# Directory of UGC video editing tools 21 tools, read from their own sites on 9 November 2026. This reference is published by Socialynx Media Inc., which is building ClipEasy, an unreleased app that appears on every page as upcoming and is not ranked. Nobody paid to be listed and no link is an affiliate link. ## Upcoming, from this site's publisher ClipEasy is not ranked above because it is not released. Socialynx Media Inc., which publishes this reference, is building ClipEasy: film a take with the stumbles left in and it cuts the retakes, pauses and filler, adds captions, cleans the audio and edits up to 10 takes at once, on iOS and Android. We will test it against the picks above when it ships and publish the result. The waitlist sends one email on launch day. Waitlist: https://clipeasy.app/?utm_source=bestugcvideoeditor&utm_medium=reference#ce-form ## CapCut Maker: ByteDance. Site: https://www.capcut.com/ A timeline editor with templates, effects, music, auto captions with translation, Clean Audio noise removal and AI tools that spend monthly credits. Where it stops short: You find and make every cut yourself on the timeline; it does not spot pauses or retakes for you. Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac, Windows and web. Price: Free; Pro $19.99 a month or $179.99 a year. ## CutUGC Maker: Artiaid Software Inc. Site: https://cutugc.app/ Keeps the best take of every line and removes dead air, ums and false starts from a talking-to-camera clip of up to 15 minutes. Only the audio leaves the phone. Its Hook Builder renders up to 20 hook versions of one ad. Where it stops short: No Android app and no batch editing: one clip at a time. Platforms: iPhone only. Price: Starter from $7.99 with a 3-day trial, 100 cuts a month. ## Descript Maker: Descript, Inc. Site: https://www.descript.com/ Transcribes the recording and you edit the video by editing the text. Remove Filler Words, Shorten Word Gaps and Remove Retakes run across a project, Studio Sound cleans the audio and Eye Contact fixes your gaze. Where it stops short: Desktop and browser only, and built around long recordings and podcasts rather than a phone take. Platforms: Web, Mac and Windows. Price: Free with a watermark and 60 transcription minutes a month; Hobbyist $16 a month billed yearly or $24 monthly; Creator $24 or $35. ## Opus Clip Maker: Opusclip Inc. Site: https://www.opus.pro/ Takes a long video, picks the strongest moments, cuts them into short captioned clips and reframes them. Starter and above remove pauses and filler words. Where it stops short: Made for clipping long videos into many shorts, not for finishing one talking-to-camera take. Platforms: Web and iPhone. Price: Free with a watermark and 60 minutes a month; Starter $15 a month; Pro $29 a month. ## Captions Maker: Captions. Site: https://www.captions.ai/ Records or imports a talking video and adds styled captions in 100+ languages, with 100+ caption templates on paid plans, plus AI edits and dubbing. Where it stops short: Its pricing page does not list pause or retake removal, and the plans are priced for heavy AI use. Platforms: iPhone app and web; its pricing page shows iOS plans. Price: Free tier with basic tools; Max $24.99 a month; Frontier $69.99 a month. ## Teleprompter.com Maker: Teleprompter.com. Site: https://www.teleprompter.com/ Scrolls the script as you speak on every plan, records in the app, and on Pro adds subtitles, clean audio and 4K export. Where it stops short: Free recordings carry a watermark, and the voice scrolling does not cut your stumbles out afterwards. Platforms: iOS, Android, macOS and web. Price: Starter free with a watermark; Pro $19.99 a month or $7.50 a month billed yearly; Max $49.99 a month. ## PromptSmart Maker: PromptSmart. Site: https://promptsmart.com/ VoiceTrack scrolls the text as you speak, stops when you pause or go off script and resumes when you return. Speech processing happens on the device. Where it stops short: A prompter, not an editor: you cut the take somewhere else, and it needs a clear voice signal. Platforms: iOS, Android, web and PC. Price: 7-day free trial, then a subscription priced in the app. ## BIGVU Maker: BIGVU. Site: https://bigvu.tv/ A teleprompter with AI scripts on every plan, captions, AI edits that remove filler words and gaps, and scheduling to social channels. Where it stops short: Credit based: the free plan's 500 credits cover about ten seconds of portrait video a month. Platforms: Phone and web apps. Price: Free with a watermark at 720p and 9-minute recordings; Starter $12 a month; AI Pro $19 a month; Max $49 a month. ## Gling Maker: Gling AI. Site: https://www.gling.ai/ Removes bad takes, silences and filler words from a recording on its own, then exports the cut or an XML for Premiere, Final Cut or DaVinci Resolve. Where it stops short: Built for YouTubers at a desk; you cannot film and edit on your phone. Platforms: Desktop download and a web app; no phone app. Price: Free with a watermark for 1 hour of media a month; Plus $20 a month or $10 billed yearly; Pro $40 or $20. ## Cleanvoice Maker: Cleanvoice AI. Site: https://cleanvoice.ai/ Cleans the audio of a video or podcast: filler sounds, silences, mouth sounds, stutters, background noise and echo. Where it stops short: Audio first; it does not caption the video or cut retakes by meaning. Platforms: Web. Price: 30 free minutes; pay as you go from $11 for 5 hours; $11 a month for 10 hours. ## Timebolt Maker: Timebolt. Site: https://www.timebolt.io/ Removes silence from video and audio of any length and makes the jump cuts, with pay-per-use filler word removal at $0.03 a minute and XML export to Premiere, Final Cut and DaVinci Resolve. Where it stops short: Desktop only, and bad takes are cut by hand in its review view. Platforms: Mac and Windows. Price: Free with a watermark; Pro $17 a month, $97 a year or $347 lifetime. ## Kapwing Maker: Kapwing. Site: https://www.kapwing.com/ A browser editor whose Smart Cut removes silences automatically, with auto subtitles and team features. Where it stops short: Browser only, and the free plan limits auto subtitles to 10 minutes a month. Platforms: Web. Price: Free at 720p with a watermark and 4-minute exports; Pro $16 a month. ## AutoCut Maker: AutoCut. Site: https://www.autocut.com/ AutoCut Silences removes silent sections, AutoCut Repeat removes bad takes and keeps the best version of each sentence, and AutoCaptions adds animated captions. Where it stops short: You need Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve; nothing runs on a phone. Platforms: Plugin for Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve on Mac and Windows. Price: 14-day free trial; Basic $79 a year for silences only; AI plan $178.80 a year. ## SlapCut Maker: SPLURB. Site: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id6767020954 A camera app that edits while you record: it cuts silences and filler words, and you give a bad take a thumbs-down gesture to drop it. Where it stops short: You flag bad takes yourself while filming, and there is no Android version. Platforms: iPhone. Price: Free, with in-app purchases of $4.99 a week, $14.99 a year or $24.99 lifetime. ## BlitzCut Maker: BlitzCut AI. Site: https://blitzcutai.com/ Removes dead air from talking-head recordings on its own and adds styled captions. You delete words in the transcript to cut the matching footage. Where it stops short: Filler words and retakes are cut by hand in the transcript. Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android. Price: Free download with a 3-day trial; prices on its pricing page. ## Primecut Maker: Primecut. Site: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/-/id6754779919 Transcribes the audio and cuts silences, filler words and bad takes automatically. Where it stops short: iPhone only and new; read the App Store reviews before you rely on it for client work. Platforms: iPhone. Price: Free download; prices in the app. ## InShot Maker: InShot Inc. Site: https://inshot.com/ Trim, merge, filters, text, stickers, AI background removal, voice enhancement and AI speech-to-text captions. Where it stops short: Manual timeline editing; it does not find pauses or retakes for you. Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Android and Mac. Price: Free; Pro $4.99 a month, $19.99 a year or $49.99 lifetime on iOS. ## Submagic Maker: Submagic. Site: https://www.submagic.co/ Adds animated captions with emoji and keyword highlights, b-roll and zooms. Pro and above remove silences and bad takes. Where it stops short: Credit based, and Starter caps videos at 2 minutes. Platforms: Web. Price: Free trial without a card; Starter $19 a month or $12 billed yearly for 15 videos; Pro $39 or $23. ## Veed Maker: Veed. Site: https://www.veed.io/ A browser editor with auto subtitles in 100+ languages on every paid plan, recording, a teleprompter and translation. Where it stops short: Priced per seat for teams; check the current watermark and export limits on the free plan. Platforms: Web, with phone apps. Price: Free plan; paid plans priced per seat on its pricing page. ## CapCut Commerce Pro Maker: ByteDance. Site: https://apps.shopify.com/capcut-commercepro-online Pulls product details from Shopify and TikTok Shop and turns product footage into ad-format videos, with batch editing that applies one treatment across many clips. Where it stops short: Built around catalog ads and templates, not around a person talking to camera. Platforms: Web. Price: Credit based; see its pricing page. ## Tella Maker: Tella. Site: https://www.tella.com/ Records your screen and camera, and its agent finds retakes, false starts and repeated lines, then cuts only the ones you approve. Where it stops short: Made for screen recordings and demos on a computer, not for phone footage. Platforms: Web and Mac. Price: Plans on its pricing page.