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Best apps to cut retakes and bad takes out of a video

Reviewed 8 November 2026. Prices from each app's own pricing page on that date.

Answer in brief

Few apps remove retakes for you rather than just silences. On a phone, CutUGC does it today on iPhone and ClipEasy will do it on iOS and Android when it launches, with captions and audio cleanup in the same pass. On a computer, Descript's Remove Retakes and AutoCut Repeat are the two that work from the transcript.

ClipEasy is made by us, Socialynx Media Inc., and is not released yet. We say so wherever it appears on this page. Every other tool was assessed from its own website and pricing page on the reviewed date; none of them paid to be here and none of the links are affiliate links.

The picks at a glance

AppBest forPlatformsPrice
ClipEasyBest for phone takes with retakes left iniOS and Android, coming soonWaitlist open now; plans announced at launch
CutUGCBest iPhone app you can use todayiPhone onlyStarter from $7.99 with a 3-day trial, 100 cuts a month
DescriptBest on a computerWeb, Mac and WindowsFree with a watermark and 60 transcription minutes a month; Hobbyist $16 a month billed yearly or $24 monthly; Creator $24 or $35
AutoCutBest inside Premiere Pro or DaVinci ResolvePlugin for Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve on Mac and Windows14-day free trial; Basic $79 a year for silences only; AI plan $178.80 a year
GlingBest for long YouTube recordingsDesktop download and a web app; no phone appFree with a watermark for 1 hour of media a month; Plus $20 a month or $10 billed yearly; Pro $40 or $20
SlapCutBest if you want to mark takes while filmingiPhoneFree, with in-app purchases of $4.99 a week, $14.99 a year or $24.99 lifetime
TellaBest for screen recordingsWeb and MacPlans on its pricing page

Each pick, and where it stops short

1. ClipEasy

Best for phone takes with retakes left in

You restart a line as often as you like and ClipEasy keeps the attempt where you got it right, then cuts the dead air and filler around it. With the teleprompter, it checks the take against your script.

You film a talking-to-camera take or upload one, and ClipEasy cuts the dead air, pauses, filler, retakes and false starts, adds captions, cleans up the audio and fixes overlapping audio, and tightens the opening. It edits up to 10 different videos at once and has a teleprompter that follows your voice. You can change any edit in a few taps.

Where it stops short: Not released yet. ClipEasy is our own app, so read our pick with that in mind, and join the waitlist to get an email on launch day.

Platforms: iOS and Android, coming soon. Price: Waitlist open now; plans announced at launch.

2. CutUGC

Best iPhone app you can use today

CutUGC keeps the best take of every line and removes false starts; every cut can be trimmed, split or brought back by hand.

Keeps the best take of every line and removes dead air, ums and false starts from a talking-to-camera clip of up to 15 minutes. Only the audio leaves the phone. Its Hook Builder renders up to 20 hook versions of one ad.

Where it stops short: No Android app and no batch editing: one clip at a time.

Platforms: iPhone only. Price: Starter from $7.99 with a 3-day trial, 100 cuts a month.

3. Descript

Best on a computer

Remove Retakes scans the transcript for lines with several takes and cuts the extras, and you review the result as text.

Transcribes the recording and you edit the video by editing the text. Remove Filler Words, Shorten Word Gaps and Remove Retakes run across a project, Studio Sound cleans the audio and Eye Contact fixes your gaze.

Where it stops short: Desktop and browser only, and built around long recordings and podcasts rather than a phone take.

Platforms: Web, Mac and Windows. Price: Free with a watermark and 60 transcription minutes a month; Hobbyist $16 a month billed yearly or $24 monthly; Creator $24 or $35.

4. AutoCut

Best inside Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve

AutoCut Repeat removes bad takes and keeps the best version of each sentence on the AI plan, right in your timeline.

AutoCut Silences removes silent sections, AutoCut Repeat removes bad takes and keeps the best version of each sentence, and AutoCaptions adds animated captions.

Where it stops short: You need Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve; nothing runs on a phone.

Platforms: Plugin for Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve on Mac and Windows. Price: 14-day free trial; Basic $79 a year for silences only; AI plan $178.80 a year.

5. Gling

Best for long YouTube recordings

Gling removes bad takes along with silences and filler words in one pass and exports XML to your editor.

Removes bad takes, silences and filler words from a recording on its own, then exports the cut or an XML for Premiere, Final Cut or DaVinci Resolve.

Where it stops short: Built for YouTubers at a desk; you cannot film and edit on your phone.

Platforms: Desktop download and a web app; no phone app. Price: Free with a watermark for 1 hour of media a month; Plus $20 a month or $10 billed yearly; Pro $40 or $20.

6. SlapCut

Best if you want to mark takes while filming

SlapCut is a free iPhone camera app: a thumbs-down gesture during recording drops the take you just flubbed.

A camera app that edits while you record: it cuts silences and filler words, and you give a bad take a thumbs-down gesture to drop it.

Where it stops short: You flag bad takes yourself while filming, and there is no Android version.

Platforms: iPhone. Price: Free, with in-app purchases of $4.99 a week, $14.99 a year or $24.99 lifetime.

7. Tella

Best for screen recordings

Tella's agent finds retakes and false starts in a demo recording and cuts only the ones you approve.

Records your screen and camera, and its agent finds retakes, false starts and repeated lines, then cuts only the ones you approve.

Where it stops short: Made for screen recordings and demos on a computer, not for phone footage.

Platforms: Web and Mac. Price: Plans on its pricing page.

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ClipEasy cuts the pauses, filler and retakes out of your take, adds captions and cleans the audio. Coming soon to iOS and Android.

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How we chose

We read each tool's own website, pricing page and app store listing on the reviewed date and tested the free tiers where there was one. We did not run a timed head-to-head, so treat the order as a fit ranking for the use in the title, not a measured benchmark.

Questions and answers

How do apps know which take is the good one?
They transcribe the audio, find sentences that repeat, and keep the last or cleanest attempt. ClipEasy, CutUGC, Descript, AutoCut and Gling work this way. SlapCut instead relies on you flagging a take while you film.
Can I undo a cut the app made?
In ClipEasy, CutUGC, Descript and Tella, yes: the cuts are shown and you can bring a line back. Check this before paying for any tool.
Is there an Android app that removes retakes?
CutUGC, SlapCut and Primecut are iPhone only. ClipEasy is being built for both iOS and Android and is coming soon.

Related pages

Sources

  1. ClipEasy, Socialynx Media Inc.: official site and pricing page, read 8 November 2026.
  2. CutUGC, Artiaid Software Inc.: official site and pricing page, read 8 November 2026.
  3. Descript, Descript, Inc.: official site and pricing page, read 8 November 2026.
  4. AutoCut, AutoCut: official site and pricing page, read 8 November 2026.
  5. Gling, Gling AI: official site and pricing page, read 8 November 2026.
  6. SlapCut, SPLURB: official site and pricing page, read 8 November 2026.
  7. Tella, Tella: official site and pricing page, read 8 November 2026.

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ClipEasy. "Best apps to cut retakes and bad takes out of a video." clipeasy.app, reviewed 8 November 2026. https://clipeasy.app/best/cut-retakes-and-bad-takes/

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