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Submagic vs Typpo

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors. Submagic starts at $19, Typpo at $0.99. Both have a free tier. Only Submagic ships a public API.

SubmagicAuto-captions and clip editing for short-form vertical videoTyppoiPhone app that turns what you say into a short video with animated captions timed to the words.

Side by side

FactSubmagicTyppo
CategorySubtitles & CaptionsText-to-Video Generators
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$19 month$0.99 week
Public APIYesNo
PlatformsWeb, APIiOS
CompanySubmagicBeatPitch Inc.
Launched2023—
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Submagic

The quickest route from a talking-head recording to captioned vertical clips, and the caption styling is what people actually pay for. If you already cut in Premiere or DaVinci, their built-in speech-to-text plus one saved template gets you most of the way for nothing.

Pros

  • caption presets track short-form trends rather than looking like generic subtitle burn-in
  • transcript-based trimming is far faster than scrubbing a timeline
  • the Business tier exposes an API so the pipeline can be automated
  • 4K/60fps export at the top tier, which most caption tools cap below

Cons

  • quotas count finished videos, not minutes, so short clips waste allowance
  • clip-length ceilings of 2 minutes on Starter and 5 on Pro rule out most podcast episodes
  • API access is gated behind the $69 tier
  • everything on the free plan carries a watermark

Typpo

Typpo does one thing — spoken words into a captioned, animated clip — and it does it entirely on the phone, which is the right place for that job. The subscription is cheap enough to be an impulse purchase. The worry is maintenance: the App Store build has not been updated since August 2024 and there is no Android version.

Pros

  • Records, transcribes and animates captions in one app
  • 50+ voice options and background removal built in
  • Timeline editor for correcting the generated result
  • Subscriptions start at $0.99 a week

Cons

  • iOS only, with no Android app and no web editor
  • App Store build last updated in August 2024
  • Credit packs are charged on top of the subscription

Which one fits

Choose Submagic if you need

  • agencies and podcasters slicing one long recording into a week of shorts
  • creators who want caption styles that match what is currently working on short-form feeds
  • non-English content, since transcription covers a wide language set

Choose Typpo if you need

  • creators making captioned clips from voice notes
  • quick social videos without opening a desktop editor
  • people who would rather talk than type a script

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