Captions Review, Pricing & Alternatives (2026)

Captions is an AI video creation app made by Mirage, the company formerly presented under the Captions name. It supports recording, manual editing, automatic captions, dubbing, teleprompter tools, script generation, AI editing, generative video, AI actors, and AI Twins. A 2024 company announcement reported a $60 million Series C, more than $100 million in total capital, a $500 million valuation, and a planned $100 million investment in AI video research. A 2026 company announcement reported $75 million in growth financing from General Catalyst, more than $175 million in total funding, 20 million global users, and 250 million videos. Those scale figures come from company announcements. Captions remains the product name after the 2025 corporate rebrand, which changed the parent company presentation rather than the product name.

A typical Captions workflow starts with a camera recording or imported clip. The creator can generate captions, translate or dub speech, use a camera and teleprompter, generate a script, and apply automated editing tools. Higher plans add Chat to Edit, AI Edit, Clips, model selection, Mirage generated actors, and AI Twins. Prompt to video generation can turn a written description into a short scene, while model menus cover image, video, voice, sound, and music systems. Access varies by plan, with some features and generation capacity reserved for higher tiers. The app is aimed at moving from an on camera recording or written idea to a finished short video without switching among separate captioning, dubbing, avatar, and editing products.

Mirage describes its in house Mirage model as a UGC video foundation model for realistic talking video with facial and upper body motion. The company says it accepts audio, video, and script inputs across more than 29 languages. Its September 2025 rebrand described proprietary models trained for short form pacing, framing, and attention dynamics. Captions documentation lists Flux, Imagen, DALL E, GPT 4o, Ray 2, Veo 3, Veo 3.1, Pika 2.2, Kling, MiniMax, Chirp 3, ElevenLabs, Cartesia, MMAudio, and Soundraw. The AI usage page also lists Imagen 4, Nano Banana 2, Sora 2, and Seedance 2.0. Model access depends on plan, region, and credit availability, so the displayed selection may differ among users.

The Free plan costs $0 and includes one time lifetime credits ranging from 60 to 200, one Eclipse template, basic editing and exports, and no watermark. Android Lite costs $4.99 per month and provides essential manual editing, but its entitlement does not extend to desktop or iPhone. Basic costs $9.99 per month for 200 renewing credits, Max costs $24.99 for 500, and Frontier costs $69.99 for 1,400. Frontier 2x costs $139.99 for 2,800 credits, while Frontier 4x costs $279.99 for 5,600. Basic and higher credits can roll over up to three times the monthly allowance. Prompt to video costs 16 credits per six seconds, while other model prices vary by generation type.

Captions suits creators who record themselves, edit speech, dub content, or want AI actors and generated scenes in one product. OpusClip is more focused on finding highlights in long videos, reframing them, and preparing clips for social publishing. CapCut offers a broader general purpose editor, while Descript centers on transcript based editing and screen or podcast workflows. Captions becomes expensive for frequent premium model generation, and Android Lite is restricted by platform, so users should match the plan to their device and workload. Its privacy and training treatment should be checked before uploading sensitive footage. Pick Captions for creator led production and AI assisted editing, especially when dubbing or synthetic presenters matter, rather than for long form workstation editing.