Automatic captions, on-device
On-device speech recognition transcribes the audio and burns in styled captions. Free, offline, no upload, no recurring subscription, no account.
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85%
Silent viewing
Most social video is watched without sound.
24+
Languages
On-device via Apple Speech.
Free
No subscription
Optional one-time unlock.
How it works
On-device transcription
Apple's Speech framework runs locally on iPhone. Your audio doesn't get sent to OpenAI Whisper or Google Speech.
One-tap caption fixing
Misheard a brand name? Tap and edit. The caption updates instantly with the video.
Custom caption styles
Font, color, stroke, animation, position. Save presets per platform — bold for TikTok, clean for Reels.
Burns in — exports clean
The exported MP4 has captions baked in. No SRT files, no subtitle tracks — works on every platform that accepts video.
Multilingual
24+ languages via Apple Speech. Switch language per project, or auto-detect.
Works offline
Caption a video in airplane mode. No upload, no API call, no internet required after setup.
vs Recap, Submagic, BlitzCut, Detail
Free vs paid tiers
Recap, Submagic, BlitzCut all charge recurring subscriptions for full exports. Clipped is free with an optional one-time unlock — no monthly billing.
On-device vs cloud
Submagic, Detail, and BlitzCut process in the cloud. Your audio gets uploaded. Clipped processes locally.
iPhone native, not webview
Several 'iOS' caption apps are wrappers around web tools. Clipped is a real iOS app — instant launch, share-sheet, offline.
Plus full clip pipeline
Recap and BlitzCut only caption. Clipped also finds the best moments, reframes to vertical, and exports — captions are one part of the workflow.
FAQ
Open Clipped, drop in your video, and the on-device speech recognizer transcribes the audio and burns in styled captions. Free, no upload, no recurring subscription. Works on any video in your camera roll.
Apple's on-device Speech framework (used by Clipped) is competitive with cloud transcription for clean audio in supported languages. For very noisy audio or rare languages, cloud tools like Otter or Submagic may edge ahead — but they require uploading and a subscription.
Yes. Apple's Speech framework runs on-device for most major languages. After installing, you can caption videos in airplane mode.
Yes. Captioning is free with no recurring subscription and no account. The transcription runs locally on your iPhone, so there's no server cost to subsidize. Exported videos include a small Clipped watermark by default; one optional one-time in-app purchase removes it permanently.
Yes — font, size, color, stroke, position, animation. Caption styling is one of the things creators tweak per-platform (TikTok wants bigger and bolder than Reels), and Clipped supports per-style presets.
Apple Speech supports 24+ languages including English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, and more. Languages run locally where Apple ships local models.
Free captions
Drop in any video. Get back a captioned MP4. Free on the App Store, no subscription, no upload.
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