CaptionStudio vs Übersetz

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.

Understand spoken conversations as they happen. Übersetz listens through your iPhone or iPad microphone, transcribes speech with WhisperKit, and translates it into your chosen language. Let the app detect the source language automatically or select it yourself. KEEP LISTENING IN THE BACKGROUND Start listening in Übersetz, then switch to another app or lock your device. Microphone capture, transcription, and translation continue until you stop the session or iOS interrupts recording. The system microphone privacy indicator remains visible whenever the microphone is active. Your Heard and Translation text is checkpointed as it changes. If another audio session interrupts listening, or the app closes unexpectedly, reopen Übersetz to recover the latest saved transcript. Only Clear removes the retained session. CHOOSE HOW TO TRANSLATE - Apple Translation for supported language packs downloaded to your device - OpenAI GPT Realtime Translate - Google Gemini Live Translate - Your own Ollama server - OpenAI-compatible endpoints, including OpenRouter SPEAKER DETECTION (BETA) Optional SpeakerKit processing identifies speakers and labels their turns on device. SpeakerKit pauses when Übersetz moves into the background to reduce processing and battery use. Background speech is still transcribed and translated, without speaker labels, and detection resumes when the app returns to the foreground. MADE FOR LIVE READING - Automatic or manually selected source language - Smooth transcripts that follow new text while you stay at the bottom - A large landscape view for following translations across the room - Heard and Translation views - Markdown sharing and file export - Session recovery after interruptions or an unexpected close - Light, dark, and system appearance PRIVACY BY CHOICE WhisperKit transcription runs on your device. With Apple Translation, translation also stays on device after the required language packs are installed. If you choose GPT or Gemini, microphone audio is sent to that provider. Ollama and OpenAI-compatible engines receive transcript text at the endpoint you configure. Credentials are stored in the device Keychain. Übersetz has no ads or tracking. No account is required for on-device use. External translation providers may require their own API key, network connection, and paid account. Requires iOS or iPadOS 26.4 or later. Background recording must be started by you while Übersetz is open. Force-quitting the app stops microphone capture; your most recent completed checkpoint remains available when you reopen it. LATEST IMPROVEMENTS: • Clearer privacy disclosures and consent before microphone use or sending content to external providers. • Better first-run setup for Apple on-device speech, with clearer model status, downloads, and retry options. • Saved provider, language, and appearance choices. • More target languages, script/region variants, available offline. • Clear guidance if a previously selected language is no longer available.