Captions review

Captions started as a captioning app and now covers much of the short-form workflow on a phone. AI Ads, AI Creator and AI Skits generate finished videos from a prompt, digital twins and custom AI actors stand in for a presenter, and Clips cuts a long recording into post-ready shorts. Captions in 100+ languages, AI Translate and AI Lipdub help repurpose one video for several markets, and a chat-based editor applies changes from plain instructions. The free plan keeps teleprompter, trimming, captions and basic editing, but generative features need Max at $24.99 a month with 500 credits or Frontier from $69.99 for the most advanced models. It is less suited to cinematic product footage than Runway or Kling, the published prices reflect iOS plans, and team purchasing goes through a separate sales-led business product, so a larger marketing department should confirm terms before rolling it out.

Who it is for

Creators and small brands making talking-head social videos and ads on a phone.

Price

Free plan; Max $24.99 per month (iOS prices in USD).

Max Use generative AI to make new footage, AI actors and more $24.99/mo
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 6, 2026.

Key features

• AI Ads, AI Creator and AI Skits for one-tap video generation
• Digital twins and custom AI actors
• Captions in 100+ languages with caption templates
• AI Translate and AI Lipdub
• Clips that cut a long video into post-ready shorts

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Free plan covers editing and captions
• Strength: Max includes 500 AI credits a month
• Strength: Chat-based editor handles changes for you
• Weakness: Listed prices reflect iOS plans only
• Weakness: Free plan has no AI usage credits
• Weakness: Business features sit in a separate sales-led product

Key facts

• Free plan: Yes, editing and captions without AI credits
• Max: $24.99 a month, 500 credits
• Frontier: $69.99 a month, 1,400 credits
• Frontier 4x: $279.99 a month, 5,600 credits
• Price basis: USD, iOS plans

Where it ranks

Captions is No. 7 in our Best AI Video Generators verdict.