Paste the episode link or upload the audio. Castmagic transcribes it, flags the moments worth sharing, and renders each one as a waveform video with your cover art and captions timed to every word, sized for Reels, Shorts, TikTok and the feed.
Have video of the episode too? Use the podcast clip generator →
Paste a podcast, YouTube or Google Drive link, or upload the audio.
Import URL
Works with 1,800+ platforms — or upload files directly. Prefer a walkthrough? Book a demo.
No watermark on exports. Speaker labels, timestamps and 60+ languages on every transcript.
Paste a link from your RSS feed, YouTube or Google Drive, or upload the audio file. Castmagic transcribes it with speaker labels.
The strongest moments are flagged in the transcript, so you choose a line to share instead of scrubbing a waveform.
Your cover art sits above the waveform and the captions light up word by word. Pick 9:16, 1:1, 4:5 or 16:9.
Export the audiogram with no watermark and post it to Reels, Shorts, TikTok, LinkedIn or the feed.
Castmagic reads the whole episode before you touch it. The hook, the story and the line people will repeat are flagged in the transcript, and the one you pick becomes the audiogram, with its captions already timed.
Find the moment
The captions come from the speaker-labelled transcript, so each word lights up as it is said, the same karaoke style as your video clips. Episodes recorded in any of 60+ languages work the same way.
Caption an audiogram Paste an episode link from your RSS feed, YouTube or Google Drive, or drop in the file from your recorder. Castmagic transcribes it with speaker labels and timestamps, so the audiogram, the captions and everything else start from the same text.
Import an episode The transcript behind the audiogram also drafts the rest of the episode’s week: show notes with timestamps, a newsletter, and LinkedIn and X posts, written in your voice from what was actually said.
Draft the show notes A link from your RSS feed, YouTube or Google Drive, or an upload. Castmagic transcribes it, flags the moments, and renders the audiogram with your cover art and captions.
Import URL
Works with 1,800+ platforms — or upload files directly. Prefer a walkthrough? Book a demo.
Prices and limits taken from each vendor's pricing page on 7 October 2026. Vendors whose pricing we could not verify are not listed. Sizes, captions and imports are from each vendor’s own product and help pages.
| Castmagic | WaveVisual | Headliner | Recast Studio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry paid plan | $29 / month, or $239 / year (Hobby) | $29 / month, $14 billed yearly (Unlimited) | $9.99 / month, $7.99 billed yearly (Basic) | $17 / month, $14 billed yearly (Starter) |
| Free plan | No free plan | Design and preview free; exports are paid | $0: 1 unwatermarked audiogram a month, the rest watermarked | 60 one-time credits; exports up to 1 min |
| Audiograms on that plan | Unlimited | Unlimited under fair use, up to 60 min each | 10 unwatermarked a month, up to 10 min at 1080p | 300 export minutes a month, up to 15 min each |
| Sizes | 9:16, 1:1, 4:5, 16:9 | 9:16, 1:1, 16:9 | Not stated | Vertical, square, horizontal |
| Captions | Word by word from the transcript, 60+ languages | Automatic, editable | Automatic and styled, 100+ languages | Automatic and animated, 20+ languages |
| Import from an RSS feed | Yes, or a link or an upload | No; upload or record | Yes, or a YouTube link | Not stated; upload |
Most audiogram makers start from an audio file and a waveform, and finding the moment is up to you. Castmagic starts from the transcript, so you begin with the line worth sharing and its captions already timed.
A short video made from audio: a moving waveform, the show’s cover art and captions, so a podcast moment can play in feeds built for video, like Reels, Shorts, TikTok and LinkedIn.
Paste the episode link or upload the audio. Castmagic transcribes it and flags the strongest moments; pick one and it renders as an audiogram with your cover art and word-by-word captions, ready to download.
No. This is the podcast kind: a short waveform video for social media. It doesn’t plot hearing test results.
9:16 for Reels, Shorts and TikTok, 1:1 and 4:5 for the feed, and 16:9 for YouTube and the web, all from the same moment.
Yes. They come from the speaker-labelled transcript and light up word by word as each one is said.
Yes. The audiogram carries your cover art above the waveform, so every clip is recognisably your show.
As many as you like. Audiogram generation is unlimited on every plan.
No. Audiograms export without a watermark on every plan.
No. Audiograms are built for audio-only episodes. If you also record video, the podcast clip generator cuts captioned clips from the footage.
Paste a link from your podcast’s RSS feed, YouTube or Google Drive, or upload the audio file. Zoom recordings work too.
Yes. Episodes in 60+ languages are transcribed with speaker labels, and the captions follow the language of the episode.
Castmagic flags the hook, the story and the takeaway in the transcript. Read the flagged lines, pick the one that stands on its own, and it becomes the audiogram.
Show notes with timestamps, a newsletter, a blog post, LinkedIn and X posts and a carousel, all drafted from the same transcript in your voice.
Castmagic plans start at $29 a month, or $239 a year, and every plan includes unlimited audiograms, clips, transcription and the written content.
