Cutroom
A real timeline on a phone, and an export that never costs anything.
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Kettle drum loop 92 bpm duck -19 dB
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32.0 s
sequence at 30 fps
5 clips
on the video track
6 lines
captions, auto-synced
48.0 MB
exported, no watermark
Cutting, captions, speed and export are free. Cloud backup is the only paid part.
The category got one thing gloriously right: a film can be cut on the bus home.
Then it buried the timeline under an effects grid and put the clean file behind a subscription.
A made-up editor, drawn from the habits every one of them shares.
The timeline is four taps down
A filmstrip on the first screen, the real tracks hidden behind Edit, Advanced, Layers.
Nine of the twelve tools are locked
The grid is sized for the upsell, not for the three effects a cut actually needs.
The clean file is the paywall
You can cut for an hour and still not own the thing you made.
9of the twelve tools
on the first screen
are locked.
on the first screen
are locked.
Cutroom charges for cloud backup and nothing else. Cutting, captions, speed and export stay free.
Four tracks, thirty-frame precision, and handles you can actually grab.
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V15 clips
V23 overlays
A11 music bed
C16 caption lines
The playhead is a tool, not a decoration0:14.06 of 0:32.00, snapped to the frame
Drag either end of a clip to trim itCAM_0413 in 0:03.12, out 0:11.00, 7.6s on the line
The music ducks itself under speech-11.5 dB bed, -19.0 dB under every caption. The orange line is the gain.
The app types the words. You decide how they look.
Transcribed on the phone in four seconds, then locked to the audio so a trim moves the line with it.
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The style you pick is the style that burns inSora Bold, 44 px, 62% black box, 82% from top
Every line carries its own waveformTap the timecode to nudge a line by one frame
Burned in at 1080 x 1920
filter coffee, seventy rupees
loudest word liftedno line in the bottom 180 px
Captions are burned into the file, so the words survive being reposted.
Slow the middle of a shot without moving anything after it.
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Rate curveRidge at dusk
0.0 - 2.2spaid back before1.80x
2.2 - 4.6sthe hold0.25x
4.6 - 7.4spaid back after1.00x
Drag a diamond, watch the shot changeFour keys on the curve, each one a rate you can type
7.40 s of footage in, 7.40 s outHold clip length pays for the slow middle with the ends, so every caption after it stays put
Sequence still 32.0s · nothing re-synced
Three presets, three file sizes, and no version of this that costs money.
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The size is worked out from the bitrate and the length before you tap, so you know what is about to land in your camera roll.
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kotagiri_morning_9x16.mp4
Size
48.0 MB
Resolution
1080 x 1920
Bitrate
12 Mbps
Watermark
none
Saved to Photos. Nothing was uploaded to do it.
Every preset is unlocked48 MB · 40 MB · 64 MB for the three shapes
No watermark on any of themRenders carry on in the background while you keep editing
32.0s · 12 Mbps · 48.0 MB
The part every phone editor skips, drawn properly.
Eleven seconds of a thirty-two second cut, at the zoom a thumb can work with.
Morning in Kotagiri0:14.06
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V132.0s total
The cut
5 clips, thumbnails drawn from the footage itself
V23 items
Overlays
Titles, stickers and pins, each with its own in and out
A1-11.5 / -19 dB
Music
One bed with the ducking envelope drawn over the waveform
C16 lines
Captions
Locked to the audio, so trimming a clip moves the line
Filter coffeeIN0:03.12OUT0:11.00LENGTH7.6sSCALE108 %VOLUME-6.0 dB
Cutroom
Shot at six.
Cut on the bus.
Up before nine.
Cut on the bus.
Up before nine.
A four-track editor that fits in one hand, and a file that belongs to you.A Goat Scale concept
Cutroomone 32.0s cut, exported twice
What free usually means
Resolution720 x 1280
Watermarkburned in
Pricefree
What free means here
Resolution1080 x 1920
Watermarknone
Pricefree
Same cut, same phone. One of them wants ₹499 a year to take the badge off.
48.0 MB, rendered on the phoneA Goat Scale concept
Cutroomstudio greys, one signal
#0C0C0D
Ink
canvas
#18181A
Panel
surfaces
#26262A
Track
empty lanes
#FF5A1F
Signal
playhead, selection
#A7ADB4
Steel
audio only
#ECECEE
Text
everything read
#DCD9D3
Paper
light frames
Sora — display and UI
Cutroom
Regular 400 · Semibold 600 · Bold 700
Roboto Mono — every number
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-19.0 dB · 12 Mbps · 48.0 MB
Parts
3 keys
IN
0:03.12
LENGTH
7.6s
VOLUME
-6.0 dB
LinearHold rampBullet
tracks
split
keyframe
speed
volume
duck
captions
snap
crop
auto
no mark
export
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Cutroom — mobile video editorDesigned by Goat Scale