What's New

iMovie 3.0.2 includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:
• Easily open your iMovie project in Final Cut Pro for iPad and take advantage of advanced editing and effects.
• Adds support for log-encoded video recorded with iPhone 15 Pro.
• Fixes an issue where selecting an iMovie project in the Files app would sometimes result in the project not opening.
• Fixes an issue where exporting a video would sometimes result in displaying an incorrect “Storage Almost Full” error.

App Description

With a streamlined design and intuitive Multi-Touch gestures, iMovie lets you create Hollywood-style trailers and beautiful movies like never before.

Instantly create Magic Movies
• With just a few taps, you can create and share a beautiful, custom video
• Select an album or group of videos or images and iMovie will create a video for you—no video editing required—with titles, transitions, and music
• Easily rearrange or delete clips in the simplified shot list
• Apply a different style to change up the look and feel of the whole video

Learn storytelling with Storyboards
• Choose from 20 Storyboards that help you get started with popular video types
• Record video or take photos right into each placeholder clip, or add media from your Photos library
• Add, reorder, and delete clips as needed to organize and customize your story
• Apply a dynamic visual style that include title layouts, fonts, filters, color palettes, and music

Make Hollywood-style trailers
• Choose from 14 trailer templates with stunning graphics and original scores by some of the world’s top film composers
• Customize movie studio logos, cast names, and credits
• Select videos and photos for your trailer or record video right in iMovie

Create beautiful movies
• Choose from 8 unique themes with matching titles, transitions, and music
• Give your movie the perfect look with 13 Apple-designed video filters
• Choose from 11 animated title styles like Split, Reveal or Pop-up
• Adjust any title by changing its font, color, size, location, and more
• Add solid, gradient, and patterned backgrounds to your movie
• Import and edit video captured in Cinematic mode on iPhone 13 or later
• Add, adjust, and delete focus points and modify the depth of field effect in video recorded in Cinematic mode*
• Easily add picture in picture, green screen, and split screen effects
• Select from more than 130 soundtracks that automatically adjust to the length of your movie
• Add sound effects, songs from your music library, and your own narration
• Connect a keyboard and use simple shortcuts to edit movies quickly
• Connect a trackpad or mouse to iPad for fast and accurate moviemaking

iMovie everywhere
• Transfer projects between your iPhone and iPad using AirDrop or iCloud Drive
• Send projects to your Mac via AirDrop or iCloud Drive to finish editing with iMovie or Final Cut Pro
• Connect an external display to your iPhone or iPad and choose to mirror the iMovie interface or display your video fullscreen while you edit**

Share with friends and family
• Send videos with Mail and Messages
• Save to your Photos library in resolutions up to 4K at 60 frames per second***
• Export videos optimized for Instagram, YouTube, and other popular video destinations

* Requires iPhone XS or later, iPad mini (5th generation or later), iPad Air (3rd generation or later), iPad Pro 11-inch or iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation or later)

** External display support requires iPhone 7 or later, iPad (6th generation) or later, iPad Air 3 or later, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) or later

*** 4K at 60 frames per second support requires iPod touch (7th generation), iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 7, iPad (6th generation) or later, iPad mini (5th generation), iPad Air 3 or later, iPad Pro 10.5-inch or later

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • June 02, 2011 New version 1.2.1
  • March 10, 2011 New version 1.2
  • September 08, 2010 New version 1.1
  • July 07, 2010 New version 1.0.1
  • October 12, 2011 New version 1.2.2
  • March 07, 2012 New version 1.3
  • May 01, 2012 New version 1.3.1
  • September 19, 2012 New version 1.4
  • February 13, 2013 New version 1.4.1
  • September 03, 2013 New version 1.4.2
  • October 22, 2013 New version 2.0
  • September 18, 2014 New version 2.1
  • November 08, 2014 New version 2.1.1
  • May 01, 2015 New version 2.1.2
  • September 17, 2015 New version 2.2
  • October 23, 2015 New version 2.2.1
  • June 21, 2016 New version 2.2.2
  • July 29, 2016 New version 2.2.3
  • September 06, 2017 New version 2.2.4
  • September 06, 2017 Price decrease: $4.99 -> FREE!
  • April 13, 2018 New version 2.2.5
  • November 08, 2018 New version 2.2.6
  • June 13, 2019 New version 2.2.7
  • September 25, 2019 New version 2.2.8
  • July 14, 2020 New version 2.2.9
  • October 22, 2020 New version 2.3
  • December 09, 2020 New version 2.3.1
  • January 26, 2021 New version 2.3.2
  • October 08, 2021 New version 2.3.3
  • September 16, 2023 New version 3.0.1
  • November 15, 2023 New version 3.0.2