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Kinetic vs Canva for launch videos.
Canva is a broad design tool with video templates. Kinetic does one thing: motion-designed launch and product films, written from a prompt and cut to music.
Runs in Chrome, Edge and Safari on Mac, Windows, Linux and ChromeOS. Free trial: 3 exports, no card. Pro is one payment: $9 for the first 100 buyers, then $19.
Where each fits
Use Canva when you need many kinds of content (posts, slides, documents) in one place, with stock media and simple animation.
Use Kinetic when the video is the point: kinetic typography, animated product screens and cuts on the beat, the look of a motion-designed launch film.
Side by side
- Starting point: Canva starts from a template you fill in. Kinetic writes the film from your prompt or URL.
- Motion: Canva offers element animations and transitions. Kinetic's scenes are choreographed motion pieces timed to music.
- Product screens: Kinetic frames and animates your screenshots in phones, laptops and browsers, including 3D devices.
- Music: Kinetic generates licence-free music in sync with the cuts.
How to try Kinetic
- Open Kinetic at kinetic.launchloop.tech/app and sign in with Google. Nothing to install.
- Describe what you're launching in a sentence or two, or paste your site's URL so Kinetic picks up the name, colours and copy.
- Add screenshots of the product. Kinetic places them in phone, laptop or browser frames and animates them.
- Edit like a document. Change any word, colour, scene or beat; the scene re-times itself to the music.
- Export MP4 in 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1. Rendering happens on your own computer, so nothing waits in a server queue.
Templates to start from
Every template opens in the editor with its words, colours, music and screenshots ready to change. See all 40 templates.
Questions
Can I use Kinetic videos in Canva?
Yes. Export the MP4 from Kinetic and add it to a Canva design like any other video.
Does Kinetic work on a Mac?
Yes. Kinetic runs in the browser on Mac, Windows, Linux and ChromeOS. Use Chrome, Edge or Safari 16.4 or newer. There is also a desktop app for Windows 10 and 11.
Is Kinetic free?
You can make and edit films for free, and the free trial includes 3 exports with no card. Kinetic Pro is one payment for unlimited exports: $9 for the first 100 buyers, then $19. No subscription.
Can I use the videos commercially?
Yes. The videos you export are yours, and the built-in music is synthesised in the app, so it is licence-free. Respect the rights of any images or logos you import.
Make yours this afternoon.
Open Kinetic in your browser, describe what you're launching, and edit the film it writes. Runs in Chrome, Edge and Safari on Mac, Windows, Linux and ChromeOS. Free trial: 3 exports, no card. Pro is one payment: $9 for the first 100 buyers, then $19. Compare plans.