Comparison

Chapterize vs Crest Browser

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

Head to head
About

Chapterize

Easily add professional chapters to your podcasts with a unified workflow. Mark chapters while listening, add titles, images, and links, and export them for various platforms. Supports multiple audio file types and local transcript generation.

Highlights
  • Unified listening and chapter editing
  • Add titles, images, and links to chapters
  • Import chapters from text or JSON
  • Export chapters for YouTube/show notes
  • Generate local transcripts
  • Supports MP3, M4A, and AIF files
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Chapterize is a complete post-production toolkit for podcasters. Add chapters, generate transcripts, export video clips, and keep an eye on your shows, all in one app that runs natively on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. CHAPTERS - Mark chapters as you listen, with a scrubbable waveform and one tap to drop a chapter at the playhead - Full chapter support: titles, artwork, and links - Import chapters from YouTube-style text, or from markers you set in Logic Pro and other DAWs - Copy your chapter list as text for YouTube or your show notes - Work on several episodes at once with tabs TRANSCRIPTS - Generate transcripts on device with Apple's Speech APIs. Your audio is never uploaded anywhere. - Have transcription start automatically as soon as a file finishes importing - Import and export SRT and VTT subtitle files - Tap any line to jump to it, search the whole transcript, and drag chapter markers to retime them SHOWS - Add your podcast by searching Apple Podcasts, or by pasting an RSS feed - See recent episodes, show notes, artwork, and your Apple Podcasts rating broken down by country - Copy episode links and embed codes, or download episode audio - Drop a new recording onto a show to start editing with the title and artwork already filled in VIDEO CLIPS - Export short transcript clips with karaoke-style captions, ready for social media FILES - Opens MP3, M4A, MP4, M4B, WAV, and AIFF - Always exports MP3 with chapters embedded, so your episode works in every podcast app PRICING - Free to try: 5 exports and 5 transcripts - One simple purchase unlocks everything. No subscription. System Requirements - iOS or iPadOS 26 or later Privacy policy https://birchtree.productions/apps/chapterpod/privacy.html

About

Crest Browser

Organize your online life with distinct browsing contexts for work, personal use, and private browsing. Each context has its own tabs, history, and data, ensuring a clean separation of your digital activities.

Highlights
  • Isolated browsing contexts (Spaces)
  • Separate tabs, history, and cookies per Space
  • Customizable Space identity
  • Focused sidebar for tabs and history
  • Peek for temporary link previews
  • Optional iCloud sync
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Work, personal life, and everything between deserve their own Space. Crest is a native browser for iPhone and iPad that keeps your accounts separate, your tabs organized, and your browsing distinctly yours. KEEP YOUR ACCOUNTS SEPARATE Each Space has its own tabs, cookies, website data, history, passwords, and site permissions. Stay signed in to different accounts on the same website. Switch from work to personal browsing without carrying the wrong session with you. GIVE EVERY TAB A PLACE Pin the sites you use every day. Save pages in folders. Keep today's tabs close and completed work in the archive. Select and move tabs, folders, and Split View groups together. On iPhone, bring in the sidebar with a gesture; on iPad, keep it beside your page. MAKE IT YOUR OWN Start with a Winter, Lion, or other crest template in Crest Studio, then change the colors, artwork, and background. Choose a crest, emoji, monogram, or symbol. Look and Feel lets you adjust the sidebar's edge, tab appearance, borders, icon colors, and default page zoom, with a live preview. KEEP RELATED PAGES TOGETHER Group two to four pages in Split View. On iPad, browse them side by side and resize the columns. On iPhone, swipe across the compact toolbar to move between pages in the group. Peek lets you check supported links without losing your place, then keep the page as a tab when you need it. TOOLS FOR EVERYDAY BROWSING Translate webpages on device with Apple's Translation framework. Read supported articles in Reader, find text on a page, adjust zoom, share links, and export pages. Content blocking and site permissions give you control over each Space. Language availability varies, and translation may require a language download. PRIVATE WHEN YOU NEED IT Private Browsing uses temporary website storage. Private tabs stay out of saved history, restoration, archive, and sync. Crest does not run an advertising SDK, collect browsing analytics, or require a Crest account. PICK UP ON ANOTHER DEVICE Optional iCloud sync keeps supported Space and tab organization available across your Apple devices through your private iCloud database. Crest is also available for Mac. Crest is free and open source, built with Apple's WebKit. Requires iOS 26.1 or iPadOS 26.1 or later. Some website features and integrations vary by device.

Screenshots

Chapterize4 screens
Crest Browser4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Crest Browser at 4.3 against Chapterize's 3.5. Crest Browser also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Chapterize's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Chapterize sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Crest Browser asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Crest Browser holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chapterize ships an update weekly, Crest Browser every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Chapterize versus Crest Browser: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChapterizeCrest Browser
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings)4.3 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB57 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMatt BirchlerPaul Davis

Customer experience

Chapterize

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Crest Browser

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Chapterize

One-time1
  • Full Unlock$19.99
None

Crest Browser

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chapterize free?
Chapterize is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Crest Browser free?
Crest Browser is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Chapterize or Crest Browser?
Crest Browser is rated higher. Chapterize averages 3.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Crest Browser averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Chapterize or Crest Browser have ads?
Neither Chapterize nor Crest Browser shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chapterize or Crest Browser?
Chapterize ships an update weekly, and Crest Browser every 2 weeks. Most recently, Chapterize was updated on October 11, 2026 and Crest Browser on October 12, 2026.

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