Click the Layer clip to edit it. Here you can do chroma key, keyframing, or apply animation.

Export: Click the “Export” icon on the top-right corner of the app to open the export screen. Select the desired resolution and frame rate then click “Save as video” to export it.

Power Director:

It is available on IOS and Android both.

It is a paid but quite advanced video editor available for androids and IOS both. Like its PC version mobile version is also packed with many great features. It is compact and easy to use. It supports multiple video and audio layers. Have many cool filters and transitions. Can also do basic color corrections. To complete post-production work it also has audio editing tools and effects. It also has hundreds of title designs. Its UI is easy to use and supports both portrait and landscape orientation for editing. Most of its features can be used for free with a watermark on export. To remove the watermark you need to purchase the premium version.

~Features:

• It supports up to 4K resolution at 60fps. (compatible on most devices)
• Supports both Portrait and Landscape orientation for editing.
• Supports Key framing and video stabilization also.
• Supports multiple audio and video layers.
• Can edit videos in different aspect ratios.
• Have a vast stock library.

~Cons:

• Can’t export 4K videos on many devices.
• Can apply keyframing and chroma key to layers only.
• Software lags sometimes.

~Price:

Its Premium version is available for $4.9/month or $29.9/year.

~Steps:

Import: Open “Power Director”. Click “New Project” then select Aspect Ratio to start editing. Select clips from the media library Then click the “blue tick” button to add them to the timeline. Click the “+” icon to import more clips. From the bottom bar (in portrait mode), Select the video, image, audio, or effect icon to add them as a layer. In Landscape Mode bar it is situated on the left side of the screen.

Edit: Select and drag the clip from the corner to trim it. Select a clip to open edit tools. From here you can do audio editing, color correction, cropping, stabilization, and speed change.

Here you get more features to edit a layer or an overlay such as chroma key, masking, transform keyframe, e.t.c. To do keyframing, select a layer, then click the “diamond” icon located on the right side above the timeline to add keyframes then rotate, zoom or change the position of the clip with time to add more keyframes. You can also do keyframing for other features like adjustment, mask, blend, and opacity.

Speed Ramping: To Change speed, select a clip or a layer click the “speed” button then move the slider to change its speed. To do speed ramping split the clip into small parts and change their speed respectively. Click the “ease-in” and “ease-out” buttons to smooth the jump between the clips.

Effects: Click the grey box between the clips to add a transition and move the slider to change its duration if you want.

Select a clip, then choose a filter or an effect to apply to the selected clip.

Export: To Export the finished product, click the “export” icon on the top-right side of the screen then click “Produce and Share” to select the video resolution or click the “Settings” icon to change the storage path and frame rate. Then click “Produce”.

LumaFusion:

It is available on IOS and Mac (with an m1 processor).

As a content creator, have you ever wished for creating your own cinematic masterpiece, but the thing holding you back is that you don’t have a powerful workstation or expensive software then don’t worry. You can do professional-level editing on your iPhone with the software named “LumaFusion. It is one of the most powerful and advanced video editors available for your iPhone or iPad.

It is a multi-track video editor with many useful features like the Chroma key, keyframing, color grading, and color LUTs. Have powerful color grading tools and an audio editor. It also has a lock and load stabilizer. You have to purchase the software before using it. It doesn’t have any free version to try.

Credits: Pic by Luma touch website.

~Features:

• It supports up to 4K video resolution at a max of 240 fps.
• Can also edit and export 360 videos.
• Have powerful color correction tools. You can also import your own color LUTs.
• Supports Keyframing on almost all the editing tools within the software.
• You can add some third-party audio plugins.
• Supports up to 6 audio and video layers.
• Have “Storyblock” stock library. (Many of its contents are free to use)
• Supports external monitor for display.

Credits: Pic by Luma touch website.

~Cons:

• Not available for Android devices.
• Being an advanced software, it doesn’t have masking and speed ramping features.
• Doesn’t have a free version to try on.

~Price:

It is available for purchase at $29.99.

~Steps:

Import: Click the “+” button on the bottom of the screen to start a new project. A small tab will appear, change the settings if you want, then click the “+” button on the top-right side of the tab to start your project.

Click the “flower icon” on the top-right side of the screen to open the source menu (Its icon changes depending on the present tab), Click “Photos” to open folders and files. Click and drag files to add them to the timeline. Click and drag the clips on the top of the primary clip to add them as a layer.

Edit: Click and drag the clips from the corner to trim them. On the bar at the bottom of the screen, you will find basic tools. Click the clip, to open editing tools on the same bar.

Click the “+” icon on the bottom bar or select “Titles” on the source menu to open the Titles menu. Drag and drop the titles to use them. Double-click the text to open the edit menu.

Double-click the clip to open the edit menu. Here you can transform the clip, change its speed, Stabilize your clips, do color grading, add an effect and perform audio editing.

Speed Ramping: In the edit mode, click the “speed and reverse” button and move the slider back or forth to change the speed of the whole video. To do speed ramping, split the video into parts and apply different speeds to create a speed ramp effect. This method is not perfect but it gets the job done.

Effects: Select the “Transitions” icon on the source menu to open the transition menu. Drag and drop a transition on a clip to use it.

Double click a clip to open the edit menu. Then in the “Color & Effects” tab select any effects and apply them to your clip.

To do keyframing, on the edit menu, click the “circle” icon on the bottom-right side below the display to start keyframing. then change the settings with time to add further keyframes.

Export: To Export your file, click the “Export” icon on the bottom-right corner of the screen to open the export menu then click the “movie” icon to select the file destination. Select the desired export settings then click the “Export” icon on the top of the menu to export your finished product.

Which One Should I Choose Free or Paid iPhone Video speeding Softwares?

It usually depends on your needs. If you just want a speed editor to make slow-mo or timelapse videos for your social media then you should go for free video editors, as they are easy to use and provide better speed ramping features than some paid video editors mentioned here.

But as a content creator if you want more features alongside speed ramping then you should go for paid softwares mentioned above. As mobile video editors are quite affordable and some of them have features like that of some PC softwares.

FAQs about Speed ramping feature and softwares:

1. Q) What is Speed Ramping and where it is used?

Speed Ramping is different from just changing the speed of the whole clip. It means changing the speed of the video gradually, so the clip doesn’t feel jumpy.

It is done to give viewers a smooth experience between different parts of the clip. like the fast-forward clip is used to show the passage of time. and the slow-mo is used to emphasize something or produce tension, while a mix of both is used in ads and action scenes, e.t.c.

1. Q) How to do Speed Ramping?

Speed Ramping methods vary from software to software. Either you can do it by adding keyframes and changing speed with time or you can add or adjust curves for speed change. If your software doesn’t support the speed ramping feature, you can split a clip into parts and apply speed change to them differently. For some of the best iPhone softwares, we have mentioned the speed ramping steps above.

1. Q) What FPS is best for Slo-mo videos?

Shooting at 60 Fps is ideal as it gives a smooth and crisp video and you can make slow motion easily if required, you can slow it down up to 40% of its speed while maintaining the quality. It is supported in almost most devices nowadays. And if you want to create super slo-mo for your cinematics or product video then 120 or 240 fps is preferable. But higher fps often have disadvantages as it is harder to apply visual effects or masks. So choose the frame rate according to your requirements.

1. Q) Does changing the speed of video affect its audio?

Yes, changing the speed of video affects the audio, It affects its pitch (tempo). Increasing its speed increases the pitch of the audio making it sound shrill while decreasing the speed of the video or making slow-mo decreases the pitch making it sound deep.

Although, some softwares provide the feature to maintain the pitch while changing the speed of the clip.

~Cons:

• Its UI doesn’t support editing in landscape orientation.
• It doesn’t support 4k video resolution.

~Steps:

Import: Open Filmora Go, Click “New project” to start a new project, or Choose the previous one from the “Draft” portion. Select videos or images to import to your timeline. Hold and drag the clip to change its arrangement.

Edit: You can add text, effects, stickers, layers, e.t.c. by clicking their icon, present on the bar at the bottom.

Click and Drag a clip from the corner to trim it.

Click the “PiP” icon to add image or video layers, you also can add multiple layers.

Select a clip to edit it. Different editing tools appear on the bottom bar. Here you can change its opacity, its speed, or add animations.

Click the diamond icon above the timeline to add keyframes. Zoom, move, or rotate the clip to add keyframes with the passage of time.

Speed Ramping: To Change the speed of a clip, select it then click the “Speed” icon on the bottom bar of the screen. Move the slider to change the speed of the whole clip. To do speed ramping, click the “curves” option to choose a preset or create your own. Click a preset to apply it, and click again to open its edit menu. drag the beats up and down to change speed or add or delete a beat if you want.

Effects: Click the “Effects” icon to open the effects menu. Select an effect to apply to your clip.

Click the white box between two clips to add transitions.

Export: Click the “Export” button to export your file. Select your desired resolution and frame rate to export your clip.

Some Free Video speeding Softwares for iPhone:

If you are short on budget or don’t want to spend much on video editing softwares then you can try these free softwares. They are free that doesn’t mean that they are useless, they are quite good for beginners or moderate users although some of them are designed for professionals also. If you don’t believe me, go and try it yourself. Apart from just changing the speed, they are good in other editing aspects also.

Adobe Premiere Rush:

It is available on IOS and Android both.

If you are looking for free but good speed ramping software then why go anywhere also when you have an amazing video editor made by a well-known software company “Adobe”. Like premiere pro, they have designed a compact version for phones named “Premiere Rush”.

It is a free video editor that has all the tools needed for video editing, from video effects to color grading and audio editing. Its UI is a bit similar to PC video editors. It is a free video editor with no watermarks. Although it takes some time to understand it. But once mastered, you can do editing quickly.

~Features:

• It is a free video editor with no watermark.
• It supports up to 4K resolution at 60fps.
• You can extract audio and can do voiceover directly from the software.
• It has hundreds of filters, overlays, and title designs.
• It has basic color grading tools.
• It also has a motion tracking feature. (in Paid version)
• It supports multiple audio, video, and text layers.

~Cons:

• It only runs on high-end devices. ( It is not supported in most mid-range phones)
• Not suitable for beginners. Its UI is quite hard to understand.
• Doesn’t have common features like the chroma key, masking, e.t.c.

~Price:

Its Premium version is available for 9.99/month. It includes some premium features. Or you can purchase the “All Apps Bundle” at $54.99/month for the annual plan.

~Steps:

Import: Open “Adobe Premiere Rush”, Click the “+” sign at the bottom to create a new project. in the media location, select the clips, then click the blue “create” button to start editing.

Click the blue “+” button at the bottom-left corner to add clips, audio, or graphics.

Hold and drag the clips upward to add them as a layer.

Edit: Scroll over a clip to select it. Clicking again shows a pop-up above the selected clip. Here you get 4 options: split, duplicate, separate audio, and delete.

A number of edit options appear on the bottom line of the screen:

Graphics: Click the “Graphics” button to add animated titles, transition graphics, and overlays as a layer. Select to customize its design.

Effects: Click the “Effects” button to add transitions or motion effect. Select a clip to apply transition at both ends. or select a corner of the clip to apply on it only. And change the duration of transition if you want.

Color: Here you can color grade your clips, Apply a preset or color grade manually by using sliders. You can also create your presets.

Transform: Here you can resize, rotate, crop, or change the position of the clip.

Audio: Here you can edit the audio, select a clip to edit its audio.

Speed Ramping: Click the “Speed” button to edit its speed. Select the range option to speed ramp a specific part of the clip. Select the ramp option to create a smooth speed curve. Or Set the clip duration to change its speed accordingly.

Export: To Export your clip, click the “Export” icon on top of the screen. Click “Quality Settings” to adjust export settings then click “Export” to save your file.

CapCut:

It is available on IOS and Android both.

If you are looking for a free but good speed ramping software to help you create slo-mo videos easily anywhere, anytime you want, then “CapCut” can be the right choice for you. It is a free mobile video editing software with many interesting features like keyframing, chroma-key, masking e.t.c. It also supports video and image layers. It has one of the best speed ramping features among other mobile video editors. It provides curves to smoothly speed ramp your clips. It can edit landscape, portrait, and even square video formats. It has many amazing effects and filters, it also has some stock clips.

~Features:

• It is completely free and has no watermarks.
• It supports up to 4K video resolution.
• Has curves for speed ramping.
• Has keyframes for animation.
• It has hundreds of effects, overlays, and titles.

~Cons:

• Its UI doesn’t support editing in landscape orientation.
• Lacks some common editing tools.

~Steps:

Import: Open Capcut, then click “New Project” to start a new project. Select files then click “Add” to import them. Click the white box with the “+” sign to add more clips. Hold and drag to rearrange the clips.

Click the “Add overlay” button to add photos or videos as layers.

Edit: On the bottom of the screen, you can find a bunch of tools for editing. From here you can add overlays, effects, filters, titles e.t.c to the timeline.

Select a clip to open the edit menu situated at the bottom of the screen. Here you can do the following tasks:

Split the clip; Change its speed, remove background, edit audio, do color correction, apply filters, stabilize the clip, e.t.c.

We have more edit features for the layers only which include: Spice (Blending), Animation, Masking, Chroma key, freeze frame, change opacity e.t.c.

Click the “Keyframe” icon (Diamond shaped) below the playback screen to apply keyframes to the layer. Pinch and zoom or rotate to transform the clip. Use the “Graphs” button in the edit menu to customize the keyframe animation.

Speed Ramping: To Change the speed of a clip, select it then click the “Speed” icon on the bottom bar of the screen. Move the slider to change the speed of the whole clip. To do speed ramping, click the “curves” option to choose a preset or create your own. Click a preset to apply it, and click again to open its edit menu. drag the beats up and down to change speed or add or delete a beat if you want.

Effects: Click the “+” sign between the two clips to add a transition between them, and drag the slider to change its duration.

Select the effects, filters, or titles icon to add them as a layer.

Export: Click the “Export” button on the top-right side of the screen to export your clip. Or click the button, left to the “Export” button to change its resolution and frame rate.

iMovie:

It is available on IOS and Mac.

If you are an Apple fan and own everything Apple then what’s better than getting your hands on a video editor designed by Apple. It is simple and easy to use. It has all the basic editing tools to enhance your video like crop, trim, transitions, effects, e.t.c. It also has a speed ramping feature which let you change the speed at different points of a clip. It’s AI mode “Magic Movie” lets you select clips and a style and software will make the final product for you.

Its “Storyboards” mode is a creative way of learning production and post-production skills. It lets you choose a theme from many famous Genres available, then it will guide you through the production process like capturing footage, arranging your shots, and creating cinematic titles to enhance your story.

~Features:

• It is free and easy to use.
• Let you do speed ramping by changing the speed of different parts of the clip .
• Supports Raw files.
• It’s AI mode creates videos for you on its own.
• The “Storyboarding” feature helps you through the production process.

~Cons:

• It only works on IOS and Mac.
• Not suitable for professional projects.

~Steps:

Import: Open “iMovie” then click “Start New Project” and select one of the 3 following modes to start editing:

• Magic Movie: Select the clips for editing, then click “Create Magic Movie” to let iMovie create a movie for you, which you can customize according to your liking.
• Storyboard: Click “Storyboard” then select Template and a genre or a style then click “Create” to start the project. iMovie will guide you and let you add the clip or title according to the pattern.
• Movie: In “Movie” mode, select the clips from the media browser then click “Create Movie” to start editing.

Edit: Select a clip to edit it. A bunch of tools will appear at the bottom of the screen.

Click the “scissors” icon to split, duplicate, delete the clip, or to detach the audio.

Click the “volume” icon to change the volume of the clip.

Click the “Title” icon to add a title design. Click the text (on the playback window) to edit it.

Click the “Filters” icon to apply it to the selected clip and move the slider to change its intensity.

Speed Ramping: Click the “Speed” icon to change its speed. Move the yellow slider to change the speed of the whole clip. Or click the “Add” button to add partitions (in yellow color) to the selected clip. Select a partition to change its speed only. And click the “Freeze” button to add a freeze-frame.

Effects: Select the black box between two clips to add a transition. Select a transition to apply it and change its time duration if you want.

Export: Click the “Done” button on the top-left corner of the screen to save the clip, then click the “Export” icon on the bottom of the screen to save your file.

Some Paid Video speeding Softwares for iPhone:

If you do most of your video editing from your phone and want to invest some money in it then you should check the softwares mentioned below. They are quite affordable and are worthy of investment. As they are packed with many cool features. But if you aren’t sure which software to use then don’t worry as most of these softwares have a free version to try on but they have some limited features and they provide a watermark on export. But it is a great option to get your hands on new software and once you are comfortable with it, you can purchase its premium version.

Kinemaster:

It is available on IOS and Android both.

If you want to do more than just trimming and cropping to your videos then you should try Kinemaster. For editors, who want to do some advanced-level video editing on their phone, then you must have Kinemaster on your phone. It is a paid software, which is packed with many useful features. It has many video and audio effects. It also has an amazing audio editor. It also has many title designs and basic color correction tools. It has hundreds of effects and transitions + more can be downloaded from its asset store. Its UI is suitable for beginners and content creators both. It is a paid software, but all its features are completely free to use, but the free version leaves a watermark on export.

~Features:

• It supports up to 4K resolution at 60fps. (depending on mobile configuration)
• Have amazing features like chroma key, keyframing, blend e.t.c
• Has built-in audio and video recorder.
• Supports multiple texts and video layers with different resolutions depending on the capability of the mobile phone.
• Has UI like a PC video editor and supports landscape orientation for editing.
• Have an asset store with 100s of free effects, transitions, and stock material.

~Cons:

• Can’t export 4K videos on most devices.
• Can’t apply keyframes and chroma key to the main video. (can be done on layers only)

~Price:

Its Premium version is available for $4.9/month or $39.9/year. It also includes all the premium assets.

~Steps:

Import: Open Kinemaster, then click “New Project” to start a new project. Select the desired aspect ratio then click “Create” to start editing. Or click the “import” button on top to import an existing file to continue editing.

Media Browser will be opened. Select the clips to add them to the timeline. Click the “X” button on the top-right corner to close the media browser.

Edit: Drag the clip from the corner to trim it. Select a clip to open its editing menu. Here you can change its speed, add filters, do color correction, edit its audio, e.t.c.

On the right side, you will see a bunch of icons. Click the “Layer” button to add a media file, text, or effect as a layer. Click the “Audio” button to add an audio file. Or click the “Rec” button to do a voice-over.

Click the “+” symbol between two clips to add a transition between them, then adjust its time duration if you want.

Speed Ramping: Select the “Speed” option to change its speed. Here you can only do linear speed change. To create a speed ramp effect, split the clip into different parts and then change their speed according to your liking. Apply a crossfade transition of about 0.1 sec to smooth the jump cut between clips.

Effects: Select a clip then click “Clip Graphics” to apply the effect to your clip. Your clip will be highlighted with a yellow box, adjust it to set the time duration of the effect.

Click the “Shop” icon to visit the Asset store. Here you can find many cool Effects, clip graphics, transitions, and sound effects. Download them to use in your project.

Click the Layer clip to edit it. Here you can do chroma key, keyframing, or apply animation.

Export: Click the “Export” icon on the top-right corner of the app to open the export screen. Select the desired resolution and frame rate then click “Save as video” to export it.

Power Director:

It is available on IOS and Android both.

It is a paid but quite advanced video editor available for androids and IOS both. Like its PC version mobile version is also packed with many great features. It is compact and easy to use. It supports multiple video and audio layers. Have many cool filters and transitions. Can also do basic color corrections. To complete post-production work it also has audio editing tools and effects. It also has hundreds of title designs. Its UI is easy to use and supports both portrait and landscape orientation for editing. Most of its features can be used for free with a watermark on export. To remove the watermark you need to purchase the premium version.

~Features:

• It supports up to 4K resolution at 60fps. (compatible on most devices)
• Supports both Portrait and Landscape orientation for editing.
• Supports Key framing and video stabilization also.
• Supports multiple audio and video layers.
• Can edit videos in different aspect ratios.
• Have a vast stock library.

~Cons:

• Can’t export 4K videos on many devices.
• Can apply keyframing and chroma key to layers only.
• Software lags sometimes.

~Price:

Its Premium version is available for $4.9/month or $29.9/year.

~Steps:

Import: Open “Power Director”. Click “New Project” then select Aspect Ratio to start editing. Select clips from the media library Then click the “blue tick” button to add them to the timeline. Click the “+” icon to import more clips. From the bottom bar (in portrait mode), Select the video, image, audio, or effect icon to add them as a layer. In Landscape Mode bar it is situated on the left side of the screen.

Edit: Select and drag the clip from the corner to trim it. Select a clip to open edit tools. From here you can do audio editing, color correction, cropping, stabilization, and speed change.

Here you get more features to edit a layer or an overlay such as chroma key, masking, transform keyframe, e.t.c. To do keyframing, select a layer, then click the “diamond” icon located on the right side above the timeline to add keyframes then rotate, zoom or change the position of the clip with time to add more keyframes. You can also do keyframing for other features like adjustment, mask, blend, and opacity.

Speed Ramping: To Change speed, select a clip or a layer click the “speed” button then move the slider to change its speed. To do speed ramping split the clip into small parts and change their speed respectively. Click the “ease-in” and “ease-out” buttons to smooth the jump between the clips.

Effects: Click the grey box between the clips to add a transition and move the slider to change its duration if you want.

Select a clip, then choose a filter or an effect to apply to the selected clip.

Export: To Export the finished product, click the “export” icon on the top-right side of the screen then click “Produce and Share” to select the video resolution or click the “Settings” icon to change the storage path and frame rate. Then click “Produce”.

LumaFusion:

It is available on IOS and Mac (with an m1 processor).

As a content creator, have you ever wished for creating your own cinematic masterpiece, but the thing holding you back is that you don’t have a powerful workstation or expensive software then don’t worry. You can do professional-level editing on your iPhone with the software named “LumaFusion. It is one of the most powerful and advanced video editors available for your iPhone or iPad.

It is a multi-track video editor with many useful features like the Chroma key, keyframing, color grading, and color LUTs. Have powerful color grading tools and an audio editor. It also has a lock and load stabilizer. You have to purchase the software before using it. It doesn’t have any free version to try.

Credits: Pic by Luma touch website.

~Features:

• It supports up to 4K video resolution at a max of 240 fps.
• Can also edit and export 360 videos.
• Have powerful color correction tools. You can also import your own color LUTs.
• Supports Keyframing on almost all the editing tools within the software.
• You can add some third-party audio plugins.
• Supports up to 6 audio and video layers.
• Have “Storyblock” stock library. (Many of its contents are free to use)
• Supports external monitor for display.

Credits: Pic by Luma touch website.

~Cons:

• Not available for Android devices.
• Being an advanced software, it doesn’t have masking and speed ramping features.
• Doesn’t have a free version to try on.

~Price:

It is available for purchase at $29.99.

~Steps:

Import: Click the “+” button on the bottom of the screen to start a new project. A small tab will appear, change the settings if you want, then click the “+” button on the top-right side of the tab to start your project.

Click the “flower icon” on the top-right side of the screen to open the source menu (Its icon changes depending on the present tab), Click “Photos” to open folders and files. Click and drag files to add them to the timeline. Click and drag the clips on the top of the primary clip to add them as a layer.

Edit: Click and drag the clips from the corner to trim them. On the bar at the bottom of the screen, you will find basic tools. Click the clip, to open editing tools on the same bar.

Click the “+” icon on the bottom bar or select “Titles” on the source menu to open the Titles menu. Drag and drop the titles to use them. Double-click the text to open the edit menu.

Double-click the clip to open the edit menu. Here you can transform the clip, change its speed, Stabilize your clips, do color grading, add an effect and perform audio editing.

Speed Ramping: In the edit mode, click the “speed and reverse” button and move the slider back or forth to change the speed of the whole video. To do speed ramping, split the video into parts and apply different speeds to create a speed ramp effect. This method is not perfect but it gets the job done.

Effects: Select the “Transitions” icon on the source menu to open the transition menu. Drag and drop a transition on a clip to use it.

Double click a clip to open the edit menu. Then in the “Color & Effects” tab select any effects and apply them to your clip.

To do keyframing, on the edit menu, click the “circle” icon on the bottom-right side below the display to start keyframing. then change the settings with time to add further keyframes.

Export: To Export your file, click the “Export” icon on the bottom-right corner of the screen to open the export menu then click the “movie” icon to select the file destination. Select the desired export settings then click the “Export” icon on the top of the menu to export your finished product.

Which One Should I Choose Free or Paid iPhone Video speeding Softwares?

It usually depends on your needs. If you just want a speed editor to make slow-mo or timelapse videos for your social media then you should go for free video editors, as they are easy to use and provide better speed ramping features than some paid video editors mentioned here.

But as a content creator if you want more features alongside speed ramping then you should go for paid softwares mentioned above. As mobile video editors are quite affordable and some of them have features like that of some PC softwares.

FAQs about Speed ramping feature and softwares:

1. Q) What is Speed Ramping and where it is used?

Speed Ramping is different from just changing the speed of the whole clip. It means changing the speed of the video gradually, so the clip doesn’t feel jumpy.

It is done to give viewers a smooth experience between different parts of the clip. like the fast-forward clip is used to show the passage of time. and the slow-mo is used to emphasize something or produce tension, while a mix of both is used in ads and action scenes, e.t.c.

1. Q) How to do Speed Ramping?

Speed Ramping methods vary from software to software. Either you can do it by adding keyframes and changing speed with time or you can add or adjust curves for speed change. If your software doesn’t support the speed ramping feature, you can split a clip into parts and apply speed change to them differently. For some of the best iPhone softwares, we have mentioned the speed ramping steps above.

1. Q) What FPS is best for Slo-mo videos?

Shooting at 60 Fps is ideal as it gives a smooth and crisp video and you can make slow motion easily if required, you can slow it down up to 40% of its speed while maintaining the quality. It is supported in almost most devices nowadays. And if you want to create super slo-mo for your cinematics or product video then 120 or 240 fps is preferable. But higher fps often have disadvantages as it is harder to apply visual effects or masks. So choose the frame rate according to your requirements.

1. Q) Does changing the speed of video affect its audio?

Yes, changing the speed of video affects the audio, It affects its pitch (tempo). Increasing its speed increases the pitch of the audio making it sound shrill while decreasing the speed of the video or making slow-mo decreases the pitch making it sound deep.

Although, some softwares provide the feature to maintain the pitch while changing the speed of the clip.

Best 5 Solutions on How to Add Emojis to iPhone

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01 [Want an Emoji on Your iPhone? Here’s How to Do It](#Part 1)

02 [Add Emojis to iPhone Q&A](#Part 2)

Part 1 Want an Emoji on Your iPhone? Here’s How to Do It

Emojis are known to live up to their name and introduce an emotional connect to the otherwise plain text within your social media posts and conversations. Speaking in the light of the latest and currently existing communication trends, these miniature graphic elements have managed to earn a significant amount of popularity across a diverse range of communication and information sharing platforms.

Moving ahead, the credibility of emojis to uplift the fun and emotional element in personal conversations across the popular chat service programs does not need an explanation. While the most common means of such conversations are smartphones, having a convenient access to these graphic chat elements on your mobile devices becomes quite important.

Recognizing the need to have emojis at your fingertips the next time you initiate a conversation with your friends on social media or across chat applications, let us proceed with learning about some interesting ways of sorting the concern of how to add custom emojis to iPhone in what follows next:

Solutions for Adding Emojis to Your iPhone

01Using the Emoji Keyboard of a Chat Application

The IT market has launched a variety of high end chat service programs that come with a default emoji keyboard to uplift the customary text messages. You can choose to work with any of the available iPhone compatible chat service program, while conveniently accessing their emoji keyboards on your device.

Step 1: Launch the Application

To begin with addressing the concern of how to put emojis on pictures iPhone; start with browsing through the Launchpad of your iPhone and opening a preferred chat application that supports the emoji keyboard. You can start with using the ‘Messages’ or ‘Mail’ applications.

Step 2: Access the Emoji Keyboard

Tap within the text field of the chat application, followed by clicking on either of the ‘Globe’ or ‘Emoji’ icons. The ‘Emoji Keyboard’ will now pop up on the application screen of your iPhone.

Step 3: Select an Emoji

Proceed to choose a desired emoji to add within your conversation by navigating through the diverse range of available emoji themes. You can this by tapping the ‘Gray’ emoji symbols in the bottom toolbar, or making a left-right swipe to access the available choices.

To browse through the collection of emojis that you have used most frequently, tap the ‘Clock’ icon. If you are not finding the exact emoji to depict a particular expression, navigate to the ‘Search Emoji’ box under the text field and type a relevant keyword to open a customized list of emoji options.

Step 4: Play With Different Skin Tones

If you want to alter the default skin tone of a selected emoji, you can do this by tapping on and holding the same to see a display of different skin tones appear above your selection. Click on the one you like, to apply it to the selected emoji.

Step 5: Include the Emoji

When the aforesaid customizations make you happy; click on the emoji once again to include the latter within the text field of the chat service program you are working with.

02Enabling the Emoji Keyboard of Your iPhone

If you are keen towards sorting the issue of how to add emojis to photos iPhone while working with an emoji keyboard explicitly on your iPhone, you can proceed to enable the same on your device. The process is quick and easy, with no rocket science, and allows you to add emoji to picture iPhone. Here’s what you need to do:

Step 1: Launch the Settings Application

To start with settling the query of how to add emoji keyboard to iPhone, navigate to and click on the ‘Settings’ application on the welcome screen of your iPhone, followed by hitting the ‘General’ tab from the list of categories that appears next. Entering into the ‘General Settings’ interface, pick the ‘Keyboard’ option.

Step 2: Add a New Keyboard

Within the ‘Keyboard’ category of your iPhone settings, you are required to tap on the ‘Keyboards’ subcategory, followed by hitting the ‘Add New Keyboard’ option from the window that pops up next.

As you click on the aforesaid option, a series of keyboard types gets displayed on the screen. Scroll through the list to locate the ‘Emoji’ option, followed by clicking on the same to add emoji keyboard iPhone. That’s it! You can now proceed to use the keyboard to communicate across different conversation platforms.

03Adding Emojis to the Status Bar of Your iPhone

This one is a recently included feature in iOS compatible devices to sort out the issue of working with emojis on iPhones and allied device categories to answer the question of , how to add emoji to iPhone photo. As is obvious, availing the utility requires you to launch an update of your iPhone to iOS 15 or more recent versions. Make sure you adhere to the same before proceeding with the emoji inclusion process.

Without further ado, here’s how you can add the emoji elements to the status bar of your iPhone in just a few quick and simple steps:

Step 1: Launch the Settings Application

Start with heading to and clicking on the ‘Settings’ icon frame on the Launchpad of your iPhone to be greeted by the app’s welcome interface. In the list of available categories, click on the ‘Focus’ tab.

Step 2: Navigating Through the Focus Feature

As you hit the ‘Focus’ tab in the previous step, the latter’s interface pops up with a series of utility options. Instead of entering into the options, you however need to just tap the ‘Add’ button depicted by a ‘+’ icon at the top right corner of the ‘Focus’ window.

Step 3: Select an Emoji Category

Clicking on the ‘Add’ button directs you to the ‘Emoji Selection’ interface. All you need to do here is, click on the ‘Custom’ option to open the available emoji categories within the ‘Focus’ feature. Talking of the diversity of emoji options, the feature allows you to add up to 25 emoji categories to the iPhone status bar.

Ahead of the customary variations in smiley faces, you can experiment with adding more specific icons, like; paw prints, stethoscope, fork and knife, light bulb, etc. You can work with these varieties to walk through the subject of how to add emojis to photos iPhone.

Step 4: Name Your Emoji

When you are done with adding the preferred emoji icons, proceed to assign them a specific name. The added names will however, not show up on the status bar of your iPhone, but can be seen on other conversation platform and chat service applications.

If you choose to add the emoji in a specific color to your iPhone’s status bar, you can avail the feature. The color however, won’t reflect on the device’s status bar, but can be seen on the latter’s lock screen.

04Adding Emojis to iPhone Though the Google Messages Application

When aiming to set aside the concern of how to add emoji to iPhone photo, you can seek the help of third party applications. All you need to do is install and run the app on your iPhone and start your editing spree. Browsing through the IT market, you can easily land across a never ending series of third party alternatives to work with emojis on your iPhone.

Picking one from the same, here’s a detailed explanation of using the Google Messages app to include emojis on your iPhone:

Step 1: Download and Install the Application

Start with visiting the Apple App Store to download the Google Messages application in your iPhone. In case the utility already exists in your device, proceed to update the same to the most recent version.

Step 2: Set as Default

Once you are done with the download and installation formalities, proceed to launch the app in your device, followed by setting the latter as your preferred chat application.

Step 3: And…It’s Ready!

The completion of Step 2 will guide you to the Google Messages welcome screen, where you can start conversing with your friends and peers.

Step 4: Select a Contact

To begin chatting with a contact, click on the ‘Start Chat’ option, followed by selecting the contact number or name of a desired person.

Step 5: Type a Message

As you finish Step 4, the app’s chat interface appears where you can type a message within then text field and proceed to complement the same with emojis, stickers and other graphic elements. The app comes with an extensive range of emojis to select and add from. Moving ahead of the basic smileys, you can pick emojis from categories like, Food and Beverages, Travel, Nature, and many more.

Step 6: Send!

Tap the ‘Send’ button when you are done with composing the message, to let it reach the recipient. You can also forward the message to multiple contacts at the same time.

05Adding Emojis to iPhone Through the SwiftKey Keyboard

This one is another entry in list of answers regarding the query of how to add emojis to a picture on iPhone. Essentially a third party keyboard, SwiftKey works to supplement your messages with the latest and most expressive graphic elements, including emojis. The utility comes with a smart feature that predicts the type and style of emojis you will use in future conversations, in line with your current usage pattern.

The following user guide explains the step by step process to work with the SwiftKey keyboard for adding emojis to your iPhone:

Step 1: Download, Install and Launch SwiftKey

Navigate to the Apple App Store in your iPhone and proceed to download and install the SwiftKey application to the device. When you are done, launch the app and click on ‘Get Started’.

Step 2: Sign In to SwiftKey

As you launch the SwiftKey keyboard, the latter’s ‘Sign In to SwiftKey’ window pops up, requiring you to select an account for initiating the sign process of the application by clicking on either of the ‘Continue With Google’ or ‘Continue With Facebook’ options. To move ahead, follow the instructions that appear on your device screen.

Step 3: Enable the SwiftKey Keyboard

When you have chosen the sign in account, the ‘To Enable SwiftKey’ window appears to explain to you, the process of enabling the SwiftKey keyboard.

Step 4: Accessing SwiftKey Keyboard in iPhone Settings

Launch the iPhone’s ‘Settings’ application, followed by hitting the ‘General’ tab from the list of options within the latter’s opening interface.

As the ‘General’ window pops up, proceed to choose the ‘Keyboard’ option by tapping on the same.

Within the ‘Keyboard’ setting window, navigate to and click on the ‘Keyboards’ option.

Step 5: Make SwiftKey an Additional Keyboard

To work with the SwiftKey keyboard on your iPhone, you will need to add the same to your device’s list of preset keyboards. To do this, click on the ‘Add New Keyboard’ option within the list of keyboards that pops up as you complete Step 4.

A series of third party keyboards shows up in the window that appears next. Proceed to select ‘SwiftKey’ from the available keyboard choices. In case you don’t find the aforesaid keyboard among the options, double tap the ‘Home’ button on your device to exit the ‘Settings’ application.

Re-launch the ‘Settings’ app after a few moments and follow Steps 4 and 5 to make the ‘SwiftKey’ option appear within the list.

Step 6: Grant Full Access to SwiftKey

To work with the complete feature bank of the ‘SwiftKey’ application, you will have to allow the latter to fully access your iPhone. To proceed with the process, navigate to the ‘Keyboards’ window of your iPhone settings, where you can see the ‘SwiftKey’ keyboard present in the list of active keyboards of your device. Open the application’s ‘Access’ window by clocking on the keyboard name in the list.

Within the ‘SwiftKey Access’ window that appears, toggle the slider to the right side to enable the ‘Allow Full Access’ option.

As you enable the ‘Allow Full Access’ option, the ‘App Permissions’ dialog box pops up on your iPhone screen. Click on ‘Allow’ within the same to grant the required app permissions.

Step 7: Switch to the SwiftKey Keyboard

You will now be directed to the ‘Select SwiftKey’ window to change your default keyboard. Here you need to click on the ‘Globe’ icon, followed by choosing ‘SwiftKey’ from the menu that appears next.

Step 8: SwiftKey Is Ready!

As you finish Step 7, a confirmation window pops up on the iPhone screen, displaying the ‘Installation Successful’ message. If you wish to get regular updates and tips from the SwiftKey application, click on the ‘Save’ button, otherwise, navigate to the bottom right corner of the screen and click on the ‘Not Now’ option.

You can now work towards adding emojis in your chats and conversations on the iPhone, simply by typing a message in the text field of the preferred chat service program, followed by picking a suitable emoji from the diverse range of available options within the SwiftKey keyboard. Talking of additional merits, the utility allows you to introduce customizations to the keyboard in terms of supported languages, theme centered design, access compatibility and settings.

Part 2 Add Emojis to iPhone Q&A

01Why does the emoji utility not show up on an iPhone?

In case you find difficulty in accessing emojis on your iPhone, or the latter does not appear within your communication centered utilities of the device, consider checking the settings of the iPhone to make sure that the feature has been added as well as enabled. If not so, proceed to enable the same in the ‘Settings’ interface itself.

02What is the procedure to download an additional set of emojis to an iPhone?

If you want to spark up your iPhone’s emoji library with an extra set of the latest emojis, the only method that would cater to the concern of how to add more emoji to iPhone is taking the help of third party applications. As an affordable pick, you can rely on the Messages App Store in your iPhone to avail a decent rage of third party emoji packages, both free and paid.

03How can the hidden emoji keyboard be accessed?

In your iPhone settings, open the ‘General’ category, followed by selecting the ‘ Keyboard’ option. Entering in, choose the ‘Keyboards’ subcategory and tap on ‘Add New Keyboard’. From the list of options that drops down, select ‘Japanese’, followed by ‘Kana’. As you proceed to type a message the next time, click on the ‘Globe’ icon at the bottom-left corner of the app screen to toggle between keyboard options.

04How can the hidden emojis on an iPhone be unlocked?

To unlock a hidden emoji, navigate to the ‘Apple Messages’ app in your iPhone and launch the iMessage application. Next, open a conversation thread and enter any emoji in the chat’s text field. Now, press and hold the ‘Send’ button to open a hidden emoji page that lets you choose and add these elements to your text message.

05What is the best software to look for free emojis?

If you are willing to sort out the concern of accessing the best inventory of latest emojis, you can traverse the editor library of the Wondershare Filmora Video Editor graphic designer program. Divided into a hoard of specific categories, the software is known to house the most elaborative variety of emoji elements that undergo a periodic update that can help you to sort the query of how to add emojis to pictures on iPhone.

Try It Free

For Win 7 or later (64-bit)

Try It Free

For macOS 10.12 or later

● Ending Thoughts →

● Including emojis in your social media and chat service conversations works to add an emotional connect to your otherwise normal text messages.

● When looking forward to work towards the constraint of how to add new emojis to iPhone, there are a variety of methods to move ahead with the process.

● If you are on a search of the latest collection of emojis to add to your iPhone, you can take suggestions from the editor library of the Wondershare Filmora graphic designer program.

Try It Free Try It Free

Have you been looking for interesting solutions on how to add emojis to iPhone? Stop you search and take a breath, you have landed at the correct spot!

In this article

01 [Want an Emoji on Your iPhone? Here’s How to Do It](#Part 1)

02 [Add Emojis to iPhone Q&A](#Part 2)

Part 1 Want an Emoji on Your iPhone? Here’s How to Do It

Emojis are known to live up to their name and introduce an emotional connect to the otherwise plain text within your social media posts and conversations. Speaking in the light of the latest and currently existing communication trends, these miniature graphic elements have managed to earn a significant amount of popularity across a diverse range of communication and information sharing platforms.

Moving ahead, the credibility of emojis to uplift the fun and emotional element in personal conversations across the popular chat service programs does not need an explanation. While the most common means of such conversations are smartphones, having a convenient access to these graphic chat elements on your mobile devices becomes quite important.

Recognizing the need to have emojis at your fingertips the next time you initiate a conversation with your friends on social media or across chat applications, let us proceed with learning about some interesting ways of sorting the concern of how to add custom emojis to iPhone in what follows next:

Solutions for Adding Emojis to Your iPhone

01Using the Emoji Keyboard of a Chat Application

The IT market has launched a variety of high end chat service programs that come with a default emoji keyboard to uplift the customary text messages. You can choose to work with any of the available iPhone compatible chat service program, while conveniently accessing their emoji keyboards on your device.

Step 1: Launch the Application

To begin with addressing the concern of how to put emojis on pictures iPhone; start with browsing through the Launchpad of your iPhone and opening a preferred chat application that supports the emoji keyboard. You can start with using the ‘Messages’ or ‘Mail’ applications.

Step 2: Access the Emoji Keyboard

Tap within the text field of the chat application, followed by clicking on either of the ‘Globe’ or ‘Emoji’ icons. The ‘Emoji Keyboard’ will now pop up on the application screen of your iPhone.

Step 3: Select an Emoji

Proceed to choose a desired emoji to add within your conversation by navigating through the diverse range of available emoji themes. You can this by tapping the ‘Gray’ emoji symbols in the bottom toolbar, or making a left-right swipe to access the available choices.

To browse through the collection of emojis that you have used most frequently, tap the ‘Clock’ icon. If you are not finding the exact emoji to depict a particular expression, navigate to the ‘Search Emoji’ box under the text field and type a relevant keyword to open a customized list of emoji options.

Step 4: Play With Different Skin Tones

If you want to alter the default skin tone of a selected emoji, you can do this by tapping on and holding the same to see a display of different skin tones appear above your selection. Click on the one you like, to apply it to the selected emoji.

Step 5: Include the Emoji

When the aforesaid customizations make you happy; click on the emoji once again to include the latter within the text field of the chat service program you are working with.

02Enabling the Emoji Keyboard of Your iPhone

If you are keen towards sorting the issue of how to add emojis to photos iPhone while working with an emoji keyboard explicitly on your iPhone, you can proceed to enable the same on your device. The process is quick and easy, with no rocket science, and allows you to add emoji to picture iPhone. Here’s what you need to do:

Step 1: Launch the Settings Application

To start with settling the query of how to add emoji keyboard to iPhone, navigate to and click on the ‘Settings’ application on the welcome screen of your iPhone, followed by hitting the ‘General’ tab from the list of categories that appears next. Entering into the ‘General Settings’ interface, pick the ‘Keyboard’ option.

Step 2: Add a New Keyboard

Within the ‘Keyboard’ category of your iPhone settings, you are required to tap on the ‘Keyboards’ subcategory, followed by hitting the ‘Add New Keyboard’ option from the window that pops up next.

As you click on the aforesaid option, a series of keyboard types gets displayed on the screen. Scroll through the list to locate the ‘Emoji’ option, followed by clicking on the same to add emoji keyboard iPhone. That’s it! You can now proceed to use the keyboard to communicate across different conversation platforms.

03Adding Emojis to the Status Bar of Your iPhone

This one is a recently included feature in iOS compatible devices to sort out the issue of working with emojis on iPhones and allied device categories to answer the question of , how to add emoji to iPhone photo. As is obvious, availing the utility requires you to launch an update of your iPhone to iOS 15 or more recent versions. Make sure you adhere to the same before proceeding with the emoji inclusion process.

Without further ado, here’s how you can add the emoji elements to the status bar of your iPhone in just a few quick and simple steps:

Step 1: Launch the Settings Application

Start with heading to and clicking on the ‘Settings’ icon frame on the Launchpad of your iPhone to be greeted by the app’s welcome interface. In the list of available categories, click on the ‘Focus’ tab.

Step 2: Navigating Through the Focus Feature

As you hit the ‘Focus’ tab in the previous step, the latter’s interface pops up with a series of utility options. Instead of entering into the options, you however need to just tap the ‘Add’ button depicted by a ‘+’ icon at the top right corner of the ‘Focus’ window.

Step 3: Select an Emoji Category

Clicking on the ‘Add’ button directs you to the ‘Emoji Selection’ interface. All you need to do here is, click on the ‘Custom’ option to open the available emoji categories within the ‘Focus’ feature. Talking of the diversity of emoji options, the feature allows you to add up to 25 emoji categories to the iPhone status bar.

Ahead of the customary variations in smiley faces, you can experiment with adding more specific icons, like; paw prints, stethoscope, fork and knife, light bulb, etc. You can work with these varieties to walk through the subject of how to add emojis to photos iPhone.

Step 4: Name Your Emoji

When you are done with adding the preferred emoji icons, proceed to assign them a specific name. The added names will however, not show up on the status bar of your iPhone, but can be seen on other conversation platform and chat service applications.

If you choose to add the emoji in a specific color to your iPhone’s status bar, you can avail the feature. The color however, won’t reflect on the device’s status bar, but can be seen on the latter’s lock screen.

04Adding Emojis to iPhone Though the Google Messages Application

When aiming to set aside the concern of how to add emoji to iPhone photo, you can seek the help of third party applications. All you need to do is install and run the app on your iPhone and start your editing spree. Browsing through the IT market, you can easily land across a never ending series of third party alternatives to work with emojis on your iPhone.

Picking one from the same, here’s a detailed explanation of using the Google Messages app to include emojis on your iPhone:

Step 1: Download and Install the Application

Start with visiting the Apple App Store to download the Google Messages application in your iPhone. In case the utility already exists in your device, proceed to update the same to the most recent version.

Step 2: Set as Default

Once you are done with the download and installation formalities, proceed to launch the app in your device, followed by setting the latter as your preferred chat application.

Step 3: And…It’s Ready!

The completion of Step 2 will guide you to the Google Messages welcome screen, where you can start conversing with your friends and peers.

Step 4: Select a Contact

To begin chatting with a contact, click on the ‘Start Chat’ option, followed by selecting the contact number or name of a desired person.

Step 5: Type a Message

As you finish Step 4, the app’s chat interface appears where you can type a message within then text field and proceed to complement the same with emojis, stickers and other graphic elements. The app comes with an extensive range of emojis to select and add from. Moving ahead of the basic smileys, you can pick emojis from categories like, Food and Beverages, Travel, Nature, and many more.

Step 6: Send!

Tap the ‘Send’ button when you are done with composing the message, to let it reach the recipient. You can also forward the message to multiple contacts at the same time.

05Adding Emojis to iPhone Through the SwiftKey Keyboard

This one is another entry in list of answers regarding the query of how to add emojis to a picture on iPhone. Essentially a third party keyboard, SwiftKey works to supplement your messages with the latest and most expressive graphic elements, including emojis. The utility comes with a smart feature that predicts the type and style of emojis you will use in future conversations, in line with your current usage pattern.

The following user guide explains the step by step process to work with the SwiftKey keyboard for adding emojis to your iPhone:

Step 1: Download, Install and Launch SwiftKey

Navigate to the Apple App Store in your iPhone and proceed to download and install the SwiftKey application to the device. When you are done, launch the app and click on ‘Get Started’.

Step 2: Sign In to SwiftKey

As you launch the SwiftKey keyboard, the latter’s ‘Sign In to SwiftKey’ window pops up, requiring you to select an account for initiating the sign process of the application by clicking on either of the ‘Continue With Google’ or ‘Continue With Facebook’ options. To move ahead, follow the instructions that appear on your device screen.

Step 3: Enable the SwiftKey Keyboard

When you have chosen the sign in account, the ‘To Enable SwiftKey’ window appears to explain to you, the process of enabling the SwiftKey keyboard.

Step 4: Accessing SwiftKey Keyboard in iPhone Settings

Launch the iPhone’s ‘Settings’ application, followed by hitting the ‘General’ tab from the list of options within the latter’s opening interface.

As the ‘General’ window pops up, proceed to choose the ‘Keyboard’ option by tapping on the same.

Within the ‘Keyboard’ setting window, navigate to and click on the ‘Keyboards’ option.

Step 5: Make SwiftKey an Additional Keyboard

To work with the SwiftKey keyboard on your iPhone, you will need to add the same to your device’s list of preset keyboards. To do this, click on the ‘Add New Keyboard’ option within the list of keyboards that pops up as you complete Step 4.

A series of third party keyboards shows up in the window that appears next. Proceed to select ‘SwiftKey’ from the available keyboard choices. In case you don’t find the aforesaid keyboard among the options, double tap the ‘Home’ button on your device to exit the ‘Settings’ application.

Re-launch the ‘Settings’ app after a few moments and follow Steps 4 and 5 to make the ‘SwiftKey’ option appear within the list.

Step 6: Grant Full Access to SwiftKey

To work with the complete feature bank of the ‘SwiftKey’ application, you will have to allow the latter to fully access your iPhone. To proceed with the process, navigate to the ‘Keyboards’ window of your iPhone settings, where you can see the ‘SwiftKey’ keyboard present in the list of active keyboards of your device. Open the application’s ‘Access’ window by clocking on the keyboard name in the list.

Within the ‘SwiftKey Access’ window that appears, toggle the slider to the right side to enable the ‘Allow Full Access’ option.

As you enable the ‘Allow Full Access’ option, the ‘App Permissions’ dialog box pops up on your iPhone screen. Click on ‘Allow’ within the same to grant the required app permissions.

Step 7: Switch to the SwiftKey Keyboard

You will now be directed to the ‘Select SwiftKey’ window to change your default keyboard. Here you need to click on the ‘Globe’ icon, followed by choosing ‘SwiftKey’ from the menu that appears next.

Step 8: SwiftKey Is Ready!

As you finish Step 7, a confirmation window pops up on the iPhone screen, displaying the ‘Installation Successful’ message. If you wish to get regular updates and tips from the SwiftKey application, click on the ‘Save’ button, otherwise, navigate to the bottom right corner of the screen and click on the ‘Not Now’ option.

You can now work towards adding emojis in your chats and conversations on the iPhone, simply by typing a message in the text field of the preferred chat service program, followed by picking a suitable emoji from the diverse range of available options within the SwiftKey keyboard. Talking of additional merits, the utility allows you to introduce customizations to the keyboard in terms of supported languages, theme centered design, access compatibility and settings.

Part 2 Add Emojis to iPhone Q&A

01Why does the emoji utility not show up on an iPhone?

In case you find difficulty in accessing emojis on your iPhone, or the latter does not appear within your communication centered utilities of the device, consider checking the settings of the iPhone to make sure that the feature has been added as well as enabled. If not so, proceed to enable the same in the ‘Settings’ interface itself.

02What is the procedure to download an additional set of emojis to an iPhone?

If you want to spark up your iPhone’s emoji library with an extra set of the latest emojis, the only method that would cater to the concern of how to add more emoji to iPhone is taking the help of third party applications. As an affordable pick, you can rely on the Messages App Store in your iPhone to avail a decent rage of third party emoji packages, both free and paid.

03How can the hidden emoji keyboard be accessed?

In your iPhone settings, open the ‘General’ category, followed by selecting the ‘ Keyboard’ option. Entering in, choose the ‘Keyboards’ subcategory and tap on ‘Add New Keyboard’. From the list of options that drops down, select ‘Japanese’, followed by ‘Kana’. As you proceed to type a message the next time, click on the ‘Globe’ icon at the bottom-left corner of the app screen to toggle between keyboard options.

04How can the hidden emojis on an iPhone be unlocked?

To unlock a hidden emoji, navigate to the ‘Apple Messages’ app in your iPhone and launch the iMessage application. Next, open a conversation thread and enter any emoji in the chat’s text field. Now, press and hold the ‘Send’ button to open a hidden emoji page that lets you choose and add these elements to your text message.

05What is the best software to look for free emojis?

If you are willing to sort out the concern of accessing the best inventory of latest emojis, you can traverse the editor library of the Wondershare Filmora Video Editor graphic designer program. Divided into a hoard of specific categories, the software is known to house the most elaborative variety of emoji elements that undergo a periodic update that can help you to sort the query of how to add emojis to pictures on iPhone.

Try It Free

For Win 7 or later (64-bit)

Try It Free

For macOS 10.12 or later

● Ending Thoughts →

● Including emojis in your social media and chat service conversations works to add an emotional connect to your otherwise normal text messages.

● When looking forward to work towards the constraint of how to add new emojis to iPhone, there are a variety of methods to move ahead with the process.

● If you are on a search of the latest collection of emojis to add to your iPhone, you can take suggestions from the editor library of the Wondershare Filmora graphic designer program.

Try It Free Try It Free

Have you been looking for interesting solutions on how to add emojis to iPhone? Stop you search and take a breath, you have landed at the correct spot!

In this article

01 [Want an Emoji on Your iPhone? Here’s How to Do It](#Part 1)

02 [Add Emojis to iPhone Q&A](#Part 2)

Part 1 Want an Emoji on Your iPhone? Here’s How to Do It

Emojis are known to live up to their name and introduce an emotional connect to the otherwise plain text within your social media posts and conversations. Speaking in the light of the latest and currently existing communication trends, these miniature graphic elements have managed to earn a significant amount of popularity across a diverse range of communication and information sharing platforms.

Moving ahead, the credibility of emojis to uplift the fun and emotional element in personal conversations across the popular chat service programs does not need an explanation. While the most common means of such conversations are smartphones, having a convenient access to these graphic chat elements on your mobile devices becomes quite important.

Recognizing the need to have emojis at your fingertips the next time you initiate a conversation with your friends on social media or across chat applications, let us proceed with learning about some interesting ways of sorting the concern of how to add custom emojis to iPhone in what follows next:

Solutions for Adding Emojis to Your iPhone

01Using the Emoji Keyboard of a Chat Application

The IT market has launched a variety of high end chat service programs that come with a default emoji keyboard to uplift the customary text messages. You can choose to work with any of the available iPhone compatible chat service program, while conveniently accessing their emoji keyboards on your device.

Step 1: Launch the Application

To begin with addressing the concern of how to put emojis on pictures iPhone; start with browsing through the Launchpad of your iPhone and opening a preferred chat application that supports the emoji keyboard. You can start with using the ‘Messages’ or ‘Mail’ applications.

Step 2: Access the Emoji Keyboard

Tap within the text field of the chat application, followed by clicking on either of the ‘Globe’ or ‘Emoji’ icons. The ‘Emoji Keyboard’ will now pop up on the application screen of your iPhone.

Step 3: Select an Emoji

Proceed to choose a desired emoji to add within your conversation by navigating through the diverse range of available emoji themes. You can this by tapping the ‘Gray’ emoji symbols in the bottom toolbar, or making a left-right swipe to access the available choices.

To browse through the collection of emojis that you have used most frequently, tap the ‘Clock’ icon. If you are not finding the exact emoji to depict a particular expression, navigate to the ‘Search Emoji’ box under the text field and type a relevant keyword to open a customized list of emoji options.

Step 4: Play With Different Skin Tones

If you want to alter the default skin tone of a selected emoji, you can do this by tapping on and holding the same to see a display of different skin tones appear above your selection. Click on the one you like, to apply it to the selected emoji.

Step 5: Include the Emoji

When the aforesaid customizations make you happy; click on the emoji once again to include the latter within the text field of the chat service program you are working with.

02Enabling the Emoji Keyboard of Your iPhone

If you are keen towards sorting the issue of how to add emojis to photos iPhone while working with an emoji keyboard explicitly on your iPhone, you can proceed to enable the same on your device. The process is quick and easy, with no rocket science, and allows you to add emoji to picture iPhone. Here’s what you need to do:

Step 1: Launch the Settings Application

To start with settling the query of how to add emoji keyboard to iPhone, navigate to and click on the ‘Settings’ application on the welcome screen of your iPhone, followed by hitting the ‘General’ tab from the list of categories that appears next. Entering into the ‘General Settings’ interface, pick the ‘Keyboard’ option.

Step 2: Add a New Keyboard

Within the ‘Keyboard’ category of your iPhone settings, you are required to tap on the ‘Keyboards’ subcategory, followed by hitting the ‘Add New Keyboard’ option from the window that pops up next.

As you click on the aforesaid option, a series of keyboard types gets displayed on the screen. Scroll through the list to locate the ‘Emoji’ option, followed by clicking on the same to add emoji keyboard iPhone. That’s it! You can now proceed to use the keyboard to communicate across different conversation platforms.

03Adding Emojis to the Status Bar of Your iPhone

This one is a recently included feature in iOS compatible devices to sort out the issue of working with emojis on iPhones and allied device categories to answer the question of , how to add emoji to iPhone photo. As is obvious, availing the utility requires you to launch an update of your iPhone to iOS 15 or more recent versions. Make sure you adhere to the same before proceeding with the emoji inclusion process.

Without further ado, here’s how you can add the emoji elements to the status bar of your iPhone in just a few quick and simple steps:

Step 1: Launch the Settings Application

Start with heading to and clicking on the ‘Settings’ icon frame on the Launchpad of your iPhone to be greeted by the app’s welcome interface. In the list of available categories, click on the ‘Focus’ tab.

Step 2: Navigating Through the Focus Feature

As you hit the ‘Focus’ tab in the previous step, the latter’s interface pops up with a series of utility options. Instead of entering into the options, you however need to just tap the ‘Add’ button depicted by a ‘+’ icon at the top right corner of the ‘Focus’ window.

Step 3: Select an Emoji Category

Clicking on the ‘Add’ button directs you to the ‘Emoji Selection’ interface. All you need to do here is, click on the ‘Custom’ option to open the available emoji categories within the ‘Focus’ feature. Talking of the diversity of emoji options, the feature allows you to add up to 25 emoji categories to the iPhone status bar.

Ahead of the customary variations in smiley faces, you can experiment with adding more specific icons, like; paw prints, stethoscope, fork and knife, light bulb, etc. You can work with these varieties to walk through the subject of how to add emojis to photos iPhone.

Step 4: Name Your Emoji

When you are done with adding the preferred emoji icons, proceed to assign them a specific name. The added names will however, not show up on the status bar of your iPhone, but can be seen on other conversation platform and chat service applications.

If you choose to add the emoji in a specific color to your iPhone’s status bar, you can avail the feature. The color however, won’t reflect on the device’s status bar, but can be seen on the latter’s lock screen.

04Adding Emojis to iPhone Though the Google Messages Application

When aiming to set aside the concern of how to add emoji to iPhone photo, you can seek the help of third party applications. All you need to do is install and run the app on your iPhone and start your editing spree. Browsing through the IT market, you can easily land across a never ending series of third party alternatives to work with emojis on your iPhone.

Picking one from the same, here’s a detailed explanation of using the Google Messages app to include emojis on your iPhone:

Step 1: Download and Install the Application

Start with visiting the Apple App Store to download the Google Messages application in your iPhone. In case the utility already exists in your device, proceed to update the same to the most recent version.

Step 2: Set as Default

Once you are done with the download and installation formalities, proceed to launch the app in your device, followed by setting the latter as your preferred chat application.

Step 3: And…It’s Ready!

The completion of Step 2 will guide you to the Google Messages welcome screen, where you can start conversing with your friends and peers.

Step 4: Select a Contact

To begin chatting with a contact, click on the ‘Start Chat’ option, followed by selecting the contact number or name of a desired person.

Step 5: Type a Message

As you finish Step 4, the app’s chat interface appears where you can type a message within then text field and proceed to complement the same with emojis, stickers and other graphic elements. The app comes with an extensive range of emojis to select and add from. Moving ahead of the basic smileys, you can pick emojis from categories like, Food and Beverages, Travel, Nature, and many more.

Step 6: Send!

Tap the ‘Send’ button when you are done with composing the message, to let it reach the recipient. You can also forward the message to multiple contacts at the same time.

05Adding Emojis to iPhone Through the SwiftKey Keyboard

This one is another entry in list of answers regarding the query of how to add emojis to a picture on iPhone. Essentially a third party keyboard, SwiftKey works to supplement your messages with the latest and most expressive graphic elements, including emojis. The utility comes with a smart feature that predicts the type and style of emojis you will use in future conversations, in line with your current usage pattern.

The following user guide explains the step by step process to work with the SwiftKey keyboard for adding emojis to your iPhone:

Step 1: Download, Install and Launch SwiftKey

Navigate to the Apple App Store in your iPhone and proceed to download and install the SwiftKey application to the device. When you are done, launch the app and click on ‘Get Started’.

Step 2: Sign In to SwiftKey

As you launch the SwiftKey keyboard, the latter’s ‘Sign In to SwiftKey’ window pops up, requiring you to select an account for initiating the sign process of the application by clicking on either of the ‘Continue With Google’ or ‘Continue With Facebook’ options. To move ahead, follow the instructions that appear on your device screen.

Step 3: Enable the SwiftKey Keyboard

When you have chosen the sign in account, the ‘To Enable SwiftKey’ window appears to explain to you, the process of enabling the SwiftKey keyboard.

Step 4: Accessing SwiftKey Keyboard in iPhone Settings

Launch the iPhone’s ‘Settings’ application, followed by hitting the ‘General’ tab from the list of options within the latter’s opening interface.

As the ‘General’ window pops up, proceed to choose the ‘Keyboard’ option by tapping on the same.

Within the ‘Keyboard’ setting window, navigate to and click on the ‘Keyboards’ option.

Step 5: Make SwiftKey an Additional Keyboard

To work with the SwiftKey keyboard on your iPhone, you will need to add the same to your device’s list of preset keyboards. To do this, click on the ‘Add New Keyboard’ option within the list of keyboards that pops up as you complete Step 4.

A series of third party keyboards shows up in the window that appears next. Proceed to select ‘SwiftKey’ from the available keyboard choices. In case you don’t find the aforesaid keyboard among the options, double tap the ‘Home’ button on your device to exit the ‘Settings’ application.

Re-launch the ‘Settings’ app after a few moments and follow Steps 4 and 5 to make the ‘SwiftKey’ option appear within the list.

Step 6: Grant Full Access to SwiftKey

To work with the complete feature bank of the ‘SwiftKey’ application, you will have to allow the latter to fully access your iPhone. To proceed with the process, navigate to the ‘Keyboards’ window of your iPhone settings, where you can see the ‘SwiftKey’ keyboard present in the list of active keyboards of your device. Open the application’s ‘Access’ window by clocking on the keyboard name in the list.

Within the ‘SwiftKey Access’ window that appears, toggle the slider to the right side to enable the ‘Allow Full Access’ option.

As you enable the ‘Allow Full Access’ option, the ‘App Permissions’ dialog box pops up on your iPhone screen. Click on ‘Allow’ within the same to grant the required app permissions.

Step 7: Switch to the SwiftKey Keyboard

You will now be directed to the ‘Select SwiftKey’ window to change your default keyboard. Here you need to click on the ‘Globe’ icon, followed by choosing ‘SwiftKey’ from the menu that appears next.

Step 8: SwiftKey Is Ready!

As you finish Step 7, a confirmation window pops up on the iPhone screen, displaying the ‘Installation Successful’ message. If you wish to get regular updates and tips from the SwiftKey application, click on the ‘Save’ button, otherwise, navigate to the bottom right corner of the screen and click on the ‘Not Now’ option.

You can now work towards adding emojis in your chats and conversations on the iPhone, simply by typing a message in the text field of the preferred chat service program, followed by picking a suitable emoji from the diverse range of available options within the SwiftKey keyboard. Talking of additional merits, the utility allows you to introduce customizations to the keyboard in terms of supported languages, theme centered design, access compatibility and settings.

Part 2 Add Emojis to iPhone Q&A

01Why does the emoji utility not show up on an iPhone?

In case you find difficulty in accessing emojis on your iPhone, or the latter does not appear within your communication centered utilities of the device, consider checking the settings of the iPhone to make sure that the feature has been added as well as enabled. If not so, proceed to enable the same in the ‘Settings’ interface itself.

02What is the procedure to download an additional set of emojis to an iPhone?

If you want to spark up your iPhone’s emoji library with an extra set of the latest emojis, the only method that would cater to the concern of how to add more emoji to iPhone is taking the help of third party applications. As an affordable pick, you can rely on the Messages App Store in your iPhone to avail a decent rage of third party emoji packages, both free and paid.

03How can the hidden emoji keyboard be accessed?

In your iPhone settings, open the ‘General’ category, followed by selecting the ‘ Keyboard’ option. Entering in, choose the ‘Keyboards’ subcategory and tap on ‘Add New Keyboard’. From the list of options that drops down, select ‘Japanese’, followed by ‘Kana’. As you proceed to type a message the next time, click on the ‘Globe’ icon at the bottom-left corner of the app screen to toggle between keyboard options.

04How can the hidden emojis on an iPhone be unlocked?

To unlock a hidden emoji, navigate to the ‘Apple Messages’ app in your iPhone and launch the iMessage application. Next, open a conversation thread and enter any emoji in the chat’s text field. Now, press and hold the ‘Send’ button to open a hidden emoji page that lets you choose and add these elements to your text message.

05What is the best software to look for free emojis?

If you are willing to sort out the concern of accessing the best inventory of latest emojis, you can traverse the editor library of the Wondershare Filmora Video Editor graphic designer program. Divided into a hoard of specific categories, the software is known to house the most elaborative variety of emoji elements that undergo a periodic update that can help you to sort the query of how to add emojis to pictures on iPhone.

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● Ending Thoughts →

● Including emojis in your social media and chat service conversations works to add an emotional connect to your otherwise normal text messages.

● When looking forward to work towards the constraint of how to add new emojis to iPhone, there are a variety of methods to move ahead with the process.

● If you are on a search of the latest collection of emojis to add to your iPhone, you can take suggestions from the editor library of the Wondershare Filmora graphic designer program.

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01 [Want an Emoji on Your iPhone? Here’s How to Do It](#Part 1)

02 [Add Emojis to iPhone Q&A](#Part 2)

Part 1 Want an Emoji on Your iPhone? Here’s How to Do It

Emojis are known to live up to their name and introduce an emotional connect to the otherwise plain text within your social media posts and conversations. Speaking in the light of the latest and currently existing communication trends, these miniature graphic elements have managed to earn a significant amount of popularity across a diverse range of communication and information sharing platforms.

Moving ahead, the credibility of emojis to uplift the fun and emotional element in personal conversations across the popular chat service programs does not need an explanation. While the most common means of such conversations are smartphones, having a convenient access to these graphic chat elements on your mobile devices becomes quite important.

Recognizing the need to have emojis at your fingertips the next time you initiate a conversation with your friends on social media or across chat applications, let us proceed with learning about some interesting ways of sorting the concern of how to add custom emojis to iPhone in what follows next:

Solutions for Adding Emojis to Your iPhone

01Using the Emoji Keyboard of a Chat Application

The IT market has launched a variety of high end chat service programs that come with a default emoji keyboard to uplift the customary text messages. You can choose to work with any of the available iPhone compatible chat service program, while conveniently accessing their emoji keyboards on your device.

Step 1: Launch the Application

To begin with addressing the concern of how to put emojis on pictures iPhone; start with browsing through the Launchpad of your iPhone and opening a preferred chat application that supports the emoji keyboard. You can start with using the ‘Messages’ or ‘Mail’ applications.

Step 2: Access the Emoji Keyboard

Tap within the text field of the chat application, followed by clicking on either of the ‘Globe’ or ‘Emoji’ icons. The ‘Emoji Keyboard’ will now pop up on the application screen of your iPhone.

Step 3: Select an Emoji

Proceed to choose a desired emoji to add within your conversation by navigating through the diverse range of available emoji themes. You can this by tapping the ‘Gray’ emoji symbols in the bottom toolbar, or making a left-right swipe to access the available choices.

To browse through the collection of emojis that you have used most frequently, tap the ‘Clock’ icon. If you are not finding the exact emoji to depict a particular expression, navigate to the ‘Search Emoji’ box under the text field and type a relevant keyword to open a customized list of emoji options.

Step 4: Play With Different Skin Tones

If you want to alter the default skin tone of a selected emoji, you can do this by tapping on and holding the same to see a display of different skin tones appear above your selection. Click on the one you like, to apply it to the selected emoji.

Step 5: Include the Emoji

When the aforesaid customizations make you happy; click on the emoji once again to include the latter within the text field of the chat service program you are working with.

02Enabling the Emoji Keyboard of Your iPhone

If you are keen towards sorting the issue of how to add emojis to photos iPhone while working with an emoji keyboard explicitly on your iPhone, you can proceed to enable the same on your device. The process is quick and easy, with no rocket science, and allows you to add emoji to picture iPhone. Here’s what you need to do:

Step 1: Launch the Settings Application

To start with settling the query of how to add emoji keyboard to iPhone, navigate to and click on the ‘Settings’ application on the welcome screen of your iPhone, followed by hitting the ‘General’ tab from the list of categories that appears next. Entering into the ‘General Settings’ interface, pick the ‘Keyboard’ option.

Step 2: Add a New Keyboard

Within the ‘Keyboard’ category of your iPhone settings, you are required to tap on the ‘Keyboards’ subcategory, followed by hitting the ‘Add New Keyboard’ option from the window that pops up next.

As you click on the aforesaid option, a series of keyboard types gets displayed on the screen. Scroll through the list to locate the ‘Emoji’ option, followed by clicking on the same to add emoji keyboard iPhone. That’s it! You can now proceed to use the keyboard to communicate across different conversation platforms.

03Adding Emojis to the Status Bar of Your iPhone

This one is a recently included feature in iOS compatible devices to sort out the issue of working with emojis on iPhones and allied device categories to answer the question of , how to add emoji to iPhone photo. As is obvious, availing the utility requires you to launch an update of your iPhone to iOS 15 or more recent versions. Make sure you adhere to the same before proceeding with the emoji inclusion process.

Without further ado, here’s how you can add the emoji elements to the status bar of your iPhone in just a few quick and simple steps:

Step 1: Launch the Settings Application

Start with heading to and clicking on the ‘Settings’ icon frame on the Launchpad of your iPhone to be greeted by the app’s welcome interface. In the list of available categories, click on the ‘Focus’ tab.

Step 2: Navigating Through the Focus Feature

As you hit the ‘Focus’ tab in the previous step, the latter’s interface pops up with a series of utility options. Instead of entering into the options, you however need to just tap the ‘Add’ button depicted by a ‘+’ icon at the top right corner of the ‘Focus’ window.

Step 3: Select an Emoji Category

Clicking on the ‘Add’ button directs you to the ‘Emoji Selection’ interface. All you need to do here is, click on the ‘Custom’ option to open the available emoji categories within the ‘Focus’ feature. Talking of the diversity of emoji options, the feature allows you to add up to 25 emoji categories to the iPhone status bar.

Ahead of the customary variations in smiley faces, you can experiment with adding more specific icons, like; paw prints, stethoscope, fork and knife, light bulb, etc. You can work with these varieties to walk through the subject of how to add emojis to photos iPhone.

Step 4: Name Your Emoji

When you are done with adding the preferred emoji icons, proceed to assign them a specific name. The added names will however, not show up on the status bar of your iPhone, but can be seen on other conversation platform and chat service applications.

If you choose to add the emoji in a specific color to your iPhone’s status bar, you can avail the feature. The color however, won’t reflect on the device’s status bar, but can be seen on the latter’s lock screen.

04Adding Emojis to iPhone Though the Google Messages Application

When aiming to set aside the concern of how to add emoji to iPhone photo, you can seek the help of third party applications. All you need to do is install and run the app on your iPhone and start your editing spree. Browsing through the IT market, you can easily land across a never ending series of third party alternatives to work with emojis on your iPhone.

Picking one from the same, here’s a detailed explanation of using the Google Messages app to include emojis on your iPhone:

Step 1: Download and Install the Application

Start with visiting the Apple App Store to download the Google Messages application in your iPhone. In case the utility already exists in your device, proceed to update the same to the most recent version.

Step 2: Set as Default

Once you are done with the download and installation formalities, proceed to launch the app in your device, followed by setting the latter as your preferred chat application.

Step 3: And…It’s Ready!

The completion of Step 2 will guide you to the Google Messages welcome screen, where you can start conversing with your friends and peers.

Step 4: Select a Contact

To begin chatting with a contact, click on the ‘Start Chat’ option, followed by selecting the contact number or name of a desired person.

Step 5: Type a Message

As you finish Step 4, the app’s chat interface appears where you can type a message within then text field and proceed to complement the same with emojis, stickers and other graphic elements. The app comes with an extensive range of emojis to select and add from. Moving ahead of the basic smileys, you can pick emojis from categories like, Food and Beverages, Travel, Nature, and many more.

Step 6: Send!

Tap the ‘Send’ button when you are done with composing the message, to let it reach the recipient. You can also forward the message to multiple contacts at the same time.

05Adding Emojis to iPhone Through the SwiftKey Keyboard

This one is another entry in list of answers regarding the query of how to add emojis to a picture on iPhone. Essentially a third party keyboard, SwiftKey works to supplement your messages with the latest and most expressive graphic elements, including emojis. The utility comes with a smart feature that predicts the type and style of emojis you will use in future conversations, in line with your current usage pattern.

The following user guide explains the step by step process to work with the SwiftKey keyboard for adding emojis to your iPhone:

Step 1: Download, Install and Launch SwiftKey

Navigate to the Apple App Store in your iPhone and proceed to download and install the SwiftKey application to the device. When you are done, launch the app and click on ‘Get Started’.

Step 2: Sign In to SwiftKey

As you launch the SwiftKey keyboard, the latter’s ‘Sign In to SwiftKey’ window pops up, requiring you to select an account for initiating the sign process of the application by clicking on either of the ‘Continue With Google’ or ‘Continue With Facebook’ options. To move ahead, follow the instructions that appear on your device screen.

Step 3: Enable the SwiftKey Keyboard

When you have chosen the sign in account, the ‘To Enable SwiftKey’ window appears to explain to you, the process of enabling the SwiftKey keyboard.

Step 4: Accessing SwiftKey Keyboard in iPhone Settings

Launch the iPhone’s ‘Settings’ application, followed by hitting the ‘General’ tab from the list of options within the latter’s opening interface.

As the ‘General’ window pops up, proceed to choose the ‘Keyboard’ option by tapping on the same.

Within the ‘Keyboard’ setting window, navigate to and click on the ‘Keyboards’ option.

Step 5: Make SwiftKey an Additional Keyboard

To work with the SwiftKey keyboard on your iPhone, you will need to add the same to your device’s list of preset keyboards. To do this, click on the ‘Add New Keyboard’ option within the list of keyboards that pops up as you complete Step 4.

A series of third party keyboards shows up in the window that appears next. Proceed to select ‘SwiftKey’ from the available keyboard choices. In case you don’t find the aforesaid keyboard among the options, double tap the ‘Home’ button on your device to exit the ‘Settings’ application.

Re-launch the ‘Settings’ app after a few moments and follow Steps 4 and 5 to make the ‘SwiftKey’ option appear within the list.

Step 6: Grant Full Access to SwiftKey

To work with the complete feature bank of the ‘SwiftKey’ application, you will have to allow the latter to fully access your iPhone. To proceed with the process, navigate to the ‘Keyboards’ window of your iPhone settings, where you can see the ‘SwiftKey’ keyboard present in the list of active keyboards of your device. Open the application’s ‘Access’ window by clocking on the keyboard name in the list.

Within the ‘SwiftKey Access’ window that appears, toggle the slider to the right side to enable the ‘Allow Full Access’ option.

As you enable the ‘Allow Full Access’ option, the ‘App Permissions’ dialog box pops up on your iPhone screen. Click on ‘Allow’ within the same to grant the required app permissions.

Step 7: Switch to the SwiftKey Keyboard

You will now be directed to the ‘Select SwiftKey’ window to change your default keyboard. Here you need to click on the ‘Globe’ icon, followed by choosing ‘SwiftKey’ from the menu that appears next.

Step 8: SwiftKey Is Ready!

As you finish Step 7, a confirmation window pops up on the iPhone screen, displaying the ‘Installation Successful’ message. If you wish to get regular updates and tips from the SwiftKey application, click on the ‘Save’ button, otherwise, navigate to the bottom right corner of the screen and click on the ‘Not Now’ option.

You can now work towards adding emojis in your chats and conversations on the iPhone, simply by typing a message in the text field of the preferred chat service program, followed by picking a suitable emoji from the diverse range of available options within the SwiftKey keyboard. Talking of additional merits, the utility allows you to introduce customizations to the keyboard in terms of supported languages, theme centered design, access compatibility and settings.

Part 2 Add Emojis to iPhone Q&A

01Why does the emoji utility not show up on an iPhone?

In case you find difficulty in accessing emojis on your iPhone, or the latter does not appear within your communication centered utilities of the device, consider checking the settings of the iPhone to make sure that the feature has been added as well as enabled. If not so, proceed to enable the same in the ‘Settings’ interface itself.

02What is the procedure to download an additional set of emojis to an iPhone?

If you want to spark up your iPhone’s emoji library with an extra set of the latest emojis, the only method that would cater to the concern of how to add more emoji to iPhone is taking the help of third party applications. As an affordable pick, you can rely on the Messages App Store in your iPhone to avail a decent rage of third party emoji packages, both free and paid.

03How can the hidden emoji keyboard be accessed?

In your iPhone settings, open the ‘General’ category, followed by selecting the ‘ Keyboard’ option. Entering in, choose the ‘Keyboards’ subcategory and tap on ‘Add New Keyboard’. From the list of options that drops down, select ‘Japanese’, followed by ‘Kana’. As you proceed to type a message the next time, click on the ‘Globe’ icon at the bottom-left corner of the app screen to toggle between keyboard options.

04How can the hidden emojis on an iPhone be unlocked?

To unlock a hidden emoji, navigate to the ‘Apple Messages’ app in your iPhone and launch the iMessage application. Next, open a conversation thread and enter any emoji in the chat’s text field. Now, press and hold the ‘Send’ button to open a hidden emoji page that lets you choose and add these elements to your text message.

05What is the best software to look for free emojis?

If you are willing to sort out the concern of accessing the best inventory of latest emojis, you can traverse the editor library of the Wondershare Filmora Video Editor graphic designer program. Divided into a hoard of specific categories, the software is known to house the most elaborative variety of emoji elements that undergo a periodic update that can help you to sort the query of how to add emojis to pictures on iPhone.

Try It Free

For Win 7 or later (64-bit)

Try It Free

For macOS 10.12 or later

● Ending Thoughts →

● Including emojis in your social media and chat service conversations works to add an emotional connect to your otherwise normal text messages.

● When looking forward to work towards the constraint of how to add new emojis to iPhone, there are a variety of methods to move ahead with the process.

● If you are on a search of the latest collection of emojis to add to your iPhone, you can take suggestions from the editor library of the Wondershare Filmora graphic designer program.

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We have always had one reason or the other to hire voiceover artistes. This could be for the purpose of storytelling and narration, advertisement and so on. As beautiful and reliable as that is in executing our tasks, many seem to consider it a waste of resources in terms of funds, energy and time. This is one of the reasons why the innovation of text-to-speech was established. It comes in handy when we do not need voiceover artistes as it serves as a perfect substitute.

Text-to-speech, which is also known as TTS, is a type of supportive technology that assists in reading digital text aloud. It’s sometimes called “read aloud” technology. The benefit of this technology cannot be overemphasised as it has gained a wide reach and global use across many devices such as computers and smartphones of different brands. With the help of softwares for computers (Windows and Mac), applications for smartphones (Android, iPhone, iPad) as well as online platforms, text-to-speech has been made possible and easy as technology keeps evolving.

Today, content creators are grateful for this life-saving innovation as it has dispelled the thoughts of having to do voiceovers themselves (which could be difficult for many). As such, this article comes in handy as it seeks to discuss ten applications or softwares and online platforms for TTS.

BALABOLKA

Balabolka is a Russian word; it can be translated as “chatterer” in English. It’s a Text-To-Speech (TTS) program that reads converts every written piece to audio. This program will install voices on your computer in different languages and deliver the lines in natural sounding voices. It really does a nice job of converting any text to speech. This software also helps with reading books aloud. In the case of reading a book, it can be converted to an audiobook by just copying and pasting it on the software while you select the voice and make necessary adjustments such as changing the range, pitch and volume control.

FEATURES

• Balabolka lets you customise fonts to your taste; this includes change of colour, background and font size and style.
• The program can extract content from documents, and it supports text file formats such as AZW, AZW3, CHM, DjVu, DOC, DOCX, EML, EPUB, FB2, FB3, HTML, LIT, MD, MOBI, ODP, ODS, ODT, PDB, PRC, PDF, PPT, PPTX, RTF, TCR, WPD, XLS, XLSX.
• The software effortlessly converts texts to audio. Also, you can decide to save your audio in several file formats such as MP3, WAV, MPEG4 for free.
• Another good feature is that it echoes letters or words that you add in settings. More so, you can make Balabolka to pause between sentences.
• The spell check built-in operating system is functional in Balabolka. This feature is available in Windows beginning from Windows 8.

SUPPORT SYSTEM: WINDOWS

AVAILABLE LANGUAGES

English, Arabic, Czech, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese.

PROS

• Audio can be changed and designed to your taste. Also, the part of the text you wish to begin from can be selected.
• Balabolka boasts of quality and flexibility, which is amazing for a free text-to-speech software. It has multiple voice options, file formats, and more!
• For starters or inexperienced users, Balabolka is straightforward in terms of installation as it takes seconds to have it on Windows PC. Also, no technical skill is needed to initiate the process.
• Balabolka comes with a timer, which provides you with more flexibility while listening to recordings. Since the program can be controlled with keyboard shortcuts, it helps save a good amount of time that you’d have spent trying to find your way through the interface.
• It has bookmarking tools that let you jump to a specific part of a text. This feature is useful when you are searching for a particular word in the text that is difficult to find especially in a bulky text. This could be for the purpose of editing or proofreading, or for picking up the audio from your place of choice.

CONS

• The voice available in the software is somewhat robotic and reads devoid of expression.
• It does not have an Android version.
• There are limited languages, which strikes the need for update in that respect.
• It lags sometimes as the workload involves colour grading, correction and others.

PANOPRETER

Panopreter is a text-to-speech and text-to-mp3 software program that reads text aloud with natural sounding voices, and converts the text to audio files in WAV, MP3, OGG and flac formats. In a nutshell, you can listen to your own writing without reading it out loud to yourself.

FEATURES

• You can turn the web into an audiobook using Panopreter. If you can copy and paste it, it is certainly possible to listen to it. This includes having a toolbar for Internet Explorer where reading on the web page is made easy. This does not leave Word document and other formats behind.
• The reading speed can be adjusted. Here, you’re given full control in deciding how fast or slow you want the reading to play out.
• Panopreter supports a wide variety of languages and voices to suit your taste as it opens you to multiple choices to choose from to make your user experience worth it.
• Files can be converted in batches. This will save time, rather than having to convert files one after the other. With Panopreter, more can be done in little time.
• Panopreter allows users to customize interface layout, font, text size, text color, highlight color, and background colour.

SUPPORT SYSTEM: WINDOWS

PROS

• It helps to highlight the word or sentence that is being read.
• Dictates in many languages and voices.
• It supports batch file conversion supported.
• It gives you a full command on the pitch, volume and speed
• It has keyboard shortcut keys.
• Music accompanies the end of the text reading.
• The inculcation of Internet Explorer and Microsoft Word is a great feature that every other TTS software needs to have; Panopreter has made this advantageous.

CONS

• It does not have a mobile version.
• It is limited to Windows.

ZABAWARE

Zabaware Text-to-Speech Reader is a software that that makes it possible for your written documents to be read aloud. This program is unique as it makes reading and voiceovers efficient. It will save energy, time and resources especially when you’re considering spending lots of money to hire a voiceover artist for your content creation.

FEATURES

• The Zabaware Text-to-Speech Reader is more like a twin of the Windows program WordPad in that it opens any text file (.txt) or rich text file (.rtf). This program can be used to edit, format, and save text files. You can change font type, size, alignment and color using the controls in the toolbar and menu bar.
• Zabaware is capable of reading aloud any text you have copied to the Text-to-Speech Reader.
• The software can also convert text files to WAV format.
• The clipboard function of the Zabaware Text-to-Speech Reader automatically monitors your

Clipboard for text changes. Every time you copy some text into the clipboard, this program will automatically read it out loud. This can be great for reading internet pages out loud and email messages.

SUPPORT SYSTEM: WINDOWS

PROS

• It helps to place validity on the work you engage.
• Speech error detection is easy by listening to the audio that is being rendered.
• Both male and female voices are available. It also offers the option of listening directly from the window instead of copying and pasting the content on the program.

CONS

• It is available only on Windows.
• It runs for free, but you won’t get the benefits such as better voices, more natural speech and realistic sounds advertised until you purchase the premium version.
• The voiceover gets activated even when it’s not needed. This causes disturbances while working
• The formats it supports are very limited.
• The voice selection is limited.
• It has no merge feature: You can’t merge multiple audio files to make one big audio file. You have to use your own computer.
• It has a poor storage organisation.
• It has only 3000 Characters per voiceover.
• You can’t use multiple voiceovers in a single script.

NOTEVIBES

NoteVibes is an online text to speech application and software that provides both free and paid options for users. It allows you convert your text to natural sounding voices with free MP3 download. In the free version, you have 5000 characters available for testing its functionality. This is good for personal use in working on small projects as it makes it possible for you to hear multiple sentences at once. Notevibes has over 18 languages and 177 unique voices; you won’t have a hard time reading your text due to its natural sounding voices.

FEATURES

• It has 17 languages and 177 voices.
• You can easily add a Background Music.
• It has a DJ voice creation feature.
• You can add pauses, pitch and change the speed of your audio along with emphasis and voice control.

SUPPORT SYSTEM: WINDOWS, ANDROID

PROS

• Its editor is very advanced, and the user has luxury of control over so many things.
• A specific portion of the script can be emphasised; the volume can also be controlled alongside rate and pitch for the specific parts as well. Only few text-to-speech softwares have this feature. This one feature therefore makes it stand out from others. Its voice quality is no different from others.
• Notevibes also lets you make dialogue videos where you can use more than one voice to create a voiceover. Your narration then sounds more creative and captivating when this feature well utilised. There are total 201 voices available in NoteVibes.

CONS

• It has issues with speed, and also produces a highly concentrated robotic sound. Coming along these is its very expensive commercial options. Notevibes can also not read from PDF and docs.
• There is no preview in NoteVibes; you can’t listen to the voice preview of the script; rather, the voiceover has to be generated to listen and to know how a speaker sounds.
• Demos are unavailable. On the homepage, demo can be found and played, but while generating voiceovers, no demo will be found.
• It has no merge feature: You can’t combine multiple audio files to make it one. Almost all major text-to-speech tools have a merge feature, but, Notevibes lags in this respect.
• Voiceover & Editor Page is different. There is one specific page for generating the voiceover and one page for downloading audio files. Switching between both of them will consume time. If you have a big project, switching between both pages will be tiring.
• No Project-Based Structure: This is another feature that you need when you have big project. Keep multiple files in one place can create a mess. You can’t create any project inside Notevibes. This is a very immature structure.

LANGUAGES SUPPORTED

English (us, UK, AU, IN), Spanish, German, Spanish, Dutch, French, Italian, Norwegian, Japanese, Danish, Swedish, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Hindi, Vietnamese, Korean, Indonesian, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese.

MAC OS TTS

Mac OS X is a built-in text-to-speech software for Mac. This can be used to read your written content aloud anywhere on your computer from Notes app and other formats. This means it has the ability to dictate to you what you have written in order to bring your writing to life. This could come in form of an audiobook, trailer, ads, videogames, tutorials and many more. It has a ton of voices and languages to select from alongside different accents in English language.

FEATURES

• A lot of languages are included other than English and there are a lot of voices to choose along with languages. Although some voices are very robotic, there is a few which aren’t and sound more like a human.
• Text-to-speech on Mac also supports converting your text into audio files.

PROS

• A lot of voice options are available for you to play around to get familiar with.
• Texts can be easily converted to iTunes track.

CONS

• It does not have Pause/Play option.
• For all the words to be read, they have to be selected manually.
• The software is very basic and does not have the feature of picking up or continuing from where it stopped reading like other TTS softwares have.

TTS MP3.com

It is an online software which is very easy to use. TTS MP3 Which converts your text to the English language. It has a variety of preset voices and languages which are related to different countries. This gives you flexibility as it concerns your language choice. The software is user friendly. You can easily gain access to it by visiting www.TTSMP3.com , and it’s free.

SUPPORT SYSTEM: ONLINE

FEATURES

• With TTSMP3.com, you can easily convert text to audio, change speech and pitch, or even whisper.
• A lot of languages are available for you to explore.

PROS

• It supports both Hindi and English languages.

CONS

• The software does not support formats such as DOC, TXT, FB2, DOCX, PDF, RTF, and HTML.

READ ALOUD

Read Aloud is not exactly a stand-alone Mac software but instead, a Chrome extension which might be appealing to some people. When we put to heart how articles and posts are read on the internet every day, Read Aloud had to be devised to come in handy in making reading easier and less stressful. It is completely free and once it is installed, its icon will be displayed in the extension bar which can now be use to read any webpage or any article found online just by a single click. When it is in use, you get a play/pause button alongside a forward or rewind button which can be useful in advancing or backtracking paragraphs. Considering the fact that it is free to use, the voice options are really good and sound very natural.

FEATURES

• It can extract texts online to convert them into audio files.
• It possesses an exceptional feature of backtracking paragraphs.
• It helps you listen to audio files at your own pace, speed in natural sounding voices and different accents. Text typed in the app and text extracted from any photo uploaded is converted to an audio file.

PROS

• It has a great natural voice.
• It is completely secure as it ensures confidentiality. This is useful for people who would love to keep their data private.
• It helps people with social needs to listen to any text in different languages. This is very useful for those who are limited in language varieties.

CONS

• It can work only on Chrome.

SPEAK4ME

As its name implies, Speak4me literally speaks for you! Like other TTS softwares and apps, Speak4Me works as an instrument of text conversion into audio. One advantage this application has is that it can enhance multitasking. When you have to read and make tea or coffee, or cook at the same time, you don’t have to move around with the text material; all you have to do is to allow Speak4me to do what it was made to do. This is therefore a software to consider in turning your writing to speaking without much stress. With amazing features like changing the rate and pitch of the voice alongside volume control and an array of voices to choose from which comes with a variety of languages, it affords you flexibility regarding your choice of usage. It also allows you to share your audio on the social media, and you can decide to save them locally for later use.

SUPPORT SYSTEM: iPHONE, iPAD

FEATURES

• With Speak4Me, you can easily navigate the control speech generator volume, pitch and rate of speech.
• It filters all the PDFs easily; it highlights the text as you go along too.
• It has a fully customizable reading experience: Adjustment font size, font and background colours, alignment, line spacing to best suit your preference and much more is available on the software.
• Speak4Me can speak PDF in languages such as English and Hindi.

PROS

• It comes with a Night Mode functionality to facilitate a comfortable reading in dark environments.
• The software has smooth navigation, auto scroll and can search for words to jump to a point in your text. This feature comes in handy especially when you have a bulky text to work on.
• With Speak4Me, your eyes are guarded from smartphone light rays.

CONS

• The languages are limited.
• If your device does not have a TTS engine of that language, speaking will not be supported.

NATURAL READER

Natural Reader is a text-to-speech app that covers your text, webpages, eBooks, and webpages aloud to you with quality and natural-sounding voices. NaturalReader is a useful tool for those who have dyslexia and other reading difficulties. 50 voices in over 20 languages are therefore available for you to open up your ears to.

FEATURES

• Adjustment of speaker’s speed: This feature enables you to adjust the speed of a selected speaker. This gives you control on how slow or fast you want the speech to be rendered.
• It is able to read email attachments; it also grants access to Dropbox, Google Drive or One Drive.

PROS

• The pronunciation editor gives you control on how you want certain words to be pronounced. This way, you can fine-tune the pronunciation of new or unusual words, or improve the readability of acronyms.

CONS

• Access can only be gained to additional features when you upgrade to the pro version.
• The application crashes lags a bit when there is too much text pasted for the application to process.
• It sometimes skips lines.
• Its sound becomes unpleasant when volume is too high.

NARRATOR’S VOICE

This application helps convert text to speech with a wide variety of voices in many languages. Narrator’s Voice app lets you create and share amusing messages using a narrator’s voice of your choice with a wide range of languages and reliable, pleasant sound voices. The end result is a customised narration of your original message, which you can share as desired. Videos are one of the hottest projects for Narrator’s Voice, letting the narrator explain or comment on whatever is happening on the screen. In fact, many people have been using the Narrator’s Voice app to add audio to their YouTube and TikTok videos, giving them a distinct voice that enhances the overall video’s vibe.

FEATURES SUPPORT SYSTEM: iPHONE, iPAD AND WINDOWS

• It executes your tasks with voices alongside effects in many languages.
• New voices have been added, which makes it +380 voices in total.
• It has waveform graphics for your to monitor the height and depth of the sound of your audio.

PROS

• Theme can be changed to Dark or Light.
• It has the ability to turn images to text.

CONS

• Too many ads roll out in the free version.
• The sound and vocal is not loud enough.

Technology has always been in the business of amazing man with its extraordinary abilities. The brain of man has a role to play in this awe as these inventions are not without man’s input. As such, daily improvements are ensured to build upon the existing technology - the computer system.

We have always had one reason or the other to hire voiceover artistes. This could be for the purpose of storytelling and narration, advertisement and so on. As beautiful and reliable as that is in executing our tasks, many seem to consider it a waste of resources in terms of funds, energy and time. This is one of the reasons why the innovation of text-to-speech was established. It comes in handy when we do not need voiceover artistes as it serves as a perfect substitute.

Text-to-speech, which is also known as TTS, is a type of supportive technology that assists in reading digital text aloud. It’s sometimes called “read aloud” technology. The benefit of this technology cannot be overemphasised as it has gained a wide reach and global use across many devices such as computers and smartphones of different brands. With the help of softwares for computers (Windows and Mac), applications for smartphones (Android, iPhone, iPad) as well as online platforms, text-to-speech has been made possible and easy as technology keeps evolving.

Today, content creators are grateful for this life-saving innovation as it has dispelled the thoughts of having to do voiceovers themselves (which could be difficult for many). As such, this article comes in handy as it seeks to discuss ten applications or softwares and online platforms for TTS.

BALABOLKA

Balabolka is a Russian word; it can be translated as “chatterer” in English. It’s a Text-To-Speech (TTS) program that reads converts every written piece to audio. This program will install voices on your computer in different languages and deliver the lines in natural sounding voices. It really does a nice job of converting any text to speech. This software also helps with reading books aloud. In the case of reading a book, it can be converted to an audiobook by just copying and pasting it on the software while you select the voice and make necessary adjustments such as changing the range, pitch and volume control.

FEATURES

• Balabolka lets you customise fonts to your taste; this includes change of colour, background and font size and style.
• The program can extract content from documents, and it supports text file formats such as AZW, AZW3, CHM, DjVu, DOC, DOCX, EML, EPUB, FB2, FB3, HTML, LIT, MD, MOBI, ODP, ODS, ODT, PDB, PRC, PDF, PPT, PPTX, RTF, TCR, WPD, XLS, XLSX.
• The software effortlessly converts texts to audio. Also, you can decide to save your audio in several file formats such as MP3, WAV, MPEG4 for free.
• Another good feature is that it echoes letters or words that you add in settings. More so, you can make Balabolka to pause between sentences.
• The spell check built-in operating system is functional in Balabolka. This feature is available in Windows beginning from Windows 8.

SUPPORT SYSTEM: WINDOWS

AVAILABLE LANGUAGES

English, Arabic, Czech, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese.

PROS

• Audio can be changed and designed to your taste. Also, the part of the text you wish to begin from can be selected.
• Balabolka boasts of quality and flexibility, which is amazing for a free text-to-speech software. It has multiple voice options, file formats, and more!
• For starters or inexperienced users, Balabolka is straightforward in terms of installation as it takes seconds to have it on Windows PC. Also, no technical skill is needed to initiate the process.
• Balabolka comes with a timer, which provides you with more flexibility while listening to recordings. Since the program can be controlled with keyboard shortcuts, it helps save a good amount of time that you’d have spent trying to find your way through the interface.
• It has bookmarking tools that let you jump to a specific part of a text. This feature is useful when you are searching for a particular word in the text that is difficult to find especially in a bulky text. This could be for the purpose of editing or proofreading, or for picking up the audio from your place of choice.

CONS

• The voice available in the software is somewhat robotic and reads devoid of expression.
• It does not have an Android version.
• There are limited languages, which strikes the need for update in that respect.
• It lags sometimes as the workload involves colour grading, correction and others.

PANOPRETER

Panopreter is a text-to-speech and text-to-mp3 software program that reads text aloud with natural sounding voices, and converts the text to audio files in WAV, MP3, OGG and flac formats. In a nutshell, you can listen to your own writing without reading it out loud to yourself.

FEATURES

• You can turn the web into an audiobook using Panopreter. If you can copy and paste it, it is certainly possible to listen to it. This includes having a toolbar for Internet Explorer where reading on the web page is made easy. This does not leave Word document and other formats behind.
• The reading speed can be adjusted. Here, you’re given full control in deciding how fast or slow you want the reading to play out.
• Panopreter supports a wide variety of languages and voices to suit your taste as it opens you to multiple choices to choose from to make your user experience worth it.
• Files can be converted in batches. This will save time, rather than having to convert files one after the other. With Panopreter, more can be done in little time.
• Panopreter allows users to customize interface layout, font, text size, text color, highlight color, and background colour.

SUPPORT SYSTEM: WINDOWS

PROS

• It helps to highlight the word or sentence that is being read.
• Dictates in many languages and voices.
• It supports batch file conversion supported.
• It gives you a full command on the pitch, volume and speed
• It has keyboard shortcut keys.
• Music accompanies the end of the text reading.
• The inculcation of Internet Explorer and Microsoft Word is a great feature that every other TTS software needs to have; Panopreter has made this advantageous.

CONS

• It does not have a mobile version.
• It is limited to Windows.

ZABAWARE

Zabaware Text-to-Speech Reader is a software that that makes it possible for your written documents to be read aloud. This program is unique as it makes reading and voiceovers efficient. It will save energy, time and resources especially when you’re considering spending lots of money to hire a voiceover artist for your content creation.

FEATURES

• The Zabaware Text-to-Speech Reader is more like a twin of the Windows program WordPad in that it opens any text file (.txt) or rich text file (.rtf). This program can be used to edit, format, and save text files. You can change font type, size, alignment and color using the controls in the toolbar and menu bar.
• Zabaware is capable of reading aloud any text you have copied to the Text-to-Speech Reader.
• The software can also convert text files to WAV format.
• The clipboard function of the Zabaware Text-to-Speech Reader automatically monitors your

Clipboard for text changes. Every time you copy some text into the clipboard, this program will automatically read it out loud. This can be great for reading internet pages out loud and email messages.

SUPPORT SYSTEM: WINDOWS

PROS

• It helps to place validity on the work you engage.
• Speech error detection is easy by listening to the audio that is being rendered.
• Both male and female voices are available. It also offers the option of listening directly from the window instead of copying and pasting the content on the program.

CONS

• It is available only on Windows.
• It runs for free, but you won’t get the benefits such as better voices, more natural speech and realistic sounds advertised until you purchase the premium version.
• The voiceover gets activated even when it’s not needed. This causes disturbances while working
• The formats it supports are very limited.
• The voice selection is limited.
• It has no merge feature: You can’t merge multiple audio files to make one big audio file. You have to use your own computer.
• It has a poor storage organisation.
• It has only 3000 Characters per voiceover.
• You can’t use multiple voiceovers in a single script.

NOTEVIBES

NoteVibes is an online text to speech application and software that provides both free and paid options for users. It allows you convert your text to natural sounding voices with free MP3 download. In the free version, you have 5000 characters available for testing its functionality. This is good for personal use in working on small projects as it makes it possible for you to hear multiple sentences at once. Notevibes has over 18 languages and 177 unique voices; you won’t have a hard time reading your text due to its natural sounding voices.

FEATURES

• It has 17 languages and 177 voices.
• You can easily add a Background Music.
• It has a DJ voice creation feature.
• You can add pauses, pitch and change the speed of your audio along with emphasis and voice control.

SUPPORT SYSTEM: WINDOWS, ANDROID

PROS

• Its editor is very advanced, and the user has luxury of control over so many things.
• A specific portion of the script can be emphasised; the volume can also be controlled alongside rate and pitch for the specific parts as well. Only few text-to-speech softwares have this feature. This one feature therefore makes it stand out from others. Its voice quality is no different from others.
• Notevibes also lets you make dialogue videos where you can use more than one voice to create a voiceover. Your narration then sounds more creative and captivating when this feature well utilised. There are total 201 voices available in NoteVibes.

CONS

• It has issues with speed, and also produces a highly concentrated robotic sound. Coming along these is its very expensive commercial options. Notevibes can also not read from PDF and docs.
• There is no preview in NoteVibes; you can’t listen to the voice preview of the script; rather, the voiceover has to be generated to listen and to know how a speaker sounds.
• Demos are unavailable. On the homepage, demo can be found and played, but while generating voiceovers, no demo will be found.
• It has no merge feature: You can’t combine multiple audio files to make it one. Almost all major text-to-speech tools have a merge feature, but, Notevibes lags in this respect.
• Voiceover & Editor Page is different. There is one specific page for generating the voiceover and one page for downloading audio files. Switching between both of them will consume time. If you have a big project, switching between both pages will be tiring.
• No Project-Based Structure: This is another feature that you need when you have big project. Keep multiple files in one place can create a mess. You can’t create any project inside Notevibes. This is a very immature structure.

LANGUAGES SUPPORTED

English (us, UK, AU, IN), Spanish, German, Spanish, Dutch, French, Italian, Norwegian, Japanese, Danish, Swedish, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Hindi, Vietnamese, Korean, Indonesian, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese.

MAC OS TTS

Mac OS X is a built-in text-to-speech software for Mac. This can be used to read your written content aloud anywhere on your computer from Notes app and other formats. This means it has the ability to dictate to you what you have written in order to bring your writing to life. This could come in form of an audiobook, trailer, ads, videogames, tutorials and many more. It has a ton of voices and languages to select from alongside different accents in English language.

FEATURES

• A lot of languages are included other than English and there are a lot of voices to choose along with languages. Although some voices are very robotic, there is a few which aren’t and sound more like a human.
• Text-to-speech on Mac also supports converting your text into audio files.

PROS

• A lot of voice options are available for you to play around to get familiar with.
• Texts can be easily converted to iTunes track.

CONS

• It does not have Pause/Play option.
• For all the words to be read, they have to be selected manually.
• The software is very basic and does not have the feature of picking up or continuing from where it stopped reading like other TTS softwares have.

TTS MP3.com

It is an online software which is very easy to use. TTS MP3 Which converts your text to the English language. It has a variety of preset voices and languages which are related to different countries. This gives you flexibility as it concerns your language choice. The software is user friendly. You can easily gain access to it by visiting www.TTSMP3.com , and it’s free.

SUPPORT SYSTEM: ONLINE

FEATURES

• With TTSMP3.com, you can easily convert text to audio, change speech and pitch, or even whisper.
• A lot of languages are available for you to explore.

PROS

• It supports both Hindi and English languages.

CONS

• The software does not support formats such as DOC, TXT, FB2, DOCX, PDF, RTF, and HTML.

READ ALOUD

Read Aloud is not exactly a stand-alone Mac software but instead, a Chrome extension which might be appealing to some people. When we put to heart how articles and posts are read on the internet every day, Read Aloud had to be devised to come in handy in making reading easier and less stressful. It is completely free and once it is installed, its icon will be displayed in the extension bar which can now be use to read any webpage or any article found online just by a single click. When it is in use, you get a play/pause button alongside a forward or rewind button which can be useful in advancing or backtracking paragraphs. Considering the fact that it is free to use, the voice options are really good and sound very natural.

FEATURES

• It can extract texts online to convert them into audio files.
• It possesses an exceptional feature of backtracking paragraphs.
• It helps you listen to audio files at your own pace, speed in natural sounding voices and different accents. Text typed in the app and text extracted from any photo uploaded is converted to an audio file.

PROS

• It has a great natural voice.
• It is completely secure as it ensures confidentiality. This is useful for people who would love to keep their data private.
• It helps people with social needs to listen to any text in different languages. This is very useful for those who are limited in language varieties.

CONS

• It can work only on Chrome.

SPEAK4ME

As its name implies, Speak4me literally speaks for you! Like other TTS softwares and apps, Speak4Me works as an instrument of text conversion into audio. One advantage this application has is that it can enhance multitasking. When you have to read and make tea or coffee, or cook at the same time, you don’t have to move around with the text material; all you have to do is to allow Speak4me to do what it was made to do. This is therefore a software to consider in turning your writing to speaking without much stress. With amazing features like changing the rate and pitch of the voice alongside volume control and an array of voices to choose from which comes with a variety of languages, it affords you flexibility regarding your choice of usage. It also allows you to share your audio on the social media, and you can decide to save them locally for later use.

SUPPORT SYSTEM: iPHONE, iPAD

FEATURES

• With Speak4Me, you can easily navigate the control speech generator volume, pitch and rate of speech.
• It filters all the PDFs easily; it highlights the text as you go along too.
• It has a fully customizable reading experience: Adjustment font size, font and background colours, alignment, line spacing to best suit your preference and much more is available on the software.
• Speak4Me can speak PDF in languages such as English and Hindi.

PROS

• It comes with a Night Mode functionality to facilitate a comfortable reading in dark environments.
• The software has smooth navigation, auto scroll and can search for words to jump to a point in your text. This feature comes in handy especially when you have a bulky text to work on.
• With Speak4Me, your eyes are guarded from smartphone light rays.

CONS

• The languages are limited.
• If your device does not have a TTS engine of that language, speaking will not be supported.

NATURAL READER

Natural Reader is a text-to-speech app that covers your text, webpages, eBooks, and webpages aloud to you with quality and natural-sounding voices. NaturalReader is a useful tool for those who have dyslexia and other reading difficulties. 50 voices in over 20 languages are therefore available for you to open up your ears to.

FEATURES

• Adjustment of speaker’s speed: This feature enables you to adjust the speed of a selected speaker. This gives you control on how slow or fast you want the speech to be rendered.
• It is able to read email attachments; it also grants access to Dropbox, Google Drive or One Drive.

PROS

• The pronunciation editor gives you control on how you want certain words to be pronounced. This way, you can fine-tune the pronunciation of new or unusual words, or improve the readability of acronyms.

CONS

• Access can only be gained to additional features when you upgrade to the pro version.
• The application crashes lags a bit when there is too much text pasted for the application to process.
• It sometimes skips lines.
• Its sound becomes unpleasant when volume is too high.

NARRATOR’S VOICE

This application helps convert text to speech with a wide variety of voices in many languages. Narrator’s Voice app lets you create and share amusing messages using a narrator’s voice of your choice with a wide range of languages and reliable, pleasant sound voices. The end result is a customised narration of your original message, which you can share as desired. Videos are one of the hottest projects for Narrator’s Voice, letting the narrator explain or comment on whatever is happening on the screen. In fact, many people have been using the Narrator’s Voice app to add audio to their YouTube and TikTok videos, giving them a distinct voice that enhances the overall video’s vibe.

FEATURES SUPPORT SYSTEM: iPHONE, iPAD AND WINDOWS

• It executes your tasks with voices alongside effects in many languages.
• New voices have been added, which makes it +380 voices in total.
• It has waveform graphics for your to monitor the height and depth of the sound of your audio.

PROS

• Theme can be changed to Dark or Light.
• It has the ability to turn images to text.

CONS

• Too many ads roll out in the free version.
• The sound and vocal is not loud enough.

Technology has always been in the business of amazing man with its extraordinary abilities. The brain of man has a role to play in this awe as these inventions are not without man’s input. As such, daily improvements are ensured to build upon the existing technology - the computer system.

We have always had one reason or the other to hire voiceover artistes. This could be for the purpose of storytelling and narration, advertisement and so on. As beautiful and reliable as that is in executing our tasks, many seem to consider it a waste of resources in terms of funds, energy and time. This is one of the reasons why the innovation of text-to-speech was established. It comes in handy when we do not need voiceover artistes as it serves as a perfect substitute.

Text-to-speech, which is also known as TTS, is a type of supportive technology that assists in reading digital text aloud. It’s sometimes called “read aloud” technology. The benefit of this technology cannot be overemphasised as it has gained a wide reach and global use across many devices such as computers and smartphones of different brands. With the help of softwares for computers (Windows and Mac), applications for smartphones (Android, iPhone, iPad) as well as online platforms, text-to-speech has been made possible and easy as technology keeps evolving.

Today, content creators are grateful for this life-saving innovation as it has dispelled the thoughts of having to do voiceovers themselves (which could be difficult for many). As such, this article comes in handy as it seeks to discuss ten applications or softwares and online platforms for TTS.

BALABOLKA

Balabolka is a Russian word; it can be translated as “chatterer” in English. It’s a Text-To-Speech (TTS) program that reads converts every written piece to audio. This program will install voices on your computer in different languages and deliver the lines in natural sounding voices. It really does a nice job of converting any text to speech. This software also helps with reading books aloud. In the case of reading a book, it can be converted to an audiobook by just copying and pasting it on the software while you select the voice and make necessary adjustments such as changing the range, pitch and volume control.

FEATURES

• Balabolka lets you customise fonts to your taste; this includes change of colour, background and font size and style.
• The program can extract content from documents, and it supports text file formats such as AZW, AZW3, CHM, DjVu, DOC, DOCX, EML, EPUB, FB2, FB3, HTML, LIT, MD, MOBI, ODP, ODS, ODT, PDB, PRC, PDF, PPT, PPTX, RTF, TCR, WPD, XLS, XLSX.
• The software effortlessly converts texts to audio. Also, you can decide to save your audio in several file formats such as MP3, WAV, MPEG4 for free.
• Another good feature is that it echoes letters or words that you add in settings. More so, you can make Balabolka to pause between sentences.
• The spell check built-in operating system is functional in Balabolka. This feature is available in Windows beginning from Windows 8.

SUPPORT SYSTEM: WINDOWS

AVAILABLE LANGUAGES

English, Arabic, Czech, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese.

PROS

• Audio can be changed and designed to your taste. Also, the part of the text you wish to begin from can be selected.
• Balabolka boasts of quality and flexibility, which is amazing for a free text-to-speech software. It has multiple voice options, file formats, and more!
• For starters or inexperienced users, Balabolka is straightforward in terms of installation as it takes seconds to have it on Windows PC. Also, no technical skill is needed to initiate the process.
• Balabolka comes with a timer, which provides you with more flexibility while listening to recordings. Since the program can be controlled with keyboard shortcuts, it helps save a good amount of time that you’d have spent trying to find your way through the interface.
• It has bookmarking tools that let you jump to a specific part of a text. This feature is useful when you are searching for a particular word in the text that is difficult to find especially in a bulky text. This could be for the purpose of editing or proofreading, or for picking up the audio from your place of choice.

CONS

• The voice available in the software is somewhat robotic and reads devoid of expression.
• It does not have an Android version.
• There are limited languages, which strikes the need for update in that respect.
• It lags sometimes as the workload involves colour grading, correction and others.

PANOPRETER

Panopreter is a text-to-speech and text-to-mp3 software program that reads text aloud with natural sounding voices, and converts the text to audio files in WAV, MP3, OGG and flac formats. In a nutshell, you can listen to your own writing without reading it out loud to yourself.

FEATURES

• You can turn the web into an audiobook using Panopreter. If you can copy and paste it, it is certainly possible to listen to it. This includes having a toolbar for Internet Explorer where reading on the web page is made easy. This does not leave Word document and other formats behind.
• The reading speed can be adjusted. Here, you’re given full control in deciding how fast or slow you want the reading to play out.
• Panopreter supports a wide variety of languages and voices to suit your taste as it opens you to multiple choices to choose from to make your user experience worth it.
• Files can be converted in batches. This will save time, rather than having to convert files one after the other. With Panopreter, more can be done in little time.
• Panopreter allows users to customize interface layout, font, text size, text color, highlight color, and background colour.

SUPPORT SYSTEM: WINDOWS

PROS

• It helps to highlight the word or sentence that is being read.
• Dictates in many languages and voices.
• It supports batch file conversion supported.
• It gives you a full command on the pitch, volume and speed
• It has keyboard shortcut keys.
• Music accompanies the end of the text reading.
• The inculcation of Internet Explorer and Microsoft Word is a great feature that every other TTS software needs to have; Panopreter has made this advantageous.

CONS

• It does not have a mobile version.
• It is limited to Windows.

ZABAWARE

Zabaware Text-to-Speech Reader is a software that that makes it possible for your written documents to be read aloud. This program is unique as it makes reading and voiceovers efficient. It will save energy, time and resources especially when you’re considering spending lots of money to hire a voiceover artist for your content creation.

FEATURES

• The Zabaware Text-to-Speech Reader is more like a twin of the Windows program WordPad in that it opens any text file (.txt) or rich text file (.rtf). This program can be used to edit, format, and save text files. You can change font type, size, alignment and color using the controls in the toolbar and menu bar.
• Zabaware is capable of reading aloud any text you have copied to the Text-to-Speech Reader.
• The software can also convert text files to WAV format.
• The clipboard function of the Zabaware Text-to-Speech Reader automatically monitors your

Clipboard for text changes. Every time you copy some text into the clipboard, this program will automatically read it out loud. This can be great for reading internet pages out loud and email messages.

SUPPORT SYSTEM: WINDOWS

PROS

• It helps to place validity on the work you engage.
• Speech error detection is easy by listening to the audio that is being rendered.
• Both male and female voices are available. It also offers the option of listening directly from the window instead of copying and pasting the content on the program.

CONS

• It is available only on Windows.
• It runs for free, but you won’t get the benefits such as better voices, more natural speech and realistic sounds advertised until you purchase the premium version.
• The voiceover gets activated even when it’s not needed. This causes disturbances while working
• The formats it supports are very limited.
• The voice selection is limited.
• It has no merge feature: You can’t merge multiple audio files to make one big audio file. You have to use your own computer.
• It has a poor storage organisation.
• It has only 3000 Characters per voiceover.
• You can’t use multiple voiceovers in a single script.

NOTEVIBES

NoteVibes is an online text to speech application and software that provides both free and paid options for users. It allows you convert your text to natural sounding voices with free MP3 download. In the free version, you have 5000 characters available for testing its functionality. This is good for personal use in working on small projects as it makes it possible for you to hear multiple sentences at once. Notevibes has over 18 languages and 177 unique voices; you won’t have a hard time reading your text due to its natural sounding voices.

FEATURES

• It has 17 languages and 177 voices.
• You can easily add a Background Music.
• It has a DJ voice creation feature.
• You can add pauses, pitch and change the speed of your audio along with emphasis and voice control.

SUPPORT SYSTEM: WINDOWS, ANDROID

PROS

• Its editor is very advanced, and the user has luxury of control over so many things.
• A specific portion of the script can be emphasised; the volume can also be controlled alongside rate and pitch for the specific parts as well. Only few text-to-speech softwares have this feature. This one feature therefore makes it stand out from others. Its voice quality is no different from others.
• Notevibes also lets you make dialogue videos where you can use more than one voice to create a voiceover. Your narration then sounds more creative and captivating when this feature well utilised. There are total 201 voices available in NoteVibes.

CONS

• It has issues with speed, and also produces a highly concentrated robotic sound. Coming along these is its very expensive commercial options. Notevibes can also not read from PDF and docs.
• There is no preview in NoteVibes; you can’t listen to the voice preview of the script; rather, the voiceover has to be generated to listen and to know how a speaker sounds.
• Demos are unavailable. On the homepage, demo can be found and played, but while generating voiceovers, no demo will be found.
• It has no merge feature: You can’t combine multiple audio files to make it one. Almost all major text-to-speech tools have a merge feature, but, Notevibes lags in this respect.
• Voiceover & Editor Page is different. There is one specific page for generating the voiceover and one page for downloading audio files. Switching between both of them will consume time. If you have a big project, switching between both pages will be tiring.
• No Project-Based Structure: This is another feature that you need when you have big project. Keep multiple files in one place can create a mess. You can’t create any project inside Notevibes. This is a very immature structure.

LANGUAGES SUPPORTED

English (us, UK, AU, IN), Spanish, German, Spanish, Dutch, French, Italian, Norwegian, Japanese, Danish, Swedish, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Hindi, Vietnamese, Korean, Indonesian, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese.

MAC OS TTS

Mac OS X is a built-in text-to-speech software for Mac. This can be used to read your written content aloud anywhere on your computer from Notes app and other formats. This means it has the ability to dictate to you what you have written in order to bring your writing to life. This could come in form of an audiobook, trailer, ads, videogames, tutorials and many more. It has a ton of voices and languages to select from alongside different accents in English language.

FEATURES

• A lot of languages are included other than English and there are a lot of voices to choose along with languages. Although some voices are very robotic, there is a few which aren’t and sound more like a human.
• Text-to-speech on Mac also supports converting your text into audio files.

PROS

• A lot of voice options are available for you to play around to get familiar with.
• Texts can be easily converted to iTunes track.

CONS

• It does not have Pause/Play option.
• For all the words to be read, they have to be selected manually.
• The software is very basic and does not have the feature of picking up or continuing from where it stopped reading like other TTS softwares have.

TTS MP3.com

It is an online software which is very easy to use. TTS MP3 Which converts your text to the English language. It has a variety of preset voices and languages which are related to different countries. This gives you flexibility as it concerns your language choice. The software is user friendly. You can easily gain access to it by visiting www.TTSMP3.com , and it’s free.

SUPPORT SYSTEM: ONLINE

FEATURES

• With TTSMP3.com, you can easily convert text to audio, change speech and pitch, or even whisper.
• A lot of languages are available for you to explore.

PROS

• It supports both Hindi and English languages.

CONS

• The software does not support formats such as DOC, TXT, FB2, DOCX, PDF, RTF, and HTML.

READ ALOUD

Read Aloud is not exactly a stand-alone Mac software but instead, a Chrome extension which might be appealing to some people. When we put to heart how articles and posts are read on the internet every day, Read Aloud had to be devised to come in handy in making reading easier and less stressful. It is completely free and once it is installed, its icon will be displayed in the extension bar which can now be use to read any webpage or any article found online just by a single click. When it is in use, you get a play/pause button alongside a forward or rewind button which can be useful in advancing or backtracking paragraphs. Considering the fact that it is free to use, the voice options are really good and sound very natural.

FEATURES

• It can extract texts online to convert them into audio files.
• It possesses an exceptional feature of backtracking paragraphs.
• It helps you listen to audio files at your own pace, speed in natural sounding voices and different accents. Text typed in the app and text extracted from any photo uploaded is converted to an audio file.

PROS

• It has a great natural voice.
• It is completely secure as it ensures confidentiality. This is useful for people who would love to keep their data private.
• It helps people with social needs to listen to any text in different languages. This is very useful for those who are limited in language varieties.

CONS

• It can work only on Chrome.

SPEAK4ME

As its name implies, Speak4me literally speaks for you! Like other TTS softwares and apps, Speak4Me works as an instrument of text conversion into audio. One advantage this application has is that it can enhance multitasking. When you have to read and make tea or coffee, or cook at the same time, you don’t have to move around with the text material; all you have to do is to allow Speak4me to do what it was made to do. This is therefore a software to consider in turning your writing to speaking without much stress. With amazing features like changing the rate and pitch of the voice alongside volume control and an array of voices to choose from which comes with a variety of languages, it affords you flexibility regarding your choice of usage. It also allows you to share your audio on the social media, and you can decide to save them locally for later use.

SUPPORT SYSTEM: iPHONE, iPAD

FEATURES

• With Speak4Me, you can easily navigate the control speech generator volume, pitch and rate of speech.
• It filters all the PDFs easily; it highlights the text as you go along too.
• It has a fully customizable reading experience: Adjustment font size, font and background colours, alignment, line spacing to best suit your preference and much more is available on the software.
• Speak4Me can speak PDF in languages such as English and Hindi.

PROS

• It comes with a Night Mode functionality to facilitate a comfortable reading in dark environments.
• The software has smooth navigation, auto scroll and can search for words to jump to a point in your text. This feature comes in handy especially when you have a bulky text to work on.
• With Speak4Me, your eyes are guarded from smartphone light rays.

CONS

• The languages are limited.
• If your device does not have a TTS engine of that language, speaking will not be supported.

NATURAL READER

Natural Reader is a text-to-speech app that covers your text, webpages, eBooks, and webpages aloud to you with quality and natural-sounding voices. NaturalReader is a useful tool for those who have dyslexia and other reading difficulties. 50 voices in over 20 languages are therefore available for you to open up your ears to.

FEATURES

• Adjustment of speaker’s speed: This feature enables you to adjust the speed of a selected speaker. This gives you control on how slow or fast you want the speech to be rendered.
• It is able to read email attachments; it also grants access to Dropbox, Google Drive or One Drive.

PROS

• The pronunciation editor gives you control on how you want certain words to be pronounced. This way, you can fine-tune the pronunciation of new or unusual words, or improve the readability of acronyms.

CONS

• Access can only be gained to additional features when you upgrade to the pro version.
• The application crashes lags a bit when there is too much text pasted for the application to process.
• It sometimes skips lines.
• Its sound becomes unpleasant when volume is too high.

NARRATOR’S VOICE

This application helps convert text to speech with a wide variety of voices in many languages. Narrator’s Voice app lets you create and share amusing messages using a narrator’s voice of your choice with a wide range of languages and reliable, pleasant sound voices. The end result is a customised narration of your original message, which you can share as desired. Videos are one of the hottest projects for Narrator’s Voice, letting the narrator explain or comment on whatever is happening on the screen. In fact, many people have been using the Narrator’s Voice app to add audio to their YouTube and TikTok videos, giving them a distinct voice that enhances the overall video’s vibe.

FEATURES SUPPORT SYSTEM: iPHONE, iPAD AND WINDOWS

• It executes your tasks with voices alongside effects in many languages.
• New voices have been added, which makes it +380 voices in total.
• It has waveform graphics for your to monitor the height and depth of the sound of your audio.

PROS

• Theme can be changed to Dark or Light.
• It has the ability to turn images to text.

CONS

• Too many ads roll out in the free version.
• The sound and vocal is not loud enough.

Technology has always been in the business of amazing man with its extraordinary abilities. The brain of man has a role to play in this awe as these inventions are not without man’s input. As such, daily improvements are ensured to build upon the existing technology - the computer system.

We have always had one reason or the other to hire voiceover artistes. This could be for the purpose of storytelling and narration, advertisement and so on. As beautiful and reliable as that is in executing our tasks, many seem to consider it a waste of resources in terms of funds, energy and time. This is one of the reasons why the innovation of text-to-speech was established. It comes in handy when we do not need voiceover artistes as it serves as a perfect substitute.

Text-to-speech, which is also known as TTS, is a type of supportive technology that assists in reading digital text aloud. It’s sometimes called “read aloud” technology. The benefit of this technology cannot be overemphasised as it has gained a wide reach and global use across many devices such as computers and smartphones of different brands. With the help of softwares for computers (Windows and Mac), applications for smartphones (Android, iPhone, iPad) as well as online platforms, text-to-speech has been made possible and easy as technology keeps evolving.

Today, content creators are grateful for this life-saving innovation as it has dispelled the thoughts of having to do voiceovers themselves (which could be difficult for many). As such, this article comes in handy as it seeks to discuss ten applications or softwares and online platforms for TTS.

BALABOLKA

Balabolka is a Russian word; it can be translated as “chatterer” in English. It’s a Text-To-Speech (TTS) program that reads converts every written piece to audio. This program will install voices on your computer in different languages and deliver the lines in natural sounding voices. It really does a nice job of converting any text to speech. This software also helps with reading books aloud. In the case of reading a book, it can be converted to an audiobook by just copying and pasting it on the software while you select the voice and make necessary adjustments such as changing the range, pitch and volume control.

FEATURES

• Balabolka lets you customise fonts to your taste; this includes change of colour, background and font size and style.
• The program can extract content from documents, and it supports text file formats such as AZW, AZW3, CHM, DjVu, DOC, DOCX, EML, EPUB, FB2, FB3, HTML, LIT, MD, MOBI, ODP, ODS, ODT, PDB, PRC, PDF, PPT, PPTX, RTF, TCR, WPD, XLS, XLSX.
• The software effortlessly converts texts to audio. Also, you can decide to save your audio in several file formats such as MP3, WAV, MPEG4 for free.
• Another good feature is that it echoes letters or words that you add in settings. More so, you can make Balabolka to pause between sentences.
• The spell check built-in operating system is functional in Balabolka. This feature is available in Windows beginning from Windows 8.

SUPPORT SYSTEM: WINDOWS

AVAILABLE LANGUAGES

English, Arabic, Czech, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese.

PROS

• Audio can be changed and designed to your taste. Also, the part of the text you wish to begin from can be selected.
• Balabolka boasts of quality and flexibility, which is amazing for a free text-to-speech software. It has multiple voice options, file formats, and more!
• For starters or inexperienced users, Balabolka is straightforward in terms of installation as it takes seconds to have it on Windows PC. Also, no technical skill is needed to initiate the process.
• Balabolka comes with a timer, which provides you with more flexibility while listening to recordings. Since the program can be controlled with keyboard shortcuts, it helps save a good amount of time that you’d have spent trying to find your way through the interface.
• It has bookmarking tools that let you jump to a specific part of a text. This feature is useful when you are searching for a particular word in the text that is difficult to find especially in a bulky text. This could be for the purpose of editing or proofreading, or for picking up the audio from your place of choice.

CONS

• The voice available in the software is somewhat robotic and reads devoid of expression.
• It does not have an Android version.
• There are limited languages, which strikes the need for update in that respect.
• It lags sometimes as the workload involves colour grading, correction and others.

PANOPRETER

Panopreter is a text-to-speech and text-to-mp3 software program that reads text aloud with natural sounding voices, and converts the text to audio files in WAV, MP3, OGG and flac formats. In a nutshell, you can listen to your own writing without reading it out loud to yourself.

FEATURES

• You can turn the web into an audiobook using Panopreter. If you can copy and paste it, it is certainly possible to listen to it. This includes having a toolbar for Internet Explorer where reading on the web page is made easy. This does not leave Word document and other formats behind.
• The reading speed can be adjusted. Here, you’re given full control in deciding how fast or slow you want the reading to play out.
• Panopreter supports a wide variety of languages and voices to suit your taste as it opens you to multiple choices to choose from to make your user experience worth it.
• Files can be converted in batches. This will save time, rather than having to convert files one after the other. With Panopreter, more can be done in little time.
• Panopreter allows users to customize interface layout, font, text size, text color, highlight color, and background colour.

SUPPORT SYSTEM: WINDOWS

PROS

• It helps to highlight the word or sentence that is being read.
• Dictates in many languages and voices.
• It supports batch file conversion supported.
• It gives you a full command on the pitch, volume and speed
• It has keyboard shortcut keys.
• Music accompanies the end of the text reading.
• The inculcation of Internet Explorer and Microsoft Word is a great feature that every other TTS software needs to have; Panopreter has made this advantageous.

CONS

• It does not have a mobile version.
• It is limited to Windows.

ZABAWARE

Zabaware Text-to-Speech Reader is a software that that makes it possible for your written documents to be read aloud. This program is unique as it makes reading and voiceovers efficient. It will save energy, time and resources especially when you’re considering spending lots of money to hire a voiceover artist for your content creation.

FEATURES

• The Zabaware Text-to-Speech Reader is more like a twin of the Windows program WordPad in that it opens any text file (.txt) or rich text file (.rtf). This program can be used to edit, format, and save text files. You can change font type, size, alignment and color using the controls in the toolbar and menu bar.
• Zabaware is capable of reading aloud any text you have copied to the Text-to-Speech Reader.
• The software can also convert text files to WAV format.
• The clipboard function of the Zabaware Text-to-Speech Reader automatically monitors your

Clipboard for text changes. Every time you copy some text into the clipboard, this program will automatically read it out loud. This can be great for reading internet pages out loud and email messages.

SUPPORT SYSTEM: WINDOWS

PROS

• It helps to place validity on the work you engage.
• Speech error detection is easy by listening to the audio that is being rendered.
• Both male and female voices are available. It also offers the option of listening directly from the window instead of copying and pasting the content on the program.

CONS

• It is available only on Windows.
• It runs for free, but you won’t get the benefits such as better voices, more natural speech and realistic sounds advertised until you purchase the premium version.
• The voiceover gets activated even when it’s not needed. This causes disturbances while working
• The formats it supports are very limited.
• The voice selection is limited.
• It has no merge feature: You can’t merge multiple audio files to make one big audio file. You have to use your own computer.
• It has a poor storage organisation.
• It has only 3000 Characters per voiceover.
• You can’t use multiple voiceovers in a single script.

NOTEVIBES

NoteVibes is an online text to speech application and software that provides both free and paid options for users. It allows you convert your text to natural sounding voices with free MP3 download. In the free version, you have 5000 characters available for testing its functionality. This is good for personal use in working on small projects as it makes it possible for you to hear multiple sentences at once. Notevibes has over 18 languages and 177 unique voices; you won’t have a hard time reading your text due to its natural sounding voices.

FEATURES

• It has 17 languages and 177 voices.
• You can easily add a Background Music.
• It has a DJ voice creation feature.
• You can add pauses, pitch and change the speed of your audio along with emphasis and voice control.

SUPPORT SYSTEM: WINDOWS, ANDROID

PROS

• Its editor is very advanced, and the user has luxury of control over so many things.
• A specific portion of the script can be emphasised; the volume can also be controlled alongside rate and pitch for the specific parts as well. Only few text-to-speech softwares have this feature. This one feature therefore makes it stand out from others. Its voice quality is no different from others.
• Notevibes also lets you make dialogue videos where you can use more than one voice to create a voiceover. Your narration then sounds more creative and captivating when this feature well utilised. There are total 201 voices available in NoteVibes.

CONS

• It has issues with speed, and also produces a highly concentrated robotic sound. Coming along these is its very expensive commercial options. Notevibes can also not read from PDF and docs.
• There is no preview in NoteVibes; you can’t listen to the voice preview of the script; rather, the voiceover has to be generated to listen and to know how a speaker sounds.
• Demos are unavailable. On the homepage, demo can be found and played, but while generating voiceovers, no demo will be found.
• It has no merge feature: You can’t combine multiple audio files to make it one. Almost all major text-to-speech tools have a merge feature, but, Notevibes lags in this respect.
• Voiceover & Editor Page is different. There is one specific page for generating the voiceover and one page for downloading audio files. Switching between both of them will consume time. If you have a big project, switching between both pages will be tiring.
• No Project-Based Structure: This is another feature that you need when you have big project. Keep multiple files in one place can create a mess. You can’t create any project inside Notevibes. This is a very immature structure.

LANGUAGES SUPPORTED

English (us, UK, AU, IN), Spanish, German, Spanish, Dutch, French, Italian, Norwegian, Japanese, Danish, Swedish, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Hindi, Vietnamese, Korean, Indonesian, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese.

MAC OS TTS

Mac OS X is a built-in text-to-speech software for Mac. This can be used to read your written content aloud anywhere on your computer from Notes app and other formats. This means it has the ability to dictate to you what you have written in order to bring your writing to life. This could come in form of an audiobook, trailer, ads, videogames, tutorials and many more. It has a ton of voices and languages to select from alongside different accents in English language.

FEATURES

• A lot of languages are included other than English and there are a lot of voices to choose along with languages. Although some voices are very robotic, there is a few which aren’t and sound more like a human.
• Text-to-speech on Mac also supports converting your text into audio files.

PROS

• A lot of voice options are available for you to play around to get familiar with.
• Texts can be easily converted to iTunes track.

CONS

• It does not have Pause/Play option.
• For all the words to be read, they have to be selected manually.
• The software is very basic and does not have the feature of picking up or continuing from where it stopped reading like other TTS softwares have.

TTS MP3.com

It is an online software which is very easy to use. TTS MP3 Which converts your text to the English language. It has a variety of preset voices and languages which are related to different countries. This gives you flexibility as it concerns your language choice. The software is user friendly. You can easily gain access to it by visiting www.TTSMP3.com , and it’s free.

SUPPORT SYSTEM: ONLINE

FEATURES

• With TTSMP3.com, you can easily convert text to audio, change speech and pitch, or even whisper.
• A lot of languages are available for you to explore.

PROS

• It supports both Hindi and English languages.

CONS

• The software does not support formats such as DOC, TXT, FB2, DOCX, PDF, RTF, and HTML.

READ ALOUD

Read Aloud is not exactly a stand-alone Mac software but instead, a Chrome extension which might be appealing to some people. When we put to heart how articles and posts are read on the internet every day, Read Aloud had to be devised to come in handy in making reading easier and less stressful. It is completely free and once it is installed, its icon will be displayed in the extension bar which can now be use to read any webpage or any article found online just by a single click. When it is in use, you get a play/pause button alongside a forward or rewind button which can be useful in advancing or backtracking paragraphs. Considering the fact that it is free to use, the voice options are really good and sound very natural.

FEATURES

• It can extract texts online to convert them into audio files.
• It possesses an exceptional feature of backtracking paragraphs.
• It helps you listen to audio files at your own pace, speed in natural sounding voices and different accents. Text typed in the app and text extracted from any photo uploaded is converted to an audio file.

PROS

• It has a great natural voice.
• It is completely secure as it ensures confidentiality. This is useful for people who would love to keep their data private.
• It helps people with social needs to listen to any text in different languages. This is very useful for those who are limited in language varieties.

CONS

• It can work only on Chrome.

SPEAK4ME

As its name implies, Speak4me literally speaks for you! Like other TTS softwares and apps, Speak4Me works as an instrument of text conversion into audio. One advantage this application has is that it can enhance multitasking. When you have to read and make tea or coffee, or cook at the same time, you don’t have to move around with the text material; all you have to do is to allow Speak4me to do what it was made to do. This is therefore a software to consider in turning your writing to speaking without much stress. With amazing features like changing the rate and pitch of the voice alongside volume control and an array of voices to choose from which comes with a variety of languages, it affords you flexibility regarding your choice of usage. It also allows you to share your audio on the social media, and you can decide to save them locally for later use.

SUPPORT SYSTEM: iPHONE, iPAD

FEATURES

• With Speak4Me, you can easily navigate the control speech generator volume, pitch and rate of speech.
• It filters all the PDFs easily; it highlights the text as you go along too.
• It has a fully customizable reading experience: Adjustment font size, font and background colours, alignment, line spacing to best suit your preference and much more is available on the software.
• Speak4Me can speak PDF in languages such as English and Hindi.

PROS

• It comes with a Night Mode functionality to facilitate a comfortable reading in dark environments.
• The software has smooth navigation, auto scroll and can search for words to jump to a point in your text. This feature comes in handy especially when you have a bulky text to work on.
• With Speak4Me, your eyes are guarded from smartphone light rays.

CONS

• The languages are limited.
• If your device does not have a TTS engine of that language, speaking will not be supported.

NATURAL READER

Natural Reader is a text-to-speech app that covers your text, webpages, eBooks, and webpages aloud to you with quality and natural-sounding voices. NaturalReader is a useful tool for those who have dyslexia and other reading difficulties. 50 voices in over 20 languages are therefore available for you to open up your ears to.

FEATURES

• Adjustment of speaker’s speed: This feature enables you to adjust the speed of a selected speaker. This gives you control on how slow or fast you want the speech to be rendered.
• It is able to read email attachments; it also grants access to Dropbox, Google Drive or One Drive.

PROS

• The pronunciation editor gives you control on how you want certain words to be pronounced. This way, you can fine-tune the pronunciation of new or unusual words, or improve the readability of acronyms.

CONS

• Access can only be gained to additional features when you upgrade to the pro version.
• The application crashes lags a bit when there is too much text pasted for the application to process.
• It sometimes skips lines.
• Its sound becomes unpleasant when volume is too high.

NARRATOR’S VOICE

This application helps convert text to speech with a wide variety of voices in many languages. Narrator’s Voice app lets you create and share amusing messages using a narrator’s voice of your choice with a wide range of languages and reliable, pleasant sound voices. The end result is a customised narration of your original message, which you can share as desired. Videos are one of the hottest projects for Narrator’s Voice, letting the narrator explain or comment on whatever is happening on the screen. In fact, many people have been using the Narrator’s Voice app to add audio to their YouTube and TikTok videos, giving them a distinct voice that enhances the overall video’s vibe.

FEATURES SUPPORT SYSTEM: iPHONE, iPAD AND WINDOWS

• It executes your tasks with voices alongside effects in many languages.
• New voices have been added, which makes it +380 voices in total.
• It has waveform graphics for your to monitor the height and depth of the sound of your audio.

PROS

• Theme can be changed to Dark or Light.
• It has the ability to turn images to text.

CONS

• Too many ads roll out in the free version.
• The sound and vocal is not loud enough.

How to Loop Videos with iMovie

If you are a video creator, there are times when you have to loop a video. This is to extend the duration of the original video. For instance, you have a stock video of a short duration. You want it to be the background in your video throughout. You have to extend the duration of the stock video by playing it in a loop.

If you are a macOS user, you can use iMovie to loop your video. iMovie comes pre-install on macOS devices. iMovie happens to be one of the most preferred video editors among beginners. In fact, iMovie comes pre-installed on iPhones and iPads. You can easily loop your video on your mobile devices as well. We will illustrate how to loop a video on iMovie on iPhone as well as on Mac.

Part 1. How to loop a video on iMovie iPhone

iMovie by Apple comes pre-installed on iPhone and iPad. Naturally, it is one of the most widely used video editors by iPhone users. iMovie app has options for basic and even advanced levels of video editing. Looping a video on iMovie involves a few simple steps that everyone can perform easily. Here are the steps on how to loop a video in the iMovie app on your iPhone.

Step1 Launch the iMovie app on your iPhone. If you have uninstalled or disabled the app, you can always go to App Store to install it again.

Step2 If you are opening the app for the first time, you will get a welcome screen. Follow the on-screen instructions to land on the home screen of the app.

Step3 Tap on New Project “+” icon and select the Movie option to get started. This will take you to the phone media gallery to select a media file to get started.

Step4 You should tap on the Video option and select the video that you want to put into a loop. After selecting a video, tap on Create Movie option.

Step5 Tap on the video on the timeline to select the video and tap on the Duplicate option. You will see that the duration of the video has doubled. You can tap on Duplicate as many times as you want to increase the video duration.

Step6 Once you are done with the iMovie loop, tap on the Done option located in the top-left corner. Thereafter, tap on the Share icon at the bottom.

Step7 You will get a pop-up where you have to tap on the Save Video option. The edited video will be saved on your iPhone. You can open the new video from the Photos app.

Part 2. Loop Videos on Mac with iMovie

Editing a video on a Mac is always more comfortable than on an iPhone because of the larger screen. iMovie from Apple comes pre-installed on Mac as well, and hence, you can get started right away. It is completely free to use, and hence, you do not need to install any third-party video editor. Here are the steps on how to loop an iMovie video in simple steps.

Step1 Open the iMovie app from the Applications folder.

Step2 Click on Create New option and then click on the Movie option.

Step3 Bring in the required video under Movie Library by dragging the file from Finder on your Mac. You can also go to File> Import Media option and select the required video. You can also select the required media file from Events or Photos under the Libraries section.

Step4 Drag and drop the video on your timeline. When you want to loop the video, drag and drop the video clip again on the timeline. Make sure there is no gap between the first clip and the second clip on the timeline. You can drag and drop the video clip multiple times on the timeline to increase its duration.

Step5 Once you are done, go to File> Share> File option. Choose the destination to save the edited video.

Part 3. iMovie Alternative to Loop Videos on Mac

If you are looking for an iMovie alternative to perform iMovie loop video action easily, we recommend Wondershare Filmora . Filmora is available for both Mac and Windows. Filmora is a better video editor than iMovie. It is a premium video editor and it has more features and functionalities.

You can loop any video as many times as you want instantly. Besides, you can edit your video clip as per your requirements before looping the edited video. The user interface is highly intuitive for everyone. Hence, it has huge popularity among Mac users. You can also save the looped video in different file formats. Here are the steps to loop a video on Filmora.

Free Download For Win 7 or later(64-bit)

Free Download For macOS 10.14 or later

Step1 Download and install Wondershare Filmora. Launch Filmora and click on New Project on the welcome screen.

Step2 Drag and drop the video file from Finder on Mac to the Project Media folder on Filmora. Thereafter, drop the video file into the timeline.

Step3 Drag and drop the video clip into the timeline again. Make sure that there is no gap between the clips. Besides, make sure that they are on the same channel for looping. You can drag and drop the video into the timeline multiple times.

Step4 You can zoom out the timeline for better viewing. Play the video to check its output on Viewer. Finally, click on the Export button and save the video in the desired file format on your Mac.

The Bottom Line

If you want to loop a video on your Mac, iMovie is the most preferred option. The same is applicable to iPhone users as well. iMovie comes pre-installed, and it is completely free to use. That is why you can loop any video instantly. Wondershare Filmora is the best alternative to iMovie to edit and loop your video.

Free Download For macOS 10.14 or later

Step1 Download and install Wondershare Filmora. Launch Filmora and click on New Project on the welcome screen.

Step2 Drag and drop the video file from Finder on Mac to the Project Media folder on Filmora. Thereafter, drop the video file into the timeline.

Step3 Drag and drop the video clip into the timeline again. Make sure that there is no gap between the clips. Besides, make sure that they are on the same channel for looping. You can drag and drop the video into the timeline multiple times.

Step4 You can zoom out the timeline for better viewing. Play the video to check its output on Viewer. Finally, click on the Export button and save the video in the desired file format on your Mac.

The Bottom Line

If you want to loop a video on your Mac, iMovie is the most preferred option. The same is applicable to iPhone users as well. iMovie comes pre-installed, and it is completely free to use. That is why you can loop any video instantly. Wondershare Filmora is the best alternative to iMovie to edit and loop your video.

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