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iMovie vs Adobe Premiere Elements: Which is a better fit?

Updated on January 19th, 2025
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Key features rated by users
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Video Creation
4.5
Video Editing
4.4
Text to Video
NA
Voice-Over/Audio
NA
Media Library
4.0
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Video Creation
4.4
Video Editing
4.4
Text to Video
NA
Voice-Over/Audio
NA
Media Library
NA
User satisfaction
4.5
User reviews409
Ease of use
4.4
Functionality
4.2
Value for money
4.7
Customer support
4.3
4.3
User reviews14
Ease of use
3.7
Functionality
4.4
Value for money
3.6
Customer support
4.1
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Designed for corporate businesses and students, it is a video making platform that helps create, edit and share videos across online platforms.

Creative Consumers, Hobbyists, Memory Keepers

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Sai Marie J
CEO
4.0

Francois: Hi, I'm Francois. I'm the president of my company. My rating for iMovie is five out of five. And for more ratings, click the link below. Before I started using iMovie that is so long ago I can't remember, it was an built in app in the Microsoft package and I hated it. Basically, I hated it. It was long, it was difficult, I just couldn't get it to work, it was long processing the movies. I just switched. I started using iMovie in 2005 in the very beginning of the iWork office suite from Apple. I used it at first because I purchased a Mac and it was all in there, all free and easy to use. And then I really started to like it because it was so easy to use and I never came back from that. So, I've been using it for over 15 years now. And the reason I love it is it's easy to use, it's fast, the rendering process is awesome. I mean, it's stupid fast. And I can share these movies from my phone or my computer, but I use it on the phone mainly, so easily. You just click share, you write the link, the hyperlink or the Dropbox link or the email and boom, that's it. It's over. It's done. So I just love it. The iMovie app on the phone is basically a click away. So you open the app, you choose a kind of movie you want to do, I use mainly teaser trailers. But it's always the same thing, you click on it and the software itself, the application helps you actually do it. You don't need any instruction, you just follow what it tells you to do. So it's easy to use. You can integrate the movies that you've shot with your phone a few seconds before or integrate photos, it's all integrated in there. You can have a script. They have also soundtracks that are amazing. So basically you just open it, click on it, follow the lead, follow the instructions and that's it. You don't even need tutorials. It's all in there. The recommendation I would give to anybody who would like to try iMovie is just download it on your phone, try it. It is so easy to use. That's the key word, it's easy to use. The other key word is when you show those movies to your friends, colleagues, families, they're dumbstruck, they are so good. Even if you make a mistake, it's good. Sometimes I forget to insert some movies and photos, but they don't even notice. They notice the soundtrack. They notice the fluidity of the movie. So just try it, that's the only thing I can recommend to anybody. Download it, try it. It is so easy. It's so easy.

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iMovie

Top Features
19/50
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • API
  • Categorization/Grouping
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Communication Management
  • Content Management
  • Custom Development
  • Customizable Branding
  • Engagement Tracking
  • Filtering
  • Labeling
  • Multi-Channel Distribution
  • Multi-Channel Marketing
  • Presentation Streaming
  • Preview Functionality
  • Privacy Options
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Single Sign On
  • Social Media Integration
  • Social Promotion
  • Template Management
  • Text to Video
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Video Capture
  • Video Streaming
  • Video Support
  • Voice-Over/Audio
  • Watermarking
  • Website Analytics
  • Workflow Management
  • Animation
  • Content Library
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Drag & Drop
  • File Transfer
  • Image Editing
  • Image Library
  • Media Library
  • Multi-Language
  • Multimedia Support
  • Multiple Format Support
  • Social Sharing
  • Templates
  • Text Editing
  • Text Overlay
  • Video Creation
  • Video Editing
  • Video Management
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Adobe Premiere Elements

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iMovie
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Adobe Premiere Elements
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
iMovie
  • By Apple
  • Located in United States
Adobe Premiere Elements
  • By Adobe
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1982
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