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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CaptionAddr makes clean, frame-aligned single-word captions for videos on iPhone and iPad. Choose one clip, transcribe it on your device, refine any word, style the captions, and export a finished video ready to share. Your video, audio, transcript, caption edits, and export are not uploaded to CaptionAddr or our services. BUILT FOR SHORT-FORM VIDEO • Single-word captions snapped to your video’s frame rate • Local Whisper Small English transcription • Edit, delete, and reorder individual words • 20 caption fonts with size, position, and tinted-background controls • Clean burned-in video exports that work anywhere • No account required • No ads or cross-app tracking FREE • Import, caption, edit, and export videos up to 2 minutes • Full local transcription and caption editor • Clean exports with no required watermark CAPTIONADDR PRO • Everything in Free • Import and export videos up to 30 minutes CaptionAddr Pro Monthly renews monthly unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. A 3-day introductory offer may be available to eligible new subscribers. The App Store shows final local pricing and eligibility before purchase. 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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Captions sell the video. Subtext gives you word-perfect, animated captions burned into your short-form clips — transcribed entirely on your iPhone, in seconds. No upload. No queue. No monthly bill. Free forever with unlimited exports — pay once to remove the watermark. WHY SUBTEXT • On-device transcription with word-level timing — your footage never leaves your phone • Choose the language spoken in your clip, and Subtext remembers it next time • Caption in a different language from the speech — translated on your device, not in the cloud • Bring your own .srt or .vtt subtitle file when you'd rather supply the text yourself • Import to styled export in under a minute, even on airplane mode • Three current caption looks: bold karaoke highlight, word-pop, and a clean line fade • A transcript-first editor built for the 90-second workflow: tap a word to fix it, hold to emphasize • Confidence review jumps you straight to the words worth checking • One-tap filler-word sweep removes every "um" from your captions • Platform safe-zone guides so captions never sit under the like button • Save your brand style once, apply it on every future clip in a tap • Burned-in export up to 4K, plus .srt / .vtt sidecar files PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything happens on your device. No account, no upload, no analytics on your content. PAY ONCE The full pipeline is free with unlimited exports — each carries a small Subtext watermark. Choosing your spoken language and importing a subtitle file are free too. A single one-time purchase removes the watermark and unlocks translated captions, style presets, filler sweep, and sidecar captions. No subscription, ever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: CaptionAddr at 17.0 against Subtext's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. CaptionAddr sells 1 in-app purchase, 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CaptionAddr | Subtext |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 476 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DYNSELL LLC | Sahil Jain |
In-app purchases
CaptionAddr
- CaptionAddr Pro3 Days trial$6.991 Month
Subtext
- Subtext Unlimited$1.99








