Captionify vs EasyLect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Captionify
This app converts speech to text in real-time using on-device AI, offering live translation and AI-powered summaries. It prioritizes privacy by keeping all processing and data local, with no cloud reliance or account needed.
- Real-time transcription
- Live translation
- Face-to-face conversation mode
- AI summaries
- Apple Watch support
- Save and search transcripts
- On-device processing
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Captionify turns speech into text in real time, entirely on your device. Transcribe meetings, lectures, and conversations. Translate across languages instantly. No subscription. No account. Nothing sent to the cloud. REAL-TIME TRANSCRIPTION Using on-device AI, Captionify converts spoken words to text the moment they're said — no internet connection required. Ideal for lectures, meetings, interviews, and noisy environments where you can't afford to miss a word. LIVE TRANSLATION Understand any language as it's spoken. Captionify translates speech in real time so you can follow along in any conversation, anywhere in the world. FACE-TO-FACE CONVERSATION MODE Talking with someone who speaks a different language? Face-to-Face mode lets two people hold a natural bilingual conversation on a single device — one speaks, the other reads, then you swap. No interpreter. No awkward pauses. AGENT MODE Talk to an on-device AI assistant that can use tools, connect to your own MCP servers, and remember saved chats — all without sending anything to the cloud. CUSTOM PIPELINE (BETA) Mix and match independent transcription, translation, and voice engines — on-device or your own custom endpoint — to build a live pipeline that's entirely your own. AI SUMMARIES Powered by Apple Intelligence, Captionify distills long transcripts into the key points that matter. Everything runs on-device — your words never leave your phone. APPLE WATCH SUPPORT See live captions on your wrist and control recording remotely. Keep your phone in your pocket while staying connected to every word. SAVE & SEARCH YOUR TRANSCRIPTS Every session can be saved and searched later. Build a personal library of transcripts — no cloud storage, no account, no limits. PRIVACY BY DESIGN Captionify uses Apple's on-device AI for all processing. Your voice and your transcripts stay on your device always. 100% FREE No subscription. No paywall. No account required. Every feature, available from the moment you open the app.
EasyLect
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Follow English-taught lectures with live English transcription and Chinese translation. Review the same class with bilingual notes, audio playback and AI summaries. Follow the lecture as it happens • See English speech transcribed sentence by sentence, with a Chinese translation alongside it. Read the original wording when a technical term matters, and use the translation when you need help keeping up. • Completed sentences stay in the classroom view, so you can look back at the context of something you missed. Adjust the translation text size for a comfortable reading pace. • Pause and resume the class recording as needed. Keep your attention on the lesson, knowing you can revisit the audio afterward. Make sense of key ideas during class • Open the live AI summary to follow the concepts and examples being discussed. Use it to see how the current part of the lecture fits together. • Use question assistance to review a question, its key points and a suggested answer. Switch between the original wording and a translation when that helps you understand what was asked. Review your lesson afterward • Open a saved class from History to browse its English and Chinese transcript along a bilingual timeline. Replay the recording while you review the parts you want to hear again. • Copy and correct transcript text. Export a bilingual, Chinese-only or English-only version of the class notes, or share the audio recording. • Return to saved AI summaries and answers to organize the ideas you want to remember before your next class. EasyLect is made for students studying abroad, university lectures and courses taught in English. It brings the live lecture, the words you heard and your after-class review together, so you can study from the same source instead of reconstructing a lesson from scattered notes. Continued lecture use requires a subscription. Saved class history remains available to read, replay and export. Lecture audio and related text are sent to third-party AI services for processing. Lecture history, recordings and diagnostic data are uploaded to EasyLect's Alibaba Cloud services. Read the Privacy Policy for details. Support: https://easylect.ooodou.top/support.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://easylect.ooodou.top/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://easylect.ooodou.top/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Captionify at none against EasyLect's 3. Captionify also leads on device support (4 vs 1). EasyLect's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price 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
Both are free to download. EasyLect sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Captionify asks for nothing beyond the download.
Captionify ships an update every 10 days, EasyLect every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Captionify | EasyLect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Gregorio | 少华 豆 |
In-app purchases
Captionify
No in-app purchases
EasyLect
- Weekly Plan$2.997 Days
- Monthly Plan$9.991 Month
- Annual Plan$59.991 Year









