Beatleap by Lightricks Reviews

by Franczeska

I should have read the negative reviews first.
Beatleap is not free. You HAVE TO chose a pay subscription to be able to use it, so I have chosen $2.99 per month with “cancel any time”. I downloaded Beatleap to try it and was not happy with it. It did not work automatically “per beat” as they state so it was a lot of manual adjustments that I do on my free app. I have deleted Beatleap and went to my apple account to cancel the subscription only to find out they charged me for the entire year!!!!! And not for a month as I’ve selected. I Immediately checked my credit card only to find out they have charged my credit card $36. And it was within 10 min!!!! Horrible app scam. No I have to call my credit card company and Contact apple to dispute this transaction.

by Purpletjchick

Here is the thing, I spent the last 30 minutes trying to READ how to do specific things with Beatleap. For instance, when adding a photo it automatically zooms on each photo. Also I’m trying to use this with music I can use on Instagram, including Instagram audio but I can not find popular songs that are also on Instagram. I assume maybe I need to get the pro version but now that I made a subscription and I finished my first video I can’t figure out how to get pro subscription or what prescription even offers. Although I may be a small telegraph of older users trying to learn you sound it would be appreciative if you took me to consideration and putting information out there. At one point I have downloaded all of your apps and to this day only one of them is worth it. This may be the best app ever used but I will never know.

by ALEXANDER WAINE

Weak editor… The highlight selection and Clip duration is not edible. No option to change how long a section of your video clip is playing for. No crop options as well for video clips; which would offer the same results I just mentioned. This is a Major bug problem.

If you have you have 2 10sec videos, this app may decide first video plays for 1sec and the 2nd video is 3 secs. You can adjust where the video starts playing from but not change that 1 or 3sec duration.

GoPro offers a similar app and dose not have this issue, they offer adjusting the clip duration and more then 1 highlights with in the same video clip, which is similar to setting highlight duration.

Further more, GoPro can highlight some cool audio such speaking, and lower music volume for a few secs while the highlight audio coming from the video clip is playing. Its really an awesome feature. Can be fully adjusted or turned off of course. Gopro app also cost cheeper, Beatleap is just hype and cost more.

by RxTracking

Beatleap has all the great effects for editing and making cool videos, but lacks flexibility and adjustability. Everything is basically fixed to where you can’t do much with it like trim clips shorter or make them longer. Even buying the premium doesn’t do much but give you access to basic features. The most annoying thing to me is when you need to add another video to whatever you’re currently editing, it’ll just reset the duration and tweaking of clips which isn’t what I want. Maybe if they were to give more flexibility with editing it’d be one of the best but it’s just not that.

by ProfessorHines

Beatleap and the controls available are not what I would expect from a paid app, especially one as expensive as this.
The apps automatic creation is very poor, in that it will select the same image multiple times, which I don’t understand. You can replace these (but why should this be needed to begin with?). If you choose to add more photos Beatleap will repopulate the timeline and what you just adjusted is undone and you have to restart the process all over again, with finding images duplicated.
Absolutely terrible experience. After just a few days I would rather have a refund than continue using Beatleap . I could just use Beatleap I was using prior to this. It may not have done exactly what this does, but it was more of a help than headache to me.

by Brothaskeepa111

It’s got all the bells and whistles but the one main whistle that counts! If you are serious about video editing, you take your chosen music serious! Beatleap limits you from choosing your own music. I do believe I read that they may be working on changing this one issue? If they do it will definitely be worth me purchasing the entire app and being a fan for life! Lastly, I will definitely have to add 3 more stars and make this a 5 Star rating! Until that happens, 2 stars is all I can give Beatleap. Why? Because there are apps that don’t do quite as much, but with the right edits and your own music added, you can create an amazing feel good video! In the end, it’s really about making your video personal to you. It’s about putting your signature on the video and not just doing another copycat of someone else’s!

by Twitter: @MYKSTER_

Developers. I’ve never written a review on an app before, but Beatleap was SO CLOSE to being good.

I know you want to make your money, and by all means, charge your fees, but what you SHOULD allow is MORE FREEDOM for the user ESPECIALLY if they SUBSCRIBE TO MONTHLY/YEARLY FEES.

Example.

WHY in the world would you not let the user place the effects where THEY want? PLEASE! Beatleap would be the BEST video editing app if you gave the user the ability to CHOOSE for themselves where they want effects to time up in their own video.

Yes I understand the simplicity you want to keep for new people, and yes you have a different app that does editing more precise but holy moly it is not the same and is also limited on basic functions. Sorry.

For the more advanced AND/OR paying customers, at least give the option to do and to place EFFECTS WITH UNLIMITED amount!

Why on earth would you limit how many times I can fast cut? Boomerang? Etc.

Please.

Beatleap could surpass every other app out there. All you have to do is listen to your client base, and update with new effects. SIMPLE.

I Hope you see this
-much love

by SKRAMZZ

I’ve seen couple other reviews of people coming across Beatleap through advertising and that’s how I found out about it as well. Was messing around with it and overall Beatleap does what it says it does make quick awesome videos with cool edits
They are super simple but make the video pop out so much more! Especially if you want a cool video to share on social media so 3 stars for simplicity, easy use, style! BUT not being able to use your own music is a bummer and you are stuck using the very very few music selection especially if you are just using the free version and even if you pay for Beatleap the music selection for my personal taste is not very good at all LOL. but I get it it’s a app you know. Maybe down the line if Beatleap gets a update to be able to use your own music, improve their music library And maybe add few more effects a slow mo effect would definitely bring it up too 5 stars!!

by Laokie75

This product does some great things very easily but if you expect a perfect product, it is not. Throw some short clips together and this app’s algorithm does a pretty good job piecing it together. You could stop there and have a fun video to post to social media or you could swap some clips, change the focus in each clip and even add some fun effects. Now it’s even better!

Now the bad. In my experience it has jumbled up my videos to where I have to redo them which is really annoying. Also if you add too many effects it rearranges your clips to some other order for no reason. Support has admitted this and say they hope to address it in a future release. I paid $60 for the annual unlimited fee and if I use it as I explained it will be fine, but I would expect these impacting bugs to be fixed; hence I can only give it three stars, otherwise it would be 4. If it allowed a little more manual ability to place effects where you want and allow final videos to be 2-3 minutes then it’s five stars all the way.

by MonkSanTe

Before the update Beatleap was working fine, for the most part. For example, even though I did not select an option, such as jump cut, it would still do jump cuts. But now after the most recent update, it’s the first time since I got my 12 Pro Max that an app has cause my phone to restart. This has happened twice in a row. Before the update, this never happened. I also would love to be able to set the duration of the project to auto match the duration of the video or even music I am using. Would also love manual control of when and where the effects happen, with the help of markers.

by Alydhiends

I had high hopes for this. For the price & in comparing to free ones, this is a bit too basic. There's no way to custom crop/fit individual photo to frame so expect your images to always be cropped. This thing doesn't auto fit images nor add blurry background to compensate selected aspect ratio so, for portrait images, there's a lot of boob focused shots. There's no way to set custom focus (custom ken burns); it always focuses on the center of the image even if there's no subject in the area. Also, there's no way to add basic texts at the beginning or end of the video.

by TooBlueForSchool

I just want to start by saying I love Beatleap and all its features but on every device I’m getting an error saying “There was a problem downloading your videos. Please check your connection and try again.” after using it 4 times. Now at first I thought this was a connection problem as it said and it might still be but, I’m connected to the internet on every device I’ve tried to use it on and also restarted my device multiple times to make sure but it doesn’t work. I’ve uninstalled it and
reinstalled it but that doesn’t work. I’ve checked if other apps worked in terms of internet connection and they do so, I don’t know what to think. I still give this 4 stars because it is a really fun app and I love to use it when I can.

by Yamatowillriseagian

I’ve been looking for an AI made movie editor for a long time, just for the fact that I make compilation videos and PMV‘s and I like the randomness of AI generating what parts of the clips that I put into Beatleap . the only 3 drawbacks to Beatleap for me that I’ve found are, one, you can only have a one minute long video. and two, the AI is kind of weak in the fact that it will we use the same part of the same clip like 5 to 10 to even 15 or 20 times for the video. so it ends up being mostly just one part of a single clip for a majority of the video. I’ve tried 25 (10 second) clips, and it does this, I’ve also tried only a few long (15 minute) clips, and it does the same, picking the same few seconds of the clips many times. The last drawback is that with the shuffle button (it reshuffles the parts of clips used, to give a new compilation using the same clips), its not random enough, the video ends up being too similar to the last shuffle. I think with a little bit of time and some more development of the AI Beatleap will be awesome! it’s already pretty good. I use Beatleap on the new IPad mini 6 with the A14 chip, and everything loads very fast. I purchased this 2 nights ago, and I have used it already for almost 8 hours total, it’s worth the monthly price. If you’re on the fence, or a PMV maker looking for an app to assist you, this definitely is very helpful.

by Fireman-in-oregon

Let me start by saying this is a great app. However, there are a few things it needs. Such as being able to apply the different effects manually. I get that automation is a large part of Beatleap, but what if I don't want a specific thing in a particular part? Second, we need more than a minutes time to work with. An unlimited time or at least a song's worth. Third, the ability to add and remove videos without the whole thing remixing like crazy. You can lose a good edit and a ton of time by doing so.

Lots of room for potential with this application, but some severe limitations stimy things. I'd also like to see a tutorial area, something that teaches people HOW to shoot for this thing—smaller clips.

All in all, I recommend the application, but to the developers, please give us more freedom to edit things. It's holding the application back, in my opinion.

by Ogjgjo

Ok when Beatleap first came out, we could only use the music you guys provided us and that kinda sucked so I emailed you guys thinking y’all would not reply but you guys did and you actually listened to my advice (whether y’all were already working on it already or not) and it made me absolutely love light tricks and their content. But here is one feature that will make Beatleap perfect beyond compare….. “One Shot” now I say this because I admit I am alil lazy at going through each highlight and scrolling through finding the right scene to sync with the music but if there was a “One Shot” option where you can unload a single video with no chops and allow us to still use the effects then Beatleap will more then a big help for those who are just now starting off editing music videos or just struggling with adding cool effects and the fact that you can do it on your phone is even more convenient. Please add “One Shot”

by Gcsmores.

This is great for a novice (like me) and someone using it for basic business media or for recreation. However some extra tools/options would be nice. For instance, having the option to choose which parts of a particular video to use would be nice. I often find myself editing the videos in iMovie first, then uploading the edited footage to Beatleap so that the software has less to choose from. Also, allowing for a final product that’s greater than 30 seconds would be nice. So no real complaints, it’s a great app, but expanded editing features would be nice.

by Lowkey The God

Beatleap is awesome I’ve had a great time using nothing wrong when it comes to the mechanics of making a picture or video better by any means. The one thing I will say is that “at times” there will be a glitch or setback when trying to create new content cause there would be an error saying “whoops something went wrong” I don’t know if that’s a bug or an update issue but that would be my only con to this wonderful app.

by Rabshire

I was looking for an app that would let me make quick bids for FB ads and insta post. What I found was an app that has helped me make 10min plus features of my work.

The simplicity is perfect, user friendliness, flawless. The music selection..... from epidemic sound.... I have a subscription with them because I love them so much. To find Beatleap already integrates their music mind blowing. I enjoy that I can make a quality video in about 15 to 20 minutes if I really want to critique the cut scene quality. The only thing I wish was a little bit better was cut scenes on beat. I’m talking perfectly on beat but I guess that’s the give-and-take of taking the semi-lazy way and not getting on my computer and matching it up perfectly

by Extreme Acres

So I am new to video editing and recently started a business trying to get our name out there.. Beatleap is amazing.. while I want to get better at the fine tuning I almost gave up.. downloaded don’t even how many apps to figure it out this really was my last.. or end of the road attempt for a minute… it does the fine tuning for you to the beat. Just wow thank you. (Side note I never do reviews.. this app just came through and wanted others to know)

by Living Tribunal

Don’t get me wrong, Beatleap is amazing. The way you can choose whatever videos you want and have it put them into a song by itself is a very cool concept. And the way you can customize filters, camera motions etc. is very cool as well.

But, unfortunately, most of these camera motions and filters, among other features, are stuck behind a paywall. I personally did not pay for any of this, because I don’t think it is worth paying money for features on a simple video/song editing app. With that being said, however, the free features are pretty good, and you can certainly still make something worthwhile with them. It is just a little disappointing that 70% of Beatleap ’s best features are behind this paywall.

I am still giving this 5 stars, because if you did pay, I’m sure it would be an amazing experience, but perhaps give a few more options to those people who don’t want to spend?

Overall, I would definitely recommend this.

by October 24/2021

this will easily be a five star product if I can only edit my videos frame by frame instead of swiping my finger across the screen.

after a full minute my fingers start to feel fatigue and ItIt gets uncomfortable and feels too long to edit my videos therefore making the Beat-leap experience lesson joy-able.

All in all I enjoy the application and the many features available However I really hope the beat leap team can update to a frame by frame feature because It would just be making Beatleap more amazing!

by DonAntonii

Honestly Beatleap is stiff. Only thing it’s missing some important editing tools like being able adjust volume of both video and selected track, being able to layer additional sounds other than just having one track, and being able to add and remove effects where you do/don’t want them.

Other than that I’m excited for Beatleap and it’s potential! I know as they add more tools and effects it will be a top quality app for best makers and people who generally love making dope edits!!

by Gbrisk

I would give Beatleap 5 stars but there’s a couple of small issues. I wish I could have the original audio from my videos in addition to the music. Sometimes I would like to hear my kids laughing or making a noise on a video. The other thing is I would like to make longer videos, at least up to 3 minutes long. I’ve discovered how to add my own music of choice but it’s not that simple. Once there is an easier way to include your own music nothing is touching Beatleap!

by JD Cringe

I really love Beatleap, it has an amazing automation system and has so much to provide with so little work needed to do. the only problem i have that i know many others would love to see change is the paywall behind using your own music. when you select music of tour own it says you have to have premium. this i believe is the only setback. other than that i absolutely love it. can't wait to see where it goes.