Captions app pricing: Free vs Basic vs Max (2026).

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How much does the Captions app cost?

Captions (the app behind captions.ai) is a mobile-first AI video studio for iPhone, Android and the web, with captions, a camera and teleprompter, AI editing, dubbing and AI avatars. Our Captions.ai alternative page compares it with AnimateCaptions for caption-only work.

Captions app plans and prices at a glance

Prices as of November 2026, checked on 1 November 2026 on Captions’ pricing page and its help center (Subscriptions & Plans and Understanding Credits). All prices are in USD per month. Captions offers monthly and yearly billing and says yearly plans are discounted, but it does not publish the yearly prices on these pages.

Note that the public pricing page itself showed only Max, Frontier (with 2x and 4x tiers) and a custom-priced Enterprise plan on 1 November 2026. Basic and Lite appear only in the help center, so what you are offered may depend on your platform.

Captions Free vs Basic vs Max: what’s the difference?

Free covers basic manual editing with one caption template; Basic adds paid editing tools and 200 monthly credits; Max unlocks the AI editing and generation features Captions is known for. Captions’ pricing page lists 1 caption template on Free and 100+ on paid plans.

• Free ($0): 60 to 200 lifetime credits that don’t refresh, the “Eclipse” caption template, and exports using captions, camera, trim, zoom, sounds, media, voiceover, transitions and resize. Using any other feature prompts an upgrade.
• Basic ($9.99/month): 200 credits a month, exports without a watermark, Reddit to Video, script generator, camera and teleprompter, caption and dub, plus AI tools for eye contact, denoise, censor, zoom, voiceover, title cards, text and trim.
• Max ($24.99/month): 500 credits a month, everything in Basic, plus chat-to-edit, AI Edit, Clips (long video to short clips), AI-generated actors, up to 30 AI Twins, and AI-generated media, sound effects and music.
• Frontier ($69.99/month): 1,400 credits, everything in Max, faster generations, and 2x ($139.99, 2,800 credits) or 4x ($279.99, 5,600 credits) tiers.
• Lite ($4.99/month): Android only; manual editing tools such as caption styles, dubbing, eye contact and denoise. It can’t be used on iPhone or desktop.

How do Captions app credits work?

Captions credits pay for AI features, not uploads or exports. Its help center says every AI feature (generated images, video, sounds, music, voiceovers, prompt-to-video and AI Edits) deducts credits, and credits are spent even if you never export the project. How many videos a plan covers depends on which AI features you use.

• AI Edit: 10 to 40 credits, depending on video duration and model.
• Prompt to Video: 16 credits every 6 seconds.
• Chat-based editing: 2 credits per message plus 1 per action taken.
• Generated media: images 1 to 3 credits, video 1 to 20, music 1 to 2 (model-specific costs vary).

On Basic and above, unused credits roll over, capped at 3 times your monthly allowance. You can’t buy individual credits on standard plans; the help center says to upgrade instead. Downgrading cuts your balance to the new cap, and cancelling forfeits remaining credits when the billing period ends.

Does the Captions app watermark exports?

Paid Captions plans export without a watermark, with one catch. Its help center says that if you use Max-only features (Co-Editor, AI Edit, AI-generated images or videos, or AI Creator) on Basic, the export will carry a watermark until you remove those features or upgrade to Max. The Free plan’s help entry lists “no watermarks” for its basic features, so test an export before you rely on it.

How do Captions billing and refunds work?

Where you subscribe decides how you cancel and get refunds. Captions’ help center says App Store and Google Play subscriptions are billed and refunded by Apple or Google (see Apple’s refund guide and Google Play’s refund page), while monthly plans bought on its website are non-refundable but can be cancelled anytime. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends.

Which Captions plan should you choose?

• Occasional captioned clips with one style: Free.
• Captions, dubbing and teleprompter without AI editing: Basic at $9.99/month.
• AI Edit, Clips or AI actors: Max at $24.99/month, the lowest plan with those features.
• Heavy AI video generation: Frontier or its 2x/4x tiers.

Strengths: Captions works end to end on your phone, offers 100+ caption templates on paid plans and says it supports captions in 100+ languages. For a browser-based option, see Submagic vs Captions app or our breakdown of Submagic pricing.

How does AnimateCaptions pricing compare?

AnimateCaptions is a narrower, caption-only tool, so it costs less but has no AI editing, avatars or dubbing. AnimateCaptions, a browser-based tool that auto-transcribes your video and burns in animated, word-by-word captions, has these plans as of November 2026, per our pricing page:

• Free: €0, no credit card, 3 videos and 10 renders a month, videos up to 2 minutes, 1080p, exports carry a watermark.
• Creator: from €6.99/month for 15 videos (€12.99 for 30, €24.99 for 60), up to 2 minutes, no watermark.
• Pro: from €12.99/month for 15 videos (€19.99 for 30, €32.99 for 60), up to 5 minutes, 1080p and 4K, no watermark.

Plans are billed monthly with a 7-day money-back guarantee, and there are no AI credits to track. Whatever you use, check auto-generated captions before posting; the W3C’s captions guidance notes automatic captions usually need editing.

We checked every Captions price, credit cost and rule here on 1 November 2026. Plans change often, so confirm in the Captions app before you subscribe. Try AnimateCaptions free if you only need captions.