The free Opus Clip alternative

Like Opus Clip,
but free, on iPhone,
and 100% offline.

Clipped finds the best moments in any video and turns them into 9:16 captioned shorts — using on-device AI on your iPhone. No subscription, no upload, no account, no internet required. Ever.

No card · No trial · No account · No upload

$0

What Clipped costs

vs. Opus Clip's monthly subscription

0 MB

Uploaded to a server

Opus uploads every video you process

100%

On-device on iPhone

No browser, no cloud GPU, no waiting room

Clipped vs Opus Clip

Side-by-side comparison

Feature

Clipped

FREE · IPHONE · OFFLINE

Opus Clip

PAID · WEB · CLOUD

Price
Free forever
Paid subscription
Account required
No account
Email + account
Where AI runs
On-device (Apple Neural Engine)
Cloud servers
Works offline
Yes — airplane mode OK
Requires internet upload
Video upload required
Never leaves your phone
Uploaded to cloud
Privacy
Footage stays local
Footage processed in cloud
Platform
iPhone (native iOS)
Web browser
Vertical 9:16 reframe
Yes
Yes
Auto-captions
Yes
Yes
AI hook detection
Yes
Yes
Open-source AI models
Qwen 2.5 & 3.5 (open-source)
Proprietary
Export limits
Unlimited
Tier-based

Comparison reflects publicly listed Opus Clip features at time of writing.

Why creators switch

The real reasons people drop Opus for Clipped.

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No subscription. Ever.

Opus Clip charges monthly. Clipped is free forever — no premium tier, no usage cap, no card on file. The AI runs on your phone, so we don't have GPU bills to pass on.

Nothing leaves your phone

Opus uploads every video to its servers to process it. With Clipped, your footage stays on your iPhone. No upload, no copy in someone else's cloud, no privacy policy to read.

Works on a plane

Try Opus without internet — you can't. Clipped runs in airplane mode, on the subway, in a hotel with broken Wi-Fi. The AI is on your device, not a server.

No account, no email

Opus needs an account. Clipped doesn't. Open the app and start clipping. No sign-up flow, no verification email, no marketing list.

Open-source AI

Clipped uses Qwen 2.5 and Qwen 3.5 — both open-source — running on the Apple Neural Engine. No proprietary black box. You can delete the models any time.

Native iOS, not a web app

Opus lives in a browser tab. Clipped is a real iPhone app — share-sheet integration, instant launch, native performance, built for one-thumb editing on the go.

Clipped — pricing

$0/ forever

  • Unlimited clips
  • Unlimited video length
  • All AI features included
  • No account required
  • Works offline

Opus Clip — pricing

$$/ month

  • Tiered upload caps
  • Cloud-only processing
  • Account & email required
  • Watermark on free tier
  • Internet always required
  • Web browser only

FAQ

Free Opus alternative — questions answered.

Is there a free alternative to Opus Clip?+

Yes. Clipped is a completely free Opus Clip alternative for iPhone. There's no subscription, no free trial that converts, no paywall, and no account. The AI runs directly on your iPhone using the Apple Neural Engine, so nothing is uploaded to a server.

Is Clipped really free?+

Clipped is free forever. There are no in-app purchases, no premium tiers, and no usage caps. Because the AI runs on your phone instead of a paid cloud GPU, we don't have server costs to pass on to you.

How is Clipped different from Opus Clip?+

Opus Clip is a web app that uploads your video to its cloud and processes it on remote servers, with a monthly subscription. Clipped is an iPhone app that runs the entire pipeline — transcript, hook detection, reframing, captions — locally on your device, for free, with no upload and no account.

Does Clipped work offline?+

Yes. Once the AI models are downloaded, Clipped works fully offline. You can clip videos in airplane mode, on a flight, or with no Wi-Fi. Opus Clip cannot work offline because it depends on cloud processing.

Is Clipped private?+

Your footage never leaves your iPhone. There are no servers receiving your video, no analytics, and no account tied to your face or voice. We literally did not build the infrastructure to receive your data.

What AI models does Clipped use?+

Clipped uses Qwen 2.5 for tagging and search and Qwen 3.5 for summarisation and analysis. Both are open-source models downloaded directly to your iPhone, and you can delete them at any time from the app's settings.

Can I use Clipped on Android or desktop?+

Right now Clipped is iPhone-only because it leans on the Apple Neural Engine for fast on-device inference. Other platforms are on the roadmap.

Ready to ditch the subscription?

Get the free Opus alternative.

Clipped is free on the App Store. No subscription, no account, no upload — just install and start clipping.

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