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01“Turn this recording into a tight 60-second Reel. Plan first.”
AI video editor & screen recorder for Mac
Raw footage.
One click.
Ready to share.
Turn your recording into a finished edit with cuts, captions, B-roll and music. Review every detail. Render on your Mac.
Free forever. No credit card. macOS 12+.
Free: 5 exports/month at 720p with a watermark. Compare plans
Inside LazyReelAuto Edit → Customize
Local rendering. Optional cloud AI.
Find us in the creator community
From creators using LazyReel
Selected excerpts · Read all Setapp reviews“It picked up several filler words”
“Also the composer is super useful.”
“Got a reply within minutes”
Available on Setapp. Built by Pawan Kumar, a creator who edits his own videos.
The shortcut between
simple and powerful.
You want a finished first cut and the freedom to change it. LazyReel brings automation into a local Mac workspace.
- Made for your Mac
- A desktop editing workspace with hardware-accelerated local rendering.
- Local by default
- Edit and transcribe on-device. Cloud AI is optional and uses the inputs you send.
- Start with an edit
- Auto Edit builds the first cut. Refine the words, captions and timeline yourself.
- Know what you pay
- Try the free plan. Paid plans include unlimited 4K exports without a watermark.
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Cloud-first automation
Upload, generate, download
LazyReel
An automated first cut.
A local editing workspace.
Browser timelines
Build your edit online
Traditional desktop editors
Detailed timeline control
Cloud workspaceLocal workspace
Early Access
Free to use. Pay when you're serious.
Creator is billed monthly. Pro Annual is billed yearly.
Free
₹0
- Full editor, offline-first
- 5 exports/month at 720p
- BYOK - unlimited AI on your own key
- Full B-roll, meme, and caption library
- Watermark on exports
Save 44% vs monthly
Pro Annual
₹833.25/mo
Billed ₹9,999/year
- Everything in Creator
- DreamLayer AI animations
- All cloud AI (images, text, clips)
- Early access to new features
- Price locked forever
Creator
₹1,499/mo
Billed ₹1,499/month
- Unlimited 4K exports, no watermark
- All caption styles and visualizers
- Auto-Edit, Smart Edit, and Viral Clips
- Cloud AI included (no API key needed)
- Trailer and teaser generation
✓ Cancel anytime7-day refund, no questions askedNo credit card on FreePrice locked forever on Pro Annual
Offline editing, BYOK API keys, and the macOS app on every plan. Bring your own provider key for unlimited AI generations at provider rates - no LazyReel quotas.
LazyReel launch film
One recording. Every finished video.
Watch a raw recording become captions, B-roll, motion, repaired dialogue, and publish-ready videos without leaving the Mac.
LazyReel originalLaunch film
RecordAuto-editPublish
No autoplay. Press play when you are ready for sound.
Watch on YouTubeOne-Click Edit
From raw take to posted reel.
Auto-Edit works the way an editor does: it listens to the take, cuts what wastes time, and dresses what remains. You review a finished edit instead of starting one.
- Whisper transcribes on your Mac - footage never uploads
- Silences and filler words marked, trimmed, gone
- Captions in 13+ styles, B-roll from 45+ templates
- Music that ducks under your voice on its own
- Your first One-Click Edit is free on every install
Your take03:41
dashed = silence & filler, found for you
Handed back
captionsB-rollmusic duckedSFX on beats
Composerclick a word · pick an action
SotodayI'mgoingtoshowyouthe.
Itwent,honestly.
Video
B-roll
meme
SFX
Cut a filler, drop a meme, land a sound - from the words themselves.
Composer
The transcript is the timeline.
Your words become the editing surface. Click any word and act on it - no hunting the timeline for the place you said it.
- Cut a word, drop a meme, land a sound effect, freeze the frame
- Delete sentences to cut whole sections
- Type a brief - 'tighten this, punchy captions' - and it is applied
Built-in recorder
Recordings arrive already directed.
Record a display, a window, or an area. LazyReel captures the raw pixels plus everything you did, so the camera work happens after - and stays editable.
- Auto-zoom framed from your clicks, every move draggable
- Cursor re-drawn at render time - any style, even your logo
- Camera shapes, rims, and background removal, on-device
- Highlight markers, privacy blur, opt-in keystroke chips
blurred
⌘S✓ directed takeREC 0:00
Send from phone
From camera roll, to timeline.
Shot it on your phone? Scan a QR and the clip flies over your local Wi-Fi straight into the project - the phone never leaves the camera roll.
- No AirDrop roundtrip, no cable, no Downloads folder
- Local network only - footage never touches a server
- Lands as a clip, ready for the one-click edit
tap the phone to send another clip
16:9
9:16
1:1
same clip · crop focus follows the subject · dashes = safe zones
Every platform
Edit once, post everywhere.
The same edit re-frames itself for Reels, Shorts, TikTok and YouTube. Because LazyReel knows where the action is, the vertical cut keeps looking at the right thing.
- 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 and 4:5 from one project
- Crop focus follows the subject - no manual keyframing
- Safe-zone framing guides for the overlays Reels, Shorts and TikTok draw
- Captions stay inside the caption-safe band, 4K included
Bring your own key
Your key, unlimited AI.
Plug in your own AI key and every cloud feature runs directly from your Mac to your provider - no credit metering, no monthly AI cap, no middleman.
- Gemini, ElevenLabs, OpenRouter, OpenAI and Anthropic supported
- Requests go straight from your Mac - never through our servers
- Keys stored obfuscated on your machine, sent only to their provider
- Or skip keys entirely: managed cloud AI is built into Pro
straight from your mac · never through our servers
Five interface languages
Edit in the language you think in.
LazyReel’s editor, timeline, settings, dialogs, and Mac menus are available in English, German, Hindi, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese. Choose a language or let LazyReel follow your Mac automatically.
ENEnglishTrack 01English
DEDeutschTrack 02German
HIहिन्दीTrack 03Hindi
ESEspañolTrack 04Spanish
PT-BRPortuguês (Brasil)Track 05Brazilian Portuguese
And the rest
Small details, ready for real reels.
Clips
One long take becomes a set of shorts, each with its own hook.
Director
A single prompt becomes a full draft - scenes, B-roll, pacing.
Generated music & SFX
Type a vibe, get a track and effects that land on your beats.
Trailers & teasers
A punchy opener composed from your own footage.
Noise cleanup
Room hum and hiss removed on-device.
Visualizers
Audio-reactive layers for music and podcast clips.
11 cinematic grades
One-slider color looks, plus light leaks.
Lower thirds & titles
Name plates and title cards, matched to your look.
Shareable looks
Dial a style once, carry it between projects.
New · MCPPreviewPro
Give your AI agent a seat in the edit.
Connect Claude, Codex, Cursor, ChatGPT, or any compatible MCP client. Your agent can inspect the open project, prepare complete edits, and use approved LazyReel actions while you stay in control.
Local connection · permission scoped · reviewable
Agent handoff Connected locally
Review in LazyReel
02See every cut, caption, B-roll choice, and permission before it runs.
Approve once
03Apply the complete edit as one transaction, with one-step undo.
145tools
12live resources
13workflows
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The honest FAQ.
- Free forever. 5 exports per month at 720p with a small watermark. The full editor and every AI feature is unlocked when you bring your own Claude / OpenAI / Gemini API key (BYOK). No credit card, no time limit, no feature gating beyond export resolution.
- Bring Your Own Key. Connect your own AI provider account. Provider usage is billed separately at its rates; LazyReel does not charge an additional per-generation fee for BYOK.
- LazyReel currently runs on macOS 12 or later. You can download the Mac app directly or get it through Setapp. Other platforms are not currently available.
- LazyReel is available in English, German, Hindi, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese. You can choose one in Settings, or use System to follow your Mac's language automatically. Your filenames, project names, and transcript content stay in their original language.
- LazyReel combines a Mac screen recorder, transcript editing and an automated first cut in one desktop workspace. Editing and rendering run locally, with optional cloud AI. Compare the current Free, Creator and Pro Annual plans above.
- Editing and rendering happen on your Mac. On-device transcription works locally. Optional cloud AI and connected providers process the inputs you send for those features, such as prompts, transcripts or media. See our privacy policy for details.
- LazyReel saves render progress in chunks so supported exports can resume from saved progress. Keep your project and source files available when you reopen the app.
- Yes - 7-day full refund on Pro Annual, no questions asked. Just email [email protected] with 'Refund Request' in the subject and we'll process it the same day.
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