For video creators, on the Mac

Every clip from the card to the archive, accounted for.

MediaFlowSwift keeps track of the footage from a shoot. Import from cards, phones and folders; sort, rate and review; copy everything into a tidy folder structure ready for editing; free up space only once each copy is proved; archive; publish.

Download the free trial See the plans

macOS 14 or later, on a Mac with Apple silicon. Fourteen days of the full app, no card; then $4.99 or $9.99 a month.

A hand slides an SD card into a laptop on a wooden desk, a camera beside it

01ImportCards, USB drives, folders, iPhone and cameras over USB
02CategorizeYour own categories, with suggestions if you want them
03ReviewFrame-accurate preview, stars, tags and notes
04OrganizeCopied into category folders at the project’s destination
05Free up spaceWorking copies removed only after the copy is proved
06ArchiveTo numbered drives, with a record of what is where
07EjectCards and drives still connected, ejected with one click

How it works

A strip under the toolbar follows the seven steps of a shoot and always offers the one next action. You never have to remember where a project stands: the strip shows what is still waiting at each step, and a finished step shows a check. When the video is cut, Studio Pro drafts its title, description, chapters and tags from what you say; upload it in YouTube Studio and MediaFlow puts those words, your thumbnail and captions on it in one click.

Memory cards, USB sticks and external drives spread around a laptop — Cards, drives, shares: MediaFlowSwift records where every clip is, and where it should be.

Projects that know where their footage is

Each project records its destination folder — a network share, an external drive or a folder on the Mac — and every clip’s place: on the card, in a working copy, at the destination, or archived. Move a library to a new drive and one command points every project at it.

Copies that are proved before anything is removed

Freeing up space, moving a project, returning it from an editing drive: whenever a copy is followed by a removal, the copy is checked against the original first. If it does not match, nothing is removed.

An editing drive for the fast work

Move a project to a fast SSD for editing and bring it back to the library afterwards, with everything you changed carried across and checked.

Proxies over the network

Footage that lives on a network share can be choppy to scrub. MediaFlowSwift offers to make a proxy for the clip you are looking at, or for every clip that needs one.

A shared database, when you want one

Search every project from the search field and copy clips between them, find duplicates, and see the same project list from every Mac in the studio — a single database file with Studio, or a database server on your own network with Studio Pro.

Reports and hand-off

PDF, HTML and CSV reports of what was shot, what was kept and where it went, for your editor or your records.

What it will not do

Delete footage on a guessNothing is removed until the copy that replaces it is proved to match, byte for byte.

Send your work anywhere by itselfNo account and no usage data. It checks our website for new versions and, once you enter a key, checks your licence; every other outside service is off until you turn it on. Settings › Privacy lists exactly what each one sends.

Lock you out of your own filesProjects are plain files in folders you chose. Your footage stays in ordinary folders that any app can read.

Hide what went wrongWhen something fails, it says which file, why, and what to do; a report you can read in full is one click away.

Plans

Two plans, monthly or yearly. Try the full app free for 14 days first: download it, no card needed, and buy when you are ready.

Studio

All the file management

Import from cards, phones and folders
Categorize, review, rate, tag
Organize to the destination, proved copies
Free Up Space, Archive and restore
Proxies, editing drive, Library Moved
Search every project, with a shared database file
Reports, Help, updates, problem reports

$49.99 a year

Studio Pro

Studio, plus publishing and the studio database

Everything in Studio
Titles, descriptions, chapters and tags drafted for you
Upload in YouTube Studio; MediaFlow sets the title, description, chapters, tags, thumbnail and captions for you (needs your own Google Cloud project)
Results read back from YouTube
Shared database server across your Macs

$99.99 a year

Already subscribed? To move to Studio Pro, or to switch between monthly and yearly, write to support@mediaflowswift.com from the email address you bought with. We change your existing subscription, and your licence key stays the same. Please don’t buy a second plan: that would start a second subscription alongside the first.

Prices are shown in your local currency; tax is added at checkout where it applies. Payment is handled by Paddle, our merchant of record; your licence key is shown as soon as the payment goes through and is also on your receipt. One plan covers one person on up to three Macs.

Studio and Studio Pro, side by side

What you can do	Studio	Studio Pro
Getting footage in
Import from SD cards, USB drives and folders	✓	✓
Import from iPhone and cameras over USB	✓	✓
Clear Card after every clip is proved copied	✓	✓
Sorting and reviewing
Categories, tags, notes, star ratings, selects	✓	✓
Frame-accurate preview, Rapid Review, undo	✓	✓
Category suggestions from a model on your Mac or a provider you choose	✓	✓
Speech transcripts, place names, weather, shoot map	✓	✓
Keeping it safe
Organize to the destination folder, every copy proved	✓	✓
Free Up Space, only after proof	✓	✓
Archive to numbered drives, restore, relink	✓	✓
Proxies for footage on a network share	✓	✓
Editing drive: move a project to a fast SSD and back	✓	✓
Library Moved: point every project at a new drive	✓	✓
PDF, HTML and CSV reports	✓	✓
Publishing
Title, description, chapters and tags drafted and revised for you	—	✓
Upload in YouTube Studio; MediaFlow sets the title, description, chapters, tags, thumbnail and captions for you (needs your own Google Cloud project)	—	✓
Upload straight from MediaFlow as a private draft (advanced)	—	✓
Results read back from YouTube: views, watch time, subscribers	—	✓
Working across Macs
Shared database as a single file: search every project, copy clips between projects	✓	✓
Shared database server: several Macs at once, the same projects list on every Mac, search every project, duplicates	—	✓
Always included
Help, the online manual, updates, problem reports, email support	✓	✓
14-day trial of Studio Pro, no card	✓	✓

When a plan ends, MediaFlowSwift keeps opening every project and keeps showing where every clip is; restoring from an archive and copying footage out always work. Only importing, Organize, proxies, the editing drive, writing, publishing and the database server pause.