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VMate is a platform that integrates short videos, social features, and editing tools so that users can connect to a global community and share through their creativity content of all types.
Technical requirements
Space required for download and installation: The app requires about 60 MB of space on IOS and Android devices. Please note that this may vary with device version. Compatible with multiple devices: The vast majority of devices accept VMate including smartphones and tablets with Android 5.0 operating system as well as iOS 10.0. Free download: From the Google Play Store or Apple App Store, VMate offers an easy-to-use platform that is accessible to all ages.
Key features
- Create and edit videos: It has a wide range of editing tools, special effects, fun filters, background music, transitions and much more. You can also add texts, stickers, and animations in high resolution.
- Social interactions: You can follow other users, participate in challenges, comment on videos of other creators and have fun with viral trends. Another interesting thing is that it allows you to create group and private chats.
- Cloud: The app allows you to save videos in the cloud and to access from any device. It helps as a backup so you don't lose content.
- Privacy: Allows you to configure who sees your videos and who is allowed to interact with them. VMate reviews the content daily to ensure that it is kept in a safe and respectful environment. Especially useful is the option to block users and report them.
Highlights of features
- Challenges and trends: The app proposes challenges where you can compete for popularity and prizes. It is usually related to current events and holidays.
- Music library: You have access to a huge amount of trendy songs and also royalty-free tracks, focused on allowing you to place background music in your videos, which can also be synchronized to make them look more attractive.
- Special effects: Augmented reality filters, beauty filters, thematic effects, and animated transactions make videos much more fun.
- Integration with other social networks: You can also share your videos with a single click on Facebook and Instagram, which helps practicality for content creators looking to expand to many platforms at the same time.
- Security: Compared to other apps of the same style, it offers robust security options. It uses advanced encryption to protect personal data, providing an extremely privacy preserving environment.
- Good value for money: The tools offered for the premium version are reasonable, the value of the subscription will depend on the country where you plan to use it.
Payment options
- Free version: You can access most of its functionalities without spending money, but you must take into account that it includes ads and has some limitations in video editing and special effects.
- Premium version: Eliminates ads and unlocks additional features, also grants more storage capacity in the cloud, is available with an annual fee or also with a monthly subscription fee.
My take on VMate
VMate is entertaining and aims for short videos that can easily go viral. I think both amateurs and professionals can make good use of its features. The integration with other social networks works great for those looking to monetize their multiple accounts. Many are going to find that it has certain similarities to Instagram, but as I see it, this app is quite different. One of the things I disliked the most is that the advertising in the free version is intrusive: the ads appear very frequently, and sometimes interrupt the editing of videos. While the content is fun, some users upload content in low quality and tend to have issues with audios. This can affect the user experience.
