DaVinci Resolve for iPad App Reviews

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Why doesn’t sync align audio and video?. This by far my favorite video editing app, but when I try to sync my audio and video, why don’t they align? Instead, they are placed one after the other on the timeline. Other than that, it’s a near flawless editing tool for the iPad.

GREAT FOR WHATS INTENDED. This editor really is the most complete version of video edition that I’ve seen on a mobile device and FREE for a quick simple edit or just to get some work done on the go but I’d say you can edit any video in here, ofc the desktop version (free) is more complete and has more tools but for what it is capable and for social media editing really makes life easier than carrying a laptop or going to the desktop to edit a simpler video , Really works great and runs smoothly on the iPAD Air 5 with the M1 Chip.

Valiant attempt but key pieces missing. This attempt to bring DaVinci to the iPad is amazingly well done. It is possible to construct and color grade a video timeline almost as good as you would on the full version. Almost but not quite. There are some shortcomings to the functionality especially in the audio features. Annoyingly there’s no easy way to fade in and fade out an audio track - - the little white handle that you can drag in the edit module of the full version is non existent on the iPad. For that matter, the edit module is not there at all, neither is the Fairlight module. Paying the $ 99 upgrade to the iPad studio version doesn’t open up these features either, although it opens up many additional transitions and fusion features. Don’t get me wrong, I have created several pro looking videos on my iPad with this app and I am amazed that it actually brings a fairly good version of DaVinci to a mobile device, it’s just missing some audio control features, which I am hoping will be added in future updates. I

Very basic and missing fundamentals. Well I was hoping that BMD would at least assure that their own software would work with their own cameras but as of now at least Resolve for iPad only supports BRAW but not the CDNG format many of their previous generation cameras shoot into. It sees files shot in CDNG as just stills and won’t import them properly as a clip for any of their older cameras. Also missing is the ability to add any custom 3D LUT’s at all, you are stuck with the basic LUT’s Resolve comes with, there’s no option at all to add any third party LUT files whatsoever. Hopefully they address both of these major issues, even if it requires me buying the Studio version, which I totally would if it supported both these features.

Imo, as of Oct 2023 - Final Cut has the edge. So much potential tho.. You swap from Lightroom to DaVinciResolve with a flick of your hand - the CX impossible on most machines that run this software. But not on the iPad - this is the reality we are fortunate enough to live in today. Here it is - the Resolve interface you know and love. You notice only two tabs on the bottom immediately - editing and color grading. FairLight is nowhere in sight (and fair enough), but nor is the file manager there, or the simplified clip view. Odd choice, but understandable - better have a stable build now, than later. Then, you try to fade in audio and realize - that is not a feature (yet, (hopefully)). Cropping on the M1 iPad Pro is comically laggy for 1920x1080p footage, and the overall CX of the NLE is just… off. Ex: You are guaranteed to try to move a clip, only to enter the ‘scroll selected portion of the source’ mode inside the clip. Verdict: Final Cut is clunky and I dont like it, but — it has more features of the desktop NLEs.

Bugs are too catastrophic. It is a good attempt and really not all that bad. It does only the basic stuff for now but really has potential. The problem is that in just 3 days, it has deleted my entire project. The app crashed and the project would not appear. I looked for it but it seems to be missing the file itself. No idea how that happened. This is unacceptable because I worked 2 days on it thus far. I’d be angrier if it was a 2 week project. THEN, today, it crashed again while color grading. I can’t open the project anymore. It crashes everytime I open it. I am now unable to finish this project. I have to start over, likely with a more reliable app. I am fiddling with this a bit longer to see if I can get it to work but a reset/reboot didn’t do the trick.

Crashes on launch. I’m sure this is a terrific program. However, on my iPad Pro it crashes every time I launch the app. Hopefully an update is on the way to fix this issue. I agree with one of the other reviewers about having the iPad app, be identical to the desktop app, but obviously, with the only difference being the touch interface of the iPad.

Game Changing. This app is game changing! This is not a dumbed down version of resolve, it’s fully featured cut and color pages, and with cloud collaboration I can work on projects on desktop and iPad interchangeably. Can’t wait to see what BMD does with this app next! The deliver tab, and fusion tab would make this app nearly perfect. And maybe fairlight? And for free this app is a no brainer. Also I’m on a 2018 iPad pro, and have not run into any issues. So happy this is out!

AMAZING! But, PLEASE STOP THE CRASHES!. Editing on the couch with an Apple Pencil faster than my editors in a suite? Yes, please and thank you—- until —-WOOPS—— CRASH, CRASH, CRASH! Just counted eight times in a row in 15mins. This has to stop in order to be effective. Reluctantly deleting and reinstalling app, scared that all of my files will be gone because of this CRASH, CRASH, CRASH! So, the Final Cut and professional, fancy editing colleagues actually win because they can complete a project longer than :45. Fix whatever bug is crashing the 18.5 on the latest iPad. Thx! From all the couch-and-go miscellaneous editors.

Efficiency and performance. I haven’t used it to its full extent but I wanted to write a quick review to make an issue known. During export, when you switch to a different app, the export progress bar disappears, without any indication whether it’s still exporting or not. After awhile it fails. While the progress bar disappears and you try to export again, it won’t let you; nothing happens. You would have to quit the app and try again. Developers need to fix this issue.

Still feels like a late beta. I’ve been using LumaFusion for years and love its simplicity. However, it lacks quite a few features that prevents it from being a true FCP replacement. DaVinci Resolve has almost all of those features and then some, but it’s going to take some getting used to. My other complaint is that it’s got some bugs and it doesn’t fully support external monitor on iPadOS 16 (that seems like a major oversight). I had to delete and reinstall to get it working again.

Can’t wait to see where it goes. I love that this is a full version. What I mean is that you can have someone on an iPad while someone is on a PC at the same time with cloud collaboration. I think the Cut Page and Color Grading pages are great for the iPad. It just needs to get the Fairlight & Edit page next. If you’re looking to get this, definitely try it first. If you’re already used to Resolve, then you’ll have 90% of the learning curve down. Definitely expect some learning curves. The workflow and other things will be a bit different and you will be slower than normal at first.

From a guy never used DaVinci Resolve before and only using Lumafusion. I first heard about this editing software when it came to ipados, never knew that it existed on computer. I heard lot of professional editor like using this software. I never tried any editing software on the computer maybe because it’s performance very bad and cost too much money. So i try it out after 5 years using Lumafusion to editing for my videos. At first it’s very hard to use. can’t pinch in or out the clip line, comlicated zoom and out effects, theres some cool effects that I liked. After tried to learn it and final straw that broke the back is that, audio very buggy when i played the video (on 2021 iPad mini). So I decided to head back to Lumafusion because it’s kinda simple, enough for my video cutting, easy to zoom and out of an video, enough effects. It does all the stuff for me like Color Space based on clip I put in the project so I don’t need to worry about. Maybe i’m just an idiot trying to learn this “professional” app. If it’s the good editing software for you then use it and purchase the Studio mode for it. I just find it very hard to use and it’s sort of anti new user. If you find this review stupid then yea, i’m stupid.

The Haters know Nothing…. Well… they might know something. It is lacking all the pages besides cut and color (as of july 24). You can get around this with some clever thinking and tutorials, but still. Everything is absolutely splendid and near perfect when you access the other pages, but a few things don't quite work right. 3D Keyer and Tracking, mostly. I know that they are technically not yet supported, but just keep in mind that if you are going to download this before the full version is released, there will be a few small problems. Nothing important though! I absolutely love Davinci Resolve for IPad :D

Desktop-caliber features. The best there is.. I used the free version of Resolve for years, but when I purchased this for my iPad, I loved it so much that I upgraded to the Studio version for desktop. That’s how good this is. For the price here, this is a steal. We need to support companies that still SELL software and not rent it with subscriptions. On iPad, this is the best there is.

VERY capable app, doesn’t handle large files too well. I love using the app, and how capable of various types of editing tools there are available. However, I do not enjoy the fact that I am not able to use large files in my projects without the app crashing every single time I try to work with the file. I sometimes film in ProRes, and the files I end up with are massive. I have a project that has a file in the timeline that is about 45GB. The app attempts to load the video in the timeline preview and crashes when I either try to open the file or skim through that file in the timeline. I have the latest iPad Pro with the M2 processor and 1TB of storage space.

A dump truck with a mercedes engine.. I don't know about iPad Pro, really. Any time I use "Smart Warp" when interpolating frames, this device crashes to desktop as soon as I hit render. I blamed it on heat buildup, but this is now happening with my iPad Pro sitting on a chilled gel pad to pull heat out of the device (which has abysmal cooling and tries to convince you "the M1 doesn't need it") I am not trusting iPad Pro as a serious work station. Maybe the Mac book does better but this tablet running a hyped-up PHONE OS isn't working for me.

Love DaVinci except on my iPad. I absolutely love DaVinci Resolve except it crashes and shuts down literally every 5 minutes or so. The iPad is less than a year old and has been virtually unused. I look forward to getting a laptop this year so hopefully I can use this program without the frustration of having to walk away from it so that it and I can cool down.

Makes your iPad feel like a video editing machine. (Read if frustrated with not all pages). I’m not gonna lie there are some very specific workspaces this app can fit. If you have an iPad that slows down with normal tasks like checking the web I definitely would not recommend this app for you. I have and iPad Pro with a Magic Keyboard and that is the only way this app works for me. However if you have something like that you feel would work I would recommend this. Now I will talk about an issue that I had but I resolved through a creative method, you do need some sort of keyboard you can connect to your iPad. I came from DaVinci Resolve for my Mac and was soon frustrated by the lack of pages, that is only the Cut and Color page. However if you press alt or option+command or control+k it will pull up a page that I’m not sure were supposed to be able to access. However, if you scroll all the way down you will find a drop down menu that says show page. From here you can create keyboard shortcuts for each page you want to show.

Calling this “unwieldy” is unfair to merely unwieldy apps. Imagine the most clunky, unwieldy app possible for an iPad —- and that would still be smoother, more efficient, and more intuitive than this piece of junk. To make matters worse — I had to buy the Studio version in order to access Magic Mask — the one feature that was tempting me to migrate to DaVinci Resolve. Imagine my disappointment when I found this feature to be barely-if-at-all functional!! But I thought —- maybe I can keep this from being a _total_ loss. I noticed that (unlike the other iPad options) this app has a scrolling-text function. Only problem is —- when I tried to highlight any significant swath of text, the text-field did not cooperate. Everyone’s talking about how awesome and game-chainging DaVinci Resolve is. But as for me, I am going to be sticking with FinalCut Pro and LumaFusion. I have already uninstalled this app from both my iPads — and as soon as I am able to, I am going to request a refund on the Studio version of this app.

💡📊❕. Developers, I have a suggestion for an enhancement to your video editing software: a customizable sound visualizer tailored for audio tracks. This feature should allow users to adjust visual elements like color schemes, waveform shapes, and intensity to match different audio tracks. The visualizer would ideally react dynamically and in real time to the audio, providing an engaging audio-visual experience. Including settings for frequency response and visual complexity would be beneficial. Such a feature would not only enhance your software’s functionality but also give users creative freedom to visually represent their audio tracks in unique ways. Thank you for considering this suggestion. I believe it would be a valuable addition for many users.

Get Full Version. Connect a keyboard to your iPad and use the shortcut Option+Command+k This opens your keyboard shortcuts. On the right side scroll all the way down to the “Open Page” section. Assign shortcuts to open every single page. Then exit the keyboard shortcut page and use your shortcuts to open the media, edit, fusion, fairlight, and deliver page!!!

An exciting starting debut!. An exciting starting point for a software that has only given me joy from the beginning. Hard to learn, easy to use when you get practice. The best thing about the IPad version is that it looks a lot like its older version on Mac/PC, which makes it easier to handle. Still in an early stage, it promises a lot. In my case, as a journalist, I can make a video with interviews, voice over, and film material in record time.

Cmd+Option+K to Unlock all the missing Edit, Fusion, Fairlight and Deliver pages. On the shortcut page scroll down to the bottom and find Show Page. And from there, set the shortcut key for all those missing pages and you will see them magically reappear! Absolutely love Davinci Resolve for iPad. A super powerful video editing tool that is changing the industry.

Almost perfect. This is Blackmagic in every way, almost perfection. The app is 98% just like the PC version of it. Im missing little things but this are starting to bother after a couple weeks of use. It desperately needs a Menu bar to access all the options that are not mapped by default. I believe the potential is infinite and new versions will only get better.

Caveat. A really nice video editor with a couple of caveats. First, be sure that the versions on your Mac and iPad are the same, otherwise your editing and project on the iPad cannot make the round-trip back to your Mac. Also, the smaller timeline above the larger view is a bit of a pain because I keep hitting it by mistake and jumping around to the wrong place. Other than that, this video editor presents amazing functionality and possibilities.

Edited and Published my first video using this app, was awesome!. I am very happy with this app. I am suspecting more features are on the way but this was a great start. I created my first video using 4K footage from my Sony A7IV and multi-cam with some GoPro’s and I had no issues. Although I don’t normally use the cut tab, this forced me to try it and it turns out I really like using it. Very happy with this and for free, it’s amazing. I’ll be picking up Studio though. Very happy, thank you!

Desktop style video editing On-The-Go!. I have been using DaVinci Resolve on PC for years. It’s always been an intuitive yet powerful video editing tool, able to be as simple or advanced as the user would like. When I heard it was coming to iPad, I was skeptical. I have the iPad Air 5 and wasn’t convinced it would operate effectively. However, upon downloading and working with it, I realized how badly I judged the shift to mobile. The videos I edited were only around 5 minutes at most, however it seems the application delivers quality results regardless of the needs. It’s definitely worth the free download for anyone who would like to get into amateur video editing on entry-level devices. Fantastic job.

Rediculous bugs, good app.. Okay, so Devinci is great. However, since the most recent update, the app has been bugging out. It has been crashing almost immediately upon opening, and randomly distorting the colors of all my clips drastically. I’m trying to work on a video and I’m exasperated at this point. I have no idea what to do, and their support system is weird. Please fix this! (Also, please ignore the weird name, i swear im not six 💀)

18.5 Fusion page crashes on my iPad. Hi. DaVinci Resolve is more than fine for me. In the 18.5 update, all the pages like Edit, Cut, Colour, Fairlight is working fine. However, Fusion page doesn’t work. Whenever I open Fusion on my 2020 iPad Pro, it crashes, which previously worked just fine. I also have couple of projects made on Fusion page on my iPad. Please fix this issue. Thank you

Perfect video editor for iPad Pro. I have spent years practicing video editing on a wide variety of platforms. As an Apple user, my go to app has been Final Cut Pro. The first time I used DaVinci Resolve was on the iPad. Now that I am taking classes on DaVinci Resolve I am amazed to see just how useful this app is if u are looking for the best video editing app on iPad. Compared to Lumafusion and iMovie, (both of which I have used on the iPad) this app is a the perfect professional video editing and color correction app you can use for every kind of video editing requirement. Even if you don’t have any experience with DaVinci Resolve when you start using this app, the same situation I was in when I downloaded this app, you can easily start importing and editing footage in the app and learn as you go along. If you are interested in using all of the editing pages Mac users rely on, this can be achieved by simply evoking the keyboard shortcuts list and assigning keyboard shortcuts to the other pages in the app. This will enable you to enjoy the full DaVinci Resolve editing experience from the beginning of a project, through the delivery stage.

absolutely great (READ IF IT CRASHES ON STARTUP). industry standard video editor on an ipad! and to all the people saying it crashes, im on an ipad mini 5, it works fine, what more can you ask for? if it's crashing on startup, delete it and reinstall it. This app is free and has more features than other "pls subscribe and give me money" video editors. Every other editor is permanently out of the question. Davinci Resolve includes amazing editing tools for free, with even more amazing tools with Davinci Resolve Studio, for $95, which is actually a pretty good pricepoint for professional software such as this. I’ve seen softwares that have only one focus, and cost $200, while this is a full-featured, Hollywood professional movie studio quality editor, which of course is more than suited for my needs, simply making memes and editing my videos, and while some people may be immediately turned off by the fact that it simply looks quite complex, keep in mind, almost no professional software (Blender, Affinity Photo, Davinci Resolve, etc.), does not look complex, as it’s possible to fit advanced features without hiding them away in 350 different bundles of menus. Overall, 11/10, absolutely outstanding piece of software. The one and only request I have is the addition of more tabs. (Fusion, fairlight, etc.)

Absolutely love it, but not the update. I absolutely love using DaVinci Resolve. I use it waaay more than any other editing software, but the most recent update has moved all kinds of things, and I am having many many problems that I didn’t before. I can’t even finish exporting any videos, it fails right at the end every time… please help and I’ll go back to 5 stars. Otherwise I’ll have to quit using it… no point if I can’t export.

Very good with a keyboard. I am a YouTuber making videos… this was a big game changer my pc could not handle the power of DaVinci now my m1 iPad is rocking this without any difficulty. I know it’s still not fully released with all pages so using the other pages is ok but not smooth it crashes. But it should be fixed when the other pages are officially released. This is A great editing app for pro and casual user. Better than all the other “free” editing apps

Pretty great, except for software bug. I’m pleasantly surprised that Resolve runs smoothly on my 4th Gen iPad Air (although I am disappointed that I can’t export in 4k without upgrading to an iPad Pro). That aside, I stumbled across a possible software bug when editing vertical content: it is shrunken down and surrounded by a large black border that I can’t get rid of. I have already tried adjusting my project settings to 1080x1920, cropping the clips (doing so only zooms in to the clips without enlarging them), and adjusting the Retime/Scaling settings. Note that, regarding the black border, I’m not referring to the empty space that would otherwise be filled if the clips were horizontal. This problem, however, doesn’t occur when editing horizontal video. I figured that I was missing something or doing something wrong, so I imported vertical content into the desktop version of Resolve to see if the issue persisted. I used the same project settings I used on my iPad, but the desktop app displayed the vertical clips correctly. With that being said, I would appreciate having this software bug fixed so I can utilize the app fully. I’ve tried reinstalling the app, to no avail. I’m curious if other users have also experienced this problem.

Just don’t…. I’m tired of crashing. It is not reliable. For a while, I’ve been looking for ways, googling up for better solution. Maybe close different apps and sign out from Blackmagic Cloud. But… to… no… avail… I think it is at its infancy, but I’m at my point where I’m not recommending anyone to fork over $95 for the Studio version. You are better off buying Macbook Air and be provided the full version of Davinci Resolve. Even more, the apps is limited to Edit and Color and there are some limitations on how to edit. Not to mention, if Apple is releasing Logic Pro apps, where is Fairlight?

Productive and easy to interface with.. The only drawback to this app is the amount of time I have realized I have wasted in other apps (and combinations of apps) trying to diy similar results. For me Luma Fusion has worked the best and had almost the same basic features and effects as Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere. *I never could get DaVinci to resolve any of his issues, so he ended up living his last years in despair**

Awesome. This is a great app! I was able to connect the speed editor and edit on my M1 11 inch iPad with no glitches. There are more profession features here and the muscle memory from DaVinci on a computer transitioned nicely to the iPad. In order to pay for studio, you need to use a studio only feature in the app. I am looking forward to seeing how it develops over time!

Works but takes patience due to crashing … a lot. So I’ve been using since it has been released on iPad. I also use the Mac Version which never crashes… So the only downfall to the iPad version is that if crashes, a lot and that you can’t send has issues with exporting project complete on MacBook. It works now don’t get me wrong but I haven’t been able to complete a video without it crashing. I’m not sure if it’s because its a beta version for 18.5 for the iPad or if its my iPad Air 5 but something has to be done.

No Help Section - unable to import videos. Like most people who refuse Davinci resolve on an iMac I was very excited to hear that they will be a version for iPad so of course I download it. My first problem was I am unable to import any videos at all like most people who use an iPad or an iPhone your photos/videos are stored in your photos, there is no way to access this. It only opened up folders that I have absolutely no images or videos in. There is no help section to try to help me figure out how to do this. I did not have this problem with DaVinci Resolve for Mac. So unless the program did not properly install, this is an epic fail on their part. Hopefully I will be able to figure it out and I can change the review to show that.

Enhancing Global Usability: Arabic Subtitle Auto-Detection Feature Request. Dear DaVinci Resolve Development Team, I trust this message reaches you well. I am immensely grateful for your ceaseless endeavors in evolving DaVinci Resolve into a premier choice for video editing professionals, myself included. The software has significantly streamlined our video editing and production processes. Nonetheless, I’ve identified a potential enhancement: the inclusion of an Arabic subtitle auto-detection feature. This function is pivotal in catering to a global audience, especially amidst the growing necessity for multi-lingual content creation. Intriguingly, smaller-scale applications already embody this feature, highlighting its feasibility and importance. Incorporating this feature could broaden DaVinci Resolve’s user base and reinforce its standing as a comprehensive, user-centric software. I am hopeful that an Arabic subtitle auto-detection feature could be a valuable addition, fulfilling the diverse needs of the DaVinci Resolve community. I eagerly await any updates regarding this feature request and extend my gratitude for your consideration and continuous innovation. Warmest regards, Dr Ahmed Nazar

A nice tool for low budget DIT but needs more update. I am a digital colorist, also 2nd camera assistant on set. Used the app on a set with wireless video receiver and UVC capture card. I captured incoming video as H.264 and made a grade roughly for DoP. It took only 3 minutes, He knew actor’s hair needs more light if we want to change hair color more vibrant and subtle cyan feeling in the post. We resolved the issue within another 5 minutes and everything worked flawlessly, both director and DoP was happy. It was not a livegrade but anyway works. Even recorded footage from C70 played butterly smooth. However one thing was disappointed: It does not support Canon Cinema RAW Light unlike desktop version, nor ProRes RAW, although my 12.9 6th gen iPad Pro have a decoder engine for that. Hope to see more format support in the near future and hopefully livegrade support.

Keep it up, great start!. So far, the app works great with the current features, although there are not feasible ways of doing very simple things, such as audio fades, but also the ability to use ultra key, like in Adobe Premiere Pro. Hopefully something like this can be added soon. Also the ability to scale the timeline would be great too, as it’s currently stuck in one viewing mode, or bringing edit mode to the iPad would fix this. Thank you guys, great job so far and keep going!! This app has the potential to even rival after effects in the industry at some point, but please keep fixing bugs and crashes as well!

2 audio files can’t play at once!. Music and other audio can’t play at once. It does crash a lot too. I woul like it to be easier to add transitions. Also, having a dedicated menu screen would improve the layout. It is hard to learn, but I’m sure there are plenty of videos on it. I can’t watch them so, if you could maybe add a help section showing some of these, that would be great! I am considering upgrading to pro, but it won’t show me the price, it just asks for password. Please fix! Five star app, just a few problems.

Pro Level Software For Free!. It amazes me how functional and full featured this App is. Realize that this app can import from and export to desktop. It will also keep all fx transitions and setting just as you left them. Thats pretty wild! I really enjoy the iPad work flow a lot now that I am getting used to it. I almost enjoy working on iPad more than desktop!

Bring all the pages and features of the computer version to the iPad!. Please continue to allow us access to all 7 pages and please continue to further develop the pages so that we can have all the same features that the computer (Mac/PC) version has. If that means I have to pay the $295 to have that, then so be it! Bring the full DaVinci Resolve experience to the iPad! Especially when no one else is giving us a powerful full fledged editor, aka Apple. This app is so powerful with all of its pages and features, without them it’s just another basic iPad editing app like iMovie, CapCut, etc.

Crashed several times and bugged out—lost 2 hours of work. I really want to like DaVinci Resolve, and because I haven’t paid for it yet I did add an extra star. However, while working on a project that wasn’t too crazy, my app experienced some slowdown. I’m running a 12.9 inch iPad Pro with an M1 chip. I tried to edit some photos with the inspector tab and it crashed a couple times. Eventually I gave up and moved back to cutting together the rest of the film. After working on it for a bit I tried to save it but it didn’t say whether it was saved or not. At some point I made a cut I didn’t like so I hit Cmd + Z, at which point the app freaked out and when it finally loaded normally, it went back to an earlier save state from a couple hours prior. Not sure what happened, and I was starting to get used to the UI, but I can’t responsibly learn this software if there is a chance it won’t save hours of work because it’s buggy. Supper bummed and disappointed. Glad I didn’t pay for it yet.

Not sure why it’s so difficult to see all my videos that are directly in my Photos app.. One of the frustrations I’ve had with this application is the fact that it does not show a folder for my Photos app. Despite having full access, nothing is on the left-hand side only the iCloud option is there. Reset tried different options. Nothing there for the Photos app, despite every other applicationin the apps folder, having access to just pull directly out of my Photos app, this one has to make it the most difficult. It should not be this difficult. When I click on the Photos app should be the very first thing that pops up.

So close. I really want to like this app. As it is essentially the same desktop app shrank down very efficiently. But it crashed constantly in my iPad air fourth generation. Even though it is supposedly already limiting the performance and features available due memory constraints. I might just need an upgrade, but I think they should just let people know that the app won’t actually work at all on “older” devices. I struggled with a very simple 10 seconds HD edit.

Love Resolve but problem with 18.5 update. I’ve noticed since the update to 18.5 audio is about 20 frames off - audio is 20 frames early! I have had to adjust audio to sync with the video - in all pages. I have tried several files and they all have the same issue. Other than this, Resolve is fantastic. BTW, audio on Resolve on my iMac is fine - this is just an iPad Pro Issue (latest iPad Pro). Even with this issue, I still give Resolve 5 stars as it is an excellent app. I just have to adjust the audio track to match the video.

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Expectations.. Surpassed my expectations.

Wohaaa. I have the M1 pro with 16 ram , and even this monster sometimes struggles with this fantastic program, I have everything i want in this app and could not ask for more! I so much even prefer this over final cut or adobe premiere, Im just so damn happy that it is available for ipad !

Scroll scrubbing on Magic Keyboard for iPad not working. The software is amazing… but the scrolling scrubbing of the timeline when using the magic floating keyboard’s trackpad feels off and inconsistent, it makes it very tricky to play the header were i need it to be to cut and edit footage… compared to somthing like LumaFusion, were the timeline moves perfectly with the swipe of your two fingers… allowing me to cut exactly were i want.. it also has some nice polish like inertia… making it feel more organic to scroll with… it would be awsome to see that scrolling bug/error/glitch fixed up… and with that fixed, I’d love to make this my main editing software!!!

Works AMAZING on my A12X 2020 iPad Pro 11inch!. I have no idea why this iPad model isn’t listed as recommended, it’s fast, it works well, it has no crashes, I was even able to get it to export a 4K video at 60fps, even though it said it was limited to HD! Once again, amazing app, amazing concept, amazing execution, although I would like to see an update with a friendlier UI at one point!

doesn’t crash anymore. I know it’s not a recommended iPad, but would be good to at least open it and use HD footage as suggested.

Crashes on startup 3rd gen iPad Pro 12.9. Understanding this app says it’s optimised for M series chips, and limited on older devices, just to let the devs know it crashes on my 3rd gen iPad Pro 12.9 on startup. I have attempted restarting the iPad without any success. Rating 5 stars just because I haven’t actually been able to use the app but I love the PC version. Cheers!

Great start. What a great start to Davinci on the ipad. Very impressed at the performance and capabilities on the 2018 12inch ipad pro. Yes some functionality is missing but finally a pro application. Adobe should take note on how to bring their application on ipad (just take a look at photoshop 🤦🏻

Fixed after reinstalling. It was crashing first, but fixed after reinstalling.

The app is not perfect yet. The app is definitely a game changer for iPad but needs improvement. I have iPad Pro M1, 1T, 11” and the app constantly freezes for no reason.

so happy it’s finally on iPad!. It crashes a lot on 1st gen iPad Pro (especially when I try to drag an image to the timeline or if I play on 2x speed), but hopefully it’ll get better with future updates because this is a game changer for editing. Love Davinci on desktop. Can’t seem to export the project to finish editing on desktop though.

Import from photo app. Would love to see an import from photos app in a future update. Awesome job with how pro this is.

Outstandingly smooth. Became a recent fan of Davinci Resolve on my Macbook. But as I’m a traveling journalist, living full-time in a Ford Transit van, even more portability is critical. With the Cut and Colour pages, I’m as happy as a pig in poo! Damn well done, BMD. Works incredibly smoothly on my new 12.9” M2 iPad; and the reason I bought that device was specifically to run this software. To the whingers out there, get the right hardware and reap the benefits of awesome software. Thanks, BMD.

Excellent on my M1 iPad. For those who have a crash problem (as I did), delete and re-download. Works just fine after that.

Unbelievably feature rich and free. Amazing to see how much they can fit into the app. Working well on my M1 iPad Pro - timeline and colour grading is excellent.

Actually works on a 9th gen iPad. I’ve been using DR18 on an M1 iMac, so was curious to see if it would work on my 64GB 9th gen iPad. It does. Okay it’s not going to have all the features (hence the 4 stars), but it’ll do for quick edits and colour grades. I find it easier to use than Lumafusion too.

App is worst. Always crashing not able to edit any video especially after new update

Can’t import from photo library. Can’t import videos from photo library on iPad, so you need to upload from photo library to Dropbox, then download from Dropbox back to resolve. Clearly didn’t think about that usability issue.

Great. Still crashes on start up. Not sure how to solve this. So much potential.

Love it. I have enjoyed using this on the desktop and I must say the translation to the iPad is really easy to use. It looks and feels identical which is amazing. A great example of a multi platform app. I have always found DaVinci resolve a great place to be creative and this version is no exception. It will be great to see all of it eventually appearing on the iPad.

Nice. I only use it to stretch the video to full borderless ratio aspect, basically stretched video aspect ratio.

Brilliant for version 1.0. This app is excellent for a version 1. I have had no crashes on my M1 12.9 iPad and the XDR touch screen with this app works very well. Especially with the Apple Pencil for fine control. You can see the other pages using keyboard shortcuts and the features are fantastic. Well done BlackMagic.

AMAZING. This is simply amazing to see Blackmagic put Davinci Resolve on iPad. Looking forward to see the future update with more codec supported.

New kid on the block. Move over lumafusion, this is free and more powerful. I use the studio version also and this is almost as good as the desktop one. More power to them, anything not needing a subscription should be supported. Go grab it.

Just what was needed.. Just what was needed. I’d been hanging out for FCP on iPad. This works a treat and will likely convince me to move to Resolve on Mac as well.

Turn off Stage Manager and redownload. Anyone having issues with it crashing on startup needs to delete the app, turn off stage manager and download the app again. Don’t start DaVinci Resolve with stage manager enabled. Thanks to the Blackmagic team for the Christmas present. :)

Excellent. Davinci Resolve on iPad has transformed my mobile workflows.

Too many sound problems. The sound sometimes plays too fast. Sometimes it’s distorted. Sometimes the sound doesn’t work, fix the problems Man.

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Check compatibility. App opens and works flawlessly on 2022 iPad Pro M2. I see some of the people giving negative ratings are trying to use it on unsupported devices. Do your homework. So happy to finally have desktop video editing power on a tablet! Bravo Blackmagic. Now step up and bring us the same for audio Apple! Logic Pro please!! 😉

Probably works better on a newer iPad. It crashes a lot on my 8th gen ipad, but I don’t really blame the app, it’s most likely the age of my iPad. I’m sure it’s works better on a m1 ipad.

Sadly can’t import videos and photos from camera roll. Sadly can’t import videos and photos from camera roll but only from the file

Really good app. So okay, initially there were many bugs, but what app doesn’t have those when coming out. I would tell you to use this app with an M1 or M2 chip since it will utilize its video encoding sections which help a LOT with fluidity. I’ve been using DaVinci Resolve for 10 years just for fun and I’m so happy that black magic are still working hard to offer the best they possibility can and offer this wonderful editing software on the IPadOS ecosystem. If you’re unsure, take a look at latest 18.5 update (newest at the time of writing this). They work hard for us. Let’s all use this app and produce wonderful content or just have fun with it. Peace.

Fix problem. The app crashes every 2 mins and it’s annoying and I have lost my progress more then 3 times

Pretty darn bad on an iPad Air 4 (2020). If you own anything lower than an M1 iPad, don't go down the rabbit hole that is Davinci Resolve on iPad, LOL. They do give you a warning at app launch and now I understand why. On my iPad Air 4 - which IMO should be totally adequate for a video editing app - Resolve crashes fairly regularly and editing and the interface go weird. All frustrating. In which case, I recommend Luma Fusion (though yes it's a pay-for app). CapCut is also good, though limited in export/rendering options. Ah, I really wanted Resolve to work.

The pro app the iPad needed!!!. Very happy to see Davinci Resolve on the iPad. Can’t wait to color a project with my Apple Pencil! The only inconvenient I have so far is the path mapping not working. I have to relink manually all my files when working on a network project. But the fact that my network project works on day 1 is crazy! Thank you for that. Love the undo, redo and delete buttons in the left corner. Would love to see some more buttons there or customise it.

Runs Fine. I bought a new iPad Pro 11 inch (4th Gen) with M2 so I could use this. Looking forward to learning it. I could use a tutorial for all the features even though I am familiar with the Studio version on my computer. I think the warning about whether it will work on non-M1/M2 devices is worth heeding. Don’t be disappointed by something that you’ve been told would have troubles on a less than capable(for this app) device.

Almost perfect. Just needs more stability on the rest of the pages (edit, fusion, etc….) and I would love to be able to zoom to pinch the timeline, but other than that it’s perfect. P.S. I’m a paid user for it and use it professionally on desktop, but this is perfect for my iPad and on the go work. If you’re a new user, this is the industry standard to learn on and the free version will take you where you need to go.

Works flawlessly. Worked without a glitch in my iPad Air 4 on first attempt! Those one-star reviews must be trying to bring down the rating, can’t believe they’re innocent!

Not totally happy.. This is supposed to run on my ipad (8th gen) with limitations and I understand that. I didn’t think a limitation would be adding a cross disolve to a single jpeg and a short video. Continuously crashes without being able to save my work. Reinstalled and the same thing keeps happening. Another disappointment is the UI change in the studio version which I decided to buy on the ipad due to lower price. On the mac version, to get the subtitle feature, I think you right-click on the file and choose to get the text. On the ipad, rather than a long press which brings up options, all of a sudden, I need a keyboard and a keyboard shortcut. I don’t normally travel with a keyboard, so I can’t use the feature. Can you change it?

Professional level edititing. I’ve used both Premiere pro, and rush, but I always come back to DaVinci resolve. I still can believe it’s free

Fix for crashing while starting app. If you have trouble with this app crashing while starting. First, delete the app. reboot your iPad, then reinstall the app. This should fix everything and it will start right away.

Amazing app. I use it for simple edits but am totally impressed with the capabilities

iPad Pro M1. I see a lot of lack lustre reviews. This is an extremely powerful piece of editing software that just recently would have been unthinkable to operate on a mobile device. I have done some very complex edits on this, in line with what I would achieve on my M1Max desktop. Smart masking, noise reduction, voice isolation, speed warping. It is quite astounding. I would not recommend running this on anything below the M1 and if you are rating a FREE version of software that is THIS capable you should just move on and zip it and download something more simplistic. I can professionally edit and color grade Video anywhere?? Bonkers.

Works well Runs Great. I was surprised it runs well on my slightly older iPad but it opens and runs really well overall a great app to have I really appreciate it and having it more accessible on the go is a truly amazing experience and a true blessing to have thanks

Absolute unit…. Anyone who has a problem with it just don’t know what they’re doing or their device isn’t compatible. Amazing app….

Crashing during playback or color correcting. Using the UI is very smooth, the problem is that it crashes very frequently especially when scrolling through the footages and when doing some color correction. It would work for 30mins and would just crash. I've tried uninstalling the app twice, but it doesn't seem to have helped at all. I made sure to have davinci resolve as the only thing running Please help, I bought an iPad solely to be able to use this. Any way to reach out to customer support?

Amazing Free Video Editor. I am finally able to edit my vacation videos on my iPad! Very easy to import from an external SSD and export without ever taking up my precious internal storage. Thanks Black Magic!

Always crashing. Not working properly and always crashing, i deleted and reinstalled the app like some advice i watched in YouTube but still the same, i am using the Ipad 12.9 inch M2. This is a bad app i lose the video i already edited, this app giving me frustration.

Arnaque!. Il est dit nul par (même pas dans l’app) que les clés d’activation de davinci studio, vendu comme étant pour « any machine » avec les shuttle express et les caméras (compatible avec davinci sur ipad) ne peuvent servir sur ipad, vous devrez repayer 200$ pour la licence que vous avez déjà!!! C’est illégale au canada et il le font quand même

The Davinci Resolve on iPad is what I was ALMOST looking for.. Let’s just be honest here… We want this app to editing, color correcting, and all of this stuff… it is great to work outside of my main station: my PC. But when I say “almost”, there were some numbers of things that are still missing and hoping on one thing: the “edit” section. That one thing that I need the most. To move clips, adding music or sound effect, motion caption, etc! And other thing… I already bought a studio version from my PC, and you guys just told us to my another licence for this device? Like come on! Give us an update so we can spend one activation code on this device. If you’re like me, and just want to edit video with your heavy 4K raw footages while offline from your trip, this is it! Sure, you’ll experience crashes (forgot to mention one. Fix it.), but it is for what you get to edit and such (for now).

5-Star App. This app is a 5-Star app. It works brilliantly on an M1 iPad Pro.

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Best of the best. As usual DaVinci Resolve is the best video editing app ( software ) in the market, with affordable price and Industry quality product. Thanks a lot and I hope if add fusion and other features in the coming update.

Love this, please add text based editing to the iPad version.. If you add a text based video editing view to the iPad for the studio version it would be a huge compelling choice in the video editing space.

After being reinstalled it works perfectly!. Is an excellent app for video editing. Has a lot of features and is similar to desktop apps

Update request. I enjoy using tons of video editing apps, such as power director, Luma fusion, and Wondershare filmora. Though I would love to include DaVinci Resolve, I’d like to request. and update which supports VoiceOver due to the fact that I have low vision, and the icons on the interface are too small.

Love free DaVinci for IPAD. The only issue I think Black Magic is already aware of is it tends to crash. It’s new with a few bugs. Otherwise very exciting software for IPADS.

App Crashed, Had to Uninstall and Reinstall. Working Perfectly Now. Downloaded the first time, app crashed on startup every time. Deleted and reinstalled, app now works as intended

A welcome addition to ipad. I’ve been waiting for a long time for this app to come to the iPad. While it doesn’t have all the features of the Mac version it is a very good initial introduction. I also like that it works with my speed editor.

Crashes more since updating. I love to have full access to Resolve on my iPad, but I have to say since updating to 18.5, I’ve had crashes more often than before. In fact I only remember one crash while I had the previous version. Other than that, having the full version of resolve in my M2 11 pro is amazing.

Pay for everything. I started using it had trouble importing some videos, whenever I wanted to use a extras or add-ons. They were all extra ,spend money. with mouse, it’s not very accurate. You have to use a pop-up keyboard or extra keyboard. I’ll stick with my PC for now could probably do better with windows, video editor.

Update: Will run on iPad 4th gen after delete and reinstall. I’m on an iPad Gen 4 with 1tb of storage. At first it wouldn’t even start but after a delete and reinstall, it’s working but in limited HD mode. Some tools are said to be limited as well but I’ll find out what those are soon enough.

Off to a great start.. iPad Pro m2 12.9. Works nicely with xdr display. Every thing seems to be there except options on export. No control over data rate or anything else. Sure it’s in the works to add full export functionality. To bad apple just won’t make iPad Pro that runs Mac OS. Plenty of hardware resources on m2 iPad to run that.

Portrait mode does not work. For a mobile device based version of the software - putting this out with a portrait editing issue is a big screw up. Like many others - try editing in portrait and you get a big black border on everything that there is no way to fix. Moving projects from desktop on the cloud proves the issue is with the software. PLEASE FIX THIS FAST!!!

iPad Feature. Unlock all the features for iPad which is available for desktop version.

can’t use the effect in color page…. Load a video to the track;do some basic adjust,when I want add some effect in color page ,tap the menu doesn’t work all the time,my iPad Type air 5

Thumbs up for blackmagic. But I hardly use cut page on desktop it might come in handy in the future but for now I need edit page even if it doesn’t have all the features of the desktop but be to have edit is a plus on the got.. I give 3.5 star for the effort and layout but not a solution for me yet…

Contains many errors. There are many errors in the application, such as when deleting a large part of the video, some problems will appear, such as its disappearance, and when the video is expanded, the sound becomes untidy my device is ipad pro 2020

Great but…. It’s mind blowing that we can edit on the iPad like this. However, It’s lacking features the regular one has. Wheres the edit music and export tabs. I hope they can update this as soon as possible.

Lots of power. It’s incredible to have an app like Resolve available on the iPad. Let’s hope they continue to add to the features.

Just paid for studio, now I gotta buy this!?. I literally bought DaVinci Resolve a week ago when I heard this was coming out, now I have to pay another $100 for this version? What gives! I have a $300 studio license that I just bought. Not only can I not use my existing license, there’s no discount or incentive to add this? What a bummer. I get it, but jeez….

Randomly Locks Projects behind a Paywall. I was excited to try DaVinci Resolve, so I downloaded it and started playing around a bit. Imagine my surprise when I tried to open my (very simple) test project and got the following message: "DaVinci Resolve Studio Required!" "This is a more advanced feature that needs the DaVinci Resolve Studio version..." This project only has a couple simple clips and basic adjustments. Now, I can't even open it in Read Only mode! Now, I know this is obviously a glitch, but it is HIGHLY concerning that the "default" would be to lock you out of your content. Any error must fall back to the safest option, and in NO CIRCUMSTANCES is it acceptable to prevent you from accessing a project you've already created. Absolutely not ready to be trusted for professional work... or ANY work, to be honest.

The Verdict is still Pending. As I continue to evaluate the app and its features and functions versus other similar apps (one in particular that is very good), I find myself having difficulty getting the transition function to work consistently. I’ve been at the evaluation for about one and 1/2 weeks now including watching how-to videos and giving the app the benefit of doubt. But thus far I am not convinced to replace my favorite video editing app with this one. To be continued…

Good wish was a little more stable. I use da Vinci resolve all the time on my computer and this great on the iPad but it crashes so often it’s really annoying. It will crash every 30 seconds I have it open. Luckily it will save but it’s really annoying.

Very good start. Loving this iPad version! It quits on me many times but I guess this is normal because it’s the early versions of this app. One issue with fonts, I have installed fonts on my iPad but I can’t seem to be able to load them on the Davinci resolve app.

Please add groups to the Color page. The app is great, but as the color page is a major part of this release, it's missing a major feature: groups. Please add groups asap! I'd really love to use the iPad for color correction on the go, but without this I can't justify upgrading to the studio version here.

Needs to be fixed. It has a serious problem. My videos end up all distorted because of the timeline framerate changing my clips fps to the timeline framerate. Even if I change the time line to match the frame rate it’s still distorted. I would request a option to disable timeline frames rate to keep the raw frame rate. Also I request a newbies tutorial. Overall great but does issues.

Great Start. I can see where your headed and I must say I for one love it. No it’s not as good as the desktop version but this is only day one and your already the best tool on the market when it comes to color grading.

iPad needs more of THIS not full macOS. Glad to see full desktop apps finally making their way to iPad to make use of the M series chips. Hopefully they add the other pages in future updates.

Works Great!!!. iPad 12.9 M2 with over a TB in storage no issues these ratings are a bit misleading but if you have the newest software you shouldn’t have any issues

Sounds nice, but doesn’t work. I’m a photographer that’s branching into video work, and I figured this would be a great way to dip my toe in the water. I’m trying to edit my GoPro BTS footage on my iPad 9th gen, and the app crashes EVERY time I try to export. I’m only exporting a 42 second video in 1080p. This is useless to me. I don’t know what to do, because my computer doesn’t have a beefy enough graphics card.

Someone said to delete the app and reload it if it would not open up. That worked.. It Crashed. Deleted the app and reloaded it and now it opens just fine.

WOW. So yea…. Come on Apple Fcpx should have an app. I might just have to finally make the switch. This is a full working version. Was able to import FX6 footage right from card. Interested to see how far they go w this app. So far im pretty stoked

Was great until I upgraded to full. The free version was great, and I liked it enough I upgraded to the full version. Huge mistake and waste of money apparently. Now it locks up, the sound stops working and I have to shut down the app and restart multiple times, also dealing with video to audio lag now. So stick with the free version, the upgrade offers nothing but headaches and slows down production..

Great app, but please fix vertical video bug. I was really disappointed when found out that vertical videos surrounded with a black frame. I tried to resize videos or change resolution manually but black frame is still there. All the above applicable only for vertical videos. Please fix the bug so full capacity of this great app can be utilized!

Revised: Won't open on iPad Air 5th Gen. Excited to have DR on my iPad Air 5th gen. However, when I launch the app, it immediately quits, even after rebooting. REVISED: I deleted and reinstalled, and now it seems to be working.

Gets it done but needs work. I’m very glad I can edit on my iPad pro, but the app needs a lot of work. UI is very clunky and hasn’t been optimized for iPad. You’ll probably want a speed editor or an apple pencil if you’re going to do anything longer than 30 seconds honestly.

Please FIX The Timeline Scrolling!!!!. I want to be able to zoom in and zoom out and scroll through the timeline the way you can on LumaFusion. I really want to love this app but it’s going to take forever to edit videos on this! Once we can scroll and move super fast through the timeline then I can come back to this.

If you’re wondering, tried on iPad Pro 2018 and did not work.. Yeah I gave it a try and it did not open. I know it says M1 iPad and all but I had to give it a try.

Giving it 3 stars for potential. I honestly love that Resolve is trying to make this work on IPad. However, I have an M2 IPad Pro, and I can’t get past 5 minutes in this app (the studio version) without it crashing. So until they fix that, I can’t really do anything with it.

Missing Fusion. This is an amazing app, It runs way better on my iPad Pro than on my MacBook from from the year before. Unfortunately the app in missing its most important part from the desktop version. FUSION. Without this it makes this app/program no better than any of the hundreds of other video timeline tools out there. Even if it was included in the Pro($99) version that would be worth it.

Great app: execution is ok. Many bugs and glitches among things that are just not translated well to a touch screen. I’ve closed a project and lost it completely because the app claimed I need a paid version to open or edit. I just lost 2 hours of my life editing on this unless I wanna pay 95€ to get access to it!?!?!?

Amazing!. I had never used DR even on a desktop before. Used LumaFusion on iPad. Hands down DR is the best mobile video editor. I am using a pre-M1 iPad Pro and it is a great experience still! Keep up the great work. I will be getting an M2 MacBook Pro soon and looking forward to using both.

Render glitch. This app handles as good as it does on PC. However, this iPad app has a glitch. When I try to render my video, it always gets to 90 percent, then the app completely freezes, and I have to restart it. I can’t render my video. Can you fix this?

1 glaring omission. Great app. Been a fan of using on the Mac, but now love it more that I can use my iPad. Only feature missing for me is the ability to extract the audio from a video to a separate audio track, just like on the Mac.

Extended desktop support. Super cool to see a fully featured editing suite on the iPad! However, it looks like Resolve doesn’t make any use at all of the extended desktop support in iPadOS 16. The UI just scales to get larger on my 27-inch monitor; it isn’t actually responsive like I would expect (and would be way more useful for a pro app like this). I hope that support will be coming soon.

Great when it works. This seems great when it works but after using it for a few days it will crash about every 15 minutes now, I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling but still the same thing.

Mind blowing app. Very promising app for those who want to take video editing very seriously on iPad. Although it isn’t as good as the desktop version, I can’t wait to see much more added to it. Well done Blackmagic Design.

Wow. I just downloaded this onto my m2 iPad. Have a 6min 1080 project. Mostly iPhone 14 4k footage and audio and audio effects. Rendered project in one and a half minutes. Project ran smooth too. Tomorrow I’ll try with some raw files….so far so great.

Solid Video editor. Edited and export my reel using basic features, looking forward to more features!

Nice start, but Canon RAW light = take my money please. This is a very exciting first release for many reasons. I know this app will gain features at a rapid pace, but number one for me would be Canon RAW support. Not sure how long it will take before this addition is made, but once it is, I’ll be happy to pay the asking price for studio edition.

This is awesome, every tool I could dream of at my fingertips. The capabilities of this editing software is insane. If your a beginner definitely recommend Final Cut before trying this but yea, I can do crazy stuff on here!