StillreelStillreel pricing
$24 once. No subscription, no credits, no watermark.
Launch price $24 until 2026-11-30, then $29.
What you get
- The full app: on-device auto captions, five caption styles, 9:16 / 1:1 / 16:9 reframing, timeline editing, MP4, SRT, VTT and OpenTimelineIO export.
- A licence key for up to 3 of your Macs.
- Updates to this version.
- A 14-day money-back guarantee: reply to your receipt email.
Try it first
The free trial is the full app for 14 days, counted from the first time you open it. Exports have no watermark during the trial either, so you can judge the real result. After 14 days you can still open your projects; exporting needs a licence. Enter your key with Stillreel ▸ Enter Licence Key… and carry on where you left off.
Compared with a subscription
Prices listed on 20 October 2026; check each vendor's page.
| Tool | Price | Cost over a year |
|---|---|---|
| CapCut Pro | $19.99/month or $179.99/year | $179.99 |
| Descript Creator | $24/month billed annually | $288 |
| Submagic Starter | $12/month billed annually | $144 |
| Final Cut Pro | $299.99 once | $299.99 |
| Stillreel | $24 once | $24 |
These tools do more than Stillreel (templates, effects, multi-track editing, cloud features). The comparison is on price only.
Requirements
A Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later) and macOS 14 Sonoma or later. We have tested it on macOS 26; if anything misbehaves on an older version, the 14-day trial lets you find out before you pay. Intel Macs aren't supported.
Try Stillreel free for 14 days
Every feature, no watermark, nothing uploaded. Then $24 (launch price until 2026-11-30, then $29) once if you keep it.
Download the free trial Buy for $24Questions
Does Stillreel upload my videos?
No. Speech recognition runs on your Mac with whisper.cpp, and preview and export use Apple's AVFoundation. Stillreel works offline. The only network request it makes is to check your licence key with Gumroad, our store; it sends the key and the product id, nothing else.
Is there a watermark?
No. Not on exports, and not during the free trial either.
Is it a subscription?
No. You pay $24 (launch price until 2026-11-30, then $29) once and keep it. A licence works on up to 3 of your Macs.
How does the free trial work?
Download it and use every feature for 14 days, counted from the first time you open the app. After that you can still open your projects; exporting needs a licence.
Which languages can it caption?
The language menu offers English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese, plus Detect language. We have measured English and German with real voices and checked French with a synthetic voice. The others use the same Whisper model but we haven't measured them yet, so try a short clip first.
How accurate are the captions?
On real English read speech about 96% of words were right, and the typical word started 55 ms from when it was spoken (90% within about 0.2 s). German had more errors (10–16% of words). A few captions in a clip can be a couple of tenths of a second off; you can nudge or retime any caption before exporting. Check a short clip first, especially with strong accents or noisy audio.
Which Macs does it run on?
Macs with Apple silicon (M1 or later) running macOS 14 Sonoma or later. We have tested it on macOS 26, so try the free trial first on older versions. Intel Macs are not supported.
Which video files work?
MP4, MOV and M4V with H.264 or HEVC video. We have tested 24, 25, 29.97 and 30 fps footage and variable-frame-rate phone video. Exports are H.264 MP4 at 1080×1920, 1080×1080 or 1920×1080.
Can I use it with Final Cut Pro or another editor?
Yes. Export your captions as SRT or VTT files, or the timeline as an OpenTimelineIO (.otio) file.
What doesn't it do?
It has one video track plus a caption track. There are no templates, effects, transitions, stock music, green screen or direct posting to social apps.
What about refunds?
If it isn't right for you, reply to your receipt email within 14 days for a full refund.