Live Caption AI review
A free-to-start captioning app with QR sharing, translation, and transcript exports.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Live Caption AI turns speech into live captions for presenters and attendees, with apps for iOS, Android, and the web. It suits individuals and event organizers who want attendees to follow captions on their own devices: a presenter can connect a phone to a soundboard and share captions through a QR code. The vendor positions it for churches, events, AV providers, and professional settings such as medical, legal, and educational contexts. Its free plan makes it accessible for basic on-device captioning, while paid features extend it into translation and transcript workflows.
The free plan includes on-device captions, QR-based access to shared captions, and seven-day session history. Professional costs $19.99 monthly and adds unlimited live captioning and broadcast sharing, cloud speech recognition, eight hours of live translation per month, AI summaries, and PDF, SRT, and TXT exports. Translation credits are also sold as one-time purchases: $6.99 for 30 minutes, $11.99 for 60 minutes, or $19.99 for 120 minutes. The Team plan is listed at $59.99 per month with 25 translation hours, but is marked coming soon. Business starts at $199 per month and adds custom seats and branding, pooled translation hours, invoicing, and priority support.
For event captioning, QR distribution is a practical fit when attendees can view captions on their own phones. The product also offers on-device recognition, cloud recognition using Deepgram Nova-3 and Flux, live translation, domain-trained models, up to 100 custom terms, and a searchable session archive. Deepgram, DeepL, and Claude are named integrations. Support is by email. Buyers who need integrations with meeting platforms should compare alternatives, as should teams that need a currently available shared team tier. For individuals seeking basic live captions or a modest translation workload, the free plan or Professional tier presents a clear starting point.
Live Caption AI pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Free plan includes on-device captions and QR sharing
- Professional adds unlimited captioning and broadcast sharing
- Exports transcripts as TXT, SRT, and PDF
- Where it doesn't
- Team plan is listed as coming soon, not currently available
- Professional costs $19.99 per month for cloud features
- No meeting-platform integrations are listed
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