Yes — the Free plan is free forever. Download SmartMoviq, drop in a video and get clips with animated captions, no credit card required and no watermark on your exports.

The Free plan runs entirely on your PC with no usage limits. You can clip as many videos as you like, as long as you want, at no cost.

Getting started takes under 2 minutes:

• Click Download Free for Windows on the SmartMoviq website
• Run the installer — no account or sign-up required
• Drag in any MP4, MOV or MKV video
• Hit Magic ✨ and watch SmartMoviq do the rest

Your first batch of clips will be ready in minutes, complete with captions, cleaned-up audio and virality scores.

SmartMoviq is optimised for speech-heavy content. It works best with:

• Podcasts and interview recordings
• Live stream highlights and VODs
• Webinars and online courses
• Talking-head clips and vlogs
• YouTube videos and long-form tutorials

The AI finds the most engaging spoken moments — strong hooks, high-energy segments, quotable lines and clear closings. Music-only or purely visual content won't produce as strong results.

SmartMoviq currently runs on Windows. A Mac version is in active development and coming soon.

To be notified the moment the Mac version launches, download the Windows version and register — we'll email you when Mac is ready.

No account needed to download or use the Free plan. Just download SmartMoviq, install and start clipping.

An account is only required if you purchase a paid plan — you'll receive a license key by email that you enter inside the app to unlock your plan's features.

Magic Mode is a one-click full production pipeline. The moment you hit Magic ✨, SmartMoviq automatically:

• Transcribes every word with high accuracy
• Scores every moment for hooks, energy, pace and structure
• Identifies and ranks your best clips
• Reframes footage to 9:16, 1:1 and 16:9 using face tracking
• Removes silence, dead air and filler words ("um", "uh")
• Burns animated word-by-word captions onto each clip
• Adds royalty-free music that auto-ducks under speech
• Exports all formats ready to post

No decisions, no settings, no waiting around. Magic Mode is available on the Pro plan.

Every segment of your video is scored on four dimensions:

• Hooks — does it open with something that stops the scroll?
• Energy — is the speaker animated, confident and engaging?
• Pace — is the delivery tight and free of dead air?
• Structure — does it have a clear point, tension or payoff?

Your top-scoring clip is spotlighted at the top of the results screen with a plain-English "why it works" explanation — so you understand what made it stand out, not just that it did.

SmartMoviq offers animated word-by-word captions that highlight each word as it's spoken — the style that makes clips look hand-edited, not template-generic.

The Free plan includes 6 caption styles. Paid plans unlock all 10 styles plus Persona presets: Bold Punch, Hype, Calm Podcast, Motivator and Teacher.

You can fix any mis-transcribed word directly in the caption editor and re-burn the clip in seconds — no re-processing the whole video.

The URL → Video feature lets you paste any article, blog post or product page URL and SmartMoviq generates a complete short-form video from it — no raw footage needed.

The pipeline produces:

• A script written from the article's key points
• An AI voiceover reading the script
• Matched B-roll footage synced to the narration
• Animated captions burned onto the final video

Creator plan includes URL → Script, Voiceover and Captions. Pro plan unlocks the full finished video with B-roll.

SmartMoviq exports to all major short-form and long-form platforms in a single click:

• TikTok — 9:16 vertical
• Instagram Reels — 9:16 vertical
• YouTube Shorts — 9:16 vertical
• Square — 1:1 for Instagram feed and LinkedIn
• YouTube / LinkedIn — 16:9 landscape

Every export includes an .SRT subtitle file ready to upload to any platform. Free plan exports 9:16 only. Paid plans unlock all 5 formats.

From a single video clip, SmartMoviq's Repurpose feature generates a full content pack for every channel:

• TikTok & Reels hook captions
• Tweet thread (Twitter / X)
• LinkedIn post
• YouTube video description
• Blog post summary
• Thumbnail ideas and title suggestions

Available on the Pro and Agency plans.

Yes — SmartMoviq can translate your captions into 9 languages including Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified) and more.

Translation is available on the Pro and Agency plans. The translated captions are burned onto the clip in the same animated style as your original captions.

Never. SmartMoviq processes everything locally on your computer. Your video files never leave your machine — not to our servers, not to any third party.

Even on paid plans that use AI features, only the text content (transcripts, scripts) is sent to AI providers like OpenAI. Your actual video footage stays completely private on your PC.

No watermark on any plan — including Free. We believe your content should look professional from day one.

No SmartMoviq logo, no badge, no forced branding on your clips. What you export is 100% yours, clean and ready to post.

The Free plan runs fully offline — no internet connection required once the app is installed. All clipping, captioning and export happens on your PC.

Paid plans that use AI features (URL → Video, AI voiceover, translation) require an internet connection to reach AI providers. The core clipping and caption features still work offline on all plans.

You do — 100%. All clips, captions and content you create with SmartMoviq are entirely yours. We claim no rights to your output.

SmartMoviq is a tool. You own the input footage and you own everything the tool produces from it.

BYOK stands for Bring Your Own API Keys. Instead of us supplying the AI infrastructure, you connect your own API keys from providers like OpenAI or ElevenLabs directly inside SmartMoviq.

This means you pay the AI providers directly — often at a fraction of managed pricing — and you get unlimited usage with no per-clip caps on our end.

BYOK is cheaper but requires you to set up API keys with providers like OpenAI. You control your own usage and costs — ideal for power users who want maximum flexibility.

Managed means we supply the AI keys. No provider account setup needed. Pay a slightly higher plan price and start creating in 60 seconds — ideal if you want the simplest possible setup.

Both options give you the exact same features — the only difference is who supplies the API keys.

Upgrading is simple:

• Download SmartMoviq for free (if you haven't already)
• Visit the Pricing page and choose your plan
• Complete checkout — you'll receive a license key by email
• Open SmartMoviq, go to Settings → License, and enter your key
• Your plan features unlock instantly — no reinstall needed

Yes — you can cancel at any time from your account dashboard. Your plan remains active until the end of your current billing period, then reverts to the Free plan.

There are no cancellation fees and no lock-in contracts. The Free plan remains available forever after cancellation.

The Free plan itself is effectively a permanent free trial — you can use the core clipping, captioning and export features indefinitely at no cost.

For paid features (URL → Video, batch processing, Magic Mode), we recommend starting with the Free plan to get familiar with the app, then upgrading when you're ready to unlock the AI-powered features.

The Agency plan ($99/mo BYOK · $149/mo Managed) is designed for content studios and teams. It includes everything in Pro plus:

• Team seats — multiple users under one account
• White-label exports — remove all SmartMoviq branding from client deliverables
• Priority support — faster response times from our team
• Dedicated onboarding — we help you set up your workflow
• Custom integrations — connect SmartMoviq to your existing tools

SmartMoviq runs on Windows 10 and Windows 11 (64-bit). Recommended specs for smooth performance:

• CPU: Intel Core i5 / AMD Ryzen 5 or better
• RAM: 8 GB minimum · 16 GB recommended for batch processing
• Storage: 2 GB free for the app · additional space for video files
• GPU: Optional but speeds up rendering significantly

Mac support is in development and coming soon.

SmartMoviq accepts all common video formats:

• MP4 — most common, recommended
• MOV — Apple QuickTime format
• MKV — Matroska container

There is no length limit — you can drop in a 3-hour podcast or a 30-second clip. Longer videos simply take a little more time to process.

Processing speed depends on your video length and PC hardware. A typical 60-minute video produces 8 ready-to-post clips in approximately:

• ~1 min — Full transcript generated
• ~30 sec — Best moments scored and ranked
• ~2 min — All 8 clips rendered with captions and music
• ~4 min total — From drop to done

A GPU significantly speeds up rendering. Shorter videos process proportionally faster.

SmartMoviq exports in platform-optimised formats:

• 9:16 vertical — TikTok, Reels, Shorts (1080×1920)
• 1:1 square — Instagram feed, LinkedIn (1080×1080)
• 16:9 landscape — YouTube, LinkedIn video (1920×1080)

Every export includes an .SRT subtitle file. All exports are MP4 (H.264) for maximum compatibility. Free plan exports 9:16 only; paid plans unlock all three ratios.

Batch processing (Pro and Agency plans) lets you drop 2, 3 or more videos at once. SmartMoviq processes them all sequentially and pools every clip into one tidy results screen.

This is ideal for:

• Podcast series — process a whole season at once
• Client work — batch multiple client videos in one session
• Content calendars — build a week's worth of clips from several long videos

Smart reframing uses face-tracking to automatically crop your landscape footage into vertical (9:16) and square (1:1) formats while keeping the speaker centred in frame throughout the clip.

This means you can record once in standard 16:9 and SmartMoviq will produce perfectly framed vertical clips for TikTok and Reels without any manual cropping or keyframing on your part.