HSB Light vs Captions AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HSB Light
This app generates custom light colors for photography and videography. Users can select colors via sliders or a pre-set library to create specific lighting effects and reflections.
- Customizable light colors
- Slider controls
- Color swatch library
- Photography lighting
- Reflection effects
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HSB Light creates light of any given color for photography purposes, creating reflexes, for example. You can use sliders or choose from a swatch library.
Captions AI
Easily add professional subtitles to your videos with automated transcription and multi-language support. Refine text, choose from diverse styles, and ensure perfect timing for any video format. Includes teleprompter functionality for enhanced on-camera delivery.
- Automated caption generation
- Multi-language subtitle support (65+ languages)
- Text refinement and editing
- Diverse caption styling options
- Flexible video format adaptation
- Long video compatibility
- Manual subtitle syncing
- Teleprompter functionality
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Read your script on a teleprompter right over the camera, then get captions on every take, timed to each word and spelled the way you wrote them. Already have a video? Caption it in 20 languages. All on your iPhone, nothing uploaded. TELEPROMPTER • Your script scrolls over the live camera, just under the lens, so you keep eye contact • Reading speed from 80 to 220 words per minute, with the read time shown • Adjust the text size and the dark glass behind the words • Mirror mode, 3-2-1 countdown, light, front or back camera • Write your script by typing, pasting, or tapping the mic and just talking • Tap to pause the scroll and jump back to any part. Retake or keep the take • Your scripts stay saved for the next shoot AUTO CAPTIONS • Every take goes straight to captions that follow your script's spelling • Or pick any video and get subtitles timed to each spoken word • 20 caption languages, including English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi, Japanese, Korean and Chinese • Long videos welcome: full podcasts, lectures and interviews • Vertical, square or landscape: captions fit the frame • Fix any word, split, merge or delete lines, fine-tune the timing • Choose how many words show at once. Undo and redo anything STYLE • 12 ready-made caption looks and 22 bold fonts, including Arabic fonts • Color, gradient, box, outline and shadow • Karaoke highlight on the spoken word, and stars to make key words pop • Entrance animations. Drag captions anywhere, pinch to resize • Save your own style for new projects • Add your own titles and text on the video MAGIC IN ONE TAP • Highlights: key words picked for you • Emojis: add them to your captions • Translate: your captions in 15 languages with Apple's on-device translation EXPORT • Save your video in high quality with captions burned in • Share an SRT subtitle file for any platform or video editor PRIVATE BY DESIGN Transcription, translation and dictation run on your iPhone. Nothing is uploaded. Some languages need a one-time language pack download, then work offline. Captions Pro lets you save and share your finished videos. Weekly and yearly plans available.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HSB Light at 5.0 against Captions AI's 4.5. HSB Light also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (50% vs 42%). Captions AI's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 32 months) and ratings volume (412 vs 4). On price and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Captions AI sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. HSB Light asks for nothing beyond the download.
HSB Light holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Captions AI has 412 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of HSB Light's written reviews are positive against 42% of Captions AI's.
HSB Light ships an update every 32 months, Captions AI monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HSB Light | Captions AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.5 (412 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 41.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 412 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 32 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Veniamin Gribkov | Dean Huakau |
Customer experience
HSB Light
Captions AI
In-app purchases
HSB Light
No in-app purchases
Captions AI
- Captions Pro Weekly$7.997 Days
- Caption Pro$12.991 Month
- Caption Pro$49.991 Year









