MixCaptions: Video Captions Reviews

by Paulab1210

I would have enthusiastically given MixCaptions five stars. I love the ease of creating captions, the different fonts and sizes available, and the fact that I can easily move my watermark around, adjust its size, opacity, etc. MixCaptions is perfect! Until you “run out of time” and are told you have to buy more. Wait! What?! Didn’t I pay $4.99 for the year!? Oh, apparently (after reading everyone else’s reviews) that’s only to remove MixCaptions ’s watermark and give me some fonts I can’t use unless I buy more time. I will be deleting MixCaptions and searching for another. You guys are scammers! If you ever add a (responsible and unlimited download) monthly subscription option, let me know. The payment option is literally the only reason I’m leaving.

by MissK46&2

Wow. Had to change my 5 star glowing review below to one. I didn’t know you could only use MixCaptions for a certain amount of minutes and then you can’t use it to auto sub AT ALL unless you subscribe at $10/month.
Bummer.

Works excellently! This is the 5th auto sub app I’ve tried. The rest either crashes constantly, required too much manual editing, was clunky and aesthetically jarring or everything was locked behind an offensively high pay wall. Glad I kept looking because this is great! A good choice for anyone looking to quickly and automatically add ACCURATE subtitles to their IG reels or stories. I talk really fast and the other apps either didn’t recognize my speech at all or did so incorrectly. MixCaptions also accurately displayed the speech from a secondary off camera person which most other auto sub apps don’t do. Huzzah! Don’t change a thing ☺️

by Jahcdhvf

In my original review I said I was really impressed with MixCaptions. It was quick and easy and only $4.99/year. Well, I take it back.

After paying $4.99 for a year subscription I tried to caption another video and they tried to charge me per minutes. So, in other words I’m supposed to pay a yearly subscription in order to pay more money for time credits?They didn’t even indicate that there were more fees when I paid for the year subscription. What’s the point of a subscription if I’m just paying for time credits anyway? Needless to say I’m calling Apple to see if I can get this charge reversed.

by K1695

a few of my videos ate the credits i paid for and never gave me captioned content in return. when i reached out to the support team and let them know about the issue, they didnt acknowledge my request to refund the credits for a 4 minute video, and basically gave me the “did you turn it off and back on again?” line of response. pretty disappointing, given how much ive loved using MixCaptions. ive told everyone i know who shares video content to social media about it, but i’m finding this is another one of those moments where i say to myself: welp, guess youre not gettin your money back on that one. wish it couldve been a more supportive customer experience. and as a pisces, i’m honestly wondering if i’m just being too nice/generous with 3 stars... it REALLY sucked to get this lack of value on the backend, even though the frontside value was so strong. schmo well

by Alysco2003

This is a really good app, but it needs help. When there needs to be an extension/trimming of the lyrics showing on the screen, there seems to be no way of making that happen. If there is, it doesn’t work because I can never do it. I always end up going to iMovie to adjust and that’s not good enough- since I’m paying annually for MixCaptions.

It’s almost there, but not quite- please consider adding more editing tools- especially on lengthening how long a lyrics stays on screen/trimming. Thank you!

by ATribeCalledLove

it is a bit of a run-around trying to create new lyrics. the auto caption was aweful for ONE singing voice over an acoustic guitar in a living room. just awful. and the self captioning process is tedious because you have to click ADD then type in the lyric, then type DONE then click the clock then go and adjust the times...it's just tedious. there's gotta be a quicker way to program this

by Miss Justin Bieber <3

I tried pretty much all of the apps in the appstore that were free to download, and this is the best all around! It’s easy to use, the speech recognition catches pretty much everything, omits the “um” and “uh”s and is timed on screen in a way that isn’t overwhelming or too slow, and you can keep your video in portrait orientation if need be! The only negatives i’ve experienced so far are: 1. your video has to be in 10minute increments, but it’s easy to use the trim tool to make sure you start and end the video in exact places. 2. you essentially have to pay to collect points, and depending on how long your video is you may need to buy more. i.e. i had a 10min long video to caption and i needed 600points, which is $1.99. not bad! but i think it would be better for people who plan to regularly use it if it there was an option to pay a monthly fee instead.
overall though this is 100% the best app i’ve tried and i highly recommend it!

by HEllaRedRose

MixCaptions does a great job captioning my videos, even when i’m talking at like 80 words per minute. however, i think it could be a bit more user-friendly. for example, it’s kind of difficult to edit the timing of captions. i wish i could just drag and drop markers instead of having to click on the caption itself. also, you can only do a certain amount of seconds of video before you have to upgrade. i’m a broke college student who can’t afford $10 per month. however, you can do unlimited numbers of manual captions which is a cool alternative and easier than using the tiktok app.

by Pxnsy

I absolutely love MixCaptions for the purpose of embedded captioning. I have literally no complaints in that regard.
BUT, recently, when I checked my screen time I noticed that I was spending an average of 45+ minutes per day on an app called “Acapella by PicPlayPost”… an app that I don’t even have installed. When I disabled screen time for that app, MixCaptions became disabled as well, meaning it is what’s registering as screen time for this mystery app.
Super weird, felt kinda off, and heavily made me consider deleting MixCaptions , even though I pay for it monthly.

by Joe.joe.g

MixCaptions works great. It transcribes well and generally I only have to make a few tweaks. The one thing that could be improved is a few more places of placement for text. If there was a way to have the caption a third of the way up and 2/3rds of the way up, it would be really helpful for those that use it for tiktok. Because in its current position it is either hidden by text on the bottom of the screen or the top speaker part of the iPhone.

by Mattgwin

Starting a podcast is exhilarating, and exhausting. And I am loving it. But not only do you have to record and edit the show, but then there are all of the collateral pieces to make for email and social media. With 80% of viewers watching your content on mobile with no sound on, captions are more important than even. this app takes the tedious and time sucking task out of your hands (while still allowing space to edit when needed) and allows you to focus on connection and creating more great content. The price is reasonable and much less than other transcription services. I wish I would have found this weeks ago

by Clarklynch

Texting is fine but sometimes sharing with someone deaf/hard of hearing needs a video. This is truly the best thing I’ve found to share with others especially during this pandemic. Thank you! I wish I was a better writer so I could adequately express how useful this is!

by Karleilei

This is a great Captioning app, however I wish that for the price, one could transcribe and translate videos into other languages as well. I still give MixCaptions a 5 star rating because the quality and the accuracy is unmatched and would definitely continue using.

Please consider my suggestion for a future update.

by NguyenLeThaoNguyenKatherine

I'd been looking for so many applications/softwares for my daily job. Glad I came accross MixCaptions and everything is so easy.

I had a bit of systematic problem (turn out it was my bad), emailed them and the team provided responsive and very good customer service. 5 stars!!!

by Stanley_S23019

I've been using the paid version of this for TikTok and the degree of control is unparalleled compared to other apps. The only piece of feedback I have is could you make it possible to control the width of the text? It's frequently clipped or covered by UI elements since TikTok videos are vertical and don't have much in horizontal screen estate. THANK YOU! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

by Aritchson

Would love a feature where we can import multiple videos to make a longer clip/movie and the ability to move the captions anywhere on the screen. They can get cutoff on Instagram and other platforms if they’re at the bottom, and the other alternative usually places it in the middle of the screen over the subject. The top of the screen is just a little ridiculous. Other than wishing for those MixCaptions is great.

by TrueKati

I've been struggling for a few hours to get captions on my videos I'm making for a course. Found the name of MixCaptions on a random bloggers list of good apps to use to generate captions. IT IS SO EASY TO USE! OH! There is one drawback.. you can't export anything unless you sign up for the free 3-day trial. Most of the review sites say this product has a free plan, it does, but not really. Although, I immediately upgraded to the pro version because I know I'll use it.

by Yourfamilyphotgrapher

The amount of control over what fonts, placement, and editing of the closed captions are AMAZING. To unlock all the fonts is $3.99 a YEAR. Not week or month, a YEAR! That upgrade also removes MixCaptions watermark and gives you the ability to embed your personal watermark!
I’m a TikTok content creator and there are several websites that can remove the TikTok watermark and allow them to be downloaded. Being able to embed my watermark in vids is amazing and prevents my intellectual property from being stolen.
Thank you so much for MixCaptions! I love that I can make my videos accessible to the hearing impaired community!

by Katy Hover-Smoot

Initially, I was so impressed with MixCaptions. I uploaded a video, it captioned it, et voilá! In fact, I use captioned videos for work, and when I moved onto my second video, I paid $4.99 for additional minutes of captioning time and submitted the video. After paying, the video was black, with no sound and only captions. My operating system is up to date, as is my app. However, after paying, MixCaptions is no longer able to process my videos. What a scam! Buyer beware. Really too bad, because the freebie video they give you is so expertly captioned, but once you pay the software no longer functions. Just glad I didn’t pay for a higher number of minutes. Will be reporting to Apple.

by Mkllmllr

Fantastic app. Is really accurate in the rendering of the captions/words. You can even change the font and size. The only two things it is lacking is 1) getting to pick the exact font size (rather than just small, medium, and large) and make the top as big as you want, and 2) being able to drag and door the text anywhere or to any position over the video. But still a fantastic app. Good job!

by Slapsomebase

I paid, spent 2 hours editing a video and then couldn’t share or download it. Customer service is non responsive

by Deafasl

Sorry I can’t hear I am full deaf it sad!!

by _july_cesar

MixCaptions worked great on my XR. But no matter what I try I can’t get it to work on my Pro Max.

by My Gom Jabbar

MixCaptions is not intuitive at all ergo an easy to find tutorial would’ve been nice. How about a help button? Never mind. I just want a refund.

by KevinR820

Hey! I have an idea. Instead of forcing everyone to use your stupid engine that gets every other word wrong just so you can “charge for minutes” how about you simply let people type the captions themselves for free? Win win for us. Maybe not for you. Then again I’m not here to make you rich off crap that isn’t needed and doesnt work well.

by Sarjeantnp

I thought I paid $4.99 for a video captioning app...apparently I paid $4.99 for no watermark and fonts...

I had no idea you had to pay extra for them to transcribe the dialogue first. Makes no sense.

So it’s a useless app for me and....it says in the fine print “no refunds” .

Wasted $4.99

*unless I am using it wrong? Developers did I miss something?

by Riazi11

Add Persian language please

by Daisyluvah

Soooo easy!

by Yralex1975

MixCaptions is my favorite app for caption in my videos. I recommend it!

by Pro Ju

I like the idea to add captions into my own video! It saves me time!

by California_livin'

Got MixCaptions for my real estate videos and I absolutely love it! The videos are transcribed very quickly and I like how you can change the font. Definitely recommend!

by HSheffield

I've been looking for an app to add closed captioning to pre-recorded iPhone videos for Instagram Stories and this is hands-down THE BEST app on the market. Excellent translation capabilities and so easy to edit the captions when needed. High recommend!

by Stukup

Finally! Someone made MixCaptions! Finally! Hopefully it can record 10+ minutes. I’m so excited for my new videos now!!