Captions vs Wisecut Comparison 2026
Captions and Wisecut both charge in the mid-twenties a month with no free tier, and both are built for a talking-head recording rather than a multi-camera shoot. Captions is $24.99 a month for 500 credits and edits on an iPhone, the same device that filmed the footage, generating B-roll or even an AI presenter around it. Wisecut is $23.25 a month billed annually at $279 a year and runs in a browser instead, removing silences and filler from a long recording and laying music underneath before anybody opens a timeline. One edits on the phone that shot the footage; the other cleans up a longer recording uploaded to a browser.
AI editing for talking-head video on iPhone
Cuts the silences and scores what is left
At a glance
- Wisecut starts cheaper, at $23.25.
- Neither has a free tier.
Side by side
Captions | Wisecut | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $24.99 | From $23.25 |
| Pricing model | Paid subscription | Paid subscription |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Not stated |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export |
Captions
AI editing for talking-head video on iPhone
Captions edits the kind of video where somebody talks to the camera. It cuts the pauses, animates the subtitles and can generate the B-roll, music and sound effects that go around what you actually shot. The AI actor feature produces footage of a presenter from a script, either an invented one or a twin of you. Its pricing covers the iOS plans and the page says so rather than leaving you to find out.
Our note
This is the strongest of the phone-first AI editors and the least useful if you already own a desktop workflow. Treat the credit allowance rather than the monthly price as the real limit.
Only on this side
- Covers video editing
- Works with Facebook
Wisecut
Cuts the silences and scores what is left
Wisecut removes silences and filler from a long recording, adds subtitles and lays background music under the result, which is most of a rough edit done before anybody opens a timeline. Autopilot runs the whole sequence unattended. Plans are metered in credits split between editor time and automated time, so the two ways of using it are priced apart. A talking-head recording is what this is built for and a multi-camera shoot is not.
Why people weigh these two
- Wisecut instead of Captions
- Wisecut automates the same tedium, cutting the silences and scoring what is left, at $23.25 with no free tier.
- Captions instead of Wisecut
- Captions edits talking-head video with AI on iPhone specifically, at $24.99, close to Wisecut's own price but built for a phone rather than a longer recording.
Which one should you pick
Take Captions when filming and editing happen on the same iPhone, and the job includes generating material around the footage: B-roll, music or an AI presenter built from a script. Max is $24.99 a month for 500 credits, with no free tier to test it first. Its own brief admits it is the least useful choice for anybody already working on a desktop.
Take Wisecut for a long talking-head recording, a course or an interview, where cutting the pauses by hand is the hour you want back. The entry plan is $23.25 a month billed annually at $279, splitting 300 credits between five hours of editor time and two and a half of unattended Autopilot. Run one real recording through it before committing, since how well the silence detection handles a particular speaking style is what decides whether it saves time.
Common questions
- Are the two priced similarly?
- Yes, close: Captions is $24.99 a month and Wisecut is $23.25 a month billed annually at $279 a year. Neither has a free tier.
- Which one runs on a phone?
- Captions does, built specifically to edit on the same iPhone that filmed the footage. Wisecut runs in a browser and is built around uploading a longer recording rather than filming and editing on one device.
- Which one removes silences and filler automatically?
- Wisecut's whole job is this: Autopilot runs the cut unattended on a long recording, splitting credits between editor time and automated time. Captions cuts pauses too, but its listing centres on generating material and animating subtitles around a shorter talking-head clip.
- Does either one work for a multi-camera shoot?
- No. Wisecut's own brief says a multi-camera shoot will fight it every step, since the cut needs to carry meaning a person should decide. Captions is built around a single person talking to one camera as well.
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