Narrative

Narrative is an AI-first video editor built by Narrative AI Inc. Its premise is simple: instead of clicking through a timeline, you describe the edit you want in plain language and an agent does the cutting for you. You bring footage from a camera roll, a shoot, a podcast or an interview, and Narrative reads the media, transcribes the speech, then proposes a finished cut.

The workflow is conversational. You can type phrases such as make a 30 second highlight reel, cut this to the beat, remove the ums, start on the best line, or vertical with captions, and the assistant performs the edit and reports what it changed. Every instruction becomes a version, so the project keeps a full history and you can restore any earlier state with one click. Because the result still lands on a normal multitrack timeline, you stay in control: you can trim a clip, move a title, swap a transition or adjust audio by hand whenever you prefer.

Narrative handles both short-form and long-form work. It can pull the strongest moments out of a two hour recording, assemble a supercut, build a vertical reel with captions, or produce a longer highlight film with music underneath. Automatic transcription powers much of this, letting the editor work from words rather than waveforms, so you can search for a topic, find a soundbite or trim filler such as silence and um from the edit. Captions and lyric text can be generated and animated, and titles or graphics can be masked and layered over the footage.

The editor exposes creative controls too. You choose a reasoning level, with Fast for quick cuts and small changes, Balanced for most edits, and Max for long footage and difficult briefs. You also set the frame for each platform, switching between 16:9, 9:16 with both speakers stacked in shot, 1:1 feed and 4:5 portrait. Media, graphics, text, audio and transitions live in the same workspace as the conversation, and edits render with beat detection so cuts can land on the music.

Narrative runs on the web and as an iPhone app, with projects shared across both, and it exports finished video for publishing. The core editing capabilities require a Narrative subscription, offered in Plus and Pro tiers billed monthly or annually. Brand presets keep titles, captions and styling consistent across a series, which matters for creators and teams posting often. In short, Narrative positions itself as an editor that does the work with you rather than a template generator: you remain the director, but you delegate the tedious assembly.