Comparison

Subly vs Captora

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

Head to head
About

Subly

Easily add animated, word-by-word captions and AI-generated narration to your videos. This app processes everything on your device, ensuring privacy and offline functionality. Edit clips, add music, and export in professional formats without recurring fees.

Highlights
  • Word-by-word animated captions
  • On-device AI narration
  • Full video editing suite
  • Offline functionality
  • One-time purchase
  • SRT/VTT export
  • Vertical reframing
Features
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Caption, edit, and narrate short videos — all on your iPhone, all private. Start with a free trial. No credits that "run out." No account. Your video never leaves your device, so it even works in airplane mode. • WORD-BY-WORD CAPTIONS — animated, karaoke-style highlight with a live preview. • SUBLY PRO — no watermark, unlimited full-quality export. Yearly, weekly with a free trial, or a one-time lifetime unlock. • ON-DEVICE & PRIVATE — no servers, no uploads, no account. Cloud editors send your footage away and take broad rights to it; Subly never does. • FULL EDITOR — combine clips, split, trim, and reorder on a scrub timeline with frame-accurate preview. • TRANSITIONS — dissolve, fade to black, slide, and zoom between clips. • B-ROLL & MUSIC — drop video overlays and a music bed with auto-ducking and per-clip volume. • AI NARRATOR — type a script, pick a voice, get a natural voiceover generated entirely on your iPhone. Offline, unlimited, no per-character fees. • CAPTIONS FROM YOUR SCRIPT — one script becomes both the narrator audio and word-synced captions. • ENGLISH-FIRST, 90+ LANGUAGES — on-device Whisper transcription. • PRO FORMATS — export SRT and VTT subtitle files. • VERTICAL REFRAME — turn landscape clips into 9:16. Built for Reels, Shorts, and TikTok creators who want their footage to stay theirs. Subly Pro: a yearly subscription, a weekly subscription with a 3-day free trial, or a one-time lifetime unlock. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel them in Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://telegra.ph/Subly-Privacy-Policy-06-09

About

Captora

Features
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Add captions to any video — automatically, right on your iPhone. Import a clip and Captora writes the captions for you: accurate, timed to every word, and styled to stop the scroll. Then export your video with the captions burned right in — ready for TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and anywhere else you post. No timelines to fight. No typing out transcripts. Just import, tweak, and share. And it speaks your language — 17 of them, with automatic detection built in. WHY CREATORS CHOOSE CAPTORA • Word-perfect timing — AI transcribes your speech and syncs every word to the audio, so captions land exactly on the beat. • Styles that stop the scroll — word-by-word pop, karaoke highlights, line-by-line reveals, or clean static captions. • Make it yours — fonts, colors, outlines, shadows, background boxes, sizing, spacing, and drag-anywhere positioning. • Emphasize what matters — make a key word bigger or recolor it with a tap. • Save your look — build a template once and reuse it on every video. • Edit anything — fix a word or nudge its timing without re-recording. • 17 languages, auto-detected — caption in the language you actually speak. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your video never leaves your device. Captora sends only the audio to generate captions. The final video is rendered right on your phone. CAPTION IN 17 LANGUAGES English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Slovenian, Hungarian, Romanian, and more — across Latin and Cyrillic scripts. Not sure? Let Captora auto-detect the language for you. HOW IT WORKS 1. Import any video from your library. 2. Captora generates the captions automatically. 3. Style it, tweak any word, and export — burned in and ready to post. MADE FOR Short-form creators, marketers, educators, podcasters clipping episodes, and anyone who wants their videos watched with the sound off — which is how most of your audience is watching. FREE TO START — PRO WHEN YOU NEED MORE Every style, template and language is free to use. Start captioning right away: 60 minutes of transcription a month, exported at 720p with a small Captora watermark. Captora Pro removes the limits: • Unlimited auto-captions (fair use applies) • Full-resolution export — exactly as you shot it • No watermark Captora Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. It renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://captora.rs/privacy.html

Screenshots

Subly4 screens
Captora4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Captora at 15.1 against Subly's 17.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Subly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Captora sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Subly ships an update every 4 days, Captora every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Subly versus Captora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSublyCaptora
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNTSAUTOSIGA LLCXeobo Software D.O.O

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Subly

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Subly Pro$39.99
2 purchases

Captora

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Subly free?
Subly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Captora free?
Captora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Subly or Captora have ads?
Neither Subly nor Captora shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Subly or Captora?
Subly ships an update every 4 days, and Captora every 5 days. Most recently, Subly was updated on October 31, 2026 and Captora on October 25, 2026.

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