Subly vs Rondo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Subly
Create professional video captions, edit clips, and generate AI narration entirely on your device. This app prioritizes user privacy by keeping all footage local, offering advanced editing tools and multi-language support.
- Word-by-word animated captions
- On-device editing and privacy
- AI narrator with voice selection
- Full video editing suite
- B-roll and music integration
- SRT/VTT subtitle export
- Vertical video reframing
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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
Rondo
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Round video messages are fun to record and painful to share anywhere else. Saved from the chat, they turn into square files with the circle stuck on a white background. Rondo fixes that in seconds, records new circles, and now captions them too: • Record circles right in the app: hold to record, slide up onto the lock to go hands-free, zoom, flip cameras mid-recording, flash • Or import a saved video from Photos • The circle is detected automatically and the white corners are gone • Auto-captions turn speech into editable subtitles: fix any line, pick a style, and they are rendered right into the video • Pick a background: a soft blur of the video itself, or any color • Export as a square, as 9:16 for Stories, Reels, and TikTok, or full-frame without the circle • Sound stays untouched, and a mute button can drop it entirely The preview is exactly what you export. No account, and nothing ever reaches us: the app collects no data at all. Rondo Pro (one-time purchase) removes the watermark and unlocks 9:16 export, custom colors, and captions. The free version is fully usable forever. Works with round video messages saved from Telegram and similar apps. Rondo is an independent app, not affiliated with Telegram.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Subly at every 4 days against Rondo's every 9 days. Subly also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Subly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Rondo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Subly ships an update every 4 days, Rondo every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Subly | Rondo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NTSAUTOSIGA LLC | Vladimirs Matusevics |
In-app purchases
Subly
- Weekly3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Yearly$29.991 Year
- Subly Pro$39.99
Rondo
- Rondo Pro$3.99









