For video creators, on the Mac
Every clip from the card to the archive, accounted for.
MediaFlowSwift offloads the footage from a shoot and keeps track of every clip. Import from cards, phones and folders, then sort, rate and review. Copy everything into a tidy folder structure ready for editing. Free up space only once each copy is proved, then archive and publish.
- 14 days of the full app, no card
- macOS 13+ on Apple silicon
- From $4.99 a month
macOS 13 or later, provided your Mac has Apple silicon inside. Fourteen days of the full app, no card; then $4.99 or $9.99 a month. Windows and Intel Mac versions are coming: we’ll notify you when it’s ready.
On a phone? MediaFlowSwift runs on a Mac. Send yourself the download link to open later on your Mac.
The seven steps of a shoot
One strip. Seven steps. Always the next action.
- 01ImportOffload cards, 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
Watch it work
How it works
A strip under the toolbar follows the seven steps of a shoot, from offload and ingest to archive. It 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.
Offload copies that are proved before anything is removed
Freeing up space, moving a project, returning it from an editing drive: each one copies, then removes. MediaFlowSwift checks the copy against the original before anything is removed. If it does not match, nothing is removed.
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. It also records 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.
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.
Find a clip by what was said in it
Transcribe the speech in your video clips on this Mac, then search one clip’s transcript, or every clip’s, for a word. Click a line’s time to jump the preview to it. GPS scenes group clips by where they were shot, and the shoot map shows them on a map. Category suggestions propose a category for each clip that has none yet, for you to accept or dismiss. Place names, the map and online speech recognition stay off until you turn them on in Settings › Privacy. All of this is in both plans. Drafting a video’s title, description and chapters from what you say is Studio Pro only. In the manual: transcription, GPS scenes, the shoot map, category suggestions.
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. Studio does this with a single database file; Studio Pro adds a database server on your own network.
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.
Wondering about one step in particular? The guides answer the questions that come up most. Examples: proving a card really copied before you erase it, keeping two checked copies, and finding clips again after a move. Weighing MediaFlowSwift against another app? See how it compares to OffShoot, to habitat flow, and to Finder and a spreadsheet.
Promises
What it will not do
Pricing
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.
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, 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 the Macs on your key
$99.99 a year
For comparison, as of October 2026, in US dollars: habitat flow has a free plan and a $69-a-year Pro plan (or $149 once for Pro forever). OffShoot sells one-time editions, priced on its own site. Studio starts at $4.99 a month, or $49.99 a year with the yearly discount above. Try the full app free for 14 days first, no card. See the OffShoot and habitat flow comparisons for the detail.
Why a subscription? MediaFlowSwift is young and still changing fast. New versions come out several times a month (see what’s new), and every plan includes every new version. The subscription is what pays for that work.
Why no reviews? MediaFlowSwift is new, and it comes from one small company, so there are no reviews or customer quotes to show you yet. The fair way to judge it is the trial: run a real shoot through it for 14 days, with no card.
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 it is also on your receipt. On either plan, one key covers up to three Macs at once, whoever uses them; a fourth Mac needs another key.
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.
On the way
Coming: Windows and Intel Macs
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