Comparison

Caplo vs Pointerly

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

Head to head
About

Caplo

This app provides real-time captions for any audio source on your device or from your microphone. It offers live transcription, translation into 12 languages, and a picture-in-picture mode to keep subtitles visible while using other applications. Transcripts are automatically saved and can be exported.

Highlights
  • Live transcription from system audio or microphone
  • Real-time translation into 12 languages
  • Picture-in-picture floating captions
  • Automatic transcript saving and export
  • Two capture modes: System Audio and Microphone
  • iCloud sync for transcripts
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Caplo turns speech into live captions and translates them as you listen, on iPhone and iPad. Read along with conversations, lectures, in-person meetings, videos, live streams, and podcasts. Capture speech through your microphone or audio playing in supported apps, then follow captions in a floating Picture-in-Picture window. LIVE SPEECH-TO-TEXT See spoken words as text while you listen. Use live transcription to follow a speaker, revisit an explanation, or keep a readable record of a session. REAL-TIME TRANSLATION Translate captions into 60 languages, including English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, and Portuguese. Read captions in the original language, or switch to translated captions when you need help understanding another language. TWO WAYS TO CAPTURE AUDIO • Microphone: Capture nearby speech for face-to-face conversations, classroom lectures, and in-person meetings. • System Audio: Capture audio playing in supported apps through iOS screen recording, including videos, live streams, podcasts, and online courses. FLOATING CAPTIONS Keep captions visible in a Picture-in-Picture window while using other apps. Follow the audio without repeatedly switching back to Caplo, and customize caption styles to suit your reading preferences. SAVE, SEARCH, AND EXPORT Sessions are saved automatically so you can review them later. Browse and search your history, copy text, or export transcripts as Markdown for study notes and meeting records. Your sessions are stored on your device and sync automatically across your devices when iCloud Drive is on. FOR EVERYDAY LISTENING AND LEARNING • Conversations and in-person meetings: Read what is being said and review the transcript afterward. • Classes and lectures: Follow explanations and revisit useful passages. • Cross-language listening: Use translated captions to help understand speech in another language. • Videos, live streams, and podcasts: Read captions while supported apps play, even when suitable subtitles are unavailable. CAPLO PRO AND CREDIT PACKS Continued use of transcription and translation requires a Caplo Pro subscription. • Caplo Pro: A monthly subscription with 600 minutes of transcription each month and every feature included. • Credit Pack: For Caplo Pro subscribers. A one-time purchase of 600 extra minutes that add to your monthly minutes and never expire. Prices are shown in the app. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current billing period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. BEFORE YOU START Audio capture depends on the source app and content. Caplo does not support capturing call audio from video calling or online meeting apps. Use microphone mode for in-person meetings. Privacy Policy: https://caplo.sparklight.ai/privacy Terms of Use: https://caplo.sparklight.ai/terms

About

Pointerly

Features
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Pointerly is the affiliate operations platform for creators, brands, and affiliate teams. The iOS app is a free companion to your Pointerly workspace on the web. Sign in with the same email and password you use at pointerly.io to manage links, monitor performance, discover deals, and run automations—wherever you are. Changes sync with your team workspace in real time. Nothing is sold in the app: no plans, credits, subscriptions, or digital content. Deal Discovery opens physical products on the retailer’s own website (Amazon, Walmart, and others)—purchases happen there, never in the app. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Dashboard & Analytics View clicks, top links, and workspace usage from live data. WhatsApp and Telegram messaging quotas appear with your other meters. Each meter follows your plan’s billing period and shows the reset date. • Affiliate Links Search, sort, and manage your library in grid or list view. Create from a product URL, edit, copy, and share. Set a price on any link and it appears wherever you share it. Pin up to five links to the top of your library. Choose what a desktop visitor gets: the destination’s desktop app, a QR code so they can finish on their phone, or both. Phones are unaffected. • Folders & Bundles Browse folders and bundles and filter the library. A link lives in one folder; a bundle is one sendable URL with every product in it. Copy, share, or open any bundle in the app. • Import an Amazon List Paste a shoppable Amazon list URL, uncheck what you don’t want, and import. You get a tracked short link per product plus one shareable bundle. Duplicates are flagged. You can also share a list from the Amazon app. • Quick Access & Widgets Reopen a copied link from the tab bar dock. Pin up to three favorites. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show top links, shortcuts, and your last copied link. • Deal Discovery Browse curated deals from supported retailers and turn them into trackable affiliate links. Opening a deal goes to the retailer’s site. • Bio Pages Edit your link-in-bio page from Home or Account: profile, sections, colours, publish, and a live preview that matches the web. Add an affiliate link from your library into a page section. • Automation (Comment-to-DM & WhatsApp) One Automation tab for messaging. Manage Instagram and Facebook comment-to-DM rules, schedule when a rule turns on, and upload the card image. Write the DM yourself and place several destinations by name in the text — each row is a tracked Pointerly link or any https address you type. The link picker searches your whole library. With the WhatsApp add-on, connect a business number (Meta signup in Safari), manage subscribers and templates, and create broadcasts — including always-on campaigns that keep reaching people who subscribe later. The app does not sell WhatsApp credits. • Team Workspaces Switch between teams. Permissions follow the same granular roles as the web. • Account & Security Profile, two-factor authentication, and account deletion under Account → Account management → Delete account. REQUIREMENTS & BILLING • A Pointerly account is required (create it at pointerly.io). The app does not offer open registration. Sign-in is email and password only. • Nothing is sold in the app. Home and Billing may show your existing plan name, usage, and any pay-as-you-go amount already accrued — read-only status, like a carrier app showing data used. No Buy / Upgrade / Subscribe. On the United States App Store storefront only, you may open Safari to Stripe’s customer portal to manage payment methods for an existing customer (not to buy a new plan). • Optional WhatsApp features require the WhatsApp add-on on your Pointerly plan (managed on the web). The app only shows tools for workspaces that already have it. SUPPORT & LEGAL Learn more: pointerly.io Support: pointerly.io/support Privacy: pointerly.io/privacy Terms: pointerly.io/terms

Screenshots

Caplo4 screens
Pointerly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pointerly at none against Caplo's 2. On price, update cadence, ads 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. Caplo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Pointerly asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Caplo ships an update weekly, Pointerly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Caplo versus Pointerly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCaploPointerly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB28 MB
Age rating+124+
DeveloperSparkLightYoel Medero

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Caplo

Subscriptions1
  • Caplo Pro$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Credit Pack$4.99
None

Pointerly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Caplo free?
Caplo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pointerly free?
Pointerly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Caplo or Pointerly have ads?
Neither Caplo nor Pointerly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Caplo or Pointerly?
Caplo ships an update weekly, and Pointerly every 5 days. Most recently, Caplo was updated on October 25, 2026 and Pointerly on October 24, 2026.

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