Narrative is an AI video editor. You describe the cut, it builds a timeline you can still change, and no public page prints a plan price.
A surf reel, marked Beta, with a meter on the screen
Narrative calls itself an AI-first video editor. Under the surf timeline the page says this is the editor itself, not a picture of it.
One brief on that timeline: cut this down to a 15 second reel, best rides only, ramp the drops, and put a card on at the end. The page prints Done in 12s, then a reply with five shots, the barrel in the middle, drops at 60% on the beat, and an end card at 0:13. A second ask, best rides with a title and music, is printed as a finished turn: 2 tools, 9.5 credits, version 11 to version 12, and a control that restores version 11.
- The same surface shows ctx 3.2% and $0.58 spent, next to a Beta label. Those figures sit in the demo. The homepage has no price list that uses them.
- Speed is three choices. Fast is for quick cuts and small changes. Balanced is for most edits. Max is for long footage and hard briefs.
- Frames on the page: 16:9, 9:16 with both speakers stacked, 1:1, and 4:5.
- The demo's version strip shows 12 versions. Each turn is a version you can step back to.
Free to open, and a bill the terms describe without a number
Homepage buttons say Get started for free and Get the iOS app. Choose a plan goes to /start. The app also has /plans. Both come back as the sign-in shell, with no plan name and no dollar amount.
The terms, last updated 19 September 2026, are with Narrative AI Inc.
- Paid plans bill in advance, monthly or annually, at the price shown when you subscribe. The website uses Stripe. The Apple App Store and Google Play bill and cancel in the store. The homepage's app link is iOS.
- A plan renews at the then-current price until you cancel, and you keep access through the paid period. A renewal price change gets at least 30 days' email. If a free trial is offered, it converts unless you cancel. The terms do not say a trial is on offer now.
- Each plan includes a stated amount of rendering and storage. The amounts are not printed. Past that line, exports may slow, an upgrade may be required, or extra charges are disclosed in advance.
- Preview, beta, and experimental features are as is. They can be withdrawn, and they can cap rendering or how long work is kept.
On the App Store the app is Narrative: AI Video Editor, priced Free. The description ends in capitals: timeline editing, AI editing, and exports require a Narrative subscription. First release 30 September 2026. Version 1.0.2 is dated 2 October 2026. It requires iOS 18, and the lookup shows 5 from 5 ratings.
Wedding films on one page, a phone feed on another
The homepage names wedding films, podcasts, match highlights, and product demos, plus a rough cut, a supercut, or a vertical reel from a two hour shoot. The Y Combinator page, Fall 2025, names corporate post-production teams, wedding videographers, and sports teams, and says an editing and clipping API for businesses will launch soon. The try-it address on that page is narrative.video, which now redirects to usenarrative.ai. The App Store text names people who edit on a phone and post often: sports highlights, montages, short-form edits, and talking-head clips.
- Priya Raman, wedding filmmaker: "I gave it two hours of wedding footage and basically said, 'Make me a 10-minute highlight and put the vows in the middle.' By the time I finished my coffee, there was already a cut on the timeline. I changed maybe two things."
- Lena Okafor, media lead, Eastside FC: "It found every goal in a ninety minute match, including the one the camera nearly missed. And with every version kept, nobody on the staff can break the cut."
Three founders in New York, and what happens to the footage
YC lists the company as founded in 2025, a team of 3, in New York City. Erik Vank is founder and CEO, Victor Chapman is founder and CPO, Aryan Sawhney is founder and CTO. The team note says they have scaled consumer apps to 2 million users.
You keep the rights in what you upload and in the edits. Narrative claims no ownership, and your content is not used to train generative models except with a separate opt-in. The minimum age is 13. Account mail is [email protected], and the App Store lists [email protected]. The 12 September 2026 guide How to edit videos with AI says its example opens in the editor without an account.