Two ways, both free: burn animated word-by-word captions into the video itself, or export a subtitle file for the platform to overlay. Either way the AI transcribes in your browser and your video never leaves your device.
Subtitle a video freeLive preview, rendered on this page by the same engine that burns your video.
Drawn into the pixels, always visible, animated word by word. The format that holds attention on TikTok, Reels and Shorts, where most viewers watch on mute. Export is a clean new MP4.
SRT, VTT or ASS alongside your video. YouTube and podcast platforms index the text, viewers toggle captions on and off, and screen readers benefit. The right choice for long-form and accessibility.
Drop the file, click any word that needs fixing, export. Whisper times every word on your own hardware; nothing queues on a server and your video is never uploaded, which you can verify in the network tab.
| What matters | Burncaps | Typical free subtitle tool |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free to use: no mark on your first two videos, then a small mark, or $49 once for none | Free trial, then $10 to $25 a month |
| Watermark | None on your first two videos; a small burncaps.app mark after, which Pro removes | Usually on every free video |
| Limits | Up to ten minutes a video, no monthly cap | Minutes-per-month or per-video caps |
| Your video | Stays on your device | Uploaded to their servers |
| Account | None | Usually required before export |
| Animated word-by-word styles | 20, all included | Varies, often paid |
Burned-in (open) captions are drawn into the video's pixels, so they show everywhere and can be animated word by word. Closed captions live in a separate file (like SRT) that platforms overlay and viewers can toggle. Social feeds favour burned-in; YouTube and accessibility workflows favour a file. Burncaps produces both.
Yes. Burned-in videos are free with every feature, with no watermark on your first two and a small burncaps.app mark after that (Pro removes it), and subtitle files are free without limit. The AI runs on your device (or, when you choose it, on a speech service that costs us about a cent a video), so serving you costs nearly nothing, which is why the free videos have no catch. After the two you can keep going free with a small burncaps.app mark on each video, or get Pro, $49 once, for unlimited videos with no mark.
The model downloads once (about 190 MB with a graphics chip, 80 MB without, then cached). Transcription typically runs faster than the clip's length on a modern laptop, and export is hardware accelerated: a 12-second 1080p vertical clip exports in about 15 seconds on an ordinary machine.
No. Everything runs in the web page. Burned-in export is fastest in Chrome or Edge on a computer, and many phones export too; subtitle files work in most modern browsers, phones included.
37 languages. It listens first and names the language it hears, with a one-click change. English is strongest; the max-accuracy model, included in every video, narrows the gap in other languages.
What it is: a browser tool that burns animated word-by-word captions into a talking video, or cuts it to its best 30 or 60 seconds.
Price: free with every feature, for as many videos as you like. The first two carry no mark; after that each carries a small burncaps.app credit, which Pro removes for $49 once. No subscription.
Privacy: the video never leaves your browser. The sound leaves only if you choose our speech service.
Files: MP4 or MOV up to ten minutes in; an MP4 with the captions burned in out. SRT, VTT, ASS and text files are free without limit.
Languages and styles: captions in the language spoken, twelve Indian languages heard on your device, translation into 37 languages, 20 caption styles.
Made by: Jordan Labs Ltd, UK company no. 17358646.
Against other tools: twelve caption tools compared, from the vendors' own pages.