Comparison

Captionry vs CapScribe

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

Head to head
About

Captionry

Easily add subtitles and translations to your videos directly on your iPhone. This app automatically generates captions from speech, allows for detailed editing, and exports without watermarks. Your video and audio data remain on your device for enhanced privacy.

Highlights
  • Automatic on-device caption generation
  • Editable caption lines in multiple languages
  • Timeline editor with styling options
  • Video import, trimming, and reordering
  • Customizable names and caption rules
  • SRT/WebVTT import/export
  • Optional AI for speech-to-text and translation
Features
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Add captions to your videos, right on your iPhone. Captionry turns speech into captions on your device, lets you edit every line, and exports without a watermark. No account. Your video and audio never leave your phone. • Automatic captions, made on your device • Two caption lines in any languages, shown in the preview and burned into the export • A timeline editor: split, move and restyle captions; 20 templates, 15 fonts, outline, background and karaoke highlight • Import up to 10 clips, reorder and trim them, and caption the combined video • Names & terms and caption rules, so names are written the way you want • Edit captions in another app with SRT or WebVTT files, then import them with a preview of every change • My Videos: your exported videos, listed and ready to share Optional AI fixes speech-to-text mistakes and translates your caption lines. Captionry asks once before you start; only caption text is sent, never video or audio, and you can switch it off in Settings. It includes 15 free video minutes each month; an optional subscription gives more. Without AI, translation runs on your iPhone. Everything else stays free. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

CapScribe

This app automatically generates editable captions for your videos and audio files directly on your device. You can then customize the appearance and timing of these captions before burning them into your video or exporting them as subtitle files. It offers a one-time purchase to unlock full functionality without subscriptions or watermarks.

Highlights
  • On-device transcription
  • Editable captions
  • Customizable caption styles
  • Batch captioning
  • Offline transcription
  • SRT/VTT export
  • Translation support
Features
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CapScribe turns speech into editable captions and burns them into your video, entirely on your iPhone or iPad. Nothing is uploaded to us. There is no subscription, no credit system, and no watermark: one purchase unlocks the full app. Import a video or audio file, transcribe it on device, fix words and timing, pick a style, and export. Already have captions? Pair a video with an SRT or VTT file and skip transcription. Batch up to 10 videos at once. Because everything runs locally, there is no upload queue and no waiting for a server. After the language pack is downloaded, transcription works in airplane mode. CREATE AND EDIT • Transcribe imported video and audio on your device • Keep multiple local video and audio projects, then search, rename, duplicate, reopen, or delete them • Burn styled captions into the exported video • Choose from eight presets or customize font design, alignment, colors, outline, background, corners, and shadow • Add a clean Pop or Rise entrance to captions, or keep motion off • Reframe output for the original ratio, 9:16, 4:5, 1:1, or 16:9 • Preview at 0.5×–2× speed and loop the current caption while editing • Enter exact timecodes, smart-split a caption, or safely fix empty and overlong captions in one step • Review low-confidence, fast, overlong, and empty captions in one place • Use on-device Automatic Checks to find detectable caption and timing issues, then listen and review names, numbers, original text, and translations before publishing • Reuse an on-device term dictionary for names and commonly misheard words • Undo and redo edits, or find and replace across original text and translations TRANSLATE AND EXPORT • Translate captions with Apple's system Translation framework • Switch between original, translated, and bilingual captions • Batch-caption up to 10 videos at a time • Export original, translated, or bilingual SRT, VTT, and TXT files separately or as one package • Preview the finished video, compare source-to-output resolution, and check expected duration, frame rate, audio, and file size before sharing FREE PREVIEW AND FULL VERSION Try the complete workflow at no charge. For longer media, the free preview processes the first 90 seconds of each video or the first 10 minutes of audio. A one-time, non-consumable in-app purchase removes those free preview limits. There is no subscription or watermark; actual processing capacity depends on your device and media. PRIVACY CapScribe processes your media and transcripts on your iPhone or iPad and does not upload them to the developer. Projects stay in the app's local storage. iOS may download Apple speech or translation language resources when first needed. Purchases are handled by Apple through the App Store. REQUIREMENTS iPhone with iOS 26 or later.

Screenshots

Captionry4 screens
CapScribe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Captionry at none against CapScribe's 1. Captionry also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). CapScribe's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. CapScribe sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Captionry 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 Captionry against 5.0 for CapScribe. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Captionry ships an update every 2 weeks, CapScribe daily. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Captionry versus CapScribe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCaptionryCapScribe
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYOTEZIC LTD正平 孙

Customer experience

Captionry

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

CapScribe

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

In-app purchases

None

Captionry

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

CapScribe

One-time1
  • CapScribe Full Version$8.99

Questions

Is Captionry free?
Captionry is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CapScribe free?
CapScribe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Captionry or CapScribe?
Captionry and CapScribe are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Captionry or CapScribe have ads?
Neither Captionry nor CapScribe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Captionry or CapScribe?
Captionry ships an update every 2 weeks, and CapScribe daily. Most recently, Captionry was updated on October 16, 2026 and CapScribe on October 12, 2026.

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