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Subtitle & Caption Generation

Generate, translate, and edit timestamped subtitles/captions for video, on-device.

46 on-device alternatives, ranked
Our picks
Top pickFree

AutoSub - Video Translator

Basel Baragabah

A deep, genuinely capable on-device subtitle studio in Subtitle & Caption Generation: six local transcription modes covering 50 languages, offline Apple/Google translation, video OCR, and burned-in export up to 4K. The breadth of local modes and the optional (clearly labeled) cloud AI-translate set it apart from single-engine competitors.

4.8 · 20on-device+ cloud
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Overall mark
Capability5/5
Craft4/5
Privacy4/5
Value4/5
What's good
  • +Six on-device transcription modes spanning 50 languages, all offline
  • +Video OCR plus offline translation and 4K burn-in export in one app
  • +Strong 4.8 rating and creator-focused workflow
Watch-outs
  • Best features gated behind a Pro subscription
  • AI Translate/Enhance modes are cloud (Gemini/GPT), not local
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Runner-up

Quick Subtitles

Matt BirchlerFree

A clean, indie-built (Matt Birchler) on-device transcriber that turns any audio/video into editable text or SRT using Apple Speech Analyzer or NVIDIA Parakeet V3 on Apple Silicon. Bring-your-own-key AI cleanup and analysis make the cloud strictly optional, which is rare and welcome in this category.

4.8 · 4on-device+ cloud
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Also great

SubOut - Subtitle Extractor

Basel BaragabahFree

A focused, fully on-device tool that recovers hardcoded/burned-in subtitles into editable .srt via local detection and multi-language OCR — a task most apps can't do. The one-time $19.99 price (no subscriptions) and live editor make it a clean, honest pick in Subtitle & Caption Generation.

5.0 · 2on-device
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Compress-san

Free
Cameron Banga

Video compressor that also generates SRT subtitles with local on-device transcription and translates them into 23 languages, all without uploading media.

4.2 · 5·on-device
05

Subtitle Extractor

Free
Muruganandh Ramadass

Pulls subtitles from any video to .srt, including image-based and burned-in tracks read frame-by-frame via on-device Apple Vision + Tesseract OCR.

new · unrated·on-device
06

SubEasy

Free
志亮 黎

On-device Whisper subtitle generator, editor and merger with a waveform timeline, 100+ language translation, and SRT/VTT/LRC export.

5.0 · 1·on-deviceWhisper
07

Cliptate

Free
奇 李

On-device toolkit for audio/video creators: local speech recognition for subtitles, silence trimming, voice cloning, and FCPXML/SRT exports without any cloud upload.

new · unrated·on-device
08

巴别播客

Free
美 杨

Podcast app that generates full-episode subtitles offline with an embedded inference model, with sentence-level highlighting and SRT/VTT export.

5.0 · 1·on-device+ cloud
09

Syncscribe: Video Subtitles

Free
SiRu Li

Generates timestamped subtitles and bilingual translations from video locally via WhisperKit, with burn-in and lyric MV export.

new · unrated·on-deviceCore ML
10

SubShift

Free
Gijs Raggers

Mac subtitle maker that auto-transcribes video with on-device WhisperKit and translates via Apple Translation, all without uploading footage.

new · unrated·on-devicewhisper.cpp
11

SRTWhisper - Video Subtitles

$4.99
Chih Han Lin

Whisper-powered subtitle studio: transcribe, translate, edit and burn-in, with a fully offline local-LLM translation option (Qwen/Gemma/Phi).

new · unrated·on-device+ cloudOllama
12

Captions AI Video

Free
Yaroslav Mykhailov

On-device WhisperKit captioning with 22 animated caption styles, text-based editing, and filler-word removal; export SRT/VTT, no cloud processing.

new · unrated·on-devicewhisper.cpp
13

Mogura

$9.99
宇鑫 高

Generates timed subtitles from video/audio entirely on your Mac using Metal-accelerated on-device Whisper; exports SRT/VTT/ASS, one-time purchase.

new · unrated·on-deviceMetal
14

Captionator for Final Cut

$19.99
Brian M

Final Cut Pro plugin that runs Whisper on your Mac's hardware to auto-generate captions and animated word-by-word titles in nearly 100 languages.

new · unrated·on-deviceWhisper
15

Captioner for Final Cut Pro

Free
Mansoer Walizada

Auto-generates time-synced captions in 50+ languages and exports SRT and FCPXML for Final Cut Pro, with in-app review and editing before export.

new · unrated·on-device
16

FinalCap Ultimate

$7.99
Vishwa Veeramaachaneni

WhisperKit-powered captioning built into Final Cut Pro, fully offline after a one-time model download, with 90+ languages and FCP-title or .srt output.

new · unrated·on-deviceCore ML
17

Whisper Mate

Free
健斌 黄

Batch-transcribes audio and video into subtitles with a built-in editor using the Whisper model, processing entirely on your local machine.

new · unrated·on-deviceWhisper
18

Caption Mate: AI auto caption

Free
hyunggu cho

Whisper-powered subtitle generator that transcribes 90+ languages entirely offline on Apple Silicon, exporting SRT, VTT, JSON, and Final Cut XML.

new · unrated·on-deviceWhisper
19

Captions: AI Short Video Maker

Free
Rasida Udya

Auto-captions any video with on-device voice recognition, styles and translates them into 50+ languages, and exports in HD/4K; no account or data collection.

5.0 · 1·on-device
20

Underword

Free
Nicolas Kick

Visual SRT/VTT subtitle editor with waveform timeline that transcribes audio offline using downloadable Apple or Whisper models, no data leaving your Mac.

new · unrated·on-deviceWhisper
21

Vocaptio: Subtitle Editor

Free
Ugur Demir

On-device subtitle editor that transcribes with WhisperKit and translates to 30+ languages (DeepL or offline Whisper), with burn-in export.

new · unrated·on-device+ cloudWhisper
22

SuperTransSub

$9.99
亚兰 郑

Creates and translates SRT subtitles locally using an embedded Whisper engine plus a bundled on-device MNN LLM, with bilingual export.

new · unrated·on-deviceWhisper
23

Subtitle Maker: AI Captions

Free
Viktor Grushevskiy

Generates word-by-word animated viral subtitles for short-form video using on-device Whisper in 50+ languages; footage never leaves the phone.

5.0 · 1·on-deviceWhisper
24

ARI Player

Free
Goateraction

Video player that generates and translates subtitles for any video in 20 languages, with speech recognition and translation running on-device.

new · unrated·on-device
25

OCR Subtitle

Free
韩 明洁

Extracts hard-coded subtitles from video via OCR into editable SRT, with auto ROI/language detection; AI translation is routed out to external assistants.

5.0 · 1·on-device+ cloud
26

Wonder Captions

Free
Jacek Hermann

Generates and burns word-timed subtitles on-device, with bilingual English/Traditional Chinese output via Apple's on-device translation.

new · unrated·on-device
27

Fuse Caption Studio

Free
Fuse Labs

Offline captioning and review studio for video pros: on-device ML captioning, multi-language subtitle editing, timestamped notes, and SRT/VTT/burn-in exports.

new · unrated·on-device
28

SubEnvoy - AI Subtitle Editor

Free
祎 万

Whisper-powered subtitle generator and AI translator that transcribes video fully offline and exports SRT for Infuse, nPlayer, and VLC.

new · unrated·on-deviceWhisper
29

LinguaCaption

$29.99
Taliyo Ltd

Offline Mac captioning that transcribes video, translates into dozens of languages, and burns styled subtitles; optional JSON round-trip for external translation.

new · unrated·on-device
30

ClipLit

Free
Robert Corbin

Burns timed captions into short videos using Apple's on-device Speech framework, with editable transcript and six styles; clips never leave your device.

new · unrated·on-device
31

Captionful

Free
Furvur Inc

Drop a video in and Captionful transcribes audio, adds styled captions and exports MP4 in under a minute — everything runs locally on the Mac.

new · unrated·on-device
32

UVS_OCR-Get video subtitle

Free
溪明 林

Burned-in subtitle extractor that OCRs hardcoded captions from video frames offline and exports SRT or TXT, with batch processing and bilingual support.

new · unrated·on-device
33

Auto Captions

Free
Cory Liu

Auto-transcribes video audio and burns in customizable overlay captions on Mac, exporting SRT, VTT, and transcripts — all processed locally with no uploads.

new · unrated·on-device
34

Lost in Transcription

Free
Skovgaard & Damgaard ApS

Final Cut Pro extension that transcribes clips into native, editable FCPX title layers via local Whisper, with drag-and-drop subtitles and trendy styles.

new · unrated·on-device+ cloudWhisper
35

captionTranslator

$34.99
Intelligent Assistance Software, Inc

Final Cut Pro extension that batch-translates native captions into 20 languages using Apple's on-device ML, no internet required—stays inside FCP.

new · unrated·on-deviceCore ML
36

Final Caption Pro

$19.99
振龙 何

Generates Final Cut Pro captions from a built-in offline transcription model, then exports SRT/FCPXML straight into the FCP workflow.

new · unrated·on-device
37

NarrativeVideo

Free
伍生 刘

macOS app for local video transcription and subtitle export, with auto language detection and manual choice across nine languages.

new · unrated·on-device
38

Build SRT

$2.99
韩 明洁

Extracts speech from video using Apple's built-in recognizer and exports standard SRT subtitle files; supports manual text import too.

5.0 · 1·on-device
39

SRT Subtitle Translator

$1.99
Ascenso Labs LLC

Lightweight Mac utility that translates SRT subtitles across 20 languages using on-device Apple translation; works offline after a language-pack download.

new · unrated·on-device
40

ReelWords Viral Video Captions

Free
Amuwaththe Mudiyanselage Kavindu Harshana

Generates perfectly timed Reels/Shorts/TikTok captions with on-device speech recognition and animated styles in a sub-15MB native iOS app.

new · unrated·on-device
41

OCR Subtitle Ultra

$9.99
韩 明洁

Extracts hard-coded subtitles from video via on-the-fly OCR into SRT, with auto-ROI/language detection; AI translation is offloaded to external assistants.

new · unrated·on-device
42

Mew Cut - Subtitle Generator

Free
鸿呈 吉

Subtitle generator for video creators that defaults to local AI processing, with optional cloud enhancement and automated batch workflows.

new · unrated·on-device+ cloud
43

AI Cut Pro

Free
奇 李

AI subtitle generator that recognizes speech in videos, auto-corrects errors, highlights key info, and exports FCPXML for Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve.

1.0 · 1·on-device
44

SubtitleVideo

Free
进 吕

Generates real-time subtitles and translations for any video, with the developer stating all speech recognition and translation processing happens locally on-device.

1.0 · 1·on-device
45

Kandy Lyrics

$9.99
Taliyo Ltd

Candy-styled animated lyric visualizer that auto-syncs lyrics and suggests styles with an offline AI companion; can also translate lyrics, all on device.

new · unrated·on-device
46

Focus Video - Format Converter

Free
春浩 王

Video compressor and format converter that also transcribes audio into subtitles locally using Apple's Neural Engine.

new · unrated·on-deviceApple Neural Engine