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AppsUs vs. themBudgeting & finance apps25s · 9:16Best on Seedance 2.5

Fourteen-tab spreadsheet vs. one app

A project manager puts her fourteen-tab budget spreadsheet next to an app that sorts the same transactions automatically, and her Sunday budget session shrinks to minutes.

Example product
Clearsum — A budgeting app that categorises transactions automatically and builds a monthly plan
Audience
People who've tried spreadsheet budgets and quit
Creator
Spreadsheet survivor, mid 30s, project manager

Variables — swap these for your product

{{APP_NAME}} = Clearsum{{TIME_SPENT}} = five minutes{{OFFER}} = free 30-day trial

01 · hook

Fourteen tabs, every Sunday

0–3s

“Fourteen tabs. Every Sunday.”

Fourteen tabs, every Sunday. Vertical 9:16 UGC clip, 3 seconds, one continuous handheld take unless timecodes say cut.
References: @Image1 = creator reference; @Image2 = setting reference. Keep the person, wardrobe and room identical to the references.
0–2s: Insert, laptop. Spreadsheet chaos.
2–3s: CU. Glasses off, rubs eyes.
Vertical 9:16 two-shot sequence, insert then close-up. A 36-year-old white woman with blonde hair in a low ponytail and clear-frame glasses, wearing a cream turtleneck and a gold watch, at a home-office desk at dusk with a laptop, a small succulent and a bookshelf behind. Shot one: insert of a laptop showing a huge budget spreadsheet with dozens of tabs and red cells. Shot two: close-up of her face lit by the laptop as she takes off her glasses and rubs her eyes. Hard cut. Cool dusk window light and a warm desk lamp, natural skin texture, handheld, shot on iPhone, split-screen UGC edit. Her voiceover says: "Fourteen tabs. Every Sunday."
Dialogue (Spreadsheet survivor, mid 30s, project manager): "Fourteen tabs. Every Sunday."
No subtitles. No on-screen text. No logos. Natural voice, no background music.
duration
4 s
aspect ratio
9:16
resolution
1080p (720p where the API caps it)
generate audio
true
references
@Image1: creator, @Image2: setting
first frame
creator reference

Shot list

  1. 0.0–1.5sInsert, laptop. Spreadsheet chaos
  2. 1.5–3.0sCU. Glasses off, rubs eyes

On-screen text (overlay in edit)

My spreadsheet budget vs. this app

Audio

Keyboard clatter, then silence

References

02 · demo

Left types, right sorts

3–12s

2 shots, 3 model prompts, settings and captions in the full library.

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03 · proof

Sunday, sorted

12–20s

2 shots, 3 model prompts, settings and captions in the full library.

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04 · cta

Keep it if you love it

20–25s

1 shot, 3 model prompts, settings and captions in the full library.

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Why it works

The split screen makes the comparison literal: same transactions, two amounts of effort. It respects spreadsheet lovers ('keep it if you love it') instead of mocking them, which lowers resistance in the exact audience most likely to convert.

Hook variants to A/B test

  • “My budget spreadsheet had fourteen tabs. I quit it.”
  • “Spreadsheet people, I need you to see this.”
  • “Same transactions. One I type, one types itself.”

Reference images

  • creator

    Shoulders-up photo of the creator in the exact wardrobe: Woman, 36, white, blonde hair in a low ponytail, clear-frame glasses, cream turtleneck, gold watch. Neutral expression, even light.

  • setting

    Home office desk at dusk with laptop, succulent and bookshelf, desk lamp on

  • screen

    A messy multi-tab spreadsheet (left side), your auto-categorised transactions list and monthly plan view, as 9:16 PNGs

  • endcard

    App icon, name, store badges and offer line on a plain background

Creator look (paste into your image model)

Woman, 36, white, blonde hair in a low ponytail, clear-frame glasses, cream turtleneck, gold watch. Home office at dusk: desk with laptop and phone, a small succulent, bookshelf behind.

Model notes, last verified 2026-10-16: Provisional: written to Kling 3.0 conventions (3.0-compatible) until 4.0 publishes its own. 3, 5 or 10 s only; audio always on; add captions in post.

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