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in less time.

Metly Media makes software for content creators and publishes the guides, reviews, and tutorials that help them grow on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.

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The software we build for creators

Two products, built because we needed them ourselves and the alternatives either stopped at a paywall or were made for enterprise social teams.

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ViewRank AI

Every creator has a few videos that did far better than the rest. ViewRank finds those outliers on any public Instagram or TikTok profile, breaks down why they worked, and helps you script your own version.

  • Free Chrome extension: sort any public profile by views, likes, comments, or newest
  • Outlier scores reveal which videos beat a creator’s own average, not just the raw view count
  • Viral Tracker checks the creators you follow every few days and flags their breakouts
  • Visual Analysis: scene-by-scene breakdown of hooks, visuals, and retention techniques
Learn more about ViewRank AI
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Lipo Voice AI

Speak the way you think, in any of 50+ languages, and get clean text back in under a second. Say it in your own language and Lipo can hand it back in English, so a weaker second language stops being the thing that slows you down.

  • Dictation in 50+ languages, built for people who don’t think in English
  • Translate as you speak: say it in one language and get it back in another
  • Talk in your own language and prompt AI tools in fluent English
  • Grammar correction and cleanup happen automatically, in under a second
Learn more about Lipo Voice AI
Free tools

Free tools for content creators

No account, no card, nothing to install. Paste a link and get your result.

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YouTube

YouTube Transcript Generator

Full timestamped transcript of any public video or Short, in seconds.

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TikTok

TikTok Transcript Generator

Searchable transcripts from any public TikTok, in 60+ languages.

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Instagram

Instagram Reel Transcript Generator

Any public Reel turned into text you can search and copy.

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YouTube

YouTube Thumbnail Downloader

Every stored thumbnail size, up to 50 videos at once.

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Why we build these

Every tool here answers a problem we hit first

Metly Media started out producing and editing content for creators and brands. We kept running into the same wall. Finding out what was working in a niche meant scrolling a profile for forty minutes and guessing, and the tools that promised to fix that were either paywalled at 25 posts or built for enterprise social teams. So we started building our own, and we give away the ones that should be free.

More tools are in the pipeline. Every one of them has to do at least one of these four things for the person actually making the content.

Make better content

See what already worked in your niche, and why, before you spend a day shooting something that won’t.

Work faster

Transcripts, thumbnails, dictation, and research that took an afternoon should take a minute.

Reach more people

Understand the formats that travel, then build your own version instead of copying a video frame for frame.

Build something that lasts

Turn one video that worked into a repeatable format, and a format into an audience that stays.

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Guides by platform

Every guide lives in a topic hub, so you can read everything we have on the platform you're working on.

Instagram

How to research Instagram Reels, read profile performance, and find the formats worth copying. Practical guides from the team behind ViewRank.

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Comparisons

Head-to-head comparisons and honest alternatives roundups for creator tools, including the ones we build ourselves.

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Latest guides and tool reviews

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Metly Media?

Metly Media makes software for content creators and publishes the guides and tutorials that help them use it. Our software includes ViewRank AI for researching short-form video on Instagram and TikTok, and Lipo Voice AI for voice dictation on Mac, alongside a set of free tools that need no account. We also write guides, reviews, and comparisons covering the tools creators rely on, including products we do not build ourselves. The team started out producing and editing content for creators and brands, which is where most of the problems we build against came from.

Are the free tools really free?

Yes. All four free tools work without an account, a card, or an install: transcript generators for YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram Reels, plus a YouTube thumbnail downloader. Paste a public link and you get your result.

How do I get the transcript of a YouTube video?

Paste the video link into the free YouTube Transcript Generator. It returns the full script with a timestamp on every line, works on both regular videos and Shorts, and lets you search the text, copy it, or download it as plain text, Word, a spreadsheet, or an SRT subtitle file.

Can I transcribe a TikTok or an Instagram Reel?

Yes, using the free TikTok Transcript Generator and the free Instagram Reel Transcript Generator. Both work on any public link, the TikTok tool handles more than 60 languages, and neither one asks you to create an account.

How do I download a YouTube thumbnail?

Paste the video or Short link into the free YouTube Thumbnail Downloader. It returns every size YouTube stores, up to 1280x720 for regular videos and the true vertical cover for Shorts, and you can paste up to 50 links at once and get them back as a single ZIP or PDF.

Do these tools need my Instagram or TikTok login?

No. The free tools only need a public link, and the ViewRank Chrome extension reads the public profile you are already looking at. None of them ask for your account password.

What is ViewRank AI?

ViewRank AI finds the best-performing videos on any public Instagram or TikTok profile. The free Chrome extension sorts a profile by views, likes, or comments and scores outliers against that creator’s own average, so a video that beat its baseline stands out even when the raw view count looks ordinary. The paid platform adds competitor tracking, scene-by-scene visual analysis, and AI idea and script generation.

What is Lipo Voice AI?

Lipo is voice dictation for Mac. You speak in any of 50+ languages and it returns clean, grammar-corrected text in under a second, inside whichever app you were already typing in. It also translates as you speak, so you can talk in your own language and get the text out in English. Plans start at $7.99 a month and your dictation history stays on your Mac.