Clipping & Clipped —
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Clipped is a free, on-device AI video clipper for iPhone. It takes long videos (podcasts, interviews, livestreams, YouTube uploads) and produces vertical 9:16 clips for TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts — with hook detection, subject-tracking reframe, and burned-in captions. The AI runs on the Apple Neural Engine, so there's no upload, no account, and no subscription.

Yes — free to use forever, no recurring subscription, no required account. Because the AI runs on your iPhone instead of a paid cloud GPU, there are no monthly costs. Exports include a small Clipped watermark by default; there's one optional one-time in-app purchase to remove it permanently — not a subscription.

Yes. After the AI models download once (~2GB), Clipped works fully offline — airplane mode, subway, plane, anywhere with no Wi-Fi.

Any iPhone running iOS 17 or later. Newer Pro models with more RAM and Neural Engine bandwidth process clips faster, but the app is designed to work on standard iPhone hardware.

Not yet. Clipped relies on the Apple Neural Engine for fast on-device AI. Other platforms are on the roadmap.

Qwen 2.5 (tagging and search) and Qwen 3.5 (summarization and analysis). Both are open-source models downloaded directly to your iPhone. You can delete them at any time from settings.

Clipping is the practice of taking long-form video — podcasts, livestreams, YouTube uploads, interviews — and turning it into 15–60 second vertical clips for TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Clippers either run their own accounts (paid by view via campaigns like Whop) or deliver clips to a creator (paid per clip or per view).

Public April 2026 data: Whop campaigns pay $0.50–$4 per 1,000 views typical, $5–6 for finance/SaaS. MrBeast Vyro pays $3/1K. Iman Gadzhi's Content Rewards pays $5–$50/1K with $50K bounties. Kick streamers pay $30/1K. Indeed and ZipRecruiter list clipper jobs at $17–$60/hr. A consistent clipper at $2 CPM × 5 clips/day × 50K avg views earns roughly $1,500/month.

Yes — but the bar is higher than 2024. Whop alone has thousands of campaigns. The opportunity is real; competition has grown. Pure copy-paste clippers struggle. Clippers with a niche, fast turnaround, and 3–5 daily posts earn well.

No. The whole workflow can run on iPhone with Clipped. No Adobe, no CapCut Pro, no laptop. See our guide on making money clipping with iPhone only.

For free + iPhone-native + no recurring subscription: Clipped. For team collaboration: Opus Clip. For caption styling: Submagic. For multilingual: Klap. See our full comparison page.

21–34 seconds for completion-rate-driven distribution. Reels favors 15–30s. YouTube Shorts caps at 60s and rewards full-watch — clips under 35s have the highest viral hit rate.

For commercial use: yes. For commentary, criticism, or education, fair-use generally applies in the US — but enforcement varies. The cleanest path is paid clipping campaigns (Whop, Vyro) where rights are pre-granted, or DM the creator directly. Most podcasters welcome attributed clips because they drive listeners.

Three rules: (1) Only clip videos where you have rights — paid campaigns, your own content, or explicit permission. (2) Crop out source watermarks (YouTube logo, channel mark) — Clipped's reframe tracks the subject and biases away from corner watermarks. (3) Don't reuse music/audio outside the clip itself. Watch for Content ID on YouTube; TikTok's detection is more lenient but still active.

Sometimes — for commentary, criticism, or transformative use. But fair use is decided in court, not before a strike. For commercial clipping (paid programs), always get explicit rights via the campaign.

Most Whop campaigns pay via PayPal or direct deposit on a 14- or 30-day cycle once views are validated. Minimum payouts are usually $25–$50. Always read the campaign-specific terms before posting.

Iman Gadzhi's Content Rewards has paid up to $50/1K views with $50K bounties — variable by campaign tier. Kick streamer programs have paid $30/1K. Brand campaigns like Doordash have paid $1,500/M views. MrBeast Vyro pays $3/1K with massive view ceilings.

Yes — Clipped is free to use forever with no recurring subscription. Exports include a small Clipped watermark by default; one optional one-time in-app purchase removes it permanently. Competitors like Opus Clip, Submagic, Klap, and Vizard charge $16–$24/mo recurring for full exports.

No. Clipped processes everything locally on your iPhone using the Apple Neural Engine. Your footage never leaves your device. There are no analytics on your videos and no servers receiving them.

Your footage never leaves your iPhone. No servers, no analytics tied to your face or voice, no account tracking. We literally did not build the infrastructure to receive your data.

No. The business model is a free, on-device tool funded by an optional one-time in-app purchase to remove the export watermark — not a subscription. There are no plans to introduce monthly billing.