# Captions: An AI Video Editor That Captions, Trims and Edits Talking-Head Video

> Captions is an AI video editor that adds captions, trims pauses, fixes eye contact and translates video. Features, platforms and what the plans cost.

Source: https://learn.ynteractive.com/news/2026-10-16-captions-ai-video-editor · Updated 2026-10-16 · Free from Stepthrough (https://learn.ynteractive.com)

By [Robert Breen](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/about) · Published October 16, 2026 · Captions news

If you record yourself talking to a camera for clients or social media, this editor adds the captions and cleans up the pauses and filler words so the video is ready to post faster.

## What happened

Captions (captions.ai) says it is an AI video editor that turns uploaded or newly generated footage into a finished video, with editing styles that make the cuts and overlay B-roll, and a chat-style editor that takes text prompts for changes. The site lists auto captions and translated subtitles with stylized fonts, translation into 100+ languages, removal of pauses, filler words and interruptions, eye contact correction, background noise removal, and generated music and sound effects. It also offers AI avatars, including an AI twin of yourself, and runs on the web, iOS and Android. The page says it recently merged Mirage Studio with Captions, and that former Mirage Studio subscribers can log in through Captions to see their existing projects and actors. It shows “20M” as its current users and “100+” caption styles; those are the company’s own figures, and it publishes no accuracy measurements for its captions or edits. Source: [Captions home page](https://www.captions.ai/) (October 16, 2026).

## Who gets it, and what it costs

- **Free to start:** the site says Captions is free to download and some features work without a subscription, without saying exactly which. The pricing page lists a free plan with no AI usage credits and one caption template, covering basic tools such as trimming and transitions.
- **Paid plans:** monthly credit plans from Max at 500 credits up to Frontier tiers and custom Enterprise. Unused credits roll over, up to three times the monthly amount.
- **Free trial:** the pages state no trial length.
- **Sign up:** on the web at captions.ai, or from the App Store and Google Play.

Free plan, then Max at $24.99 and Frontier at $69.99 per month, with higher Frontier tiers and custom Enterprise pricing, as listed on Captions’ pricing page on October 16, 2026. That page showed iOS plan prices only and no annual prices, so confirm the price on the platform you use.

## What it means for an office team

The problem is that a short talking-head video, such as a client update, a product tip or a LinkedIn post, takes far longer to edit than to record: trimming the dead air, adding captions most viewers need because they watch with the sound off, and fixing the odd glance away from the camera. Captions’ pitch is to do the first pass of all of that for you.

The most basic use is a captioned clip for a business post. Upload the raw take, let it trim and caption, then watch the whole result with the sound on and read every caption before you post. Auto captions can get names, numbers and industry terms wrong, and an AI avatar or eye-contact fix changes how you appear, so label AI-made footage honestly.

Stepthrough already has a free hands-on lesson on the real Captions screens. See Captions listed with similar tools in the [video and avatar tools directory](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/ai-tools/video-avatars).

## Try it: the stepthrough

This practice is the Captions lesson itself: you upload a raw client video, trim it, add captions and check them, step by step.

[Start the 23-step practice](https://learn.ynteractive.com/modules/captions-client-video)

**Turn a Raw Client Video into a Captioned LinkedIn Clip using Captions**, about 8 minutes. You do each step yourself in a practice copy; nothing touches your real accounts. [Open full screen](https://learn.ynteractive.com/modules/captions-client-video) · [Read the steps](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/captioned-client-video-for-linkedin)

### The 23 steps

1. Open the mode menu
2. Pick Captions
3. Add the video
4. Pick the Million style
5. Create the video
6. Cut the pauses
7. Create the project
8. Read the transcript
9. Open the misheard word
10. Fix the spelling
11. Pick the word to stand out
12. Switch on Color override
13. Set the colour
14. Open Settings
15. Open Aspect ratio
16. Make it square
17. Select the video
18. Move Maya to the middle
19. Rename the project
20. Type a clear name
21. Save the name
22. Open Download
23. Download the video

## Related lessons and courses

- [Turn a Raw Client Video into a Captioned LinkedIn Clip using Captions](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/captioned-client-video-for-linkedin) (the practice on this page)
- [Video and Avatar Tools: the AI tools directory](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/ai-tools/video-avatars)
- [Turn a Raw Client Video into a Captioned LinkedIn Clip using Captions](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/captioned-client-video-for-linkedin)

## Sources

- [Captions home page](https://www.captions.ai/) (October 16, 2026)
- [Captions pricing](https://www.captions.ai/pricing) (October 16, 2026)

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