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title: Free vs Pro · Fuse Caption Studio
url: https://fusecaptionstudio.com/plans
last_updated: 2026-10-28
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Plans

## Free, Pro and Lifetime Pro

Lifetime Pro includes everything in Pro.

FEATURE
FREE$0Forever
PRO$4.99per month
LIFETIME PRO$29.99once

Transcription

On-device transcription (nothing uploaded)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Every transcription model: Apple Speech, Whisper (Tiny, Base, Small, Medium, Large v3 Turbo, Large v3 Turbo Compact) and NVIDIA Parakeet

Yes

Yes

Yes

Automatic model choice based on language, length, audio quality and your Mac

Yes

Yes

Yes

No limit on media length

Yes

Yes

Yes

Subtitles in the language spoken in the media (about 100 languages)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Mixed-language media: one layer per language

Yes

Yes

Yes

Speaker Awareness (beta): one layer per speaker

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sound labeling, for example [Music]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Smart caption splitting with readable line lengths and no stray single words

Yes

Yes

Yes

Word-level timing

Yes

Yes

Yes

Automatic model updates

Yes

Yes

Yes

Translation into other languages

No

Yes

Yes

Choosing the caption language

No

Yes

Yes

Translation with Apple Intelligence for more natural phrasing

No

Yes

Yes

Editing

Multi-layer timeline with waveform

Yes

Yes

Yes

Layer colours, names, lock, hide and speaker tags

Yes

Yes

Yes

Multi-select layers to move or delete them together

Yes

Yes

Yes

Choose whether new layers go at the top or the bottom

Yes

Yes

Yes

Select, Grab and Split tools

Yes

Yes

Yes

Merge, Divide Subtitles, New Line and Push Timeline

Yes

Yes

Yes

Caption editor with frame-accurate start and end times

Yes

Yes

Yes

Intelligent Suggestion (Apple Intelligence rewrites a caption)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Find & Replace, plus Enhanced Search by description

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cut, copy and paste captions

Yes

Yes

Yes

Change case (upper, lower, capitalise)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Undo and redo with a visual History panel

Yes

Yes

Yes

Magnetic snapping

Yes

Yes

Yes

Edit Captions panel: edit many captions at once, with Apple Intelligence for all

No

Yes

Yes

Auto Clean Up: remove filler words with a custom word list

No

Yes

Yes

Design and Preview

Fonts, size, bold, italic, underline and strikethrough

Yes

Yes

Yes

Alignment and casing

Yes

Yes

Yes

Text, outline and background colours

Yes

Yes

Yes

Drag captions anywhere on the video, with snapping guides

Yes

Yes

Yes

View modes: Editor, Desktop 16:9, Tablet 4:3, Mobile 9:16

Yes

Yes

Yes

Caption animations: karaoke, word pop, glow, typewriter and more

No

Yes

Yes

Animation Gallery with live previews and custom preview text

No

Yes

Yes

Export

Burned-in video export (MP4 H.264 or MOV HEVC)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Resolutions from 480p to 4K, quality High, Balanced or Small

Yes

Yes

Yes

Several formats at once: Original, 9:16, 1:1, 4:5, 16:9, 4:3

Yes

Yes

Yes

Fit or Fill framing, captions sized proportionally for each format

Yes

Yes

Yes

Audio-only files exported over an animated waveform

Yes

Yes

Yes

SRT and VTT subtitles

Yes

Yes

Yes

TXT transcripts

Yes

Yes

Yes

ASS and SSA subtitles

No

Yes

Yes

iTT (Final Cut Pro, Apple TV), TTML and DFXP subtitles

No

Yes

Yes

Video and subtitle export in several languages at once

No

Yes

Yes

Animated captions burned into video

No

Yes

Yes

Import

Import video and audio, with built-in format conversion

Yes

Yes

Yes

Import caption files (SRT, VTT, ASS, SSA, iTT, TTML, DFXP), restoring speakers and layers

No

Yes

Yes

AI Assistant (Apple Intelligence)

Control the app by typing ("split here", "go to 2:25", "make the text yellow")

Yes

Yes

Yes

How-to answers and help

Yes

Yes

Yes

Summaries, chapters, titles, hashtags and social posts

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ask questions about your project and your notes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Proofread captions

Yes

Yes

Yes

Create notes for key moments

Yes (within the note limit)

Yes

Yes

Commands for Pro features

No

Yes

Yes

Notes and Projects

Timestamped notes with colours, pins and attachments; click to jump

Up to 5 per project

Unlimited

Unlimited

Projects with autosave and recent projects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Resizable side panels

Yes

Yes

Yes

Keyboard shortcuts with on-screen confirmation

Yes

Yes

Yes

Help Desk and Usage Assistant

Yes

Yes

Yes

Plan Details

Billing

Monthly, cancel anytime
One payment, no renewals

Updates

Licenses

One Mac per license, transferable on request; 35% off extra Macs

Included
Not included

Pro trial (direct version only): 8 hours of use, free.

Intelligent Suggestion, Enhanced Search and the AI writing features require Apple Intelligence to be turned on and a supported language.

App Store prices may differ from the direct prices above.

Requires macOS 26 or later on a Mac with Apple silicon.

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