CaptionAddr vs KakuCut
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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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/
KakuCut
Edit videos and generate editable captions directly on your iPhone. This app keeps your footage local, offering tools to fine-tune text, timing, style, and placement before exporting. It also supports importing/exporting SRT files and includes audio editing features.
- On-device auto caption generation
- Editable caption text and timing
- SRT subtitle import/export
- Caption style customization
- Video clip trimming and arrangement
- Voiceover recording and audio enhancement
- MP4 video export with captions
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Edit with confidence and fine-tune your captions and video. Your footage stays on your iPhone—no uploads required. KakuCut is a local video editor designed for creating captions and shaping your story directly on iPhone. Import up to ten video clips, arrange and trim your edit, then generate editable captions on supported devices. Fine-tune the text, timing, style, and placement before exporting a finished MP4 video or a separate SRT subtitle file. With KakuCut, you can: • Generate captions from your video’s speech • Edit caption text and timing • Import and export SRT subtitle files • Customize caption fonts, colors, backgrounds, and placement • Karaoke captions that highlight each word as it is spoken • Short-form caption styles with custom colors and translucent boxes • Trim, split, and rearrange video clips • Record voiceovers, enhance voices, reduce noise, and adjust audio volume • Export MP4 videos with captions Your selected footage and project data stay on your device while you edit. No account is required, and your source videos do not need to be uploaded. Requires iOS 17 or later. Automatic caption availability varies by device, language, iOS version, and Apple speech-model support.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: KakuCut at none against CaptionAddr's 2. KakuCut also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). CaptionAddr's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. KakuCut asks for nothing beyond the download.
KakuCut holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CaptionAddr has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CaptionAddr ships an update weekly, KakuCut every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CaptionAddr | KakuCut |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 476 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DYNSELL LLC | CHUN CHENG LIU |
Customer experience
CaptionAddr
KakuCut
In-app purchases
CaptionAddr
- CaptionAddr Pro3 Days trial$6.991 Month
- CaptionAddr Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
KakuCut
No in-app purchases









