Rylo (from Nagish) review

Rylo is the app Nagish Inc. now publishes on the App Store, and it is the best all-in-one pick for people who want one app for calls and conversations. It works like your normal phone app but shows speech-to-text captions on every call, and the developer says captions are generated with end-to-end encryption and no human involvement. If you prefer not to speak, you can type and choose a voice for text-to-speech. A built-in feature called Rylo Live Transcribe captions in-person moments such as family dinners, airports or a doctor's appointment, so you do not need a second app. A personal dictionary, quick keyboard replies, visual voicemail, spam filtering and a profanity blocker are included. Captions are offered in English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Hebrew and Italian. The trade-off against InnoCaption is that there is no human stenographer to fall back on when audio is poor. Rylo says the service is FCC certified and free to individuals with hearing loss.

Who it is for

People who want private, machine-only captions for calls plus in-person captions in the same app.

Price

Free to eligible users, funded by a federally administered fund.

Rylo: Live Call Captioning Deaf & Hearing Loss Captions Free
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 7, 2026.

Key features

• AI-powered captions on every phone call, generated with end-to-end encryption
• Rylo Live Transcribe for in-person conversations
• Personal dictionary for custom words and phrases
• Visual voicemail and transcripts saved privately on your device
• Multilingual captioning in English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Hebrew and Italian

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Covers both phone calls and face-to-face conversation
• Strength: No human captioner listens to your calls
• Strength: Works on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch
• Weakness: No option to switch to a human captioner on hard calls
• Weakness: Call captions are limited to registered users with hearing loss
• Weakness: Captions in six languages, far fewer than Rogervoice

Key facts

• Caption source: AI, end-to-end encrypted
• Platform: iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
• App Store rating: 4.6 from about 4,500 ratings
• In-person captions: Yes, Rylo Live Transcribe
• Price: Free for eligible users

Where it ranks

Rylo (from Nagish) is No. 2 in our Best Captioning Apps verdict.