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Concat on a phone
The Android and iOS app is its own editor, built for a thumb. Where everything moved to.
On a phone, and in any window narrower than about 860 pixels, Concat shows a compact editor rather than a shrunken desktop. Same engine, same project files, same AI features.
The layout
Top to bottom: a top bar (close project on the left, the project’s name in the middle, the Settings gear and Export on the right), the monitor, a row with Fit, Undo and Redo, a round Play button, the lanes with a centred playhead (drag the lanes to scrub), Zoom out and in, and the bottom strip of tools.
The bottom strip
With nothing selected: Media, Text, Effects, Filters, Transitions, Captions, Speak, Project. Each opens a sheet that slides up; swipe down to close it.
- Media: an Import media button and the bin. Tap a file to put it on the timeline at the playhead.
- Text: Add a title, or a title in one of the looks.
- Effects, Filters, Transitions: a search field and the catalogue. Effects and transitions go on the selected clip, so select one first.
- Captions and Speak: the same Captions and Text to speech sheets as the desktop. See auto-captions and text to speech.
- Project: the project’s facts and a Modify button for the frame and rate.
With a clip selected the strip changes to Back, Split, Delete, then the tools for that kind of clip: Edit (transform, blend, remove background), Text, Filter, Speed, Audio, Adjust, Effects, Transitions, Duplicate, Freeze, Reverse, Mirror, Rotate, Captions, Speak, and More for the rest of the clip menu.
What is different
- Split cuts the selected clip at the playhead; there is no razor.
- Undo and Redo are the two buttons beside the monitor.
- Settings has no Remote and no Version page. Updates come from the APK or IPA on GitHub Releases.
- The start screen has no Open project and no location picker on Android: projects live where the app puts them.
- Export has no Browse: the file goes to the app’s Movies folder, and sharing it is the system share sheet.
Install
Android: the APK from the download picker; allow installs from this source the first time. iOS and iPadOS: a beta IPA, sideloaded. See install.