Complete video workflow
Focus connects speech, visual, and people retrieval to source review.
Local multimodal media search compared
Both products keep media search on an Apple-Silicon Mac. Splayed searches video, audio, images, PDFs, and notes; Focus carries video retrieval into people workflows, verified selects, Sequences, and structured NLE exports.
Focus vs Splayed
Query
speaker says "we launch tonight" while the crowd reacts
Speech
Find spoken lines in transcripts and jump to exact moments.
Visual
Match scene descriptions and visual context in your footage.
People
Filter results where detected people appear.
Short answer
Choose Splayed when one local search layer across video, audio, images, PDFs, and notes is the priority. Choose Focus when the main job is turning retrieved footage into verified selects, reviewable Sequences, and explicit Premiere, Resolve, or Final Cut handoff on Mac or Windows.
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Focus connects speech, visual, and people retrieval to source review.
Chosen moments become reviewable structures before delivery.
Focus lists its Premiere, Resolve, Final Cut, SRT, and CSV formats.
Why switch
Both products keep media search on an Apple-Silicon Mac. Splayed searches video, audio, images, PDFs, and notes; Focus carries video retrieval into people workflows, verified selects, Sequences, and structured NLE exports.
Choose Splayed if…
Splayed publicly lists video, podcasts, voice notes, PDFs, text, image queries, and clip queries.
Its public site lists an M1-or-later Mac requirement; Focus also supports Windows.
Splayed emphasizes finding a moment and connecting search to tools. Focus also packages reviewed moments for editing and delivery.
Choose Focus if…
Focus connects speech, visual, and people retrieval to source review.
Chosen moments become reviewable structures before delivery.
Focus lists its Premiere, Resolve, Final Cut, SRT, and CSV formats.
Compare
Compare only published capabilities, then test the same final deliverable in both products.
Short answer
These answers summarize published differences without an overall winner score.
Choose Splayed when one local search layer across video, audio, images, PDFs, and notes is the priority. Choose Focus when the main job is turning retrieved footage into verified selects, reviewable Sequences, and explicit Premiere, Resolve, or Final Cut handoff on Mac or Windows.
Splayed publicly lists video, podcasts, voice notes, PDFs, text, image queries, and clip queries.
Use the same files, queries, and final handoff in both trials.
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Switch cleanly
Keep files, queries, and deliverables constant to compare the complete workflow.
Use one representative folder and find the same moment in both products.
Play the result in context and confirm its source file and timecode.
Keep verified moments and arrange them into a reviewable order.
Export the Sequence to Premiere, Resolve, or Final Cut and check the timeline.
Evaluation
Use one representative project before any purchase or migration decision.
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