Download.it search icon
Advertisement

Easily share your short custom video clips via social media with this unique app

Easily share your short custom video clips via social media with this unique app

Vote: (967 votes)

Program license: Free

Developer: Vigo Video

Version: 9.1.6

Works under: Android

Vote:

Program license

(967 votes)

Free

Developer

Version

Vigo Video

9.1.6

Works under:

Android

Pros

  • Contains an array of effects and graphics that allow for creative editing, including some features that cannot be found on any other app.
  • Has sharp and high-functioning Artificial Intelligence that does a great job at finding new videos for you to watch.
  • Could be used for more than just video editing, including chat, live streaming, and GIF creation.

Cons

  • Can't download videos.
  • The app has been banned in some countries, like India.
  • There isn't much to differentiate this app from similar ones, like TikTok.
  • Bad parental controls, difficult to manage privacy settings, and no way to confirm that those who sign-up are truly over the age of 16.

Vigo Video is a popular Android app that combines social media sharing and video editing. Like many others in this genre, Vigo allows for videos to be created, edited, and shared. The videos cannot be longer than fifteen seconds.

Like many popular video sharing apps, this app comes with an array of edits that you can make. Many of these filters and effects are unique to Vigo, giving the app a signature look and style. Interactive emoji are also on this app, something that is still rare. The app is popular: Over 100 million people have downloaded it. Unfortunately, there is no current information on how many people use it on a daily or monthly basis.

Of course, for an app like this to be successful in such a saturated market, it has to differentiate itself. Vigo Video says that its competitive edge comes from its advanced artificial intelligence. According to the app, Artificial Intelligence is used in order to get a better idea of what types of videos you may enjoy watching. Like other social networks, you can then like videos or follow their creators. While this is impressive, it is relatively common to most social networks at this point.

The content on Vigo Video can vary wildly, veering from funny, to dancing, to more mature content. As a result, the app requires you to be over the age of 16. This is different than many other apps like this. On one hand, such a restriction helps to keep content more adult-oriented. On the other, it creates some issues for parents who are worried about their kids downloading these apps. Furthermore, as anyone with a phone knows, it can be very difficult to enforce this type of age-restriction.

For some time, Indian teens used the app to make money. Likes - known as flames on the app - could, in some cases, be converted into actual money, turning the app into a potentially money-making business.

Like many apps of this nature, Vigo didn't just stop with airing videos. Users could use it for a variety of additional functions. For example, users could use Vigo Video for live streaming purposes, enabling them to broadcast live, from their phones. Users could then react to those live broadcasts. Users could also chat with each other, and they could use the App to create GIFs, the always popular way of communicating.

However, the app is not without its share of controversy. It is owned by ByteDance, the Chinese conglomerate that owns many video networks, including TikTok. The company has been accused of numerous privacy violations, and as a result, has seen many of its apps banned. This includes Vigo, which has been banned in India. Eventually, the app was shut down in the country completely, and ByteDance asked users to download TikTok instead. It is unknown if future bans are in the works in other countries.

Worth noting: The app has had a lot of names! It has previously gone by Hipstar, Flipagram, and Hypstar. The app is available on both the iPhone and Android. This, of course, helps to increase its overall userbase. In its various formats, the app has endured its share of criticism. Some parents, for example, have attacked the app as having insecure setups and no way of verifying age restrictions. This has led to kids creating inappropriate content or failing to appropriately set up privacy blockers. Furthermore, some reviewers noted that the developers were not as responsive as they would have been to these concerns.

Pros

  • Contains an array of effects and graphics that allow for creative editing, including some features that cannot be found on any other app.
  • Has sharp and high-functioning Artificial Intelligence that does a great job at finding new videos for you to watch.
  • Could be used for more than just video editing, including chat, live streaming, and GIF creation.

Cons

  • Can't download videos.
  • The app has been banned in some countries, like India.
  • There isn't much to differentiate this app from similar ones, like TikTok.
  • Bad parental controls, difficult to manage privacy settings, and no way to confirm that those who sign-up are truly over the age of 16.