Turn Podcast Episodes Into Vertical Clips
Pull the best moments out of a long recording, crop them to 9:16, cut the dead air, and caption them — on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, without a cloud render queue or a monthly clip quota.
Every episode has ten postable moments buried in 60 minutes. Finding them means scrubbing the whole recording, and cutting them means reframing to vertical, trimming pauses, and captioning each clip by hand — per clip, every week.
BlitzCut transcribes the episode so you can read it and find the moment, cut it as text, crop it to 9:16 with the speaker in frame, remove the pauses, and burn in captions. Clips come out ready for TikTok, Reels, Shorts, and LinkedIn.
Everything you need, in one app
Transcript-based clipping
Read the episode and cut the clip by selecting the text you want.
9:16 reframing
Crop a horizontal recording to vertical with the speaker positioned deliberately.
Silence and filler removal
Tighten the clip so a 90-second moment fits in 60 seconds.
Animated captions
Word-by-word captions so the clip lands with sound off in a feed.
How it works
Three steps from raw footage to finished video.
Import the episode
Video or audio recording, on iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Nothing uploads to a server.
Find the moment in the transcript
Read the episode instead of scrubbing it, and cut the clip by selecting text.
Reframe, tighten, caption
Crop to 9:16, cut silence, add animated captions, and export ready to post.
Crop to 9:16 with the speaker positioned where you want, not centre-cropped.
Why clip manually instead of using an AI clipper
- You pick the moment — AI clippers pick by engagement heuristics and often miss the point
- No monthly clip quota or upload limits
- No cloud upload: the recording stays on your device
- Crop, silence removal, and captions in one app instead of a pipeline
Built for creators like you
Weekly podcast promotion
Five to ten clips per episode without a per-clip subscription.
Interview shows
Pull a guest's best answer out of an hour-long conversation by reading it.
Solo and video podcasts
One recording repurposed to Shorts, Reels, TikTok, and LinkedIn.
Try every feature free
Free 3-day trial, then plans from $6.99/week. Cancel anytime — no commitment.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the best podcast clip maker?
- For automatic clip selection at volume, Opus Clip and similar AI clippers do the picking for you and charge per month. For control over which moment gets clipped and how it's framed, BlitzCut is faster: you find the moment in the transcript, cut it, crop to 9:16, and caption it in one app with no upload and no quota.
- How do I turn a podcast into TikTok clips?
- Find a 30-90 second self-contained moment, crop it to 9:16 with the speaker in frame, cut the pauses so it moves quickly, and burn in captions. The hook matters most — start on the strongest sentence, not on the question that set it up.
- How long should a podcast clip be?
- 30-60 seconds for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Long enough for one complete idea, short enough that most viewers finish it — and completion rate is what gets the clip distributed.
- Do I need video to make podcast clips?
- Video performs far better on short-form, but audio-only episodes can be clipped with captions over a static frame or waveform. If you're starting a podcast with clipping in mind, record video.
Clip your episode without a quota
Transcript clipping, 9:16 crop, and captions in one app. Free 3-day trial.
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