Prequel Downloads & RevenuePrequel: Photo & Video Editor · App Store & Google Play
Prequel: Photo & Video Editor gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Prequel: Photo & Video Editor by Prequel Inc. is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Prequel: Photo & Video Editor update history & changes
Last change · 129 events since 28 Mar 2018Full timeline ↓🌟iOSFeatured by Apple: “THE BASICS”🌟iOSFeatured by Apple📈AndroidEntered the top 10✏️iOSAdded hidden keywords: mozaik, retro📈AndroidEntered the top 100✏️iOSAdded hidden keywords: retro, snow🔎iOS#1 for “photo”📦iOSUpdated to version 2.104.1🔎iOSTop 10 for “edits”📦iOSUpdated to version 2.104.0📦AndroidUpdated to version 2.6.0✏️AndroidDescription updated✏️AndroidShort description updated⭐iOSPassed 1M ratings📦AndroidUpdated to version 2.5.0🆕AndroidFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕iOSFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕AndroidReleased on Google Play
Full timeline · 129 events
- 🌟Prequel: Photo & Video Editor featured by Apple: “THE BASICS”iOStoday · AU, DE, ES, IN, IT, TR, ZA
- 🌟Prequel: Photo & Video Editor featured by AppleiOSapps · DE, ES, IN, IT, TR, ZA
- 📈Prequel: Photo & Video Editor entered the top 10AndroidTop Free · Photography · TW
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor added hidden keywords: mozaik, retroiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Prequel: Photo & Video Editor featured by AppleiOSapps · DE, ES, IN, IT, TR, ZA
- 📈Prequel: Photo & Video Editor entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Photography · TW
- 📈Prequel: Photo & Video Editor charting in a new countryAndroidTaiwan
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor added hidden keywords: retro, snowiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎Prequel: Photo & Video Editor reached #1 for “photo”iOS#1 in Netherlands search · popularity 43
- 🌟Prequel: Photo & Video Editor featured by AppleiOSapps · DE, ES, IN, IT, TR, ZA
- 📦Prequel: Photo & Video Editor updated to version 2.104.1iOSEver seen your app go full main character mode? This is that moment.
Smoother interface. Stronger output. Way fewer awkward pauses. - 🌟Prequel: Photo & Video Editor featured by AppleiOSapps · DE, ES, IN, IT, TR, ZA
- 🔎Prequel: Photo & Video Editor reached Top 10 for “edits”iOS#9 in Poland search · popularity 90
- 🌟Prequel: Photo & Video Editor featured by AppleiOSapps · DE, ES, IN, IT, TR, ZA
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new iPad screenshotsiOS· 17 countries
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · 17 countries
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: renamediOSPrequel: Редактор Фото и Видео → Prequel: фото и видео фильтры · RU
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: renamediOSPrequel: Editar Fotos y Videos → Prequel: filtros para fotos · MX, CO, AR
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: renamediOSPrequel: Aesthetic Editor → Prequel: filtros para fotos · ES
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor added hidden keywords: backiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦Prequel: Photo & Video Editor updated to version 2.104.0iOSEver seen your app go full main character mode? This is that moment.
Smoother interface. Stronger output. Way fewer awkward pauses. - 🌟Prequel: Photo & Video Editor featured by AppleiOSapps · DE, ES, IN, IT, TR, ZA
- 🌟Prequel: Photo & Video Editor featured by AppleiOSapps · DE, ES, IN, IT, TR, ZA
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor added hidden keywords: modifier, rolliOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Prequel: Photo & Video Editor featured by AppleiOSapps · DE, ES, IN, IT, TR, ZA
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor added hidden keywords: capcutiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Prequel: Photo & Video Editor featured by AppleiOSapps · DE, ES, IN, IT, TR, ZA
- 🔎Prequel: Photo & Video Editor reached Top 10 for “photo editor”iOS#10 in Philippines search · popularity 81
- 🌟Prequel: Photo & Video Editor featured by AppleiOSapps · DE, ES, IN, IT, TR, ZA
- 🌟Prequel: Photo & Video Editor featured by AppleiOSapps · DE, ES, IN, IT, TR, ZA
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor added hidden keywords: capcutiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🔎Prequel: Photo & Video Editor reached Top 10 for “video editor”iOS#10 in Poland search · popularity 79
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor added hidden keywords: reeliOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new iPad screenshotsiOS· 17 countries
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · 17 countries
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new iPad screenshotsiOS· TW
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · TW
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new iPad screenshotsiOS· RU
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · RU
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new iPad screenshotsiOS· MX, CO, AR
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · MX, CO, AR
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new iPad screenshotsiOS· KR
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · KR
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new iPad screenshotsiOS· IT
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · IT
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new iPad screenshotsiOS· DE
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · DE
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new iPad screenshotsiOS· BR
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · BR
- 📦Prequel: Photo & Video Editor updated to version 2.6.0AndroidIntroducing the Maple filter, carefully engineered to make your footage look 3x more expensive.
Use it wisely. Or chaotically. We’re not judging. - 🔎Prequel: Photo & Video Editor reached #1 for “photo”iOS#1 in Russia search · popularity 42
- 📦Prequel: Photo & Video Editor updated to version 2.103.0iOSSome minor bugs are fixed, so keep on editing with Prequel
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor added hidden keywords: cinematic, perfect, canyoniOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Prequel: Photo & Video Editor entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Photography · VN
- 📈Prequel: Photo & Video Editor entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Photography · TH
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor added hidden keywords: effectiveiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor added hidden keywords: birthiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Prequel: Photo & Video Editor entered the top 10AndroidTop Grossing · Photography · SE
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor added hidden keywords: scrl, gesichtsbearbeitung, ki-fotoiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor added hidden keywords: gradingiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor added hidden keywords: textastic, headshotsiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: description updatedAndroid· US
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: short description updatedAndroid· US
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor added hidden keywords: textasticiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor added hidden keywords: effectsiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: description updatediOS· TW
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new iPad screenshotsiOS· TW
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · TW
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: description updatediOS· 13 countries
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new iPad screenshotsiOS· 13 countries
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · 13 countries
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: description updatediOS· RU
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new iPad screenshotsiOS· RU
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · RU
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: description updatediOS· MX, ES
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new iPad screenshotsiOS· MX
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · MX
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: description updatediOS· KR
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new iPad screenshotsiOS· KR
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · KR
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: description updatediOS· JP
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new iPad screenshotsiOS· JP
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · JP
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: description updatediOS· IT
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new iPad screenshotsiOS· IT
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · IT
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: description updatediOS· FR
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new iPad screenshotsiOS· FR
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · FR
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new iPad screenshotsiOS· ES
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · ES
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: description updatediOS· DE
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new iPad screenshotsiOS· DE
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · DE
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: description updatediOS· CN
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new iPad screenshotsiOS· CN
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · CN
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: description updatediOS· BR
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new iPad screenshotsiOS· BR
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor: new screenshotsiOS8 screenshots (was 8) · BR
- 📈Prequel: Photo & Video Editor entered the top 100AndroidTop Grossing · Photography · VN
- 📦Prequel: Photo & Video Editor updated to version 2.102.0iOSNow featuring: the Witch Light filter for soft nostalgia, time travel, and good lighting when there is none.
Real ones update. Real ones apply twice. - 📈Prequel: Photo & Video Editor entered the top 100 in 8 chartsAndroidTop Free · Photography · ES · Top Grossing · Photography · ES · Top Grossing · Photography · MX · Top Grossing · Photography · NL · +4 more
- 📈Prequel: Photo & Video Editor charting in a new country in 7 chartsAndroidSpain · Mexico · Netherlands · Sweden · +3 more
- 📈Prequel: Photo & Video Editor entered the top 100AndroidTop Free · Photography · AU
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor added hidden keywords: éditeuriOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor added hidden keywords: ki-fotosiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor added hidden keywords: presets, reels, retouchiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦Prequel: Photo & Video Editor updated to version 2.5.0AndroidHey there Prequelers!
We value the inner beauty. Some changes may not be seen at first sight, but they have made Prequel even better for you. Start telling your stories with Prequel!Thank you for all your feedback and support!… more - ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor added hidden keywords: effects, reelsiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Prequel: Photo & Video Editor featured by Apple: “ESSENTIALS”iOStoday · DE, ES, IN, IT, TR
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor added hidden keywords: effects, video-editor, montageiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦Prequel: Photo & Video Editor updated to version 2.101.0iOSUpdated, elevated, prepped for your next late-night creative spiral.
You bring the blurry 3am footage. We’ll handle the transformation. - 🌟Prequel: Photo & Video Editor featured by Apple: “ESSENTIALS”iOStoday · DE, ES, IN, IT, TR
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor added hidden keywords: picture, quality, prematch, bearbeiten +1 moreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Prequel: Photo & Video Editor featured by Apple: “ESSENTIALS”iOStoday · DE, IN, IT, TR
- 📈Prequel: Photo & Video Editor entered the top 100 in 3 chartsAndroidTop Free · Photography · BR · Top Free · Photography · DE · Top Free · Photography · FR
- ✏️Prequel: Photo & Video Editor added hidden keywords: effects, pictureiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 🌟Prequel: Photo & Video Editor featured by Apple: “ESSENTIALS”iOStoday · DE, ES, IN, IT, TR
- 🌟Prequel: Photo & Video Editor featured by Apple: “ESSENTIALS”iOStoday · DE, ES, IN, IT, TR
- 🌟Prequel: Photo & Video Editor featured by Apple: “ESSENTIALS”iOStoday · DE, ES, IN, IT, TR
- 🆕Prequel: Photo & Video Editor first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidUnited Kingdom
- 🆕Prequel: Photo & Video Editor first spotted by AppInsideriOS#68 in Top Grossing · Photo & Video · China
- 🌟Prequel: Photo & Video Editor featured by Apple: “ESSENTIALS”iOStoday · AE, DE, IN, IT
- 📦Prequel: Photo & Video Editor version 2.100.2iOSNo release notes
- 📦Prequel: Photo & Video Editor version 2.4.0AndroidHey there!
Some minor bugs are fixed, so keep on editing with Prequel
Thank you for all your feedback and support! - 🆕Prequel: Photo & Video Editor released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕Prequel: Photo & Video Editor released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.8 ★
746k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#6
Android · 
Photography Free
Photography FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
2,390
▼ -10% vs the 2 weeks before (App Store)
Measured
App Store
App details
App ID
1325756279
Publisher
Prequel Inc.
Publisher country
United States
On the store since
Mar 2018
8 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 16.0+
iPhone 8 and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
12+
2 content notes below
Languages
14
EN FR DE ID IT JA KO PL PT RU ZH ES …
Size
325 MB
Also listed in
Entertainment
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Sexual Content and NudityInfrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
App privacy Measured
Prequel: Photo & Video Editor’s App Store privacy label declares 2 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 0 linked to your identity and 4 collected anonymously.
Used to track you
2
Linked to you
0
Not linked to you
4
Tracks you via
IIdentifiersUUsage Data
Not linked to you
PPurchases+3 more
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Google Play
App details
App ID
com.prequel.app
Publisher
Prequel Inc
Publisher country
United States
Content rating
Everyone
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v2.1.0, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Trackers
10
Permissions
27
Trackers
Full permission listProSee plans
Prequel: Photo & Video Editor downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 10k+ | 50M+ |
| Google Play | 5k+ | 50M+ Measured |
| Total | 10k+ Confidence | 100M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
App Store: chart positions and rating growth per country, anchored on its own Android downloads; lifetime from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Google Play: the daily change in its exact install count. The total adds every store.
Where Prequel: Photo & Video Editor's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: Subscription-led
How Prequel: Photo & Video Editor makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds · 1 ad networks
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Prequel Gold Weekly subscription | |
| 2 | Prequel Gold Weekly subscription | |
| 3 | Prequel Gold Weekly subscription | |
| 4 | Prequel Gold Weekly subscription | |
| 5 | Prequel Gold Weekly Special subscription | |
| 6 | Prequel Gold Weekly subscription | |
| 7 | Prequel Gold Weekly subscription | |
| 8 | Prequel Gold Weekly subscription | |
| 9 | Prequel Gold Yearly subscription | |
| 10 | Prequel Gold Weekly subscription |
Hidden keywords
Prequel: Photo & Video Editor shows up in App Store search (US) for 5 words that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field, and it ranks in the top 10 for at least one of them.
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #14 Photo & Video Grossing | 30 of 30 countries | #63 | #22 |
| Google Play | #6 Photography Free | 23 of 23 countries | #122 | #29 |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisApp Store
New ratings a week
1,732
▼ -10% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
15+
US App Store (Apple shows only the newest)
Recent ratings
4.6★
vs 4.7★ lifetime
Recent written reviews
2.7★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
82/100
top 1% of Photo & Video apps
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
 United States | 509 | 34% | ▼ -24% |
 China | 310 | 21% | ▼ -9% |
 Brazil | 127 | 9% | ▲ +22% |
 Mexico | 100 | 7% | ▲ +5% |
 Thailand | 87 | 6% | ▼ -15% |
 India | 62 | 4% | ▲ +7% |
| Russia | 56 | 4% | ▼ -41% |
 United Kingdom | 56 | 4% | ▼ -8% |
 Turkey | 51 | 3% | ▲ +5% |
 Canada | 50 | 3% | ▼ -20% |
 Japan | 46 | 3% | steady |
 Australia | 32 | 2% | ▼ -17% |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Google Play
New ratings a week
658
▲ +5% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
4.2
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.6★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
3.7★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
74/100
faster than 88% of Photography apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.7 ★ | 347k |
| Google Play | 4.8 ★ | 399k 6.7k written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.8 ★ weighted by ratings | 746k |
What users say about Prequel: Photo & Video Editor
From the 92 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users express strong frustration with aggressive monetization strategies, including unexpected charges, high subscription costs, and paywalls for basic editing features. Complaints also focus on poor AI performance that distorts images and excessive pop-ups during the onboarding process.
Mostly negative (40% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for good value, and its features and content. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and missing features or content.
What people like
- Price & subscription: “Even worse, they make you pay 5.99”
- Features & content: “The eraser feature is so good!!”
- Ease of use: “It’s been great I love it simple and clean and lots of different options and user friendly”
- Fun: “It's really fun to use because you can effortlessly give your photos a natural, aesthetic finish”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Why so we have to pay for”
- Features & content: “Cool features but buggy, almost unusable”
- Crashes & bugs: “For it to freeze yet again”
- Privacy & data
About Prequel: Photo & Video Editor
Create aesthetic edits with Prequel and iconic effects like DISCO, DIAMOND, BLING, TEAL, MIAMI, PRISM, VHS, and D3D. Prequel helps you bring your ideas to life.
FREE FEATURES
• 800+ EFFECTS and FILTERS to match any style.
• TEMPLATES: create high-quality aesthetic videos in one tap.
• D3D: create amazing 3D moving pictures easily and add trendy effects.
• TEXT: 30+ custom fonts to add text to your photos and videos.
• MUSIC: add tracks to your videos to enhance the mood.
• STICKERS: add gifs, emojis, and stickers to your photos.
• ADJUSTS: various tools to tune your content and get the result you need.
• INTRO: carefully designed starting effects for your photos and videos.
PREQUEL GOLD SUBSCRIPTION
Get access to a large library of Prequel filters, effects, and other editing tools. Use an advanced editing toolkit with a wide range of adjustment tools.
Prequel Gold is available as a subscription. Prices may vary depending on your country of residence and may be converted to your local currency.
Payment for your Prequel Gold subscription will be charged to your iTunes Account after purchase confirmation. Your subscription will automatically renew and your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time in your iTunes account settings, but refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of a subscription period. If you purchase your subscription during the free trial period, any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited.
About subscription: https://prequel.app/prequel-subscription
Read our Terms of Use here: https://prequel.app/term-of-use
Read our Privacy Policy here: https://prequel.app/privacy-policy
FREE FEATURES
• 800+ EFFECTS and FILTERS to match any style.
• TEMPLATES: create high-quality aesthetic videos in one tap.
• D3D: create amazing 3D moving pictures easily and add trendy effects.
• TEXT: 30+ custom fonts to add text to your photos and videos.
• MUSIC: add tracks to your videos to enhance the mood.
• STICKERS: add gifs, emojis, and stickers to your photos.
• ADJUSTS: various tools to tune your content and get the result you need.
• INTRO: carefully designed starting effects for your photos and videos.
PREQUEL GOLD SUBSCRIPTION
Get access to a large library of Prequel filters, effects, and other editing tools. Use an advanced editing toolkit with a wide range of adjustment tools.
Prequel Gold is available as a subscription. Prices may vary depending on your country of residence and may be converted to your local currency.
Payment for your Prequel Gold subscription will be charged to your iTunes Account after purchase confirmation. Your subscription will automatically renew and your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time in your iTunes account settings, but refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of a subscription period. If you purchase your subscription during the free trial period, any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited.
About subscription: https://prequel.app/prequel-subscription
Read our Terms of Use here: https://prequel.app/term-of-use
Read our Privacy Policy here: https://prequel.app/privacy-policy
Prequel: Photo & Video Editor App Store
Prequel: Photo & Video Editor gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Prequel: Photo & Video Editor is #22 in Photo & Video Grossing in United States and charting in 30 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperPrequel Inc.
CategoryPhoto & Video
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.7 (347k)
Version2.104.1
Age rating12+
First seen by us 24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)50M+ worldwide
Rating
4.7 ★
347k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#22
Photo & Video GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
1,732
▼ -10% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Prequel: Photo & Video Editor on the App Store
App details
App ID
1325756279
Publisher
Prequel Inc.
Publisher country
United States
On the store since
Mar 2018
8 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 16.0+
iPhone 8 and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase
Content rating
12+
2 content notes below
Languages
14
EN FR DE ID IT JA KO PL PT RU ZH ES …
Size
325 MB
Also listed in
Entertainment
Content notesInfrequent/Mild Sexual Content and NudityInfrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
App privacy Measured
Prequel: Photo & Video Editor’s App Store privacy label declares 2 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 0 linked to your identity and 4 collected anonymously.
Used to track you
2
Linked to you
0
Not linked to you
4
Tracks you via
IIdentifiersUUsage Data
Not linked to you
PPurchases+3 more
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Prequel: Photo & Video Editor downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Prequel: Photo & Video Editor's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Prequel: Photo & Video Editor before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Top Grossing positions in every country we track, converted to dollars per store and country, sized by each market's published consumer spend and calibrated on revenue companies publish.
Business model: Subscription-led
How Prequel: Photo & Video Editor makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds · 1 ad networks
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Prequel Gold Weekly subscription | |
| 2 | Prequel Gold Weekly subscription | |
| 3 | Prequel Gold Weekly subscription | |
| 4 | Prequel Gold Weekly subscription | |
| 5 | Prequel Gold Weekly Special subscription | |
| 6 | Prequel Gold Weekly subscription | |
| 7 | Prequel Gold Weekly subscription | |
| 8 | Prequel Gold Weekly subscription | |
| 9 | Prequel Gold Yearly subscription | |
| 10 | Prequel Gold Weekly subscription |
Hidden keywords
Prequel: Photo & Video Editor shows up in App Store search (US) for 5 words that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field, and it ranks in the top 10 for at least one of them.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
Germany
France
South Korea
Italy
Spain
Argentina
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VSCO: Photo & Video Editor#19
Tezza: Aesthetic Photo Editor#20
Photoroom: AI Photo & Video#21
Remini - AI Photo Enhancer#23
KICK - Live Streaming#24
PicCollage: Magic Photo Editor#25
Private Photo Vault - Pic Safe#26
Shots: Photo & Video Generator#27
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.7 ★
347k ratings
Measured
Ratings
347k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
1,732
▼ -10% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
15+
US App Store (Apple shows only the newest)
Recent ratings
4.6★
vs 4.7★ lifetime
Recent written reviews
2.7★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
82/100
top 1% of Photo & Video apps
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 509 | 34% | ▼ -24% |
| China | 310 | 21% | ▼ -9% |
| Brazil | 127 | 9% | ▲ +22% |
| Mexico | 100 | 7% | ▲ +5% |
| Thailand | 87 | 6% | ▼ -15% |
| India | 62 | 4% | ▲ +7% |
| Russia | 56 | 4% | ▼ -41% |
| United Kingdom | 56 | 4% | ▼ -8% |
| Turkey | 51 | 3% | ▲ +5% |
| Canada | 50 | 3% | ▼ -20% |
| Japan | 46 | 3% | steady |
| Australia | 32 | 2% | ▼ -17% |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Prequel: Photo & Video Editor
From the 92 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users express strong frustration with aggressive monetization strategies, including unexpected charges, high subscription costs, and paywalls for basic editing features. Complaints also focus on poor AI performance that distorts images and excessive pop-ups during the onboarding process.
Mostly negative (40% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for good value, and its features and content. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and missing features or content.
What people like
- Price & subscription: “Even worse, they make you pay 5.99”
- Features & content: “The eraser feature is so good!!”
- Ease of use: “It’s been great I love it simple and clean and lots of different options and user friendly”
- Fun: “It's really fun to use because you can effortlessly give your photos a natural, aesthetic finish”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Why so we have to pay for”
- Features & content: “Cool features but buggy, almost unusable”
- Crashes & bugs: “For it to freeze yet again”
- Privacy & data
About Prequel: Photo & Video Editor
Create aesthetic edits with Prequel and iconic effects like DISCO, DIAMOND, BLING, TEAL, MIAMI, PRISM, VHS, and D3D. Prequel helps you bring your ideas to life.
FREE FEATURES
• 800+ EFFECTS and FILTERS to match any style.
• TEMPLATES: create high-quality aesthetic videos in one tap.
• D3D: create amazing 3D moving pictures easily and add trendy effects.
• TEXT: 30+ custom fonts to add text to your photos and videos.
• MUSIC: add tracks to your videos to enhance the mood.
• STICKERS: add gifs, emojis, and stickers to your photos.
• ADJUSTS: various tools to tune your content and get the result you need.
• INTRO: carefully designed starting effects for your photos and videos.
PREQUEL GOLD SUBSCRIPTION
Get access to a large library of Prequel filters, effects, and other editing tools. Use an advanced editing toolkit with a wide range of adjustment tools.
Prequel Gold is available as a subscription. Prices may vary depending on your country of residence and may be converted to your local currency.
Payment for your Prequel Gold subscription will be charged to your iTunes Account after purchase confirmation. Your subscription will automatically renew and your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time in your iTunes account settings, but refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of a subscription period. If you purchase your subscription during the free trial period, any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited.
About subscription: https://prequel.app/prequel-subscription
Read our Terms of Use here: https://prequel.app/term-of-use
Read our Privacy Policy here: https://prequel.app/privacy-policy
FREE FEATURES
• 800+ EFFECTS and FILTERS to match any style.
• TEMPLATES: create high-quality aesthetic videos in one tap.
• D3D: create amazing 3D moving pictures easily and add trendy effects.
• TEXT: 30+ custom fonts to add text to your photos and videos.
• MUSIC: add tracks to your videos to enhance the mood.
• STICKERS: add gifs, emojis, and stickers to your photos.
• ADJUSTS: various tools to tune your content and get the result you need.
• INTRO: carefully designed starting effects for your photos and videos.
PREQUEL GOLD SUBSCRIPTION
Get access to a large library of Prequel filters, effects, and other editing tools. Use an advanced editing toolkit with a wide range of adjustment tools.
Prequel Gold is available as a subscription. Prices may vary depending on your country of residence and may be converted to your local currency.
Payment for your Prequel Gold subscription will be charged to your iTunes Account after purchase confirmation. Your subscription will automatically renew and your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time in your iTunes account settings, but refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of a subscription period. If you purchase your subscription during the free trial period, any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited.
About subscription: https://prequel.app/prequel-subscription
Read our Terms of Use here: https://prequel.app/term-of-use
Read our Privacy Policy here: https://prequel.app/privacy-policy
Latest updates
2.104.1
Ever seen your app go full main character mode? This is that moment.
Smoother interface. Stronger output. Way fewer awkward pauses.
2.104.0
Ever seen your app go full main character mode? This is that moment.
Smoother interface. Stronger output. Way fewer awkward pauses.
2.103.0
Some minor bugs are fixed, so keep on editing with Prequel
Store changes
What Prequel: Photo & Video Editor changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New iPad screenshots 
New screenshots
8 screenshots (was 8)
Renamed
Prequel: Редактор Фото и Видео → Prequel: фото и видео фильтры
More from Prequel Inc.
PREQUEL: Photo Editor, Filters Android
PREQUEL: Photo Editor, Filters gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
PREQUEL: Photo Editor, Filters is #29 in Photography Grossing on Google Play in United States and charting in 23 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperPrequel Inc.
CategoryPhotography
PriceFree
Released
Installs50M+
Rating★ 4.8 (399k)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone
Rating
4.8 ★
399k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#29
Photography GrossingMeasured
New ratings a week
658
▲ +5% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
PREQUEL: Photo Editor, Filters on Google Play
App details
App ID
com.prequel.app
Publisher
Prequel Inc
Publisher country
United States
Content rating
Everyone
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v2.1.0, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Trackers
10
Permissions
27
Trackers
Full permission listProSee plans
PREQUEL: Photo Editor, Filters downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Google Play shows an exact lifetime install count; downloads per day are its daily change (measured). When Play hasn't refreshed the count, they come from new ratings and Top Free chart positions. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where PREQUEL: Photo Editor, Filters's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in PREQUEL: Photo Editor, Filters before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Top Grossing positions in every country we track, converted to dollars per store and country, sized by each market's published consumer spend and calibrated on revenue companies publish.
Business model: Subscription-led
How PREQUEL: Photo Editor, Filters makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
SubscriptionsIn-app purchasesAds · 1 ad networks
Subscriptions
/mo
of revenue
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Prequel Gold Weekly subscription | |
| 2 | Prequel Gold Weekly subscription | |
| 3 | Prequel Gold Weekly subscription | |
| 4 | Prequel Gold Weekly subscription | |
| 5 | Prequel Gold Weekly Special subscription | |
| 6 | Prequel Gold Weekly subscription | |
| 7 | Prequel Gold Weekly subscription | |
| 8 | Prequel Gold Weekly subscription | |
| 9 | Prequel Gold Yearly subscription | |
| 10 | Prequel Gold Weekly subscription |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
Apps near PREQUEL: Photo Editor, Filters on the chart
Photography Grossing, around #29.
DanceHit: AI Dance Generator#24
YouCam Perfect - Photo Editor#25
Photoshop Express Photo Editor#26
Hype AI - AI Photo & Video#27
Shots - AI Photo & Video Maker#28
Photo Lab Picture Editor & Art#30
Reface: Face Swap AI Generator#31
PhotoBoost - AI Photo Enhancer#32
Glam AI: Video & Photo Editor#33
FaceLab - Face Age, AI Haircut#34
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.8 ★
399k ratings
Measured
Ratings
399k
Measured
Written reviews
6.7k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
658
▲ +5% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
4.2
Google Play
Lifetime rating
4.6★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Recent written reviews
3.7★
people who write skew negative
Review momentum
74/100
faster than 88% of Photography apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about PREQUEL: Photo Editor, Filters
From the 200 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users are highly critical of the aggressive monetization strategy, citing hidden paywalls and unexpected AI credit costs even for subscribers. While some praise the aesthetic quality of filters, many report technical bugs, crashes, and deceptive onboarding practices.
Mixed but leaning positive (71% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for good value, and its features and content. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and missing features or content.
What people like
- Price & subscription: “its a great app but after 3 days u have to pay”
- Features & content: “there's plenty of free options”
- Fun: “I am a musician, and I have been having fun creating videos”
- Useful: “this app is really useful you can edit your own photo or videos thanks to prequel🫶🫶🫶🫶”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Anything more costs money”
- Features & content: “Not even an option to watch an ad for a one-time use”
- Crashes & bugs: “The app has errors and failures every few clicks”
- Privacy & data: “The credit system is an absolute money scam”
About PREQUEL: Photo Editor, Filters
Prequel is a photo editor and video editor in one app, with filters and effects for photos and videos. Edit photos, style videos, retouch portraits, create collages, add text, and explore vintage camera looks, presets, and creative editing tools.
Unlike many editing apps for pictures and editing apps for videos, Prequel combines one-tap presets with detailed photo editing tools.
OVER 200 PHOTO FILTERS & VIDEO FILTERS
Try film filter styles, grain filter effects, faded old-photo looks, retro filters, black and white, Y2K, anime, sepia, teal, and more. Every photo filter can also be used on video, helping photos and clips keep the same visual style. Save the filters for pictures you use most and keep your favorite picture filters close at hand. Explore AI filter presets for quick creative transformations.
A VINTAGE CAMERA IN YOUR POCKET
Create vintage camera looks inspired by 35mm film, disposable cameras, VHS cams, polaroid photos, and early digital cameras. Use a retro camera style, a disposable camera filter, or a polaroid filter for instant-photo framing. Add camera effects like light leaks, dust, grain, and faded color. A vintage camera filter can turn a modern shot into a retro photo, while a VHS filter brings the same aesthetic to video.
FACE & BODY EDITOR
Use face retouch tools to smooth skin, refine portraits, and adjust facial details. The face editor gives you control over eyes, nose, lips, and other features, while the body editor helps adjust proportions. Combine photo retouch with a beauty filter, face filters, color adjustments, and effects. Every face edit can be changed or undone as you work.
COLLAGE MAKER FOR PHOTOS
Create a photo collage with layouts for multiple pictures, adjustable borders, and flexible spacing. Use the collage maker with photo filters, backgrounds, stickers, text, textures, and effects. Apply one look across the entire photo collage to keep every frame consistent.
ADD TEXT TO PHOTOS
Choose from 200+ fonts, from clean subtitles to handwritten and contemporary styles. Add text to photos, place text behind objects, curve it, animate it, or use text stickers. Photo text stays editable so you can change the wording, font, position, and style.
PHOTO EDITING TOOLS
Adjust exposure, curves, HSL, depth of field, blur, sharpness, color, and light. Add photo effects like prism, glow, grain, and other creative styles. Editing photos can be as quick as choosing a preset or as detailed as adjusting the image yourself.
EDIT PICTURES TEN AT A TIME
Batch editing lets you edit pictures in groups of up to 10 photos. Save any photo edit as a preset and reuse combinations of filters, effects, color adjustments, and retouch tools. Build your own photo presets and apply the same style across multiple pictures.
VIDEO FILTERS & VIDEO EFFECTS
Use video filters designed for moving footage, plus video templates for fast edits. Add your clips, choose a look, and combine video filters with video effects, grain, color adjust
Unlike many editing apps for pictures and editing apps for videos, Prequel combines one-tap presets with detailed photo editing tools.
OVER 200 PHOTO FILTERS & VIDEO FILTERS
Try film filter styles, grain filter effects, faded old-photo looks, retro filters, black and white, Y2K, anime, sepia, teal, and more. Every photo filter can also be used on video, helping photos and clips keep the same visual style. Save the filters for pictures you use most and keep your favorite picture filters close at hand. Explore AI filter presets for quick creative transformations.
A VINTAGE CAMERA IN YOUR POCKET
Create vintage camera looks inspired by 35mm film, disposable cameras, VHS cams, polaroid photos, and early digital cameras. Use a retro camera style, a disposable camera filter, or a polaroid filter for instant-photo framing. Add camera effects like light leaks, dust, grain, and faded color. A vintage camera filter can turn a modern shot into a retro photo, while a VHS filter brings the same aesthetic to video.
FACE & BODY EDITOR
Use face retouch tools to smooth skin, refine portraits, and adjust facial details. The face editor gives you control over eyes, nose, lips, and other features, while the body editor helps adjust proportions. Combine photo retouch with a beauty filter, face filters, color adjustments, and effects. Every face edit can be changed or undone as you work.
COLLAGE MAKER FOR PHOTOS
Create a photo collage with layouts for multiple pictures, adjustable borders, and flexible spacing. Use the collage maker with photo filters, backgrounds, stickers, text, textures, and effects. Apply one look across the entire photo collage to keep every frame consistent.
ADD TEXT TO PHOTOS
Choose from 200+ fonts, from clean subtitles to handwritten and contemporary styles. Add text to photos, place text behind objects, curve it, animate it, or use text stickers. Photo text stays editable so you can change the wording, font, position, and style.
PHOTO EDITING TOOLS
Adjust exposure, curves, HSL, depth of field, blur, sharpness, color, and light. Add photo effects like prism, glow, grain, and other creative styles. Editing photos can be as quick as choosing a preset or as detailed as adjusting the image yourself.
EDIT PICTURES TEN AT A TIME
Batch editing lets you edit pictures in groups of up to 10 photos. Save any photo edit as a preset and reuse combinations of filters, effects, color adjustments, and retouch tools. Build your own photo presets and apply the same style across multiple pictures.
VIDEO FILTERS & VIDEO EFFECTS
Use video filters designed for moving footage, plus video templates for fast edits. Add your clips, choose a look, and combine video filters with video effects, grain, color adjust
What's new in 2.6.0
Introducing the Maple filter, carefully engineered to make your footage look 3x more expensive.
Use it wisely. Or chaotically. We’re not judging.
Use it wisely. Or chaotically. We’re not judging.
Store changes
What PREQUEL: Photo Editor, Filters changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
Description updated
Short description updated
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