# Montavo: Video Editor — Free. No watermark. No ads.

> Free. No watermark. No ads. (iPhone/iPad app by Xavier De Verdonces.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/montavo-video-editor/id6832058193 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Xavier De Verdonces](https://appshunter.io/developer/6824527107)
- Category: Photo & Video
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 23 MB
- Languages: American English, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, European Spanish and 2 more
- Released: 2026-11-11
- Data updated: 2026-11-12

## What is Montavo?

Montavo is a complete video studio for iPhone, and it is truly free: no watermark, no ads, no subscription, no “Pro” plan and no account. Shoot, cut, grade, mix and export in 4K without your videos ever leaving your iPhone.

FROM THE ICON TO A VIDEO IN A MINUTE
• Pick your clips and cut them with your fingers on a magnetic timeline: trim, split, duplicate and reorder.
• The jog wheel steps frame by frame so you cut exactly where you want.
• Unlimited undo and redo, and saved versions of every project.

EDIT THE VIDEO BY EDITING THE TEXT
• Montavo writes down what is said in your videos. Delete a word and the cut is made.
• Clean Up suggests removing long pauses and filler words, and you hear every cut before you accept it.
• First Cut: a rough cut built from the best of your takes.

SUBTITLES IN 12 LANGUAGES
• Automatic subtitles, one per sentence and ready to edit.
• Translate them or show both languages. All on device.

CINEMA COLOR
• Film looks, color wheels, curves, secondary correction, vignette and grain.
• Import your own LUTs (.cube) and copy a grade from one shot to the rest.
• Histogram, waveform, RGB parade and vectorscope. Apple Log and HDR.

STUDIO SOUND
• A mixer with voice, music and effects channels, a limiter and meters.
• Clean voice, voiceover, and music that ducks by itself when someone speaks.
• See the sound and mark the beat to cut in time.

LAYERS AND MOTION
• Videos and photos in layers, with blend modes, chroma key and masks.
• Keyframes, slow motion, reverse, freeze frame and twelve transitions.
• Multicam: sync several takes by their sound and pick the angle while you watch.

A CAMERA FOR THE SHOOT
• Record right into the edit with manual exposure and focus.
• Zebras, false color, focus peaking, histogram, slate and teleprompter.
• The back camera, the front camera, or both at once.

EXPORT WITHOUT LIMITS
• Up to 4K HDR in HEVC, H.264 or ProRes. No watermark.
• Vertical, horizontal or square, for any social network.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• No servers, no tracking and no account. Montavo collects no data.
• Open source (MPL 2.0).

Designed for iPhone and adapted to iPhone Duo, with the editor and the inspector side by side. Made by one person who wanted an honest video editor. If you like it, a review is the best help.

## Is Montavo safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Montavo.

## Is Montavo legit?

Montavo: Video Editor appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Montavo is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 2.2.1 — 2026-11-12

Montavo grows from an editor into a complete studio, and it is still free.
• Cinema color: wheels, curves, LUTs and scopes.
• A mixer, clean voice and music that ducks by itself.
• Layers with chroma key, masks and keyframes.
• Multicam, First Cut and precision trim.
• A camera with manual control, zebras, false color, slate and teleprompter.
• Adapted to iPhone Duo.
• A more reliable preview and buttons that respond better.

### 1.0.0 — 2026-11-11

No release notes.

## More apps by Xavier De Verdonces

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All apps by Xavier De Verdonces: https://appshunter.io/developer/6824527107

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