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Best Subtitle Generation Apps for iPhone (2026)
Quick answer
Captions: AI Edits Your Video is the top-ranked of the 14 tiered subtitle generation apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 52,974 ratings.
Tier list
Top 5
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★ 4.8 · 14.8K ratings · Free + IAP - 3
Captiono: AI SubtitlesS tier★ 4.7 · 6.5K ratings · Free + IAP - 4
★ 4.8 · 28.8K ratings · Free + IAP - 5
★ 4.6 · 2.9K ratings · Free + IAP
Key takeaways
- Captions ranks #1 of the 14 tiered subtitle generation apps, S tier with a score of 96 out of 100.
- Captions has the most App Store ratings here: 52,974, averaging 4.7/5.
- 9 of the 14 tiered apps reach S or A tier.
What belongs in this list
Automatically create subtitles for a video from its speech.
Not here: a subtitle search or download tool alone; a video editor alone; a text overlay tool alone; a general speech note taker alone; a video generator alone
How we pick
For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Apps whose maker has verified ownership get a small score component, because an active maker is a sign the app is kept up to date. It never decides a tier on its own. Updated daily. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. Read the full method →
Compare every app
| # | App | Tier | Score | Rating | Ratings | Price | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Captions: AI Edits Your VideoBest overall | S | 95.5 | 4.7 | 52,974 | Free + IAP | |
| 2 | S | 93.2 | 4.8 | 14,834 | Free + IAP | ||
| 3 | S | 92.8 | 4.7 | 6,482 | Free + IAP | ||
| 4 | S | 92.1 | 4.8 | 28,812 | Free + IAP | ||
| 5 | S | 91.3 | 4.6 | 2,925 | Free + IAP | ||
| 6 | S | 91.1 | 4.6 | 3,284 | Free + IAP | ||
| 7 | S | 90.2 | 4.5 | 2,875 | Free + IAP | ||
| 8 | A | 81.7 | 4.6 | 9,462 | Free + IAP | ||
| 9 | A | 80.5 | 4.6 | 13,104 | Free + IAP | ||
| 10 |  Teleprompter App Record VideosMost recently updatedprovisional | C | 66.8 | 4.6 | 3,328 | Free + IAP | |
| 11 |  AI Video Subtitles Generatorprovisional | C | 60.0 | 5.0 | 1 | Free + IAP | |
| 12 | D | 58.9 | 4.3 | 1,804 | Free + IAP | ||
| 13 |  Caption AI: Generated Subtitleprovisional | F | 38.0 | 4.5 | 72 | Free + IAP | |
| 14 |  Captions AI - Auto Subtitlesprovisional | F | 14.5 | n/a | 0 | Free + IAP |
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Questions people ask
What is the best subtitle generation app for iPhone?
Captions: AI Edits Your Video, S tier, ranked #1 of 14, rated 4.7 by 52,974 people.
Which subtitle generation apps are free?
14 of 14 are free to download: Captions: AI Edits Your Video (S), VDIT: AI Captions & Subtitles (S), Captiono: AI Subtitles (S), VEED Lite: Quick Video Edits (S) and more. 14 of them sell in-app purchases.
Which subtitle generation app has the best App Store rating?
VEED Lite: Quick Video Edits at 4.8 from 28,812 ratings.
How many subtitle generation apps reach S or A tier?
9 of 14.