Descript vs Getmunch

Good editing software, but transcription needs work for accents

Descript makes it easy to edit any audio or video file. If you're used to working with Microsoft Word, especially, then you'll feel at home with Descript. Made an error? Edit the text, and your audio is updated too. Much like any automated transcription service, Descript struggles with non-neutral accents. So, for example, my Scottish accent means I still need to go in and tidy up at least 50% of the transcript, sometimes more. This can make any time saved on other features moot. I would really like to see more work put into regional accents.

Danny B.

Great product, reduces editing time

The AI picks out the best part of the clips. Saves me tons of time editing. I never would've done YT shorts if I didn't have this product. Customer support is quick to respond. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Sometimes the subtitles are wrong and I have to retype things. Annoying but I still use Munch.

Theresa L.

I like Descript - it would be nice if it weren't so memory intensive

It saves me a ton of time in editing! I appreciate the thoughtfulness in design. It tells me there was a lot of energy put into understanding what podcasters need and I appreciate that. I like the removal of filler words and I like the auto captioning function. Descript is very easy to use. I like the transcript function and the ability to edit it and the audio at the same time simultaneously. It makes my life so much easier. It crashes my pc way too often, and I have a powerful gaming machine with a lot of memory. This stops my work and stresses me out. I do wish navigating the playhead back and forth was easier. The whole application just freezes if I scroll too fast and it this slows me down, especially when I'm in a pinch for time.

Adele W.

Works well, sometimes repetitive

It quickly and easily creates clips of my videos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. The clips it produces are sometimes using the same section of video.

Timothy C.

Saves so much time

Since switching to Descript, I'm able to edit my podcast episodes myself, in wayyyy less time than I thought it would take me. Like - 2 hours on average per episode? And we're talking completely edited, video AND audio versions, with the AI features helping generate show notes, title, transcript (for a blog) and pulling out 5+ snippets for repurposing as short-form video content. Descript makes it easy to turn one hour of recording into a full week (or more) of marketing content. And I absolutely love that. Sometimes there are still (small) chunks of my video that descript maps words to incorrectly, but this is usually after I've been editing quite a bit, so may also just be user error. And it's correctible using the manual correction feature, so not a big issue.

Oliver W.

Great tool and it's only going to get better

I like using Munch because it creates many clips that we can use to promote podcasts on social media. The tool gets better with new features added frequently. I even spoke to the CTO once about a bug with one of the files. It feels like they care a lot about customers and the future. We often use auto highlight in subtitles, and I like this feature. No tool is ideal, and you have to choose what works better for you, but Munch makes content repurposing much easier and quicker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. I know AI is not ideal because most of our content is about conversational AI and customer experience, but sometimes clips are not very relevant or start at a random time that doesn't make sense without the context. Also, Munch can be a bit slow, and it took me a while to figure out the cropping feature. It would be nice to add timings to subtitles manually. Also, I'd love to be able to drag and change the size of subtitles rather than choosing pre-defined font size.

Taras S.