Captions

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About

Captions started as a captioning app and evolved into a full AI video production suite built around one idea: you talk into your phone, and the AI handles everything else. It auto-generates captions in 100+ languages, dubs your voice into 28+ languages with lip-sync correction, removes background noise, and even corrects your eye contact so it looks like you are staring into the camera when you were actually reading a script off-screen. The standout feature is edit-by-transcript. Captions transcribes your video using OpenAI Whisper, then lets you edit the text directly — delete a sentence, and the corresponding video segment disappears. Type a command like "add B-roll of a city at night" and the AI inserts it. This is the same approach Descript pioneered, but Captions runs it natively on mobile where Descript never gained traction. AI Twin is the feature getting the most attention. Upload a selfie, and Captions generates a digital clone of you that can deliver any script you write. The quality is good enough for social media ads and UGC-style content, though it falls apart at longer durations or when you need the clone to show emotion beyond "pleasant spokesperson." For 15-30 second ad creatives, it works. For anything requiring genuine human expressiveness, it does not. The credit system is the main frustration. Every AI-powered action — dubbing, AI editing, twin generation, B-roll insertion — consumes credits from your monthly pool. Pro gives you 200 credits/month, Max gives 500, Scale 1x gives 1,400. If you produce 3-4 AI-heavy videos per week, you will burn through Pro credits in the first week. Max is the real minimum for active creators, and even that feels tight during a heavy production week. The desktop experience lags behind mobile. Captions was designed phone-first, and it shows. The iOS app is polished and fast. The desktop version feels like an afterthought — slower processing, occasional sync issues between edits, and a UI that clearly was not designed for a mouse and keyboard. If you primarily edit on desktop, Descript is still the better choice. Pricing is competitive for what you get. Pro at $9.99/month is cheaper than Descript's $24/month Hobbyist plan and includes watermark-free exports. Max at $24.99/month unlocks AI Twin, generative B-roll, and the full AI editing suite. Scale at $69.99/month is for agencies and high-volume creators who need 1,400+ credits monthly. A free tier exists with basic editing tools and lifetime credits, but it is severely limited and watermarked. Captions works best for solo creators and small teams producing short-form vertical video for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. If you shoot talking-head content on your phone and need it polished and captioned in under 5 minutes, this is the fastest path from raw footage to published post. For long-form content, podcast editing, or desktop-first workflows, look at Descript instead. 4.1 out of 5 overall rating based on aggregated reviews. Ease of use scores highest at 4.4/5. Pricing scores lowest at 3.8/5, reflecting widespread frustration with the credit system. For more AI video tools and comparisons, browse the Skila AI tools directory. And for the open-source speech recognition technology that powers tools like Captions, check out the Whisper and transcription repos on Skila.

Key Features

• Auto-captions in 100+ languages with customizable styling templates
• AI dubbing in 28+ languages with synchronized lip movement correction
• Edit-by-transcript: edit text and the video follows (delete text to cut video)
• AI Eye Contact correction for natural camera gaze even when reading scripts
• AI Denoise removes background noise from recordings
• AI Twin digital clone generation from a single selfie photo
• AI Edit: type natural language commands to add B-roll, transitions, sound effects
• Generative B-roll, music, and image insertion via text prompts
• Text-to-video generation from written scripts
• Pre-built AI actor library for UGC-style ad content

Use Cases

• 1Solo creators producing daily TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts from talking-head footage
• 2Small businesses creating product demo videos with auto-captions and AI dubbing for international audiences
• 3Marketing teams generating UGC-style ad creatives using AI Twin and AI actors at scale
• 4Podcasters repurposing audio clips into captioned vertical video for social media
• 5Course creators adding professional captions and multilingual dubbing to educational content