Get the free app
The textbased.video app is free for anyone, with no sign-up. It's in alpha, so expect rough edges, and keep your original footage backed up. New platforms arrive as free alphas over time.
Desktop app
- Download for MacMacalphaRequires a Mac with Apple silicon, macOS 13 or later.
Open the downloaded file and drag the app into Applications. It updates itself when a new version is out.
- Download for WindowsWindowsalphaWindows 11, 64-bit (Intel or AMD).
Windows warns about new apps the first time. The download page walks you through it, step by step. iPhone videos (HEVC) need Microsoft’s HEVC Video Extensions from the Microsoft Store, a one-off AU$1.45. Many new PCs already have it.
- Download for LinuxLinuxalphaUbuntu 22.04 and 24.04, Linux Mint 21 and 22 (.deb), or Bazzite (AppImage). 64-bit.
The download page has both, with step-by-step install instructions.
Mobile app
- iPhonecomingComing to the App Store.
- Download for AndroidAndroidalphaAndroid 9 or later, 64-bit phones.
It isn’t in Google Play yet, so it installs from this site. The download page walks you through it, step by step.
Video editors: the Premiere Pro extension is separate, and it's the only part that needs an early-access application. You'll find it on the For editors page.