# Best apps to remove pauses and filler words from video

> For a take filmed on your phone, ClipEasy is our pick once it ships: it cuts the pauses, filler and false starts and captions the result in one pass, and it is coming to iOS and Android. If you need something today, Descript does the same job on a computer by editing the transcript, and CutUGC does it on an iPhone.

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

| App | Best for | Platforms | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| ClipEasy | Best for talking-to-camera takes on a phone | iOS and Android, coming soon | Waitlist open now; plans announced at launch |
| Descript | Best on a computer | Web, Mac and Windows | Free with a watermark and 60 transcription minutes a month; Hobbyist $16 a month billed yearly or $24 monthly; Creator $24 or $35 |
| CutUGC | Best iPhone app available today | iPhone only | Starter from $7.99 with a 3-day trial, 100 cuts a month |
| Opus Clip | Best if you also want clips from a long video | Web and iPhone | Free with a watermark and 60 minutes a month; Starter $15 a month; Pro $29 a month |
| Gling | Best for YouTubers who edit at a desk | Desktop download and a web app; no phone app | Free with a watermark for 1 hour of media a month; Plus $20 a month or $10 billed yearly; Pro $40 or $20 |
| Timebolt | Best one-time purchase | Mac and Windows | Free with a watermark; Pro $17 a month, $97 a year or $347 lifetime |
| Cleanvoice | Best when only the audio matters | Web | 30 free minutes; pay as you go from $11 for 5 hours; $11 a month for 10 hours |

## Each pick, and where it stops short

### 1. ClipEasy: Best for talking-to-camera takes on a phone

ClipEasy treats the pauses, filler, retakes and false starts as one job. You leave them in while filming and it cuts them, adds captions and cleans the audio, then you adjust anything in a few taps.

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. Site: https://clipeasy.app/

### 2. Descript: Best on a computer

Descript's Remove Filler Words and Shorten Word Gaps run across a whole project from the transcript, and every cut is reviewable. The free plan watermarks exports.

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. Site: https://www.descript.com/

### 3. CutUGC: Best iPhone app available today

CutUGC removes dead air, ums and false starts from a clip of up to 15 minutes and only sends the audio off the phone.

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. Site: https://cutugc.app/

### 4. Opus Clip: Best if you also want clips from a long video

Opus Clip's speech cleanup removes pauses and filler words on Starter and above, while it cuts the long video into shorts.

Takes a long video, picks the strongest moments, cuts them into short captioned clips and reframes them. Starter and above remove pauses and filler words.

Where it stops short: Made for clipping long videos into many shorts, not for finishing one talking-to-camera take.

Platforms: Web and iPhone. Price: Free with a watermark and 60 minutes a month; Starter $15 a month; Pro $29 a month. Site: https://www.opus.pro/

### 5. Gling: Best for YouTubers who edit at a desk

Gling removes silences, filler words and bad takes in one pass and can hand the cut to Premiere or DaVinci as XML.

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. Site: https://www.gling.ai/

### 6. Timebolt: Best one-time purchase

Timebolt removes silence from files of any length and sells a lifetime licence; filler words are an extra charge per minute.

Removes silence from video and audio of any length and makes the jump cuts, with pay-per-use filler word removal at $0.03 a minute and XML export to Premiere, Final Cut and DaVinci Resolve.

Where it stops short: Desktop only, and bad takes are cut by hand in its review view.

Platforms: Mac and Windows. Price: Free with a watermark; Pro $17 a month, $97 a year or $347 lifetime. Site: https://www.timebolt.io/

### 7. Cleanvoice: Best when only the audio matters

Cleanvoice removes filler sounds, silences and mouth noises from the audio of a podcast or video and leaves the picture alone.

Cleans the audio of a video or podcast: filler sounds, silences, mouth sounds, stutters, background noise and echo.

Where it stops short: Audio first; it does not caption the video or cut retakes by meaning.

Platforms: Web. Price: 30 free minutes; pay as you go from $11 for 5 hours; $11 a month for 10 hours. Site: https://cleanvoice.ai/

## How we chose

- Removes pauses and filler words on its own, not by you scrubbing a timeline
- Works on a phone or at least on the files a phone produces
- A free tier or trial so you can test it on your own voice

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

### Can an app remove filler words from a video automatically?

Yes. Descript, Gling, Opus Clip, CutUGC and Timebolt find filler words from a transcript and cut them. ClipEasy, coming soon to iOS and Android, does the same on your phone and also removes retakes and false starts.

### What is the best free way to remove pauses from a video?

Descript's free plan removes filler words and shortens word gaps on 60 minutes of media a month, with a watermark on exports. Timebolt's free tier removes silence with a watermark. Cleanvoice gives 30 free minutes for audio.

### Does removing every pause make a video sound robotic?

It can. Look for a tool that lets you review each cut, which Descript, Gling and ClipEasy do, and keep the pauses that give a sentence weight.

## Related pages

- [Best apps to cut retakes and bad takes out of a video](https://clipeasy.app/best/cut-retakes-and-bad-takes/)
- [Best jump cut apps](https://clipeasy.app/best/jump-cut-apps/)
- [Best apps to clean up the audio in a video](https://clipeasy.app/best/clean-up-video-audio/)
- [Best AI video editors for talking-head videos](https://clipeasy.app/best/talking-head-video-editors/)
- [ClipEasy vs Descript](https://clipeasy.app/vs/clipeasy-vs-descript/)
- [The Descript alternative for short takes](https://clipeasy.app/alternatives/descript/)

## Sources

1. ClipEasy, Socialynx Media Inc.: official site and pricing page, read 8 November 2026. https://clipeasy.app/
2. Descript, Descript, Inc.: official site and pricing page, read 8 November 2026. https://www.descript.com/
3. CutUGC, Artiaid Software Inc.: official site and pricing page, read 8 November 2026. https://cutugc.app/
4. Opus Clip, Opusclip Inc.: official site and pricing page, read 8 November 2026. https://www.opus.pro/
5. Gling, Gling AI: official site and pricing page, read 8 November 2026. https://www.gling.ai/
6. Timebolt, Timebolt: official site and pricing page, read 8 November 2026. https://www.timebolt.io/
7. Cleanvoice, Cleanvoice AI: official site and pricing page, read 8 November 2026. https://cleanvoice.ai/

## Cite this page

ClipEasy. "Best apps to remove pauses and filler words from video." clipeasy.app, reviewed 8 November 2026. https://clipeasy.app/best/remove-pauses-and-filler-words/

ClipEasy itself is described at https://clipeasy.app/llms.txt. Join the waitlist at https://clipeasy.app/ to get an email on launch day.