# AI Captions vs Apiks

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Apiks at none against AI Captions's 3. Apiks also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 66%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). AI Captions's advantage is ratings volume (232 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Both are free to download. AI Captions sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Apiks asks for nothing beyond the download.

Apiks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AI Captions has 232 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of AI Captions's written reviews are positive against 100% of Apiks's.

AI Captions ships an update every 2 weeks, Apiks every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

## The numbers

| Metric | AI Captions | Apiks |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | [4.6 (232 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ai-captions-video-subtitle/id6451251317/reviews) | **[5.0 (1 ratings)](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/apiks/id6794464999/reviews)** |
| Number of ratings | **232** | 1 |
| Positive reviews | 66.3% of reviews | **100.0% of reviews** |
| In-app purchases | Yes | **No** |
| Ads | No | No |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | **Every 4 days** |
| Monetization | Subscription | **Free** |
| Size | 58 MB | 3 MB |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | **15.0** |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | [APPEXION LTD](https://appshunter.io/developer/1552192600) | [Alexander Ryndin](https://appshunter.io/developer/1883223427) |

## What reviewers say

### AI Captions

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ai-captions-video-subtitle/id6451251317)

This app automatically generates accurate subtitles for your videos using AI. It supports over 55 languages and offers extensive customization options for text styles, colors, and placement. The app also includes a teleprompter feature to help you record your lines flawlessly.

**Highlights:** AI-generated instant captions, Customizable caption styles, Accurate voiceover to subtitles, Optimized for social media, Teleprompter integration, Support for 55+ languages, SRT/VTT export

**Features:** macOS Compatibility, Vision Pro support, iPhone Duo support

**In-app purchases (3)**

| Purchase | Price | Billing |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Weekly Premium | $2.99 | per 7 days |
| Monthly Premium | $4.99 | per month |
| Yearly Premium | $39.99 | per year |

**What reviewers like**

- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Fast caption generation
- 👍 Intuitive interface
- 👍 Free to use
- 👍 Great for video clipping

**What reviewers complain about**

- 🐛 Captions are buggy
- 🐛 Editing words doesn't work
- 🐛 Captions won't save
- 🐛 Arabic language is bad
- 🐛 Captions the full video

**Reported bugs**

- Captions are buggy
- Editing words doesn't work
- Captions won't save
- Progress stock and never end
- Words from nothing

**Requested features**

- Add translation feature
- Improve Arabic language support
- Allow editing caption text
- Generate word-by-word captions
- Recovery for screen recording videos


### Apiks

[App page](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/apiks/id6794464999)

Create professional videos with a comprehensive editing suite. Add captions, music, and effects, and refine your story with timeline-based tools. Supports multiple tracks for video, audio, and text.

**Highlights:** Split, trim, and rearrange video clips, Add captions from speech recognition, Multiple video, audio, and text tracks, Apply filters, effects, and masks, Keyframe animation for scale and position, Save and export in chosen resolution and frame rate

**Features:** macOS Compatibility, Vision Pro support

**In-app purchases:** none


## Frequently asked questions

### Is AI Captions free?

AI Captions is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

### Is Apiks free?

Apiks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

### Which has better reviews, AI Captions or Apiks?

Apiks is rated higher. AI Captions averages 4.6 out of 5 from 232 ratings, while Apiks averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.

### Do AI Captions or Apiks have ads?

Neither AI Captions nor Apiks shows ads.

### Which is updated more often, AI Captions or Apiks?

AI Captions ships an update every 2 weeks, and Apiks every 4 days. Most recently, AI Captions was updated on November 7, 2026 and Apiks on November 6, 2026.

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*Compared by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/) from daily US App Store data. Review summaries are generated from verbatim App Store reviews.*