Footage manager for Mac

Drop in chaos,
Take out order.

Cliptag names, tags and sorts your video, photo and audio by what is in it. Straight from the SD card into an edit-ready library.

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Video
C0042.MP4 Bangkok-Rooftop-Interview.mp4 Transcript Waiting
DJI_18308.MP4 Angkor-Wat-Sunrise.mp4 Waiting
Photos
DSC_73910.JPG Pyramids-of-Giza.JPG Waiting
IMG_2041.HEIC Great-Sphinx-Sunset.HEIC Waiting
Audio
ZOOM0006.WAV Rooftop-Interview-Mic.wav Transcript Waiting
230512_0915.WAV Night-Market-Ambience.wav Waiting
01 — What you get

Everything sorted, automatically

The second you drop in a folder.
Naming
Naming that makes sense

Title, scene, subject and motion, right in the filename. Looking for the pyramids clip among 300 files? Titles and tags surface it instantly.

DSC_73910.JPG Pyramids-of-Giza.JPG
Filing
Smart folders & Finder tags

Clips move automatically into tag and scene folders. Roles and weak shots land as Finder labels, instantly filterable.

TravelDroneGolden hourLena
Transcripts
Generate transcripts

Every talking clip and every recording is transcribed automatically. Transcripts are saved right next to your files when sorting — as TXT, DOCX, PDF or SRT with timecodes.

MP4, MP3, WAV TXTDOCXPDFSRT
People
Recognize and name people

Cliptag groups matching faces across photos and clips, entirely on your Mac. You name a person once, and the name sits as a Finder tag on every match. Weak shots get flagged automatically too, so you spot shaky or blurry takes before the edit.

Lena
02 — How it works
01 The drop
Drag a folder from an SD card or drive into Cliptag.
02 The scan
Title, scene, role, tags and technical specs, per clip. Talking clips get a transcript.
03 The library
Named folders with Finder tags. Transcripts saved next to every talking clip — TXT, DOCX, PDF or SRT. Edit-ready.
03 — The AI

Understands your footage,
not just the file.

Cliptag recognizes scenes, subjects and spoken language, what actually happens in the clip, and translates it into your naming system. Top precision via the cloud, plus an optional local mode for material that should not leave your Mac.

Cloud analysis RECOMMENDED

Maximum accuracy down to the detail. It also recognizes specific subjects, so you can search your material for "pufferfish" instead of just "fish". Footage goes encrypted for analysis and is neither stored nor used for AI training.

Local mode PRIVATE · $0

Runs entirely on your Mac, nothing leaves the device. Recognition is a bit coarser, but it is the safe choice for sensitive material.

Scene detectionSubjects & objectsLanguage for namingNSFW filterPeople recognition on-device
For the skeptics: Apple-notarizedGemini-powered cloudMLX & Whisper on-deviceEncrypted, never stored0 files deleted. Ever.
04 — Pricing

Simple plans, fair credits

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25 clips / per month AI tagging & scenesTalking-clip transcriptionNSFW filter (local)Local mode: free & unlimited
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$4.92$9 /mo · $59/yr billed · billed monthly
500 clips / per month AI tagging & scenesTalking-clip transcriptionNSFW filter (local)Local mode: free & unlimitedRollover up to 1,000 clips
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Rollover buffer: unused clips do not expire right away. Creator collects up to 1,000 (2×). In a project month you simply draw from the buffer.
05 — FAQ
Can I use Cliptag for free?

Yes. The free plan includes 25 cloud analyses per month, no payment details needed. One clip or one recording counts as one analysis, up to four photos count as one together. Need more, switch to a paid plan anytime. And local mode stays free and unlimited: fully on-device (Apple Silicon), a bit coarser than the cloud.

How does Cliptag work?

You drop clips, recordings, photos or whole folders into Cliptag. The AI recognizes scenes, subjects and spoken language, names and tags every file and files everything into folders by media type and date. What you get back is an edit-ready library on your drive.

Can I use Cliptag locally?

Yes. Local mode analyzes fully offline on your Mac, nothing leaves the device. Recognition is a bit coarser than in the cloud, but sensitive footage stays private.

What are the requirements for the local mode?

The local mode runs on Apple Silicon (M1 or newer). We recommend at least 16 GB of unified memory and around 10 GB of free disk space for the on-device model; the more memory, the faster and more accurate it runs. Cliptag uses the Apple Silicon GPU and Neural Engine. On older Intel Macs the local mode is limited or unavailable, so the cloud is the better choice there.

Is there a Windows and Linux version?

Right now Cliptag runs on macOS only. Windows and Linux versions are in development and hopefully available soon.

Can I cancel my plan?

Monthly plans can be cancelled anytime to the end of the billing month, no lock-in. Yearly plans run until the end of the paid term and are not refunded pro rata. The details are in the Terms.

Does it work with photos and audio too?

Yes, since version 0.7. Photos get described, named and tagged, including detected people you can name yourself. Recordings are recognized by type (music, ambience, sound effect, speech) and spoken audio is transcribed. If a microphone recording sits next to a talking clip, Cliptag offers to sync them and can file both as a single file.

Does Cliptag recognize people?

Yes. Cliptag finds faces in photos and clips and groups matching people. You review the groups, give a person a name once, and Cliptag sets it as a Finder tag on every match. Names only ever come from you, never from the AI. The matching runs entirely on your Mac via Apple's Vision framework: no face data goes to the cloud, it costs no cloud analyses, and it works in local mode too.

Which formats does Cliptag support?

Video: MP4, MOV, M4V, AVI, MKV, MTS/M2TS, WebM, MPEG, WMV, FLV and MXF. Audio: MP3, M4A, WAV, AAC, AIFF, FLAC, CAF and OGG. Photos: JPG, PNG, WEBP, HEIC/HEIF, TIFF and BMP. Standard H.264/H.265 (10-bit too) works without issues. Camera RAW formats like R3D, BRAW, ProRes RAW, ARRIRAW and DNG are not supported yet, export them to a standard format first. Color depth does not matter for recognition, and your original file is always copied unchanged. Files Cliptag cannot read are skipped with a note, never altered.

Are my files stored in the cloud?

No. For cloud analysis, single frames, audio tracks and photos are sent encrypted for processing and are not stored. If you want to stay fully offline, use local mode.

Is anything deleted when moving or renaming?

No, never. Cliptag names and sorts, but deletes nothing. When you move clips from an SD card or external drive into a new directory, they are copied there; the original stays until the transfer is safely complete. If space runs out, you get a notice first. If the connection drops by accident, nothing is lost and you simply restart the transfer. When you move within the same drive, only the location changes, instantly and without a copy.

Can I undo the naming and sorting?

Yes, within the running session you undo any action with one click. Once you close Cliptag the session ends and an automatic reset is no longer possible. So you can always trace what went where, Cliptag writes a log file (JSON) for every action that lets you reconstruct the original names and folders.

Which languages does Cliptag support?

Cliptag supports German, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian.

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