Comparison

CaptionAddr vs CapiCap

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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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Add captions and subtitles to any video in one tap. CaptionAddr turns English speech into word-by-word captions timed to the frame, then exports a finished video with the captions burned in, ready for Reels, Shorts and Stories. Everything happens on your iPhone or iPad. Your video, audio, transcript, caption edits, and export are never uploaded to CaptionAddr or our services. No account, no ads, no watermark. Free for clips up to 2 minutes. Pro captions videos up to 30 minutes. WHY CREATORS USE IT • Most people watch with the sound off. Captions keep them watching. • Single-word captions snapped to your video's frame rate, the punchy style made for short-form video • Accurate on-device transcription powered by Whisper • Transcribes English speech (more languages are not supported yet) • Fix any word: edit, delete, or reorder individual captions • 20 caption fonts with size, position, and tinted-background controls • Clean burned-in exports that work in any app • Works offline once installed FREE • Caption, edit, and export videos up to 2 minutes • The full transcription and caption editor • Clean exports with no watermark CAPTIONADDR PRO • Everything in Free • Videos up to 30 minutes • Monthly or annual plan, with a free trial for eligible new subscribers CaptionAddr Pro is available as a monthly or an annual subscription and renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Eligible new subscribers can start with a free trial: 7 days on the annual plan, 3 days on the monthly plan. 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/

About

CapiCap

Easily add subtitles to your videos with automatic, on-device transcription in over 99 languages. Edit and style captions with various options, then export your video with burned-in captions or as an SRT file. Enjoy privacy as nothing leaves your device.

Highlights
  • Automatic on-device transcription
  • Supports 99+ languages
  • Built-in caption editor
  • Customizable caption styling
  • Export with burned-in captions
  • Export as .srt file
  • Works offline
Features
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CapiCap adds subtitles to your videos in 99+ languages — automatically, and 100% on your device. No watermarks. No ads. No subscriptions. No account. No tracking. Nothing you make ever leaves your device. Pick a video and CapiCap transcribes it locally using a state-of-the-art on-device speech model. No upload, no server, no waiting in a queue, and once the model has downloaded it works offline. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick a video from your library or the Files app, share one in from another app, or on iPad, iPhone Duo and Mac drop it anywhere on Home. 2. CapiCap transcribes it on-device, faster than real time on a recent iPhone, iPad or Mac. If it isn't sure which language is spoken, it asks instead of guessing. 3. Fix any words in the built-in editor. While you type, a bar above the keyboard plays the video and hops between captions. 4. Style your captions — start from twelve ready-made looks, then fine-tune fonts, weight, outline, colors, shadows, backgrounds, animation, size and position. Light up each word as it's spoken, show one word at a time, or set the caption behind the person on screen. Save your favorites as your own looks. 5. Export a new video with the captions burned in, ready to share. Prefer a subtitle file? CapiCap also exports a standard .srt you can use anywhere. WHY CAPICAP - Private by design. Transcription happens entirely on your device — your videos and words are never uploaded. - Works offline. No signal, no problem. Everything runs locally. - Understands 99+ languages. CapiCap recognizes the language of your video automatically, or you can pick it yourself. - iPhone, iPad and Mac, one app. On iPad, Mac and an open iPhone Duo the editor gets room to breathe: a big preview with the whole caption list beside it. - No watermarks, ever. Your exports are clean. - Original quality. Exports keep your video's resolution, frame rate and bitrate, 4K60 included. Nothing is downscaled, and the sound is copied as is. - Simple styling that looks good straight out of the box. LIFETIME ACCESS CapiCap is free to download, and your first 3 exports every month are on us. Want more? Lifetime access unlocks unlimited exports with one purchase — never a subscription. REQUIREMENTS Requires iOS 17 or later on iPhone and iPad, or macOS 14 or later on a Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later). The speech model downloads on first launch, and another only if a video's language needs it. Works best on iPhone 14 Pro or newer, on iPad with an M-series chip and on the Mac, which transcribe faster than real time.

Screenshots

CaptionAddr4 screens
CapiCap4 screens

Verdict

The call

CaptionAddr and CapiCap both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of CapiCap's written reviews are positive against 75% of CaptionAddr's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. CaptionAddr sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and CapiCap sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CapiCap holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of CaptionAddr's written reviews are positive against 100% of CapiCap's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CaptionAddr ships an update weekly, CapiCap every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
CaptionAddr versus CapiCap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCaptionAddrCapiCap
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (7 ratings)4.7 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings719 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size476 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDYNSELL LLCOleksandr Brazhii

Customer experience

CaptionAddr

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

CapiCap

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

CaptionAddr

Subscriptions2
  • CaptionAddr Pro3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • CaptionAddr Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
1 purchases

CapiCap

One-time1
  • Lifetime access$9.99

Questions

Is CaptionAddr free?
CaptionAddr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CapiCap free?
CapiCap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CaptionAddr or CapiCap?
CapiCap is rated higher. CaptionAddr averages 4.6 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while CapiCap averages 4.7 from 19 ratings.
Do CaptionAddr or CapiCap have ads?
Neither CaptionAddr nor CapiCap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CaptionAddr or CapiCap?
CaptionAddr ships an update weekly, and CapiCap every 6 days. Most recently, CaptionAddr was updated on October 31, 2026 and CapiCap on November 10, 2026.

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