Sideband

Live bilingual captions for Apple Podcasts on Mac.

Sideband displays synchronized podcast captions in the macOS menu bar. It supports translated captions, bilingual captions, and automatic transcript synchronization after dynamic advertisements.

Get Sideband — €19.99

Private beta · macOS 15 or later

Sideband showing bilingual live captions above Apple Podcasts on a MacBook

Make captions feel at home on your Mac.

Switch between native, Braun, Walkman, and iPod-inspired controls. Tune width, type, position, opacity, shadow, and blur.

Sideband Braun theme settings
Braun
Sideband dark theme settings
Walkman
Sideband iPod theme settings
iPod
Sideband Braun player showing a German podcast translated into Korean
Braun · German → Korean
Sideband iPod player showing synchronized German and Korean captions
iPod · Synchronized translation

Open the full player when you want more context.

Check the current line, translation, playback progress, and synchronization offset in one compact window.

One line. Two languages. No lost context.

Keep the original wording close while reading a translation in the language that works for you.

German Sideband caption displayed in two lines Sideband caption with German and Simplified Chinese Sideband caption with German and Traditional Chinese Sideband caption with German and English Sideband caption with German and Korean Sideband multilingual caption with German, Japanese, and Chinese text

Made for listening

Captions that keep up with the conversation.

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Live Apple Podcasts captions

Follow every word from a compact native panel in your menu bar.

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On-device translation

Read translated captions alongside the original transcript.

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Automatic transcript synchronization

Sideband realigns after dynamic advertisements shift the episode timeline.

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Designed around you

Choose bilingual display and custom caption themes. Original captions remain available after the trial.

One simple purchase

Sideband Pro

€19.99EUR · one-time purchase

System requirements

macOS 15 or later

Currently in private beta.