Hometape: simple video editor

Keep the little moments together. A birthday, a day by the sea, a family visit: Hometape turns the videos already on your device into one movie to keep and share. Its calm, guided editor is easy to use, with a little of the warmth of an old family VHS tape. MAKE YOUR STORY • Add videos from your photo library or files. • Arrange clips in the order you want. Drag to reorder, trim the beginning and end, and rotate a clip in quarter turns. • Choose from eight animated introductions. Try the VHS-inspired Rewind, a clean title or a family album look. Title, subtitle and date are optional. • Pick one of ten transitions, from a simple Mix to a nostalgic Tape Rewind. • Balance different clip volumes, or keep their original relative levels. Volume balancing also normalizes the finished movie’s loudness. • Export an H.264 MP4 in 720p, 1080p, vertical 1080p or 4K, subject to your device’s capabilities. AT HOME ON YOUR DEVICE The editor adapts to phones, tablets and desktops. On iPhone Duo’s inner display, previews sit on one side and editing controls on the other. Your edits stay in place as the layout changes. Long movies take time. Hometape shows progress, supports the operating system’s background processing facilities and recovers interrupted work when possible. Background availability depends on your device and operating system; reopening the app may be necessary. On supported iPhones, system progress can appear in the Dynamic Island. On mobile, finished movies are held in Hometape’s temporary storage. Save or share them to keep a copy outside the app. You control what goes to Photos or another app. ONE FREE MOVIE, ONE SIMPLE UPGRADE Your first successfully completed full movie is free, with every editing feature and the Hometape mark. Previews, failed jobs and cancelled jobs do not use it. A one-time Hometape Unlimited purchase lets you make more full movies and removes the mark. There is no subscription. The editor and AI control use the same free movie and the same Unlimited entitlement. YOUR VIDEOS STAY LOCAL Hometape does not upload your videos to a Hometape server. There is no Hometape account and no behavioural analytics. Technical error and crash reports are on by default for users who confirm they are 18 or older, and can be turned off in Settings. Reports exclude your media, filenames, project text and file paths. Purchases are handled by your platform’s purchase provider. See the privacy notice for details, including operating-system backups and apps you choose to share with. OPTIONAL AI CONTROL Prefer working with an assistant? Desktop Hometape includes a local stdio MCP server. Apple Shortcuts provide mobile handoff; there is no public mobile MCP server. You approve an assistant’s processing session, and purchases always require a fresh human approval. Hometape itself does not send media to an AI service. Your chosen assistant’s own data practices still apply. Hometape supports iPhone, iPad and Mac. Apple Shortcuts require iOS 16 or macOS 13 and later. Extended iOS background processing requires iOS 26 or later. Make a movie you will want to watch again.