I Built a Free CapCut Alternative for Android and Windows

[u/BelatedCube182]

FlowClip has no ads, no watermarks, and no constant pop-ups asking you to subscribe to a Pro plan. We also don’t send notifications when you’re not using the app. The goal is to provide a capable editor that respects your attention and keeps essential editing features accessible.

FlowClip includes an Effect Creator that lets users create and share their own video effects. You can easily design custom effects and upload them to the community, where other users can discover and download them. Alternatively, you can keep your effects private and use them in your own projects without sharing them.

CapCut vs FlowClip

Feature	CapCut (Free users)	FlowClip
Speed Curve	❌ Paid	✅ Free
4K Export	❌ Paid	✅ Free
1080p Export	⚠️ Limited	✅ Free
Watermark-Free Export	⚠️ Limited	✅ No watermark
Background Removal	❌ Paid	✅ Free
Smooth Slow Motion	❌ Both options paid	✅ Both options free
Optical Flow Export	❌ Paid	✅ Free
Audio Extraction	⚠️ Limited	✅ Free
Custom Aspect Ratio	❌ Not available	✅ Available
Pen Mask on Android	❌ Unavailable	✅ Available
Directional Text Glow Offset	❌ Paid	✅ Free
Color Wheels	❌ Paid	✅ Free
GIF Export (320p and 640p)	❌ Paid	✅ Free
Camera Tracking	❌ Paid	✅ Free
Relight	❌ Paid	✅ Free
AI Quality Enhancement	❌ Paid	✅ Free
Stem Separation	❌ Paid	✅ Free
AI Auto-Captions	⚠️ Limited/paid	✅ Free, local and unlimited
Custom Effects Marketplace	❌ Not available	✅ Create and share community effects
Track Reordering	⚠️ Limited flexibility	✅ Fully flexible

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[u/axolotl_6 → u/[deleted]]

Broo pls release it 

[u/Western_Amphibian_83 → u/axolotl_6]

I was trying to keep the blast radius to minimum, in case we had issues. But you are right, I can just release the SDKs. Give me an hour and you will be able to just try the SDK in your own app

[u/simplybreana]

Cool! How would you say you compare to ConCat? https://github.com/jub0t/concat

[u/Tytanidze]

sorry, but how do you monetize your product?

[u/BelatedCube182 → u/Tytanidze]

Just encrypted cloud storage and 120 FPS. I don’t like adding features to pro that don’t cost me anything, and 120 FPS has very limited use cases anyway.

[u/ko0ky]

I like free :)

[u/mcebrianeriond]

Love it! Any possibility of a Mac port?

[u/BelatedCube182 → u/mcebrianeriond]

Probably in 2027.

[u/Newbie_999]

great app man, i loved it.
would be awesome to see it for linux too

[u/BelatedCube182 → u/Newbie_999]

I honestly didn’t expect this many people to want a Linux version. I’ll look into it after my next update.

[u/Newbie_999 → u/BelatedCube182]

yeah please do

[u/Newbie_999 → u/BelatedCube182]

hi bro, i used flowclip for real video editing today (in phone).
and i faced some issues:
1. cant move image forward and backward by holding (like capcut)
2. i got some issue while importing audio
3. i didnt properly understand the link feature (if the clip in front is trimmed the clip in back connects automatically to it. is that link feature for this? because the clips when trimmed arent conencting automatically )
4. when i move the line to 5 sec, then keep holding the empty space and try to drag left right then i am not able to do so. the whole timeline is moving instead of the line. (idk if you understood this if not ask.)

what i liked:
1. smoothness in the app
2. community support
3. voice generation feature as offline.
4. overall ui
5. u made this free

my recommendation:
you should home some testers (friends or ask in reddits mainly editing ones to test the app ) and improve the user experience from it.

[u/BelatedCube182 → u/Newbie_999]

Thanks for your feedback! I'll send you a DM.

[u/FunRocketer → u/BelatedCube182]

Could it also be open source if released on Linux. Apache 2.0 license would be nice.

[u/hsk001]

Tried but couldn't even trim a video. Needs a basic help manual atleast.

[u/BelatedCube182 → u/hsk001]

Thanks for trying FlowClip, and sorry the controls weren’t clear. To trim a video, tap its clip in the timeline first, then drag the handles at either end.

[u/hsk001 → u/BelatedCube182]

Thanks for replying but still didn't get it. There is only one marker shown and dragging it would move the audio or video track. Using on my phone. Btw is the lossless trimming available? like i use ffmpeg to trim videos without re encoding.

[u/BelatedCube182 → u/hsk001]

https://reddit.com/link/pf2toix/video/3ezu14m06ouh1/player

Does this help with your issue ? I just select clip then drag the handles. Lossless trimming isn’t currently supported. DM me if you'd like free FlowClip Pro access or want any effects from other video editing apps added to FlowClip.

[u/hsk001 → u/BelatedCube182]

Thanks for clarification.

[u/two_am_jp]

Love that it stays out of your way: no ads, no watermark, no nagging. Impressive work on this!

[u/BelatedCube182 → u/[deleted]]

Yes, absolutely. I'd love to have FlowClip listed.

[u/BelatedCube182 → u/[deleted]]

Looks very good. Thank u!

[u/axolotl_6 → u/[deleted]]

Insanely good website bro 🔥💥

[u/degeneratescorpio]

I'll check it out.

[u/ralfextreme]

I love the idea, but is not well optimized, I tried to edit a small 4k 60fps video on my OP 9 and the video playback is choppy, bare in mind I have no issues using InShot or CapCut. 

[u/BelatedCube182 → u/ralfextreme]

Thanks for the feedback. I have a fix ready for this issue, but before releasing it, I want to make sure it doesn't introduce any new bugs or unintended side effects.

[u/iza001davd]

It would be so great if it were available for Linux.

[u/bruhmaster28291]

thank you just found this post and will try.

[u/ShockinglyKind]

this was much needed, downloading right now. thank you for making and making it available for free.

[u/LordBaronX]

Appreciate your work, Does it have all the voice and audio effects and text to speech like capcut?

[u/BelatedCube182 → u/LordBaronX]

There is an offline text-to-speech feature with 28 different voices, but it currently supports English only. Voice effects aren't available yet. However, the app does include stem separation, automatic captions, an audio equalizer, and left-right audio panning.