Comparison

PinNotes vs CaptionStudio

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

Head to head
About

PinNotes

Features
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PinNotes is the smart, simple, and beautiful way to capture your thoughts—with powerful location tagging, smart categorization, and seamless note organization. Whether it’s a café you want to remember, a travel idea, or a spontaneous thought that popped into your head while walking, PinNotes lets you anchor your notes to where and when they matter most. With just a few taps, your thoughts become easy to find, sort, and revisit—visually and intuitively. Why PinNotes? PinNotes combines the simplicity of traditional notes with the power of spatial and visual memory. It’s perfect for travelers, creators, students, professionals—anyone who wants their ideas to live beyond just words. It’s not just about remembering what you thought—but where and why you thought it. PinNotes brings context back to your thoughts. Features You’ll Love: Rich Note Taking - Capture ideas quickly with clean, distraction-free text notes. - Add location pins to remember where you had that brilliant thought. - Organize notes with customizable tags and categories. View Notes on the Map - Instantly see where your notes were pinned. - Navigate your memories visually, exploring places tied to your thoughts. - Filter by tags to find exactly what you’re looking for. List or Map—You Choose - Prefer a classic list? We’ve got you. - Want to browse by location? Switch to map view anytime. - Sort and search to find what you need, fast. Share Notes From Anywhere - Found something interesting in another app? - Share it straight into PinNotes with our quick share extension. Widgets for Your Home Screen - Stay inspired by pinning your favorite notes directly on your home screen. - Just one tap to revisit or edit a note—right from the widget. Pin your life. Remember more. Stay organized with PinNotes.

About

CaptionStudio

This app transforms audio and video into editable, translatable, and exportable timed captions. It also offers features for meeting notes, live floating captions, and conversation translation, all processed and stored locally on your device for enhanced privacy.

Highlights
  • Audio and video caption generation
  • Caption translation and editing
  • Meeting note transcription and organization
  • Live floating captions for apps
  • On-device conversation translation
  • Multiple export formats (SRT, WebVTT, TXT, MP4)
Features
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Turn audio and video into editable, translatable, export-ready timed captions—and keep meetings and conversations on your device. CaptionStudio brings media captions, meeting notes, floating captions, and conversation translation into one app. No account is required. Media, recordings, captions, and saved translation history are processed and stored on device by default. AUDIO & VIDEO CAPTIONS • Import MOV, MP4, M4V, M4A, MP3, WAV, or AAC files, or choose a video from Photos • Generate timed captions with native speech recognition • Play, seek, correct, split, merge, and add captions on a visual timeline • Translate captions and edit original, translated, or bilingual text • Customize fonts, size, colors, outline, background, and position • Export SRT, WebVTT, or TXT, or burn captions into an MP4 video MEETING NOTES • Record audio while creating a transcript • Organize the transcript into an overview, key points, decisions, and action items • Replay the recording and edit every section • Export meeting notes with the transcript as Markdown FLOATING CAPTIONS • Use iOS system broadcasting to transcribe audio from supported apps • Follow live captions in Picture in Picture • Show original, translated, or bilingual captions • Customize window ratio, text size, lines, alignment, colors, and background • DRM, broadcast, and audio-source restrictions may prevent some content from being transcribed CONVERSATION TRANSLATION • Speak a phrase, translate it, and hear it aloud • Swap source and target languages • Keep conversation history on device and delete it at any time PRIVACY FIRST • No account, ads, or developer-operated cloud upload • No third-party analytics or advertising SDKs • iOS manages required language resources; some models may need to be downloaded before first use • Recognition, translation, and language availability depend on the device, system version, and available models New users receive a 7-day full-feature trial on first launch. After the trial, choose a one-year access purchase that does not auto-renew or a lifetime unlock. Purchases and refunds are handled by Apple. Speech recognition, translation, and generated notes can be affected by accents, noise, overlapping speakers, and system models. Review important content against the original recording or video.

Screenshots

PinNotes4 screens
CaptionStudio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PinNotes at 17.0 against CaptionStudio's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Both are free to download. PinNotes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and CaptionStudio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PinNotes versus CaptionStudio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPinNotesCaptionStudio
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSih Han Chen夏骏 倪

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PinNotes

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Access Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Plus Access Annual$9.991 Year
1 purchases

CaptionStudio

One-time1
  • 永久会员$1.99

Questions

Is PinNotes free?
PinNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CaptionStudio free?
CaptionStudio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PinNotes or CaptionStudio have ads?
Neither PinNotes nor CaptionStudio shows ads.

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