32 templates · free in the app

Reel templates you can actually edit.

Every template here is a real ExpoCut project — animation, colour grade, transitions and music timing already built. Filter down to the one that fits, then open it in the app and swap in your own clips, photos and words.

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11categories
3aspect ratios
443editable slots
10m 38stotal runtime

Every reel template in ExpoCut · 32 to choose from

32 templates

Droplet Lens Montage reel template preview 5.2s 9:16

Droplet Lens Montage

Travel

Four landscape beats joined by a water-droplet reveal. A blob falls, lands off-centre, and the next clip bursts open from exactly where it hit — the rim bending the picture like a lens. Recreated frame-by-frame from a reference montage.

  • 4 video clips
  • 1 text line
  • 1 music track
Kitty Scrapbook reel template preview 22s 9:16

Kitty Scrapbook

Kids

Cute white scrapbook — six tilted polaroid photo slots that build across the reel, a four-line typewriter lyric, playful cat + bow stickers and a prism light sparkle. Drop in 6 photos.

  • 6 photos
  • 1 music track
  • 1 text line
Story Teller reel template preview 25.7s 9:16

Story Teller

Storytelling

Line-by-line lyric/story reel — cinematic grade with amber glow + vignette, intro blur→clear, four stacked verses (each with a yellow highlight), and a swirl outro. Add your clip + your own lines.

  • 1 video clip
  • 20 text lines
  • 1 music track
City Rush — Cinematic Travel reel template preview 11.2s 16:9

City Rush — Cinematic Travel

Cinematic

A high-energy 16:9 travel montage rebuilt from a reference reel: a calm establishing shot, then flash-cut builds, an aerial-ocean hero beat, and a rapid neon night climax — white-flash section breaks, subtle push-ins on every shot, and a teal-and-orange cinematic grade that shifts cool → warm → dark across the cut. Drop in 12 landscape clips.

  • 12 video clips
  • 2 text lines
  • 1 music track
Rhythm Frame — Opener reel template preview 7.4s 16:9

Rhythm Frame — Opener

Cinematic

A punchy 16:9 title opener rebuilt frame-for-frame from a reference reel: tall rounded panels deal in over black while a serif title types out and a colour-cycling loading bar counts up, the panels regroup into a row of rounded squares over grey, then diagonal slash wipes carry a hero city montage to a neon-street finale. Drop in one aerial clip for the panels and four landscape heroes.

  • 5 video clips
  • 1 text line
  • 1 music track
Sun Drift — Summer Lookbook reel template preview 16.8s 9:16

Sun Drift — Summer Lookbook

Ads

Editable summer-collection lookbook reel rebuilt from the supplied ad: seven measured beats — a swing-in opener card, a two-up "all new styles" stack, a zoom-in hero, an accumulating three-card wall behind an outlined marquee headline, a card that grows to full bleed, and a brand outro with a typewriter website pill. Warm cream backdrop, terracotta calligraphy and Didot capitals; nine replaceable clips, eleven editable text slots and a replaceable soundtrack.

  • 8 video clips
  • 2 photos
  • 11 text lines
  • 1 music track
The Grid Effect reel template preview 10s 9:16

The Grid Effect

Ads

The blocky grid-reveal that is everywhere right now — a letterboxed band of square cells where your subject pops in as grid-aligned mosaic windows over a scenic backdrop, word-by-word type lands on the gridlines, a black interlude stamps your audience word in fat serif italics, and a B/W portrait build-up lands on a giant one-word finale. Drop in five clips and three words; every cut is beat-tight.

  • 5 video clips
  • 3 text lines
  • 1 music track
Wedding Glow Up reel template preview 24.9s 9:16

Wedding Glow Up

Wedding

Typewriter script title over three opening photos, a white-out wash and film-edge flash, then burn flashes, a white burn, an orange flash, a red pop and a sun flare between nine more photos, ending on a fade to black (24.9 s, dhol and dholki). No filters.

  • 2 text lines
  • 2 music tracks
  • 12 photos
Beat-Drop Flash reel template preview 10.8s 9:16

Beat-Drop Flash

Wedding

Three horizontal photo bands blur in under a warm flash and hold while the muffled qawwali, drum roll and riser build, then a white flash on the drop reveals the main photo zoom-blurred (10.8 s). No filters.

  • 4 photos
  • 3 music tracks
AI Motors reel template preview 1m 47s 16:9

AI Motors

Cars

16:9 dealership film in 14 scenes: opener, three showroom cars with spec rows, opening hours and map, special offers with prices, testimonials, financing and a closing card, with music (107 s).

  • 49 text lines
  • 14 photos
  • 1 music track
No template matches those filters. Try clearing the screen-time or aspect filter — the library is small and growing fast.

Browse reel templates by category

Each category is its own page with every template in it — the fastest way in if you already know the kind of video you are making.

Birthday · 1

Birthday — Month Roll

Kids · 1

Kitty Scrapbook

Aesthetic · 1

Photo Wall — Moodboard

Cinematic · 4

Velocity — Single Clip · Aesthetic Portrait — Velocity Grade · City Rush — Cinematic Travel · Rhythm Frame — Opener

Portraits · 2

Solo Shots — In Memory 2026 · Solo Shots — Portrait Dump

Travel · 3

Droplet Lens Montage · Travel Cinematic · Travel Tile Mosaic

Real Estate · 1

Best American Homes — Agent Intro

Storytelling · 1

Story Teller

Ads · 2

The Grid Effect · Sun Drift — Summer Lookbook

Wedding · 5

Stacked Reveal (wedding) · Diagonal Bands (wedding) · Wedding Glow Up · Beat-Drop Flash

Cars · 11

Adventure Title · Car Review Intro · Real Reviews Title · Elegance On Four

How ExpoCut reel templates work

A reel template is a finished video project with the content taken out. The hard part of a good reel — how long each cut sits on screen, when the text lands, how the grade shifts on the beat — is already solved and saved. What is left are slots: the clips, photos, lines of text and music track that make it yours.

1. Filter to the right shape

Start with aspect ratio and screen time. 9:16 goes to Instagram Reels, TikTok and YouTube Shorts; 4:5 is the tallest the Instagram feed allows. Screen time tells you how much footage you need before you start.

2. Check what you fill in

Every card lists its slots — how many video clips, photos, lines of text and music tracks it expects. A one-slot template is a 30-second job; a 12-clip montage is a proper edit.

3. Use the template

“Use Template” hands it straight to ExpoCut on your phone and opens it ready to fill. Everything after that is a normal project — trim, retime, restyle, add layers.

Templates are only one part of the editor. The ExpoCut showcase has the individual pieces they are built from — colour filters, transitions, text animations, generative shader backgrounds and lower thirds — each with a live preview you can try in the browser.

What is a reel template?

A reel template is a finished ExpoCut project with the content left out. The timing, animation, colour grade, transitions, text motion and music sync are already built; you drop in your own clips, photos and words and everything stays in place.

Are these reel templates free?

Yes. Every template in this library is included with ExpoCut on iOS and Android, and you can export your edit up to 4K.

How do I open a template on my phone?

Tap “Use Template” on any template. If ExpoCut is installed it opens that exact template in the Reels tab, ready to fill; if not, you are sent to the App Store or Google Play.

Can I change the length of a template?

Yes. Once a template is open in ExpoCut it is a normal project — you can trim clips, move keyframes, change text and add or delete layers on the timeline.

Which aspect ratio should I use?

9:16 is the vertical shape for Instagram Reels, TikTok and YouTube Shorts. 4:5 is the tallest shape the Instagram and Facebook feed allows. 1:1 suits square feed posts, and 16:9 is for YouTube and website embeds.

Make your next reel in minutes.

Every template here is free inside ExpoCut for iOS and Android. Pick one, drop in your clips, export up to 4K.

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