CaptionAddr vs Subtext
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CaptionAddr
Create professional video captions directly on your iPhone. This app offers local transcription, frame-level editing, and extensive customization options for fonts, styles, and timing. Export polished videos ready for social media without needing desktop software or cloud uploads.
- Local video transcription
- Frame-perfect caption timing
- Customizable caption appearance
- Burn-in caption export
- No desktop software required
- Pro version for longer videos and premium fonts
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Auto captions and subtitles for your videos, word by word, made entirely on your iPhone or iPad. Pick a video and CaptionAddr listens for you. Every spoken word appears on screen at the exact frame it's said, in bold all-caps type that pops in one word at a time, the style that keeps people watching Reels, Shorts and Stories with the sound off. FREE TO START • Free for videos up to 2 minutes, with every font and every editing tool • No account, no ads, no watermark PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Transcription runs on your device. Your video, audio and captions are never uploaded. • Works offline. • On devices with Apple Intelligence, misheard sound-alike words are corrected automatically, also on device. CAPTIONS THAT LOOK RIGHT • 20 caption fonts, from clean and modern to condensed and bold • Drag captions anywhere and pinch to resize, or use the size slider • Optional tinted background for busy footage • Long words shrink to fit, so nothing runs off the edge • What you see in the preview is what you export FIX ANY WORD IN SECONDS • Tap a word to correct it • Touch and hold to delete it or move it earlier or later • Undo and redo every change EXPORT READY TO POST • Captions are burned into a finished video that plays in any app • Exports in your video's own shape, up to 4K and up to 60 fps • Saves straight to Photos, or share it anywhere • Cancel an export any time without losing your edits • Your project saves itself, so you can pick up where you left off FREE AND PRO CaptionAddr is free for videos up to 2 minutes. CaptionAddr Pro captions videos up to 30 minutes. CaptionAddr transcribes English speech. Exports are standard dynamic range. Requires an iPhone or iPad with an A12 Bionic chip or later. CaptionAddr Pro is available as a monthly or an annual auto-renewable subscription. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Eligible new subscribers can start with a free trial. The App Store shows the final price, trial length and eligibility before you subscribe. Privacy Policy: https://captionaddr.com/privacy/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Service Terms: https://captionaddr.com/terms/
Subtext
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Most caption apps give you the same bold white text everyone else uses. Subtext gives your video a whole look: cinematic type, a real color grade, and film grain, together. A "look" in Subtext isn't a font. It's a complete aesthetic. The caption style, the color grade, and the grain are designed as one package, so a plain phone clip comes out looking like it was shot on film. Pick a look, and the whole frame changes with it. LAUNCH LOOKS • Arthouse - faded yellow film-subtitle type over a cinematic grade + grain. Old foreign-film vibes. • New Wave - stark black-and-white film mono with bold new wave caps. • Notebook - handwritten blue ballpoint pen on a tilted cream paper strip. • Standard - clean white captions with a crisp outline, when you just want simple and legible. EVERYTHING HAPPENS ON YOUR PHONE • Captions are transcribed on-device. Your audio and video never leave your phone — no upload, no account, no servers. • Works fully offline, even in airplane mode. FAST, FOCUSED EDITING • Auto-transcription drops your words in, timed to the audio. • Fix a word, nudge timing, or reposition a line. You get the light edits you actually need, nothing you don't. • Real-time preview: what you see is exactly what exports (grade, grain, and type included). EXPORT & SHARE • Export straight to your camera roll, ready for Reels, Shorts, and TikTok. • Free to try: 1080p export with a small Subtext watermark. ONE-TIME UNLOCK - NO SUBSCRIPTION • Pay once to remove the watermark and unlock 1080p + 4K export and every future look. • No subscription. No monthly fee. Yours forever. Subtext is built for creators who'd rather have one unmistakable look than fifty generic templates. So when people watch your videos they'll ask "how'd you make it look like that?"
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Verdict
CaptionAddr and Subtext are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. CaptionAddr sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Subtext sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | CaptionAddr | Subtext |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 453 MB | 150 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DYNSELL LLC | Nicholas Counts |
In-app purchases
CaptionAddr
- CaptionAddr Pro3 Days trial$6.991 Month
- CaptionAddr Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
Subtext
- Subtext Unlock$4.99








