QuickTime Player, On Steroids

Play anything. Cut, copy and paste media. Export video or audio in multiple formats. Capture feeds. Record your microphone. And now Axion sports a visualiser — see your music play visually. Serious media tools, still effortless.

Download Axion ↓ See what it can do

For ARM Macs · Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Tested on macOS 27.

Axion playing a video with floating playback controls

Frame-accurate editing

Export video + audio

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One player. Serious tools.

Everything you reach for,
without leaving the player.

Edit media directly

Make fast cuts, then copy and paste clips without breaking your flow. Axion turns playback into an editable workspace.

Export your way

Move between multiple video and audio file types, or export media feeds for the next step in your workflow.

Record audio

Capture microphone input straight inside Axion — ideal for voiceovers, notes, scratch tracks and quick audio recordings.

Made to feel at home on Mac

Built for ARM Macs, with native macOS design, familiar windowing and a focused interface that keep Axion fast to learn — even as your workflow gets more capable.

Axion 1.5ARM Mac · macOS 14+ · Tested on 27

New in Axion 1.5

See your music
play visually.

Axion now sports a visualiser. Choose a look that fits the track, then let your music move across the screen in real time — from flowing mirrored spectra to luminous threads, radial pulses and drifting light.

Axion music visualiser showing a colourful mirrored spectrum and flowing waveform — **Music, in motion.**Turn playback into a full-screen visual experience.

Axion visualiser preferences with Aurora, Chromatic Loom, Orbital and Starlight styles — **Pick your visualiser.**Choose from four distinct animated styles.

Camera capture

Capture a photo.
Record a video.

Use your Mac’s built-in webcam directly in Axion. Capture a photograph of your face in an instant, or record video footage without needing a separate camera app.

Use your built-in cameraAxion works with the webcam already in your Mac.

Choose photo or videoGrab a still image or start a video recording.

Keep it in your media workflowCapture footage without leaving Axion.

Axion video recording dialogue showing a live FaceTime HD Camera preview and recording controls

Start in seconds

Open. Play. Create.

Create a new media file, open an existing one, or make an audio recording straight from the welcome screen. Axion keeps the first step simple — then gives you room to go further.

Open or createStart a new file or open existing media.

Work with itPlay, cut, copy, paste, visualise and record.

Send it anywhereExport video, audio or feeds.

Axion welcome screen with New File, Open Document and Make Audio Recording options

“A media player when you want one.
A media workstation when you need one.”

Axion for macOS

Your media player
just got superpowers.

Version 1.5 · ARM Macs · macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Tested on macOS 27