Comparison

Tinker vs Quick Subtitles

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Tinker

Design and personalize your phone's home screen with custom watch face widgets. Choose from pre-made assets or build your own unique timepiece to match your style. Set up your custom widget in seconds for a personalized look.

Highlights
  • Design custom watch face widgets
  • Use pre-defined assets
  • Build widgets from scratch
  • Customize backgrounds, hands, and centerpieces
  • Import custom assets
  • Add widgets to home screen
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Your phone deserves more than the same default clock. Create beautiful custom watch faces for your home screen, desk setup, and standby mode that match your style, mood, or aesthetic. + Start With a Style You Love Browse curated assets or build everything from scratch. Choose backgrounds, clock hands, and centerpieces to create your perfect combination. + Customize Every Detail Go minimal, retro, futuristic, or bold. Mix and match elements to design a watch face that feels uniquely yours. + Choose How Time Moves Customize the movement of your watch face with smooth sweeping hands, classic ticking motion, or precise chronograph-inspired movement for a more authentic feel. + Perfect for Widgets, Desk Mode, and StandBy Add your creations directly to your home screen, use them as stylish desk clocks, or turn your phone into a beautiful bedside display with StandBy mode. + Made for Creativity Create something subtle or completely original. Import your own assets and craft watch faces that no one else has. + A Watch Face That Feels Personal Your watch face becomes part of your daily setup, greeting you every time you check your phone. Clean, customizable, and designed entirely by you.

About

Quick Subtitles

This app converts audio and video files into accurate text transcriptions and subtitle files directly on your device. It offers AI-powered cleanup for error correction and advanced transcript analysis for summaries and key takeaways. All processing is done locally for enhanced privacy.

Highlights
  • On-device transcription
  • Export as text or SRT
  • AI-powered cleanup
  • Transcript analysis (summaries, notes)
  • Transcription history
  • Editable transcripts
Features
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Quick Subtitles is a powerful, but simple app that transforms audio and video files into accurate text transcriptions and subtitle files, 100% on your own device. Just drag, drop, and done. Drop any audio or video file into the app and get a full transcription in seconds. Export as plain text or SRT subtitle files, ready for your favorite video editor. Two Speech Engines - Apple Speech Analyzer - Fast and accurate, built right into your device - NVIDIA Parakeet V3 - Up to 2x faster transcription on Apple Silicon (free download) AI-Powered Cleanup Transcriptions aren't always perfect. Use AI to find and fix errors with an inline review that shows you exactly what changed before you accept. Or turn on YOLO mode and let it fix everything automatically. Choose your AI: use the built-in Quick Subtitles AI included with Premium, or bring your own API key for Google Gemini or OpenAI. AI Transcript Analysis Go beyond transcription. Use AI to generate summaries, show notes, key takeaways, action items, or anything else with fully customizable prompts. Built for Your Workflow - Transcription history keeps all your past work organized - Editable transcripts so you can make corrections by hand - Real-time progress with words-per-second metrics Privacy First All transcription happens on your device. Your audio never leaves your iPhone or iPad. Requirements: iOS or iPadOS 26 and later. Speech recognition permission required. Privacy policy: https://birchtree.productions/apps/quick-subtitles/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Tinker4 screens
Quick Subtitles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tinker at 60% against Quick Subtitles's 0%. Tinker also leads on price (Free vs $39.99). Quick Subtitles's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Tinker is free to download; Quick Subtitles costs $39.99 up front. Tinker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Quick Subtitles sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Quick Subtitles holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Tinker's written reviews are positive against 0% of Quick Subtitles's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tinker ships an update every 3 months, Quick Subtitles every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tinker versus Quick Subtitles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTinkerQuick Subtitles
PriceFree — better$39.99
Rating4.3 (3 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings34 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRasmus NielsenMatt Birchler

Customer experience

Tinker

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral30.0%
Negative10.0%

Quick Subtitles

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tinker

One-time1
  • Unlock Premium$3.99
1 purchases

Quick Subtitles

One-time1
  • Premium$24.99

Questions

Is Tinker free?
Tinker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quick Subtitles free?
Quick Subtitles costs $39.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tinker or Quick Subtitles?
Quick Subtitles is rated higher. Tinker averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Quick Subtitles averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Tinker or Quick Subtitles have ads?
Neither Tinker nor Quick Subtitles shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tinker or Quick Subtitles?
Tinker ships an update every 3 months, and Quick Subtitles every 2 weeks. Most recently, Tinker was updated on October 24, 2026 and Quick Subtitles on October 24, 2026.

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