InShot

InShot is one of the most downloaded mobile video editing apps in the world, and it has earned that reach by being relentlessly friendly to first-time editors. For podcasters cutting vertical clips on a phone, InShot covers the basics fast: trim, split, add a music bed, drop in animated captions, swap aspect ratios for Reels, Shorts, or TikTok, and export.

The free tier adds a watermark, which is the kind of thing that's fine for first experiments but you'll want to pay to remove the moment you start posting consistently. The interface is genuinely well-designed for touchscreen editing.

Big buttons, clear icons, and a timeline that doesn't try to do too much. Compared to KineMaster, you give up multitrack depth and more advanced effects, but the trade is speed and approachability. For a podcaster who only needs to cut 30-second clips a few times a week, InShot is faster to muscle-memory than learning a more capable tool.

The upsell prompts during the free experience can be frequent, which annoys some users. Pro is cheap enough that most regular users just subscribe and move on.

Don't try to use it for long-form 30-minute video; that's what desktop tools are for. For a podcaster who only needs to cut 30-second clips a few times a week, InShot is faster to muscle-memory than learning a more capable tool, and that speed is the real product.