AI Captioner vs Hearview
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AI Captioner
This app provides offline, real-time voice transcription without needing an internet connection. It's ideal for quickly converting spoken words into text during meetings, while watching TV, or in conversations.
- Real-time live transcription
- Fully offline functionality
- No internet required
- No login or subscription needed
- Voice to text conversion
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Introducing AI Captioner: Offline real-time AI voice transcription service. No internet needed, just speak and it transcribes. Perfect for meetings, television viewings, and face-to-face conversations requiring swift voice to text transcription. Features: - Real-time live transcription, suitable for use as a live captioner - Fully offline, no login, subscription, or internet necessary.
Hearview
This AI-powered tool provides instant, real-time subtitles and translation for speech and videos. It supports over 140 languages for recognition and translation, making communication accessible and barrier-free for various needs.
- Real-time speech recognition
- Live subtitles for videos
- Real-time translation
- Face-to-face text mode
- Supports 140+ languages
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Hearview — Live Captions & Real-Time Translation Hearview is an AI-powered communication app that turns speech into clear, readable text and translates conversations in real time. Whether you are talking face to face, watching a video, attending a meeting, or communicating across languages, Hearview helps you understand spoken content more easily. ◉ Real-Time Speech-to-Text See speech converted into clear, readable text in real time. With support for more than 140 languages, Hearview makes everyday conversations easier to follow. ◉ Real-Time Translation Recognize speech in more than 140 languages and translate it into more than 90 languages in real time. Ideal for multilingual conversations, meetings, classes, travel, and everyday communication. ◉ Live Captions for Videos Watch videos on your phone with automatically generated live captions. Follow spoken content even when official captions are unavailable. ◉ Face-to-Face Communication Type a message and flip the text toward the person sitting across from you—without turning your phone around. This mode is useful in quiet environments or whenever text-based communication is easier. Hearview is designed for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as anyone who needs live captions, speech-to-text, real-time translation, or multilingual communication support. Download Hearview and make everyday communication clearer, easier, and more accessible. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://www.hearview.ai/policies/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hearview at 3.6 against AI Captioner's 2.0. Hearview also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 50%) and ratings volume (16 vs 3). AI Captioner's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Hearview sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $59.99 per month. AI Captioner asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hearview holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hearview has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of AI Captioner's written reviews are positive against 60% of Hearview's.
| Parameter | AI Captioner | Hearview |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (3 ratings) | 3.6 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 181 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LI-JEN LIU | Xiao-I Plus Inc. |
Customer experience
AI Captioner
Hearview
In-app purchases
AI Captioner
No in-app purchases
Hearview
- Monthly Subscription Fee$59.991 Month
- Duration Pack Monthly$59.991 Month
- Duration Pack · 1 Hour$1.00
- Time Package 200 Time$3.99
- Time Package 600 Time$9.99
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