What is BitterClip?
If you record conversations, interviews, or sessions and want a finished episode and clips out of them, this page explains what BitterClip does and the few words you'll see throughout the docs.
BitterClip in plain words
BitterClip turns a recorded conversation into a finished episode and the clips from it. You bring the recording; it transcribes every word tied to the moment it was spoken and reads the whole session. Its built-in agent makes the cut, and you keep directing it in plain words or by editing the transcript. Every cut stays linked to the exact moment it came from, so nothing is a guess. If you prefer, ChatGPT or Claude can operate the same workbench. It runs in your browser at app.bitterclip.com.
You don't need to connect an assistant or configure anything before starting. The Creator trial is $1 for 7 days (card required), then $24/month. Cancel anytime. Bring one recording up to two hours and use the included $5 of agent work while balance remains. You can add exactly $20, $50, or $100 of agent work during an active trial or paid plan. Top-ups never auto-activate paid Creator; early activation requires a separate explicit $24 authorization. Creator supports files up to 4 GB after payment. Producer is $99/month. There is no recurring Free plan; if you cancel, your existing work stays available and new processing may require an active plan.
The three things you'll work with
There are three things you'll work with in BitterClip, and each one comes from the last.
- Recording — a video or audio file you upload. This is your raw source: the full interview, the whole podcast take, the long stream.
- Episode — the recording laid out as a transcript timeline, with the words lined up to the audio. This is where you actually work. An episode can be one recording on its own, or several recordings joined into a single timeline. When you upload a recording, BitterClip transcribes it and turns it into its own episode for you automatically.
- Clip — an editable cut derived from an episode. You pick the part worth keeping, then render it into an exact Export to download or post.
So the path is simple: Recording → Episode → Clip. Upload a recording, open it as an episode, pick your clip.
One episode can come from more than one recording. Say you record your side of a conversation and a guest records theirs. You upload your video, then add the guest's into the same episode. Now it's two recordings, one episode: a single timeline you clip from as if it were one piece.
Where it runs
There are two ways to work, and your recordings and clips are the same in both. The browser is the place to manage everything in one window. If you'd rather just say what you want out loud, ChatGPT or Claude can help while you talk it through. In ChatGPT, what the assistant can change depends on your plan and workspace. Whichever you start in, you can pick up where you left off in the other. The assistant guide walks through that side.
How a clip actually gets made
The cut is built from the words you keep, not from numbers you type in.
You don't type in timestamps. You (or your AI assistant) pick the strongest moment by choosing the words to keep, right in the transcript. Every word in the transcript is already lined up to the audio, so BitterClip knows exactly when each one was spoken.
The cut runs from the first word you kept to the last, with a little breathing room added before and after so the clip doesn't feel clipped off. It lands in the natural gaps between words, so a clip never starts or ends mid-word. To get the edge exactly right, your assistant can look closely at the actual sound at a cut point and choose to end the clip just before the next breath. You get a clean clip that starts and ends on a full thought.
Because the cut comes from the words, every clip stays tied to its recording, its speaker, and the exact moment it came from. You can always trace a clip back to the spot in the recording where it was said.
Ready to try it?
The Creator trial lasts seven days and requires a card: $1 today, then $24/month. Cancel anytime. It includes $5 of agent work for one recording up to two hours. Start Creator trial. We'll email you a verification link after signup; confirm it to start uploading and transcribing recordings.