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Vow GIF & Meme Maker
Turn any video clip into a GIF or meme, with no watermark
- Free: 10 GIFs a day, up to 10 seconds at 480p, with meme text
- $4.95 once: Any length, HD up to the original size, MP4, WebP and APNG
Vow Video Editor
Video editor for Windows
Turn your clips into a film. No watermark. No cloud.
Drop in your videos, photos and music, cut with one key, add titles, transitions and a look, then export in one click for YouTube, TikTok or email. Editing is never limited, exports are watermark-free up to 4K, and everything stays on your PC.
- No ads
- No malware
- No account
- Light & dark theme
- Unlimited editing, 3 exports a day up to 4K
No ads. Ever.No pop-ups, no banners, no "offers".
No malware or bundlewareThe installer installs one thing: this app.
No account, no uploadIt works on your PC, and your files stay there.
Free daily limits, just $9.95 unlimitedNo subscription. No trial that runs out.
The problem
Free video editors rarely stay free
Most let you spend an hour on your edit, then reveal the watermark, the resolution cap or the subscription at the export button.
A watermark at the very end
Many free editors only mention their logo when you export, after you have put in all the work.
Full HD for paying customers
Free versions often cap the resolution, so your sharp phone footage comes out soft and small.
A subscription for a holiday video
Monthly plans for something you might do a few times a year, renewing whether you edit or not.
Upload every clip first
Online editors want your footage on their servers before you can cut a single frame, and big files take forever.
Nags and bundled extras
Upgrade pop-ups between steps, and installers that slip in browser extensions and "PC optimisers".
Pro tools that need a course
Professional editors can do everything, after a weekend of tutorials to find out where everything is.
Vow Video Editor fixes all of it.
How it works
Drop. Edit. Export.
A full timeline that stays simple, and your footage never leaves your PC.
- 01
Drop your clips
Drag videos, photos and music onto the window. A project starts by itself, sized to your first video, with the clips in a row. Or pick 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 or 4:5.
Drop clips and start a video in the shape you want - 02
Cut, title and polish
Press S to split, drag clip ends to trim, and add titles, transitions, music and looks from the left. Change anything on the right, or drag it on the preview.
Quick tools for one-step jobs, and your projects - 03
Export in one click
Pick what it's for: Full HD, 4K, Social, Small, Under 10 MB, GIF or MP3. Projects save themselves, and every export waits on the Exports page.
Features
A complete editor, without the learning curve
For family films, holiday videos, social clips and YouTube channels: quick tools for the basics, a real timeline for everything else.
A real timeline
Unlimited video, overlay and audio tracks, a magnetic main track, snapping, markers, ripple delete, box selection and unlimited undo.
Quick tools for one-step jobs
Trim, join, add music, make it vertical, photo slideshow, speed, rotate, extract the sound, video to GIF, remove pauses and make it smaller.
Titles that look designed
14 title styles, from lower thirds to neon, gradient and typewriter, in any installed font, plus 120 emoji stickers, shapes and backgrounds.
36 transitions
Cross fades, dips, wipes, slides, circles, doors, blinds, zooms and more, with sound crossfades, or one on every cut in a single click.
24 one-click looks
Plus brightness, contrast, saturation, temperature, blur and vignette, green screen, sharpening, grain removal and stabilising.
Auto captions on your PC
whisper.cpp listens and writes word-timed captions in 30 languages with nothing uploaded, or import SRT and VTT and style them all at once.
Move it on the preview
Drag, resize and turn anything right on the picture, with keyframes, ready-made zooms and pans, and 11 in and 11 out animations.
Sound that sits right
Fades, keyframed volume, noise removal, voice boost, voice-over from your microphone, music that ducks under speech and even loudness.
Export up to 4K
MP4, MOV, MKV or WebM in H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 or ProRes, a GIF or MP3, by quality or exact size, fast on NVIDIA, Intel or AMD cards.
Light and dark theme
Edit in a bright light theme or a calm dark one: a single click on the side bar switches between them.
Light & dark theme
Easy on the eyes, day or night.
Video Editor comes with a crisp light theme and a calm dark theme. Switch with one click, or let it follow your Windows setting by itself. It remembers your choice.
- LightClear and bright for daytime and busy offices
- DarkGentle on tired eyes late at night
- Follow WindowsChanges by itself when your PC does
Screenshots
See Vow Video Editor in action
Real screenshots of the real app, in both of its themes: 7 light, 7 dark. Click any picture to see it full size.
Light theme
Dark theme
Who it's for
Made for anyone with clips to share
Family and holiday films
Turn a trip's worth of clips and photos into one film with music, titles and transitions.
TikTok, Reels and Shorts
Vertical 9:16 videos with big word-by-word captions for social feeds.
YouTube creators
Lower thirds, subscribe buttons, chapters from markers and exports up to 4K.
Small businesses
Product clips, promos and how-to videos without an agency or a subscription.
Teachers and trainers
Lessons with captions and voice-over, with the long pauses taken out.
Photo slideshows
Birthdays, weddings and memorials as slideshows with gentle zooms and cross fades.
Compare
Vow Video Editor vs the usual free editors
What you actually get when you download a free video editor or try one online, side by side.
| Feature | Vow Video Editor | Typical free & online video editors |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free every day, or $9.95 once | Monthly or yearly plans |
| Watermark on exports | Never | Common on free versions |
| Export resolution | Up to 4K, free | Often capped when free |
| Your footage is uploaded | Never: 100% on your PC | Yes, for online editors |
| Ads, nags, bundled extras | None, ever | Common on free downloads |
| Auto captions | Built in, on your PC, 30 languages | Often paid, or done in the cloud |
| One-step quick tools | 13 on the Home screen | Rarely |
| Keyframes and blend modes | Yes, with 13 blend modes | Usually only in pro editors |
| Works without internet | Yes (caption models download once) | No, for online editors |
"Typical" describes what we found across the most-downloaded alternatives when we built Video Editor. Your mileage with any one of them may vary; ours won't.
Pricing
Free every day. Just $9.95 once for the lot.
That is not a typo. Software this powerful usually means a monthly subscription; Video Editor is $9.95, once, for life: it's almost a giveaway. Use it free for as long as you like, and unlock Unlimited only if you need more.
Free
$0forever
Unlimited editing, 3 exports a day up to 4K.
- 3 exports every day (resets at midnight)
- Unlimited editing, previews and frame snapshots
- Every feature and effect, up to 4K
- Auto captions made on your own PC
- No watermark on any export
- No sign-up, nothing uploaded
Best valueUnlimited
$9.95USD, once. Yours for life.
Almost a giveaway. Less than a takeaway lunch for software this powerful: no subscription, no renewals, yours for life on 2 PCs.
Unlimited exports every day, queue as many as you like.
- Any number of exports, every day
- Queue as many exports as you like
- Every version you need: 4K, social and small
- Every feature, with no daily count
- One payment, yours for life on 2 PCs
- No subscription, ever
How unlocking works
- 1Use it free first Install Vow Video Editor and use it on your own files. No card, no account, no time limit.
- 2Click "Unlimited" in the app Pay $9.95 USD once by card, securely through Stripe in your browser.
- 3It unlocks itself Within seconds, for life, on up to 2 of your PCs. Your license key is emailed to you, and every future update is included.
Payments by Stripe: we never see or store your card. Questions? Ask a real person.
Clean software
Safe to install. Nothing else comes with it.
Most "free" Windows downloads pay for themselves with ads, bundled extras or your data. Vow Video Editor doesn't need to: it's paid for honestly, once, by the people who find it useful.
Download Video Editor free- No ads, toolbars or "offers"The installer installs one thing: Vow Video Editor. No pre-ticked boxes to watch out for.
- No administrator rights neededIt installs just for you, in your own user folder, and leaves the rest of Windows alone.
- Nothing running in the backgroundNo startup programs, no tray nags, no services. When you close it, it's closed.
- Everything includedAll it needs is inside the installer, so you never have to fetch a "required component" from somewhere else.
- Uninstalls cleanlyOne click in Windows Settings > Apps. Your own files are never touched.
- A real company behind itMade, published and supported by XTO Pty Ltd, an Australian company, with real people answering every message.
Step-by-step guide
How to edit a video on Windows
Turn a handful of clips into a finished video with a title, transitions and music, start to finish.
Step 1: get it freeDownload and install it free
Get Vow Video Editor from this page and run the installer. It installs just for you, with no administrator rights and no account, and the video engine is included.
Drop in your clips
Drag your videos, photos and music onto the Home screen. A new project starts, sized to the first video, with every clip in a row on the timeline.
Cut and arrange
Play to a spot and press S to split, drag the ends of a clip to trim it, and drag clips to change the order. Ctrl+Z undoes anything.
Add titles, transitions and music
Open Text and click a style for a title, open Transitions and press Apply for a cross fade on every cut, and add music from Audio. A look colours a clip in one click.
Export it
Press Export, pick Full HD, Social, Small or Under 10 MB and press Export again. The video is saved in Videos\Vow Video Editor, ready to play, copy or show in its folder.
Technical details
Video Editor at a glance
- Works on
- Windows 10 (1809+) and Windows 11, 64-bit
- Engines
- FFmpeg and whisper.cpp, included, on your PC
- Timeline
- Unlimited video, overlay and audio tracks
- Exports
- MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, GIF, MP3, M4A, WAV, up to 4K
- Codecs
- H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9, ProRes 422 HQ
- Internet
- Not needed (caption models download once)
- Install
- Per-user, no administrator rights, no account
- Languages
- English
- Theme
- Light, dark or follow Windows: one click to switch
- Version
- 1.0.0, released 1 November 2026
- Publisher
- XTO Pty Ltd (Australia)
FAQ
Questions about Video Editor
Is Vow Video Editor really free?
Yes. Editing, previews and frame snapshots are free and unlimited, and you can export 3 videos every day with every feature, up to 4K and with no watermark. An export that fails or is stopped doesn't count. Unlimited, a one-time $9.95 USD payment, removes the daily export limit.
Will my videos have a watermark?
Never, on the free version or on Unlimited. Every export comes out exactly as you edited it, at the resolution you chose, with nothing added.
Does it upload my videos?
No. Editing, previews, exports and auto captions all run on your own PC with FFmpeg and whisper.cpp, which come with the app. The only downloads are the speech models for auto captions, fetched once the first time you use them, and an optional faster caption engine for NVIDIA cards.
Can it add captions automatically?
Yes. Auto captions listen to your video on your own PC and write captions timed to every word, in 30 languages or with the language detected for you, and can translate to English. Choose sentences at the bottom or a few big words at a time for social videos, then edit any word in the list. They can also be saved as an .srt file.
Can I make vertical videos for TikTok, Reels and Shorts?
Yes. Start a 9:16 project, or use the Make it vertical quick tool to turn a wide video into 9:16 with a blurred background. Export it with the Social preset.
Which formats can I export?
MP4, MOV, MKV or WebM in H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 or ProRes 422 HQ, up to 4K at any frame rate, by quality or an exact file size. You can also export an animated GIF, or the sound alone as MP3, M4A or WAV. Markers become chapters.
Does it use my graphics card?
Yes. Exports use NVIDIA, Intel or AMD hardware encoders when your card has them, falling back to the processor automatically. NVIDIA owners can add an optional one-time download that makes auto captions up to 8 times faster.
Is it safe to install?
Yes. It is made and published by XTO Pty Ltd, an Australian company. The installer contains no ads, no toolbars and no bundled software, needs no administrator rights, and uninstalls cleanly from Windows Settings.
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A real video editor for Windows that never watermarks your work. Free to use every day, $9.95 once if you ever want Unlimited.
- No ads
- No malware
- No account
- No subscription