Captionry vs Jimakuru
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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 stay on your phone unless you create a share link. • 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/
Jimakuru
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Jimakuru adds captions to your videos. ■ Transcribed on your device Pick a video and the speech is turned into text on your iPhone, then split into easy-to-read captions. Nothing is uploaded, so there are no limits on how many videos or how long they are. Works with English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Korean and many more languages. ■ Fix anything in place Tap a caption to edit it. Split, merge, nudge the timing, snap it to the current frame, or replace a misheard name everywhere at once. Undo and redo included. ■ 24 styles and 70+ fonts Classic, karaoke and bold telop, plus cute captions like dreamy pastel, sticker, candy and neon, and eye-catching ones with gradients and offset shadows. Mix fonts, colors, gradients, double outlines, shadows, rounded boxes and letter spacing freely, and save your look as the default for new videos. Highlight each word as it is spoken and emphasize key words automatically. ■ Drag to move, push to the edge for vertical text Drag captions on the video and pinch to resize. Push a caption against the right or left edge and it turns vertical. You can also change the position, direction, look and timing of a single caption. ■ Bilingual captions Translate captions on your device and show only the translation, or the translation in small text under the original. ■ Sound captions and face-aware placement Applause, laughter and music become captions like [Applause]. Where a caption would cover a face, it moves out of the way automatically. ■ Trim and tighten Keep as many parts of the video as you like. Remove silent gaps and filler words such as "um" and "uh" automatically for a snappier video. Captions move with the cuts. ■ Vertical, square or wide Turn a landscape video into 9:16, 1:1, 4:5 or 16:9. Nothing is cropped: the whole frame stays visible and the empty space is filled with a blurred copy of the video or black. ■ Export Video with captions burned in (HEVC / H.264, original quality), SRT caption file or text transcript. Unless you change the shape, vertical videos stay vertical. ■ Free, no watermark All features are free. No watermark on your exports. To cover running costs, the app shows a small ad at the bottom of the screen, an ad while loading or exporting, and a full-screen ad at most once a day after an export. Audio and video are processed entirely on your device and never sent anywhere. --- Requires iOS 26.0 or later (iPhone and iPad) Support: rei12jii@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Jimakuru at none against Captionry's 2. Jimakuru also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). Captionry's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Captionry sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Jimakuru asks for nothing beyond the download.
Captionry ships an update every 2 weeks, Jimakuru every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Captionry | Jimakuru |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YOTEZIC LTD | reiji onishi |
In-app purchases
Captionry
- Captionry AI Monthly$3.991 Month
- Captionry AI Yearly$24.991 Year
Jimakuru
No in-app purchases









