Best Simon Says alternatives in 2026

Simon Says is #23 of 27 in our AI caption generators ranking. Here are the other 26, on the same score, with what each does differently from Simon Says — every fact read from the maker's own pages on Oct 24, 2026.

Simon Says from: $15/mo · yearly
Free plan: Not published

OpusClip

✓ Champion

Turning long videos into captioned short clips

9.5

from $15/mo

Compared with Simon Says

Free plan (Simon Says: not published)
Confirms Animated captions and AI editing

✓SRT export
✓Translation
✓Animated captions
✓AI editing
✓Mobile app

CapCut

Best free

Free captioning across desktop, web and mobile

9.1

from $19.99/mo

Compared with Simon Says

$4.99/mo more entry plan ($19.99/mo)
Free plan (Simon Says: not published)
Confirms Animated captions and AI editing

✓SRT export
✓Translation
✓Animated captions
✓AI editing
✓Mobile app

VEED

Best for short-form captions

Marketing teams that caption, translate and edit in the browser

9.1

from $20/mo

Compared with Simon Says

$5/mo more entry plan ($20/mo)
Free plan (Simon Says: not published)
Confirms Animated captions and AI editing

✓SRT export
✓Translation
✓Animated captions
✓AI editing
✓Mobile app

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Riverside

Podcasters who record, caption and clip in one place

9.0

from $24/mo · yearly

Compared with Simon Says

$9/mo more entry plan ($24/mo · yearly)
Free plan (Simon Says: not published)
Confirms Animated captions and AI editing

✓SRT export
✓Translation
✓Animated captions
✓AI editing
✓Mobile app

Captions

Creators editing talking-head videos on a phone

8.9

from $24.99/mo

Compared with Simon Says

$9.99/mo more entry plan ($24.99/mo)
Free plan (Simon Says: not published)
Confirms Animated captions and AI editing

✓SRT export
✓Translation
✓Animated captions
✓AI editing
✓Mobile app

Zeemo

Low-cost captions and translation from a phone or browser

8.9

from $8/mo · yearly

Compared with Simon Says

$7/mo cheaper entry plan ($8/mo · yearly)
Free plan (Simon Says: not published)
Confirms Animated captions

✓SRT export
✓Translation
✓Animated captions
–AI editing
✓Mobile app

EchoWave

Free browser captioning with lots of animated styles

8.8

from $9/mo · yearly

Compared with Simon Says

$6/mo cheaper entry plan ($9/mo · yearly)
Free plan (Simon Says: not published)
Confirms Animated captions and AI editing
Doesn't confirm Mobile app

✓SRT export
✓Translation
✓Animated captions
✓AI editing
–Mobile app

Submagic

Short-form creators who want styled captions plus auto edits

8.7

from $12/mo · yearly

Compared with Simon Says

$3/mo cheaper entry plan ($12/mo · yearly)
Free plan (Simon Says: not published)
Confirms Animated captions and AI editing
Doesn't confirm Mobile app

✓SRT export
✓Translation
✓Animated captions
✓AI editing
–Mobile app

Descript

Podcasters and talking-head editors who cut video by editing text

8.4

from $16/mo · yearly

Compared with Simon Says

$1/mo more entry plan ($16/mo · yearly)
Free plan (Simon Says: not published)
Confirms Animated captions and AI editing
Doesn't confirm Mobile app

✓SRT export
✓Translation
✓Animated captions
✓AI editing
–Mobile app

Kapwing

Browser-based teams that need subtitles plus translation

8.4

from $16/mo · yearly

Compared with Simon Says

$1/mo more entry plan ($16/mo · yearly)
Free plan (Simon Says: not published)
Confirms Animated captions and AI editing
Doesn't confirm Mobile app

✓SRT export
✓Translation
✓Animated captions
✓AI editing
–Mobile app

Vmaker AI

Budget AI subtitles plus short-clip repurposing

8.3

from $18/mo · yearly

Compared with Simon Says

$3/mo more entry plan ($18/mo · yearly)
Free plan (Simon Says: not published)
Confirms Animated captions and AI editing
Doesn't confirm Mobile app

✓SRT export
✓Translation
✓Animated captions
✓AI editing
–Mobile app

Wondershare Filmora

Best value

Desktop and mobile editors who want captions with word highlights

7.5

from $49.99/yr

Compared with Simon Says

$11/mo cheaper entry plan ($49.99/yr)
Confirms Animated captions and AI editing
Doesn't confirm SRT export

–SRT export
✓Translation
✓Animated captions
✓AI editing
✓Mobile app

SendShort

Short-form creators who want animated captions and silence cuts

7.0

from $15/mo · yearly

Compared with Simon Says

Confirms Animated captions and AI editing
Doesn't confirm Mobile app

✓SRT export
✓Translation
✓Animated captions
✓AI editing
–Mobile app

Microsoft Clipchamp

Free AI subtitles and silence removal with no watermark

6.8

from $9.99/mo

Compared with Simon Says

$5.01/mo cheaper entry plan ($9.99/mo)
Free plan (Simon Says: not published)
Confirms AI editing
Doesn't confirm Translation and Mobile app

✓SRT export
–Translation
–Animated captions
✓AI editing
–Mobile app

quso.ai

Clipping long videos into captioned shorts on a free plan

6.7

from $29/mo

Compared with Simon Says

$14/mo more entry plan ($29/mo)
Free plan (Simon Says: not published)
Confirms Animated captions and AI editing
Doesn't confirm Translation and Mobile app

✓SRT export
–Translation
✓Animated captions
✓AI editing
–Mobile app

Rev

Teams that want AI captions with a human-verified option

6.7

from $25.49/mo · yearly

Compared with Simon Says

$10/mo more entry plan ($25.49/mo · yearly)
Free plan (Simon Says: not published)

✓SRT export
✓Translation
–Animated captions
–AI editing
✓Mobile app

Vizard

Clipping long videos into shorts with keyword-highlight captions

6.5

from Not published

Compared with Simon Says

Free plan (Simon Says: not published)
Confirms Animated captions and AI editing

✓SRT export
✓Translation
✓Animated captions
✓AI editing
✓Mobile app

Checksub

Teams subtitling and translating video into many languages

6.5

from $18/mo

Compared with Simon Says

$3/mo more entry plan ($18/mo)
Confirms Animated captions
Doesn't confirm Mobile app

✓SRT export
✓Translation
✓Animated captions
–AI editing
–Mobile app

SubtitleBee

Translating subtitles into many languages on a budget

6.4

from $16.60/mo · yearly

Compared with Simon Says

$1.60/mo more entry plan ($16.60/mo · yearly)
Free plan (Simon Says: not published)
Doesn't confirm Mobile app

✓SRT export
✓Translation
–Animated captions
–AI editing
–Mobile app

Flixier

Browser-based editing with translated, animated subtitles

6.2

from $19/mo

Compared with Simon Says

$4/mo more entry plan ($19/mo)
Free plan (Simon Says: not published)
Confirms Animated captions
Doesn't confirm SRT export and Mobile app

–SRT export
✓Translation
✓Animated captions
–AI editing
–Mobile app

Zubtitle

Social video marketers who want animated captions and headlines

6.2

from $19/mo

Compared with Simon Says

$4/mo more entry plan ($19/mo)
Free plan (Simon Says: not published)
Confirms Animated captions
Doesn't confirm Translation and Mobile app

✓SRT export
–Translation
✓Animated captions
–AI editing
–Mobile app

Pictory

Turning scripts and long videos into captioned social clips

6.1

from $25/mo · yearly

Compared with Simon Says

$10/mo more entry plan ($25/mo · yearly)
Confirms AI editing
Doesn't confirm Mobile app

✓SRT export
✓Translation
–Animated captions
✓AI editing
–Mobile app

Klap

Creators repurposing YouTube videos into shorts

5.9

from $14/mo · yearly

Compared with Simon Says

$1/mo cheaper entry plan ($14/mo · yearly)
Confirms AI editing
Doesn't confirm SRT export and Mobile app

–SRT export
✓Translation
–Animated captions
✓AI editing
–Mobile app

Wisecut

Talking-head creators who want silences cut automatically

5.6

from $33/mo

Compared with Simon Says

$18/mo more entry plan ($33/mo)
Free plan (Simon Says: not published)
Confirms AI editing
Doesn't confirm SRT export and Mobile app

–SRT export
✓Translation
–Animated captions
✓AI editing
–Mobile app

Sonix

Transcribing and subtitling video in 54+ languages

5.1

from $25/mo

Compared with Simon Says

$10/mo more entry plan ($25/mo)
Doesn't confirm Mobile app

✓SRT export
✓Translation
–Animated captions
–AI editing
–Mobile app

Maestra

Subtitling and translating long-form video by the minute

4.8

from $39/mo · yearly

Compared with Simon Says

$24/mo more entry plan ($39/mo · yearly)
Doesn't confirm Mobile app

✓SRT export
✓Translation
–Animated captions
–AI editing
–Mobile app

Simon Says and all 26 alternatives side by side

#	Product	Score	Free plan	Trial	Paid from	SRT export	Translation	Animated captions	AI editing	Mobile app
1	OpusClip	9.5	✓Yes	Yes	$15/mo	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
2	CapCut	9.1	✓Yes	Not published	$19.99/mo	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
3	VEED	9.1	✓Yes	Not published	$20/mo	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
4	Riverside	9.0	✓Yes	14 days	$24/mo · yearly	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
5	Captions	8.9	✓Yes	Not published	$24.99/mo	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
6	Zeemo	8.9	✓Yes	Not published	$8/mo · yearly	✓	✓	✓	–	✓
7	EchoWave	8.8	✓Yes	Not published	$9/mo · yearly	✓	✓	✓	✓	–
8	Submagic	8.7	✓Yes	Not published	$12/mo · yearly	✓	✓	✓	✓	–
9	Descript	8.4	✓Yes	Not published	$16/mo · yearly	✓	✓	✓	✓	–
10	Kapwing	8.4	✓Yes	No	$16/mo · yearly	✓	✓	✓	✓	–
11	Vmaker AI	8.3	✓Yes	Not published	$18/mo · yearly	✓	✓	✓	✓	–
12	Wondershare Filmora	7.5	–Not published	Not published	$49.99/yr	–	✓	✓	✓	✓
13	SendShort	7.0	–Not published	Not published	$15/mo · yearly	✓	✓	✓	✓	–
14	Microsoft Clipchamp	6.8	✓Yes	1 month	$9.99/mo	✓	–	–	✓	–
15	quso.ai	6.7	✓Yes	Not published	$29/mo	✓	–	✓	✓	–
16	Rev	6.7	✓Yes	Not published	$25.49/mo · yearly	✓	✓	–	–	✓
17	Vizard	6.5	✓Yes	Not published	Not published	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
18	Checksub	6.5	–Not published	Yes	$18/mo	✓	✓	✓	–	–
19	SubtitleBee	6.4	✓Yes	Not published	$16.60/mo · yearly	✓	✓	–	–	–
20	Flixier	6.2	✓Yes	Not published	$19/mo	–	✓	✓	–	–
21	Zubtitle	6.2	✓Yes	Not published	$19/mo	✓	–	✓	–	–
22	Pictory	6.1	–Not published	14 days	$25/mo · yearly	✓	✓	–	✓	–
23	Simon Says	6.0	–Not published	Not published	$15/mo · yearly	✓	✓	–	–	✓
24	Klap	5.9	–Not published	Yes	$14/mo · yearly	–	✓	–	✓	–
25	Wisecut	5.6	✓Yes	Not published	$33/mo	–	✓	–	✓	–
26	Sonix	5.1	–Not published	30 minutes	$25/mo	✓	✓	–	–	–
27	Maestra	4.8	–Not published	Yes	$39/mo · yearly	✓	✓	–	–	–