If you just need to rotate a video on iPhone directly without changing aspect ratio or further editing, iMovie for iOS is the default and free app to rotate video on iPhone. You can free download it again from Apple Store if you cannot find the app on iPhone.

Step 1Launch the iMovie for iOS on iPhone. Tap the “Create Project” option, choose the “Movie” option and select the “Create Movie” option to make a new project.


Step 2Touch the “Plus” icon to add video, photos or audio from your Camera Roll on iPhone. After that, you can select and tap the video need to rotate on iPhone 7/8/X/XR.

Note: Another method to import a video into iMovie is finding the video in your Photos app, tap “Edit” button and choose iMovie.

Step 3After importing, the footage will appear in the timeline, and you can find a “Rotate” icon on the preview panel above the timeline. To rotate a video on iPhone, use two fingers to touch the preview and swipe them left or right until you are satisfied with the orientation.

Step 4When it is done, release your fingers and tap “Done” button at the upper left side to confirm the changes. To export the video result, tap “Share” at the bottom area and save the video to your Camera Roll, or share it to social media directly.

More effects to edit the videos on iPhone with iMovie, you can check them here.

Note: iMovie for iOS is designed for iPhone videos. If you want to rotate the videos downloaded to iPhone, iMovie may be not available. Moreover, it takes longer time to render a video clip partly because the limited internal memory. You’d better use desktop video editor software if you have to rotate multiple videos on iPhone.

How to Rotate a Video on iPhone for SNS
How to rotate the iPhone videos on computer for SNS? Because of the different aspect ratios for the social media sites, you have to adjust the aspect ratio when you rotate an iPhone video on PC. Apeaksoft Video Converter Ultimate is the desired video rotator and converter for videos from iPhone. Here is the link:https://www.apeaksoft.com/video-converter-ultimate/

Step 1Import iPhone videos to the program

Launch the Video Converter Ultimate on your computer and click the “Add File” option to import the iPhone videos. You can also drag-and-drop them into the iPhone video converter directly.

Step 2Rotate an iPhone video on PC

Click the “Edit” menu on the top ribbon to open the video editor window. Head to the “Rotate” tab and select the iPhone video you want to rotate. It provides 4 different methods to rotate a video of iPhone. Click the “Apply” button when the video is in the right orientation.

Here, you can use the flip feature to flip the video for iPhone.

Step 3Adjust the aspect ratio for SNS

In order to use the videos for social media sites, you can also click the “Settings” in the home interface. You can tweak the video aspect ratio and other parameters according to different SNS. Moreover, you can also adjust the audio parameters and 3D settings.

Step 4Export the iPhone videos for SNS

Besides, you can also edit the video or enhance the video quality. Set the destination by hitting the “Browse” button. Click on the “Convert” button to rotate the video on iPhone and export the video to computer for social media websites.