# Detail review (2026): is the free plan enough? > iPhone and Mac app for recording and auto-editing talking videos Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Detail is an app for recording video podcasts, presentations and reaction videos, then editing them automatically with silence removal, zoom cuts, captions and music. It comes as an iOS app and a separate macOS app, each with its own subscription. It is made by Detail Technologies B.V. - **Category:** Screen Recording & Video - **Made by:** Detail Technologies B.V. - **Website:** https://detail.co - **Runs on:** iOS, macOS - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you use Windows or Android, as only iOS and Mac are listed. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Detail has a free plan, and paid plans start at €5.83 per month, billed annually (€70). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Basic plan on iOS: unlimited recording and editing, transcriptions and teleprompter, with watermarked exports and 3 caption styles. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Basic (iOS) | €0 | Unlimited recording and editing, multi-camera, teleprompter and transcriptions; exports carry a watermark. | | Pro (iOS) | €5.83 per month, billed annually (€70) | Watermark-free exports, every caption style, AI clips, AI framing and Podcast Auto Edit. Monthly price not read. | Read from https://detail.co/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Detail before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save 65% with annual billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page labels its Annual toggle as a 65% saving over monthly billing for the iOS Pro plan. Source: https://detail.co/pricing ## Key features - **Recording with a teleprompter:** Record with a built-in teleprompter, your own script or a generated one. - **Auto Edit:** One tap applies silence removal, zoom cuts, titles, captions and music to a recording. - **Podcast Auto Edit:** Produces long-form edits and short clips and switches between speakers automatically. Needs Pro. - **Remote and multi-camera recording:** Invite a guest through a browser link or connect a second device for multi-camera recording. - **Reaction videos:** Import an online video by pasting its URL, then record yourself over it. - **Captions:** Automatic captions in three styles on Basic, and in every style on Pro. ## Good for - Creators who shoot and edit video entirely on an iPhone or iPad - Podcasters recording video episodes with a remote guest - People making short talking-head or reaction clips ## Worth knowing - The iOS and macOS apps have separate subscriptions; a Pro plan on one does not unlock the other. - The pricing page showed euro prices from here; a dollar toggle exists but its figures were not readable. - There is no Windows, Android or full web editor listed on the site. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Detail records and auto-edits talking videos on iPhone and Mac. The iOS and Mac subscriptions are separate, free exports are watermarked, and there is no Windows or Android version. - **Value for money: B.** Pro is €5.83 a month billed yearly (€70), inside the category's cheapest quarter. - **Free plan and trial: C.** The free Basic plan has unlimited recording and editing, but exports are watermarked with 3 caption styles. - **Features: C.** Recording, transcripts, a teleprompter and auto-edits for talking videos, a narrow job. - **Ease of use: B.** No store rating on record, but it is an app you install and start recording in. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** iPhone and Mac only; no Windows, Android or full web editor. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Detail's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among screen recording and video tools - Detail's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 66 of the 133 other screen recording and video tools we grade, and level with 22. - It stands best on value for money (B, above 87 of 133) and worst on features (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at about $6.51 a month, against a middle price of $12.25 for the category: 21 of the 88 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 12 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/video ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Detail you would be making a video editor. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $78.16 a year. - You could not: A video editor. - You could not: Speech turned into text you can trust. - You could not: Apps for macOS and iOS that stay in step with each other. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Video editing, AI features, Transcription ## Alternatives - [Captions](https://toolgpa.com/tools/captions): AI video editor and generator for short talking-head videos. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/captions-vs-detail) - [CapCut](https://toolgpa.com/tools/capcut): Video and photo editor with effects, auto captions and AI tools. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/capcut-vs-detail) - [Descript](https://toolgpa.com/tools/descript): Audio and video editor that works by editing the transcript. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/descript-vs-detail) - [Riverside](https://toolgpa.com/tools/riverside): Remote recording studio for podcasts and video interviews. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/detail-vs-riverside) - [InShot](https://toolgpa.com/tools/inshot): Mobile video and photo editor for iPhone and Android. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/detail-vs-inshot) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://detail.co/pricing - https://detail.co/ - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/detail-video-studio/id6443923358 Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/detail Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).