Captions review

Best for

Creators who film and edit talking videos on their phone

Price

Freemium · from $24.99/month
Free: Basic tools such as trimming and transitions, with no AI credits

Platforms

iOS, Android, Web

Made by

Mirage, New York, USA

App store ratings

iOS 4.7★ (38K)

What it is

Captions, made by Mirage, is a mobile-first editor for talking-head videos. It adds animated word-by-word captions, edits automatically with AI Edit, cuts long videos into AI Shorts, dubs into 28+ languages with lip-sync, and generates B-roll, music and AI actors. Mirage Studio has been merged into it.

What the AI does

• Animated AI captions
• AI Edit one-tap editing
• AI Shorts from long videos
• Dubbing with lip-sync in 28+ languages
• Custom B-roll, music and sound effects
• AI actors and digital twins

Pros and cons

How it scores

Feature-rich and easy on iPhone, but reliability complaints and a weak free plan pull it down.

Feature checklist · 5 of 9

• ✓Automatic captions with styles (yes)
• ✓Turns long videos into short clips automatically (yes)
• –Edit video by editing the transcript (no)
• –Removes silences and filler words automatically (no)
• ✓AI translation and dubbing into other languages (yes)
• ✓Adds AI-generated or stock B-roll automatically (yes)
• –AI audio clean-up and noise removal (no)
• ✓Editing apps for iPhone and Android (yes)
• –Free plan exports without a watermark (no)

How we score apps →

Alternatives

See all Captions alternatives, ranked →

• CapCut 8.3/10Social creators who want a free, full-featured editor on every device
• Kapwing 7.9/10Social and marketing teams who want a fast, collaborative editor in the browser
• Descript 7.8/10Podcasters, YouTubers and teams who edit talking-head video
• Wondershare Filmora 7.8/10Hobbyists who want a full desktop editor with AI help at a low yearly price

CapCut vs Captions

Sources

• Captions pricing
• Download Captions
• Captions AI review (eesel AI, Sept 2026)
• Captions on the App Store