Written from App Store pages on 2 November 2026. We ran no quality test.
Most Shorts apps do one of four things. Editors polish clips you filmed. Clippers cut a long video into short ones. Script apps build a faceless short from text. Generators make a new clip from a description or photo. Choose by what you already have.
| # | App | Best for | How it charges | US rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CapCut | Editing clips you filmed, with auto captions | Subscription | 4.6 (1,125,591 ratings) |
| 2 | Faceless | A faceless short from a script | Subscription or credits | 4.6 (1,167 ratings) |
| 3 | Dora | One new clip from a description or photo | Subscription or coins, no free video | 4.3 (16 ratings) |
| 4 | Vizard | Cutting a long video into clips | Subscription | 4.8 (809 ratings) |
| 5 | VEED Lite | Quick edits and captions on a phone | Subscription | 4.8 (19,992 ratings) |
1. CapCut
Its listing covers auto captions, text to speech and background removal.
2. Faceless
You enter text or a script and it generates the video, per its listing.
3. Dora
Vertical 9:16 up to 1080p with no watermark and the cost shown first, per its listing. It does not assemble a full short with narration for you, so you edit it elsewhere.
4. Vizard
It finds highlights in a podcast or vlog and adds captions, per its listing.
5. VEED Lite
Auto edits and captions for clips up to 10 minutes, per its listing.
Can AI make a whole YouTube Short?
Script apps such as Faceless try to. You should still check facts and pacing, and YouTube asks creators to disclose realistic altered content.
What size is a Short?
YouTube counts a video as a Short if it is square or vertical and up to three minutes long.
Disclosure: we make Dora, number 3 on this list. Everything about the other apps comes from their own App Store pages.