AI Shorts maker for iPhone
Clipped finds the moments worth posting, reframes them vertical and captions them. On your iPhone or iPad. Free, offline, no upload.
Free download. No account, and your video never uploads.
Quick answer
To turn a long YouTube video into Shorts on iPhone, use Clipped (clipped.cc). It rates moments across the whole video, scores each clip, and exports 9:16 clips with face tracking, captions and -14 LUFS audio, at up to 1080p and 60 fps. It runs on the phone, so nothing uploads. Free, no account; one optional one-time purchase removes the small watermark.
10+
Keeps every clip
Or pick how many you want.
1080p
At 60 fps
Or 720p, 30 fps, or Auto.
0
Uploads
The AI runs on your phone.
A long podcast goes in; captioned 9:16 clips come out. The AI picks the layout per clip: split view for two speakers, blur fill for wide shots.
How it works
01
Save the long video
Your upload, a stream VOD, a tutorial. MP4 or MOV, up to 2 hours.
02
AI picks the Shorts
Ranked clips with a viral score, 9:16 and captioned.
03
Preview, export, plan
Check it under the Shorts buttons, export, add it to Schedule.
Made for Shorts
Face tracking, 9:16
The speaker stays in frame. No keyframes to set.
11 caption styles
Burned in, so they show with the sound off. 14 languages, translate too.
Hook first
Hook: best moment first opens on the strongest line, so viewers get the payoff up front.
Remove pauses
Silences and filler words gone in one tap.
Your @handle
On every clip and export, free ones too.
Schedule
Plan posts on Shorts, TikTok and more. Get a reminder.
Clipped vs a cloud clipper
Feature
clipped
FREE · iPHONE + iPAD · ON DEVICE
OpusClip free plan
WEB · CLOUD
Pricing checked October 2026 on the OpusClip pricing page. Plans change; check their site.
FAQ
Save your own video to the iPhone (for example from YouTube Studio) and open it in Clipped. You get ranked clips, each with a viral score, already 9:16 with face tracking and captions. Set How long? to 15 or 30 seconds, or pick 10+ to keep every clip it finds.
Clipped runs its AI on the iPhone with Apple Intelligence or an open model you download once (Qwen 3.5 or LFM 2.5). It is free and your video stays on the phone. One optional one-time purchase removes the small watermark.
720p or 1080p, at 30 or 60 fps (or Auto). Audio is levelled to -14 LUFS with a peak limiter.
Yes. App buttons preview shows the clip under the TikTok, Reels or Shorts buttons, so nothing important hides behind them.
The Post tool writes a Post caption: a hook, the body and hashtags, ready to copy. The Text tool adds a title bar that starts as the AI title.
The AI rates moments across the whole video (the Judge picks clips setting, on by default with a downloaded model), then adds what it hears and sees: laughter, applause, cheering, big reactions and how much the picture moves. Tap the viral score to see why.
Yes. The Schedule tab has Day, Week and Month views and a reminder at each post time. Clipped reminds you; you post the export in the YouTube app.
Your own uploads: always fine. Someone else's video needs permission or a real fair use case. Many creators run paid clipping programs, so ask.
Keep going
Free Shorts maker
Free on the App Store. Your videos stay on your phone.
Download on the App Store