Comparison

Shrinkray vs Captioner

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

Head to head
About

Shrinkray

Reduce the size of photos and videos for effortless sharing without compromising visual quality. Select desired file sizes, preview results, and send them on, all while keeping your original files intact. Offers batch processing and advanced customization with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Adjust file size and detail balance
  • Preview original vs. compressed files
  • Process on-device, originals untouched
  • Batch shrink multiple items
  • Custom file size limits
  • Advanced video quality settings
  • Split long videos into clips
Features
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Make photos and videos smaller for easier sharing while keeping them looking great. Shrinkray helps you choose a file size that works for you, check the result, and send it on. Your originals stay untouched. CHOOSE HOW MUCH TO SHRINK Pick a preset to balance file size and detail. Compare the original and new file sizes before sharing, and zoom in to check the details in a photo. START WHERE YOUR PHOTOS ARE Open Shrinkray to choose photos and videos, or select them in Photos, Files, or any app that lets you share photos and videos. Then choose Shrinkray from the share sheet. With Pro, you can also shrink and attach them inside Messages. KEEP YOUR ORIGINALS Shrinkray processes photos and videos on your iPhone without uploading them to our servers. It creates copies for sharing and leaves the originals in your library alone. Location details are removed from the copies by default. GET MORE WITH PRO No subscription. A one-time purchase unlocks these Pro features for life: • Shrink several photos and videos together after your free allowance runs out • Shrink and attach photos and videos inside Messages • Set custom file size limits and fine-tune photo settings • Choose from more video quality settings and more efficient file formats • Preserve smoother motion in videos • Split long videos into smaller clips for sharing TRY IT FREE Shrink one photo or video at a time for free. The app and Photos share sheet also include a limited number of free uses for shrinking several items together. Made for iPhone. Requires iOS 18 or later.

About

Captioner

Easily add animated, word-by-word captions to your videos directly on your device. Customize styles, positions, and text, with translation options available. Export your videos with captions burned in, ensuring privacy as nothing is uploaded.

Highlights
  • Word-by-word animated captions
  • Fifteen customizable caption styles
  • On-device speech recognition and translation
  • Editable caption text and punctuation
  • Adjustable caption position and alignment
  • Export with original resolution and frame rate
  • Supports SRT and WebVTT files
Features
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Captioner adds animated, word-by-word captions to your videos, entirely on your device. Drop in a clip, pick a style, fix any word, and export a new video with the captions burned in. Nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it's free. WORD BY WORD Captioner listens to your video with Apple's on-device speech engine and keeps the moment every word is spoken, so the word being said lights up as it's said. Perfect for Reels, Shorts, TikTok and any video watched with the sound off. FIFTEEN STYLES, ALL YOURS TO CHANGE Highlight boxes, outlines, karaoke colors, pops, typewriter reveals, boxed subtitles, and single-word styles that show only the spoken word. Every style's font, weight, size, case, colors, outline, shadow and animation can be changed. Use San Francisco in sans serif, rounded, serif or monospaced designs, any font on your device, or a font file you add. Save your own styles and make one the default for every new video. PUT THEM WHERE YOU WANT Drag the caption in the preview, or set a vertical position and left, center or right alignment. Vertical 9:16 and widescreen 16:9 videos each remember their own spot. FIX THE WORDS Every caption is editable next to the preview. Split a line before any word, merge two, delete one, or rebuild from the original recognition. Punctuation, title case and curse words are simple toggles. TRANSLATE Turn the captions into Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese and dozens more with Apple's on-device translation, keeping them timed to the original speech. YOUR VIDEO, UNTOUCHED Exports keep the original resolution and frame rate, and the audio is copied exactly as it was. H.264 by default, HEVC if you prefer. Already have an SRT or WebVTT file? Use it instead of transcribing. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Speech recognition, translation and rendering all happen on your device. Captioner has no account, no analytics and no tracking. The first time you caption a language, the system downloads Apple's speech model for it; after that it works offline. Captioner for Mac adds batch queues and watched folders that caption and export videos automatically.

Screenshots

Shrinkray4 screens
Captioner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Captioner at none against Shrinkray's 1. Captioner also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Shrinkray's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Shrinkray sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Captioner 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 Shrinkray against 5.0 for Captioner. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shrinkray has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shrinkray ships an update every 2 days, Captioner every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Shrinkray versus Captioner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShrinkrayCaptioner
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHere Comes SupperStephen Robles

Customer experience

Shrinkray

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Captioner

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Shrinkray

One-time1
  • Shrinkray Pro$4.99
None

Captioner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shrinkray free?
Shrinkray is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Captioner free?
Captioner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Shrinkray or Captioner?
Shrinkray and Captioner are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Shrinkray or Captioner have ads?
Neither Shrinkray nor Captioner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shrinkray or Captioner?
Shrinkray ships an update every 2 days, and Captioner every 4 days. Most recently, Shrinkray was updated on October 29, 2026 and Captioner on October 29, 2026.

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