A Descript alternative for screen videos
Cropped finds pauses, restarted takes and filler words in a talking screen video and cuts them, and lets you edit the video from its captions. It runs on your computer, so there are no media hours to count.
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Core: $24.99 once, yours for life
Mac, Windows and Linux (Beta)
No media hours or AI credits
The short answer
Does Cropped remove filler words like Descript?
Yes. Jump Cuts in Cropped Pro finds pauses, restarted takes, ums and uhs and distorted sound, and you check each cut before it’s applied. You can also cut a video by cutting its captions. It runs on your computer, so there’s no monthly limit. Descript is still better for podcasts and team editing.
jump-cuts
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Jump Cuts
Jump Cuts
Find cuts lists every pause, retake and filler word with how much shorter the video gets. Keep the ones you want, apply them, and turn everything that was cut into a bloopers reel.
Jump Cuts on a 55-second walkthrough
Pick a cut style
Hard cut, punch-in or dip.
A bloopers reel
Every flubbed line back to back.
Change your mind
Undo jump cuts, or bring back one part.
words
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Edit from the words
Edit from the words
Captions are made on your computer from what was said. Pick captions and cut them, and that part of the video is cut too. Then style them, burn them in or save .srt and .vtt.
Cutting a line from the captions list
Made on your computer
No upload and no transcription minutes.
Caption looks
Subtitles, Social and Clean.
Files for YouTube
Save .srt and .vtt.
capture
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Capture
Capture
Descript records, but it doesn’t take screenshots or mark them up. Cropped captures areas and windows, adds arrows, steps and blur, and zooms in on each click in a recording.
A recording zoomed in on a click
Zoom on clicks
Smooth zooms you can change.
Annotate
Arrows, boxes, steps and blur.
Shrink files
Images, videos and PDFs, made small.
compare
Cropped and Descript
For screen recordings and tutorials, as of November 2026.
Descript
Edit
Cut pauses, retakes and filler words
Yes
Yes
Edit
Edit from the transcript
Yes, from captions
Yes, more complete
Edit
Runs on your computer
Yes
Cloud processing
Edit
Monthly limits
None
Media hours and AI credits
Edit
Multitrack podcasts and AI voices
No
Yes
Edit
Team projects in the cloud
No
Yes
Capture
Screenshots and markup
Yes
No
Capture
Zoom on clicks
Yes
No
Capture
Shrink images and PDFs
Yes
No
Price
Price model
Core once, Pro yearly or monthly
Monthly or yearly per person
https://www.descript.com/pricing
2026-11-01
What it costs
Descript plans include a set number of media hours and AI credits each month. Cropped runs on your computer, so a long recording costs the same as a short one.
Descript
Hobbyist
0
192
$16 a month billed yearly, 10 media hours
Creator
0
288
$24 a month billed yearly, 30 media hours
https://www.descript.com/pricing
2026-11-01
Fair is fair
You make podcasts and interviews.
Descript handles several speakers, studio sound and multitrack audio.
You edit with a team.
Descript projects live in the cloud, so several people can work on them.
You want AI voices.
Descript can fix words with a clone of your voice.
Switching
Does Cropped remove filler words?
Yes. Jump Cuts finds ums, uhs, pauses, retakes and distorted sound, and you check each cut first. Jump Cuts is part of Pro.
Is Cropped a Descript alternative for podcasts?
Not really. Cropped is made for screen recordings and talking-head tutorials. For multi-speaker podcasts, Descript is the better tool.
Are there usage limits?
No. Everything runs on your computer, so there are no media hours or AI credits to use up.
Does Cropped work on Windows and Linux?
Cropped runs on Mac (Apple Silicon and Intel, macOS 14 or later), 64-bit Windows 11 and Ubuntu 24.04 or later with GNOME (Linux is in Beta). One license covers all three. A few things are Mac only for now, like the camera bubble, Webpage only and Smooth Scroll. See every difference.
Every Core and Pro tool, with no signup or card. Then keep Cropped Core for $24.99 once, and add Pro whenever you want it.
Descript is a trademark of its owner. Cropped isn’t affiliated with Descript, and we use the name only to compare the two products. Facts about Descript were checked on its own site on November 1, 2026; tell us at support if something has changed.