What is the Windows equivalent of iMovie?
There's no official iMovie for Windows — Apple never made one. The closest free equivalents are Clipchamp (Microsoft's built-in editor, fine for basics) and browser editors like EseCut, which arguably beat iMovie at its own game: the same drag-cut-export simplicity, plus things iMovie never got — auto captions, native vertical 9:16 projects, modern effects, and cloud projects that aren't stuck on one machine.
If you're switching from a Mac and miss iMovie's simplicity, the browser route has a hidden bonus: it works identically on your Windows PC, your old Mac, and a Chromebook, so you're never tool-switching again when hardware changes.
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