Comparison

CapTran AI vs SyncBrief

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

Head to head
About

CapTran AI

This app offers on-device live translation and file transcription. It can transcribe audio or video files into text and subtitles, and provide real-time translation captions that can be displayed picture-in-picture. It prioritizes user privacy by processing all audio locally.

Highlights
  • Live translation captions
  • Picture-in-picture captions
  • Audio/video file transcription
  • SRT file export
  • Offline functionality
  • On-device processing
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CapTran is an on-device live translation and file transcription tool. CapTran provides live translation captions. CapTran receives audio from another app, then performs speech recognition and translation on your device. View captions inside CapTran or as floating Picture in Picture captions above another app. Import an audio or video file and convert speech into text and subtitles directly on your device. It is useful for courses, meetings, interviews, and video content. After transcription, view the generated captions and export them as SRT files. For recognition and translation: 1. Download the iOS speech and translation models you need 2. Tap “Start Translating” 3. Choose CapTran from the system broadcast list Choose original captions, translated captions, or both. CapTran does not upload audio to a cloud service or record audio. After the required models are prepared, you can continue using CapTran offline. CapTran Pro supports saved transcripts with timestamps, srt export, and video import so you can transcribe recorded video and export subtitles as .srt. Some premium features require an in-app purchase or subscription. Contact us: support@kellyli.cc Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

SyncBrief

Features
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SyncBrief turns meeting audio into a brief you can act on: a searchable transcript and a structured summary with a timeline, decisions and action items. It runs on your own AI provider key, or entirely on-device. No account, no servers of ours, nothing tracked. RECORD ANYWHERE • One tap on iPhone or Apple Watch. Recording keeps going with the phone locked. • A Control Center button and a watch complication start a recording without opening the app. • Watch recordings arrive in your iPhone library on their own over Watch Connectivity. BRING AUDIO IN FROM ANYWHERE • The share sheet from any app, including recordings made with iOS call recording. • The Files app, iCloud Drive, and USB voice recorders through an adapter. • Importing is free and contacts nobody. Transcription runs only when you ask for it. SUMMARIES WITH RECEIPTS • A structured brief per meeting: timeline of topics, decisions, action items with owners, open questions. • Every timestamp comes from the transcript, never invented by the model, and is checked against the length of the recording. • Tap any line to jump the audio to that moment. • Everything the AI writes is labeled as AI-generated and is yours to edit. Your edits survive regeneration. WHO SAID WHAT • Speaker labels on every line, from your transcription provider or worked out on-device when the provider cannot tell voices apart. • Rename "Speaker 1" to a real name once and it applies across the meeting. MIND MAP • Each meeting drawn as a map: topics around the center, decisions and action items on the branches. Tap a node to hear that moment. A LIBRARY YOU CAN SEARCH • Everything lives in an encrypted database on your device. • Instant full-text search across transcripts, titles, speakers, tags and summaries. • Export any meeting to Markdown, PDF, plain text or JSON. • Send your library straight to a Mac running SyncBrief, device to device over the local network. YOUR KEYS, YOUR CHOICE OF AI Transcribe with OpenAI, Deepgram, AssemblyAI, Apple's on-device speech, or Whisper running locally on your device. Summarize with Anthropic's Claude, OpenAI, or Apple's on-device model. Keys are stored in the iOS Keychain, never in the library and never in an export, and traffic goes only to the provider you picked. FULLY OFFLINE IS A REAL OPTION Choose Whisper or Apple for transcription and Apple's on-device model for summarising, and a meeting is processed from start to finish with no network at all. Nothing leaves the device. (Whisper downloads its model once, the first time you select it.) PRICING The iPhone subscription removes the free tier's allowance of 10 transcriptions per month on iPhone and Apple Watch. To reach the paywall: open Settings, then SyncBrief Pro. Every product offers a 14-day free trial to new subscribers. This apps is offering following auto-renewable subscriptions for iOS platform. Each subscription offers Unlimited transcription on iPhone and Watch. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Display name Description Price ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pro for iPhone — Yearly 12 months auto renewal subscription $60.99 Pro for iPhone — Quarterly 3 months auto renewal subscription $15.99 Pro for iPhone — Monthly 1 Month auto renewal subscription $5.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AI Cloud transcription and summarising use your own provider account and are billed to you by that provider. The on-device AI Providers cost nothing per use. You agree with following App Policies. Privacy Policy: https://aidigiapps.com/syncbrief/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://aidigiapps.com/syncbrief/terms.html App License : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

CapTran AI4 screens
SyncBrief4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: SyncBrief at 4 against CapTran AI's 2. SyncBrief also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. CapTran AI sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and SyncBrief sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CapTran AI versus SyncBrief: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCapTran AISyncBrief
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer喜娟 第五Mahesh Shinde

In-app purchases

3 purchases

CapTran AI

Subscriptions2
  • CapTran Monthly$0.991 Month
  • CapTran Yearly$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • CapTran Lifetime$12.99
6 purchases

SyncBrief

Subscriptions6
  • Pro for iPhone — Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Pro for Mac — Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Pro for iPhone — Quarterly$15.993 Months
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  • Pro for Mac — Quarterly$25.993 Months
  • Pro for iPhone — Yearly$60.991 Year
  • Pro for Mac — Yearly$99.991 Year

Questions

Is CapTran AI free?
CapTran AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SyncBrief free?
SyncBrief is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CapTran AI or SyncBrief have ads?
Neither CapTran AI nor SyncBrief shows ads.

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