tondi, compared
Prices and limits on each page were checked on the date it shows. If one has moved, tell support@tondi.app.
tondi is a Mac app that turns a long video into short, captioned clips on your own machine — no upload, $10 a month flat. Each page below is an honest side-by-side with one alternative: a table, where they win, where tondi wins, and what a year costs.
tondi vs Opus Clip
The cloud option. Pick tondi if you have an Apple Silicon Mac, you'd rather not upload your footage anywhere, or you want one flat price instead of a minute meter. Pick Opus Clip if you're on Windows, you want a browser-based team workflow, or you want features beyond clipping — scheduling, brand kits, AI B-roll, virality scores.
tondi vs Reelify AI
Another local Mac clipper. Pick tondi if you want nothing about your video — not even the transcript — to leave the machine, your Mac is on macOS 13 or 14, or you'd rather a 111 MB download than a 2 GB one. Pick Reelify if you want to pay once ($59 lifetime), you want the crop to follow whoever is speaking, or you also clip on a phone.
tondi vs Ascynd
On-device, cross-platform. Pick tondi if you have an Apple Silicon Mac and want a free plan with no end date, word-timed captions, and an app signed and notarized by Apple. Pick Ascynd if you're on Windows, Linux or an Intel Mac, you want the lowest monthly price, or you want the crop to follow the speaker.
What every comparison has in common
- A section where the other tool genuinely wins. If it didn't, the page would be an ad.
- Numbers, not adjectives — prices, download sizes, what leaves your machine.
- A "last checked" date and a link to the other tool's own pricing page.
Not listed here yet: Submagic, CapCut, Klap, ViralMint. They're next. If you want one sooner, say so at support@tondi.app.