Key Features
- Auto captions
- Green screen
- Templates
- Multi-track timeline
Pricing
CapCut is free with most features available. CapCut Pro unlocks premium effects and templates for a subscription fee.
Why Creators Choose CapCut
CapCut, developed by ByteDance (the company behind TikTok), has become the most downloaded video editing app globally with over 500 million installs. Its auto-caption feature uses the same speech recognition technology as TikTok and supports 20+ languages. The template library allows one-tap application of trending effects, transitions, and text animations.
The desktop version (released in 2023) adds multi-track timeline editing, keyframe animation, and LUT color grading — features typically found in paid software like Premiere Pro. While the free version includes most features, a Pro subscription ($7.99/month) unlocks cloud storage, premium effects, and removes the watermark on some templates.