CapScribe: Auto Captions is a photo and video app designed to turn speech into editable captions directly on your device. It transcribes imported video or audio on the device, lets users correct wording and timing, and burns styled captions into exported videos. The app also supports existing SRT or VTT files, caption translation, bilingual subtitles, and batch processing for up to 10 videos.

With customizable styles, review tools, social-ready canvas ratios, and local project storage, CapScribe provides a privacy-focused workflow for modern creators who want to prepare polished captioned content without uploading their media to external servers.

An all-in-one captioning workflow

CapScribe offers an all-in-one captioning workflow that covers transcription, editing, styling, and export. Users can import video or audio, adjust caption wording and timing, preview playback, and choose from multiple preset styles or customize fonts, colors, alignment, outlines, backgrounds, and shadows. The app also provides Smart Placement, which helps position captions away from faces and on-screen text, while Pop and Rise animations add extra visual movement when needed.

For creators handling several files, CapScribe provides batch processing for up to 10 videos alongside separate SRT, VTT, and TXT exports. Users can translate captions with Apple’s Translation framework, switch between original, translated, or bilingual subtitles, and review low-confidence, fast, overlong, or empty captions before publishing. A reusable term dictionary can also help with names and commonly misheard words, while local projects remain searchable, editable, and reusable.

That said, the free version limits longer videos to the first 90 seconds and audio to 10 minutes, meaning users working with longer recordings need the one-time purchase to unlock full-length processing. Although CapScribe avoids subscriptions, ads, and watermarks, the preview restriction can make the free version less practical for creators who need to caption lengthy interviews, lectures, podcasts, or other extended recordings before deciding whether to purchase.

A private captioning companion

CapScribe delivers a comprehensive on-device captioning experience for creators who need transcription, editing, styling, translation, and export in one place. Its batch tools, review center, customizable designs, and local processing make the workflow flexible while keeping media private. Although the free preview limits longer recordings, the one-time unlock provides unlimited length without subscriptions or watermarks, making CapScribe a focused tool for producing polished captioned videos.