Comparison

Script Smith vs CaptionStudio

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

Head to head
About

Script Smith

This app helps you write and time short video scripts offline. It offers tools to structure your content, estimate runtime, and generate production reports. Plan your shoots effectively before recording.

Highlights
  • Offline scriptwriting
  • Runtime estimation engine
  • Beat-based script structure
  • Production readiness reports
  • Hook formulas and formats
  • Scrolling teleprompter
  • Shot list creation
Features
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Take Lab measures real delivery time between your taps as you read a script beat by beat, then saves a snapshot for comparison and revision. HOW IT WORKS 1. Write a script in Scripts, then choose it in Take Lab. 2. Start the take, read each beat and tap Next as you finish. Pause when needed; leaving the app pauses timing. 3. Finish, add a note and save the take. Reopen its original script snapshot, compare an earlier identical script and share the timing report. Beat-based writing, estimated runtime, production packs, hook and format libraries, shot planning and auto-paced rehearsal remain available in five main tabs. A saved take keeps its original text even after the script changes. WHAT TO KNOW Timing follows your taps and excludes pauses. No speech recognition, microphone or audio recording is used by Take Lab. Keep takes under two hours and individual beats under one hour. Up to 100 spoken beats and 200 saved takes. A changed script is not presented as an identical comparison. iPhone and iPad.

About

CaptionStudio

This app transforms audio and video into editable, translatable, and exportable timed captions. It also offers features for meeting notes, live floating captions, and conversation translation, all processed and stored locally on your device for enhanced privacy.

Highlights
  • Audio and video caption generation
  • Caption translation and editing
  • Meeting note transcription and organization
  • Live floating captions for apps
  • On-device conversation translation
  • Multiple export formats (SRT, WebVTT, TXT, MP4)
Features
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Turn audio and video into editable, translatable, export-ready timed captions—and keep meetings and conversations on your device. CaptionStudio brings media captions, meeting notes, floating captions, and conversation translation into one app. No account is required. Media, recordings, captions, and saved translation history are processed and stored on device by default. AUDIO & VIDEO CAPTIONS • Import MOV, MP4, M4V, M4A, MP3, WAV, or AAC files, or choose a video from Photos • Generate timed captions with native speech recognition • Play, seek, correct, split, merge, and add captions on a visual timeline • Translate captions and edit original, translated, or bilingual text • Customize fonts, size, colors, outline, background, and position • Export SRT, WebVTT, or TXT, or burn captions into an MP4 video MEETING NOTES • Record audio while creating a transcript • Organize the transcript into an overview, key points, decisions, and action items • Replay the recording and edit every section • Export meeting notes with the transcript as Markdown FLOATING CAPTIONS • Use iOS system broadcasting to transcribe audio from supported apps • Follow live captions in Picture in Picture • Show original, translated, or bilingual captions • Customize window ratio, text size, lines, alignment, colors, and background • DRM, broadcast, and audio-source restrictions may prevent some content from being transcribed CONVERSATION TRANSLATION • Speak a phrase, translate it, and hear it aloud • Swap source and target languages • Keep conversation history on device and delete it at any time PRIVACY FIRST • No account, ads, or developer-operated cloud upload • No third-party analytics or advertising SDKs • iOS manages required language resources; some models may need to be downloaded before first use • Recognition, translation, and language availability depend on the device, system version, and available models New users receive a 7-day full-feature trial on first launch. After the trial, choose a one-year access purchase that does not auto-renew or a lifetime unlock. Purchases and refunds are handled by Apple. Speech recognition, translation, and generated notes can be affected by accents, noise, overlapping speakers, and system models. Review important content against the original recording or video.

Screenshots

Script Smith3 screens
CaptionStudio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CaptionStudio at Free against Script Smith's $3.99. CaptionStudio also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). Script Smith's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

CaptionStudio is free to download; Script Smith costs $3.99 up front. CaptionStudio sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Script Smith asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Script Smith against 5.0 for CaptionStudio. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Script Smith versus CaptionStudio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScript SmithCaptionStudio
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert Corbin夏骏 倪

Customer experience

Script Smith

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CaptionStudio

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Script Smith

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

CaptionStudio

One-time1
  • 永久会员$1.99

Questions

Is Script Smith free?
Script Smith costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CaptionStudio free?
CaptionStudio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Script Smith or CaptionStudio?
Script Smith and CaptionStudio are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Script Smith or CaptionStudio have ads?
Neither Script Smith nor CaptionStudio shows ads.

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