DualShot Recorder vs Captioner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DualShot Recorder
Record both vertical and horizontal video simultaneously in a single take. This app streamlines content creation by saving you time and eliminating the need for reshoots, delivering both formats directly to your device's photo library.
- Simultaneous vertical and horizontal recording
- Front and back camera support
- 4K and 1080p resolution options
- MOV and MP4 file formats
- Apple Log for advanced color grading
- Manual ISO control
- Video stabilization
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The DualShot Recorder App saves you time by eliminating reshoots. Record vertical and horizontal video in one take. Shoot once, get both formats saved directly to your photos library. Perfect for content creators who shoot once and post everywhere. CONTENT CREATION - Vertical and horizontal output from a single recording - Front and back camera support - 4K and 1080p at 24, 30, or 60 fps - MOV and MP4 file formats ADVANCED CONTROL & QUALITY - Apple Log for maximum dynamic range and color grading - Manual ISO for locked exposure across every take - Video stabilization with accurate final-crop preview - Fast, sharp autofocus that stays locked through zooms Check Settings → Your Device's Features to see what your specific iPhone supports. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Captioner
This app adds animated, word-by-word captions to your videos directly on your device. Choose from numerous styles, customize fonts and colors, and edit text for perfect synchronization. It supports on-device translation and preserves your original video quality.
- Word-by-word animated captions
- Fifteen customizable caption styles
- On-device speech recognition and translation
- Editable caption text
- Preserves original video resolution and frame rate
- Private by design, no account needed
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Captioner adds animated, word-by-word captions to your videos, entirely on your device. Drop in a clip, pick a style, fix any word, and export a new video with the captions burned in. Nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it's free. WORD BY WORD Captioner listens to your video with Apple's on-device speech engine and keeps the moment every word is spoken, so the word being said lights up as it's said. Perfect for Reels, Shorts, TikTok and any video watched with the sound off. FIFTEEN STYLES, ALL YOURS TO CHANGE Highlight boxes, outlines, karaoke colors, pops, typewriter reveals, boxed subtitles, and single-word styles that show only the spoken word. Every style's font, weight, size, case, colors, outline, shadow and animation can be changed. Use San Francisco in sans serif, rounded, serif or monospaced designs, any font on your device, or a font file you add. Save your own styles and make one the default for every new video. PUT THEM WHERE YOU WANT Drag the caption in the preview, or set a vertical position and left, center or right alignment. Vertical 9:16 and widescreen 16:9 videos each remember their own spot. FIX THE WORDS Every caption is editable next to the preview. Split a line before any word, merge two, delete one, or rebuild from the original recognition. Punctuation, title case and curse words are simple toggles. TRANSLATE Turn the captions into Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese and dozens more with Apple's on-device translation, keeping them timed to the original speech. YOUR VIDEO, UNTOUCHED Exports keep the original resolution and frame rate, and the audio is copied exactly as it was. H.264 by default, HEVC if you prefer. Already have an SRT or WebVTT file? Use it instead of transcribing. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Speech recognition, translation and rendering all happen on your device. Captioner has no account, no analytics and no tracking. The first time you caption a language, the system downloads Apple's speech model for it; after that it works offline. Captioner for Mac adds batch queues and watched folders that caption and export videos automatically.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Captioner at none against DualShot Recorder's 2. Captioner also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (daily vs every 8 days). DualShot Recorder's advantage is ratings volume (1.9K vs 3) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price and ads 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. DualShot Recorder sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Captioner asks for nothing beyond the download.
Captioner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DualShot Recorder has 1.9K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of DualShot Recorder's written reviews are positive against 100% of Captioner's.
DualShot Recorder ships an update every 8 days, Captioner daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DualShot Recorder | Captioner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.9K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DDJR PRODUCTIONS LLC | Stephen Robles |
Customer experience
DualShot Recorder
Captioner
In-app purchases
DualShot Recorder
- Advance Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Advanced Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
Captioner
No in-app purchases
Questions
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