7 Alternative TikTok Apps for iOS Platform

Popularitas TikTok worldwide directly lift the trend short video become a global phenomenon. Now almost all platform social media offers a special place to accommodate short videos, and this is no exception YouTube.

In this article, we will discuss at least 7 alternative TikTok apps available on platform iOS. Whatever your reason for avoiding TikTok — whether you don't like the community, or don't like the features editingYou can try these 7 apps for free on your iPhone or iPad.

1.Instagram

This alternative TikTok application should not need further introduction. But in case you missed the news, Instagram has been offering a feature called Reels since August 2020. From a simple perspective, Instagram Reels is really designed so that users can easily create short TikTok-style videos that have a duration of between 3 and 30 seconds.

To use Reels, you just need the latest version of the Instagram app. From the main page, swipe the screen to the right to open the camera view, then select Reels.

Download: App Store

2. Dubmash

Believe it or not, Dubsmash has been around since before TikTok existed. Dubsmash allows us to watch and upload videos with a duration of 10 seconds, with features editing which is very similar to what TikTok offers. Apart from taking advantage of the available music collection, creators at Dubsmash are also free to mix their own pieces of music to use in videos.

If you've ever used TikTok, you'll definitely find it easy to adapt to Dubsmash, especially considering that it's also equipped with features such as Trending, Explore, and direct messaging.

Download: Dubsmash

3. Trill

The main premise that Triller offers is very much like TikTok: choose a song from the available collection, record a video, edit it, then share it. For the sake of simplicity, the application is also equipped with features auto editing by utilizing AI-based algorithms.

What's unique about Triller is its monetization system. Triller has two types of currency, Gold and Gems. Gold can be purchased with real money, and serves as a gift to other creators. At a certain amount, the Gold received can be exchanged into Gems, which can then be melted into money.

One thing to note is, all of that can only be done if you already have the amount follower which is large enough, one of the requirements to be registered as a verified account.

Download: App Store

4. ZigZag

Like TikTok, ZigZag also allows users to create entertaining short videos and share them with the world. Besides music library, ZigZag also have clip libraries which basically can be used to slip a lot meme popular to the created video.

ZigZag also greatly facilitates collaboration. When you start making videos, a creator can easily invite friends. After that, the videos created by them will be automatically inserted into the creator's video.

Download: App Store

5. Funimate

Funimate really puts forward features editing very complete. The developers themselves are more comfortable classifying Funimate as a video editing application than an alternative to TikTok, even though Funimate also has its own user community.

For those who don't like the features editing TikTok and other applications that are here, Funimate can be an interesting alternative. One thing to keep in mind, although the app is free, there are some features in Funimate that are locked and can only be unlocked by purchasing in-app purchase.

Download: App Store

6.Snapchat

Following in the footsteps of Instagram which released Reels, towards the end of 2020, Snapchat launched a similar feature which they dubbed Spotlight. Just like TikTok, the maximum supported length for any Spotlight video is 60 seconds, and Snap (the Snapchat developer company) doesn't forget to provide its own music collection based on the licenses they secure from a number of labels.

When this feature was released, Snap also said that they were willing to pay directly for creators whose content was panning view most every day. Unfortunately, Spotlight is only available in 14 countries so far, and Indonesia is still not one of them.

Download: App Store

7. YouTube Shorts

Lastly, as I said at the beginning, there is YouTube that doesn't want to lose momentum. Not long after TikTok was blocked in India in the middle of last year, YouTube also tried to fill the void in the country by launching YouTube Shorts. As the name implies, Shorts is specifically designed to accommodate short videos from creators, of course with a vertical format and a duration of no more than 15 seconds.

The downside is that YouTube Shorts is still in beta and so far it's only available in India and the United States. Outside of these two countries, users can actually still make videos for Shorts. This is done by including the hashtag #Shorts in the title or description of the video captured in a vertical orientation, and the duration of the video must also not exceed 60 seconds.

Download: App Store

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