“KineMaster 1 star — Ads every single time”
Independent automated assessment · 6 signal sources · 2,009 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-05.
4.5 ★6,149,898 ratings
500M+Downloads
4+Age rating
232 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
No editing skills needed — just tap and go viral.
[ AI Tools for Your Next Video ] Turn your clips and photos into awesome videos faster with KineMaster’s built-in AI tools! Create captions, generate voices, remove backgrounds, add incredible visual effects, and more!…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
App Store
This analysis describes version 8.2.2 (2436) of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 8.2.3 (2440), updated 2026-10-01.
The app has been updated since this analysis. The findings on this page describe version 8.2.2 (2436), not the version now listed on the store.
Release notes for the newer versions, in the developer’s own words:
Version 8.2.3 (2440) · 2026-10-01
Speed up your workflow with powerful video editing upgrades: * Get inspired faster: Let AI recommend templates that match your editing style * Align with precision: Select and adjust multiple layers at once * Make it yours: Import your own custom fonts in seconds * Edit across devices: Handoff projects seamlessly between devices Hit Update and make your best video yet!
Google Play
This analysis describes version 8.2.8.37278.GP of the app (the version number recorded inside the package we inspected), analyzed 2026-10-05 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 8.2.8.37278.GP, updated 2026-10-04.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
65–79% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
From the package we downloaded and read — version 8.2.8.37278.GP, scanned 2026-10-05.
Permissions Android classifies as dangerous
3–5 requested
Counted against the eighteen permissions listed in collect-package.ts. A dangerous permission is one Android asks the user to grant; requesting one is not itself a finding.
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
1–2 found
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
3–9 found
Counted as distinct SDKs in the package we scanned. One mediation bundle can contribute several, so this is not a count of advertisers.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
The catch list 1
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Multiple ad networks bundled
The package embeds several distinct advertising or mediation SDKs — a stack built for ad volume, not for a single house ad.
What we saw: Bundles 6 distinct ad networks / mediation SDKs: AppLovin MAX, Fyber / Digital Turbine Exchange, Google Mobile Ads (AdMob / Ad Manager), InMobi and 2 more
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 2
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 5 distinct reviewers (0.4% of 1417 reviews scanned)
From the store listing: Usable without an account
The app's own screens offer a way past sign-up — guest access, skipping, or browsing before registering — rather than gating the product behind an account. The store's privacy disclosure is checked alongside it: that disclosure is self-reported, so it corroborates this credit rather than establishing it.
What we saw: The store privacy disclosure (8 entries) links no contact details or identifiers to the user — consistent with an app that does not require an account. Self-reported by the developer.
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Good App! But the Wiggle effect and Color Inversion and many others are premium assets. — This is good, but I want premium assets to be free again and remove all ads. Please. And please make the “custom fonts” feature also available on iOS.”
“Don’t waste your time — KineMaster used to be fine, it was an alright way to get into making videos but it sucks now. It lags if there’s more than 3 layers at a time, a bunch of material is paywalled, it takes forever to export a video…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 8.2.3 (2440).
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
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Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.