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Updated September 2026

YouTube Create review

Google's free mobile editing app built specifically for producing and publishing YouTube Shorts and long-form videos. Best for YouTube creators wanting a free, direct-publish mobile editor for Shorts and long-form video. Starts at Free.

What's free

Entire app is free with no ads and no watermark

Key features

  • Auto Captions
  • AI Rough-cut Assembly
  • Background Noise Removal
  • 40+ Transitions
  • Direct YouTube Publishing
  • Royalty-free Music Library

Pros

  • Completely free with no ads or watermark
  • Publishes directly to a YouTube channel

Cons

  • Only exports/publishes to YouTube, no other network integrations
  • Android app is still in beta

YouTube Create alternatives

  • CapCut

    Free · $9.99+

    Video editing · Design & thumbnails

    A free-to-start AI video and photo editing app from ByteDance for cutting, captioning, and generating short-form social content.

    • Instagram
    • TikTok
    • YouTube
    • X (Twitter)
    • Facebook

  • Descript

    Free · $16+

    Video editing · Design & thumbnails

    A transcript-based video and podcast editor where editing the text transcript edits the underlying audio/video.

    • YouTube
    • Instagram
    • TikTok

  • VEED

    Free · $12+

    Video editing · Design & thumbnails

    A browser-based AI video creation platform for generating, editing, subtitling, and brand-styling social videos.

    • Instagram
    • TikTok
    • YouTube
    • X (Twitter)
    • Facebook
All YouTube Create alternatives →

Sources: play.google.com, www.youtube.com