Comparison

CapQuick vs CaptionLab

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

Head to head
About

CapQuick

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Tap, talk, post. You had a thought worth posting. You opened your camera, recorded thirty seconds of yourself, then hit a wall. Uncaptioned video gets scrolled past. Most people give up. The ones who don't open a video editor, fight with auto-caption settings, wait for processing, fix three typos, export, and finally upload. Nine minutes later, the moment is stale. CapQuick is the fix. Open the app. Record. Captions appear. Tweak the font, color, or size if you want. Share to X. Done. That's it. No editor. No timeline. No clip-cutting. No subscription. What you get: - Quick automatic captions. - Customize font, color, emphasis color, stroke, and background per video. - Direct share to X and other social platforms. - Landscape and portrait video support. - Burned-in captions, ready for any platform. - Pre-recorded video import for captioning clips you already shot. Built for: - Tech founders and builders who post takes - Finance and crypto commentators - News and political voices - Sports takes - Educators and creators who want their face on the timeline - Anyone who wants captions for accessibility without the editing tax What's different: No subscription. CapQuick is free with a small watermark, or pay once for the watermark-free Pro version. No cloud upload. Your audio is processed on device using Apple's speech recognition. Nothing leaves your phone unless you share it. No timeline editor. We don't cut your video. We caption it. No accounts, no signups, no email required. Open the app and go. Privacy: CapQuick processes everything on your device. No analytics, no third-party tracking, no audio uploaded to a server. Your video stays on your phone unless you choose to share it. Built by Justin Hammon, an indie iOS app maker who got tired of paying $20 a month for tools that should take ten seconds. Tap, talk, post.

About

CaptionLab

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CaptionLab turns raw video into clear, styled captions you can actually edit - without typing a single word by hand. Import a clip, pick your caption language, and AI creates timed subtitles. Every word stays yours to change. Fix a name, retime a line, restyle the look, move captions anywhere in the frame. Built for short-form creators, podcasters, educators, coaches, agencies, and anyone who needs videos to land with the sound off. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Generate timed captions from speech, automatically - Edit every word in a synced caption timeline - Translate captions into 40+ languages - Choose from 200 caption styles, then change type, colour, motion and position - Animate word by word, or keep it calm and readable - Place captions behind the speaker so the subject stays visible - Drag, pinch and reposition captions anywhere in frame - Export a captioned video with subtitles burned in - Export SRT and VTT subtitle files - Save projects and reopen them for editing - Add contextual B-roll, then replace or remove individual cutaways CAPTIONS THAT MATCH THE PLATFORM Each app covers a different slice of the screen. CaptionLab keeps your captions above the interface so they are never buried under a handle, a music ticker or a title bar. BUILT FOR MIXED-LANGUAGE VIDEO English, Roman Urdu, Hindi, Arabic, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Portuguese, Turkish, Persian and many more. Mixed-language speech is handled with context-aware AI, so names, slang and the terms that matter are easier to preserve. CAPTIONLAB PRO Pro unlocks AI caption generation, every language, the full style library and HD export. Choose the plan that fits how much you post: - Weekly: 10 videos per week - Monthly: 60 videos per month - Yearly: 900 videos per year At 1080p, captioned-video exports currently support up to 2 minutes 40 seconds with standard captions, or 1 minute 33 seconds with behind-person effects. These export limits apply to every plan. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS CaptionLab Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. Prices (US): - CaptionLab Pro Weekly: $9.99 per week - CaptionLab Pro Monthly: $19.99 per month - CaptionLab Pro Yearly: $59.99 per year Eligible accounts without active Pro may also see an optional onboarding annual offer at $39.99 per year, renewing at the same annual price. Local store prices are shown before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically for the same price and period unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://autocaption.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://autocaption.app/privacy

Screenshots

CapQuick4 screens
CaptionLab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CapQuick at daily against CaptionLab's fortnightly. CaptionLab's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. CapQuick sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CaptionLab sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CapQuick ships an update daily, CaptionLab fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
CapQuick versus CaptionLab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCapQuickCaptionLab
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily โ€” betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS18.014.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size29 MB125 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJustin HammonAariz Rasheed

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CapQuick

One-time1
  • CapQuick Pro$9.99
3 purchases

CaptionLab

Subscriptions3
  • CaptionLab Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
  • CaptionLab Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • CaptionLab Pro Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is CapQuick free?
CapQuick is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CaptionLab free?
CaptionLab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CapQuick or CaptionLab have ads?
Neither CapQuick nor CaptionLab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CapQuick or CaptionLab?
CapQuick ships an update daily, and CaptionLab fortnightly. Most recently, CapQuick was updated on October 13, 2026 and CaptionLab on October 15, 2026.

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