Clipmint

Clipmint is web software that helps individual creators cut long videos into short clips: selecting segments from the transcript, generating captions, reframing to publishing aspect ratios and exporting in batches. The website and the iOS app are two entry points to one product, not two products.

The site addresses individual creators and independent publishers, framing the job as turning existing long recordings into clips for vertical channels; this counts as business use. No team, enterprise or agency roles are described, and no customer cases are published.

After recording one long video, a creator needs to pick the segments that can stand alone and obtain captioned clips in each channel's aspect ratio. The site presents this as the main job; podcasts and interviews are retained as stated secondary cases, with no frequency given.

The prior workflow locates clips in a video editor, reviews captions manually and adapts aspect ratios for each channel.

Product proposition: locate segments from the transcript, generate captions and reframe automatically, shortening the path from a long recording to a publishable clip. The site demo shows finished output, which evidences the capability; time saved has no verification and stays a claim.

The help centre states the interface is available in English and Spanish and lists nine transcription languages; exports cover 9:16, 1:1 and 16:9. Service regions are not stated separately, and interface languages are recorded apart from marketing-copy languages.

The website offers a free tier available at sign-up and the iOS listing is downloadable. Checked on 2026-09-16, both entries can be started; no shutdown notice, waitlist or region restriction is shown.

Four capabilities produce the result: transcript-based segment selection, caption generation, aspect-ratio reframing and batch export. Caption presets, retained material and share links support use. The brand kit is listed as a Studio entitlement, and whether it is needed at the start cannot be judged.

The help centre lists two kinds of input: uploading an MP4, MOV or M4A file, or pasting a video link. Stated limits are 4 GB per file and four hours per item. Whether an existing subtitle file can be imported is not stated.

• File upload: MP4, MOV, M4A, up to 4 GB per file
• Import by pasted video link; supported sources are not listed
• Four-hour maximum per item, identical across tiers
• Subtitle-file import: not documented

The output is a previewable, downloadable clip with a caption file. The examples page provides one 9:16, 1080×1920, 42-second clip and its SRT, so only that sample's format and dimensions are confirmed. Per-tier maximum resolution is taken from the pricing page and was not sampled.

Import long video → choose clips and aspect ratio → review captions and framing → export and share

1. 1Creator

   Import the long video

   Upload a file or paste a link; the system produces a transcript. Long files enter a transcription queue.

2. 2Creator

   Choose clips and aspect ratio

   Select segments on the transcript, then pick 9:16, 1:1 or 16:9.

3. 3Creator

   Review captions and framing

   Edit caption text and styling, and adjust the automatic reframing.

4. 4Creator

   Export and share

   Export a single clip or a batch; free-tier output carries the product watermark.

The homepage runs from a before-and-after clip, to the import entry, to captions and aspect ratios, to plans. Both the title and the H1 read "Clipmint — long videos into short clips". The editor sits behind sign-in and no signed-in screenshot was obtained in this round.

Importing and previewing require an account. The free tier can export, but clips carry a watermark; removing it and exporting above the free tier's 720p ceiling require a paid plan (see B10). The iOS app and the web use the same account.

The payer is the creator, buying a monthly volume of exports plus watermark-free and higher-resolution output. No employer or team purchasing is described and no institutional procurement route is published; payer and user are the same person.

Billing is a per-account subscription, monthly or annual. The metered unit is exported clips per month, and the help centre states the allowance resets each billing period without rollover. No route to buy exports on their own is published.

The pricing page lists three tiers under their own names: Free, Creator and Studio, and the iOS in-app purchase sheet uses the same names. No enterprise or custom tier appears.

• Free — free tier, watermarked exports
• Creator — paid individual tier
• Studio — higher allowance and brand kit

Creator is USD 15 per month or USD 144 per year; Studio is USD 39 per month or USD 372 per year, priced per account before tax. Free carries no charge. The pricing page lists no enterprise quote or contact route, and list prices are not transaction averages.

Creator's USD 144 annual plan covers twelve months, an equivalent of USD 12 per month, charged once as USD 144 rather than monthly. Studio's USD 372 works out to USD 31 per month. Whether renewal prices match the first term is not stated.

Monthly exports are 5 on Free, 60 on Creator and 300 on Studio, resetting each billing period without rollover; maximum resolution is 720p, 1080p and 4K respectively. The four-hour import limit is identical across tiers, and one export equals one finished clip.

Auto captions and reframing are offered on all three tiers; watermark-free export starts at Creator, and the brand kit of fonts, colours and intro appears only on Studio. Batch export is listed for Creator and Studio; Free carries no statement, which is recorded as unknown rather than unsupported.

Free is an ongoing tier rather than a timed trial, needs no card at sign-up, and allows five watermarked exports a month. The pricing page offers no timed trial of the paid tiers; exhausting the allowance shows an upgrade prompt, and no automatic charge is described.

Two known triggers: using up the five free monthly exports, or needing to remove the watermark from a clip. Both appear at the export step, where the page presents plan options and a confirmation. The payer is the creator; willingness to pay is not assessed here.

No company-disclosed period revenue was found. One named model estimate is retained: combining published plan prices with store category ranks gives roughly USD 14,000 of monthly subscription revenue for Aug 2026. It is an estimate rather than money received, its error range is not quantified, and it is not treated as an operating record.

About 32,000 visits for the complete month of Aug 2026, taken from a traffic estimate service covering desktop and mobile web. The Jan–Jul 2026 points come from the same source and definition. Visits are not unique visitors and exclude in-app usage.

First public availability was 2025-02-20, then limited to transcript selection, captions and export. The changelog records reframing in Sep 2025, batch export in Mar 2026 and an iOS app in May 2026. Dates follow the changelog, and sequence does not establish causation.

2025-02-20

First public availability: transcript selection, captions and export

Sep 2025

Aspect-ratio reframing added

Mar 2026

Batch export added

May 2026

iOS app released

The about page lists seven people as of 2026-09-16: two founders, three engineers, one designer and one community lead. Whether contractors or part-time help are included is not stated, and the figure is product-level, with no separate company count published.

From 25,000 visits in Jul 2026 to 32,000 in Aug 2026: an absolute increase of 7,000 and a month-over-month change of +28.0%. Both months come from the same estimate source as complete calendar months, and a change derived from estimates remains an estimate.

Four kinds of activity are observed: brand and founder accounts posting finished clips across many dates on short-video platforms; watermarked free-tier clips appearing inside other people's content; referral entries from creator directories and tool listings; and a small number of task tutorials on the blog. No paid advertising records were found, and channel contribution is unconfirmed.

• Social posting: the brand account's most recent 30 items span Jun to Sep 2026; the founder account is recorded separately
• Free-tier watermark: a fixed mark in the lower right of exported clips, seen inside other people's content
• Referral entries: creator directories, tool listings and forum threads
• Search content: a small number of task tutorials under /blog

The site footer links a brand account and a founder account, recorded as separate identities. Several other creators publish tutorials that use the product; whether any commercial arrangement exists has no independent evidence and is kept as unknown. Checked 2026-09-16.

The app store listing shows an aggregate rating of 4.5 out of 5, checked 2026-09-16. The score comes from that single platform, is not averaged with any other channel, and was not recomputed from the 40 reviews read.

The same page shows 612 ratings at that moment, matching the 4.5 score. The count includes score-only entries, is not a count of people, and is not the same as the number of written reviews.