# Aisten: Podcast Transcription — user reviews > 78 indexed App Store user reviews of Aisten by 祥 陈, rated 4.90/5 from 146 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aisten-podcast-transcription/id6453694910/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aisten-podcast-transcription/id6453694910.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 142 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 2 ## What do users think of Aisten? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - ✨ Excellent for language learning - 🚀 Fast and accurate transcription - 👍 User-friendly interface - 💡 Unique and valuable features - 💰 Great value for price - 🔄 Frequent and useful updates - 💬 Responsive developer support - 🎧 Great podcast app - 🔗 Seamless YouTube/podcast import - 🎯 Effective spaced repetition - 🗣️ Clickable words function - 📚 Vocabulary list creation - 📖 Sentence playback in context - 🎯 AI explanation feature - 🌟 Highly recommended - 📱 Live Activity/lock screen features - 🌐 Syncs across devices (iCloud) - 💯 Best in class - 🚀 Game changer for learners - 💡 AI explanation like a tutor - 📚 Word book feature - 🗂️ Segmented auto-translation - 🚀 Highly accurate transcripts - ⏱️ Exact timestamps - 📖 Perfect for learning with transcripts - 💡 Build vocabulary effectively - 🚀 User-friendly and updated - ⭐ Developer open to suggestions - 👍 Highly accurate transcription - 🚀 Brilliant and well-executed - 🗣️ Real-time cursor tracking - 💯 No other app like it - 🚀 Revolutionary language learning tool - ✨ Very useful, reliable, good price - 👍 Simple and perfect - 🚀 Amazing app for learning - 💯 Best transcript app - 🚀 Best podcast app - 💡 Many cool features - 👍 Very good, practical, stable - 🚀 Language learning godsend - 🚀 Best English learning app - 👍 Easy to use, full of functions - 💯 Best podcast app ever - 🚀 Best one - 👍 Amazing app - 🚀 Phenomenal for learners - 👍 Fantastic app - 🚀 Best app ever - 👍 Very good app - 🚀 Language learning artifact - 🚀 Daily use, indispensable - 💡 Import and spaced repetition unbeatable - 👍 Great app - 🚀 Super useful English learning app - 👍 Very good, practical, cost-effective - 🚀 Best podcast app for learning English - 🚀 Best language learning app - 🚀 Game changer - 🚀 Best podcast app - 👍 Very good - 🚀 Best language learning app - 🚀 Very complete voice-to-text app - 🚀 Perfect app for podcasts with transcripts - 🚀 Amazing App **Cons** - 🐛 Transcription errors occur - 🐛 AI explains non-existent words - 🐛 Misleading for learners - 🐛 SOTA V3 transcription issues - 🐛 Content censorship issues - 🐛 Sync issues between devices - 🐛 Paid on one device, need to repurchase on another - 🐛 Scrolling issue in playback mode - 🐛 System download restrictions **Commonly reported bugs** - URL import errors - Transcription errors with SOTA V3 - AI explains non-existent words - Scrolling in playback mode stays at top - Sync issues between iPhone and iPad - Content censorship **Most requested features** - Add way to select transcription engine - Fix URL import errors for long videos - Improve repeat function - Add word list dictation and sentence dictation - Add timer to close app - Add option to bookmark paragraphs - Clarify use of favorites vs bookmarks - Add option to show only new word translations - Show multiple subtitles on lock screen - Add ability to sync across devices - Add Android and Mac versions - More font/layout options for transcription - Hear AI translation of sentences/paragraphs - Add ebook reading function (epub, pdf, txt) - Add AI voice reading of ebook translations - Improve clarity of settings options - Recognize short words for quick info pop-ups - Improve scrolling to stay centered ## Newest reviews (17 of 78) ### 5/5 — Fantastic app a convenient way to listen to the latest podcast *2026-04-01* convenient way to listen to the latest podcast ### 5/5 — Phenomenal for language learners *2026-03-27, version 6.3.5* This app has capabilities of more main-stream apps plus more, all for a very low price. I have used it for transcription of YouTube videos and podcasts, and I’m very happy for its clickable words function. ### 5/5 — The best podcast app I've ever used. *2026-03-26* The best podcast app I've ever used. Based on my experience, I can replace Apple Podcasts and partially Snipd. If it can strengthen its AI features, it would be better for me. ### 5/5 — Cosmic love for Aisten app!!! *2026-03-26, version 6.3.5* Easy to use and full loads of functions to make it better for language learning! ### 5/5 — 支持一下 *2026-03-13, version 6.3.3* 很好的APP，若能在复读功能上再完善一点就完美了。类似于“听读宝app”的功能。支持作者，更新一次好评一次！！ ### 5/5 — best app ever *2026-02-25, version 6.2.3* 这是我用过的,除anki以外最好的一个软件. 如果手机里只能留一个软件,毫无疑问,一定是aisten. 微信什么的都能删, 这个不能删. ### 5/5 — 毫不犹豫该买的 App *2026-02-18, version 6.2.3* 语言学习的神器，独一无二的神器 ### 5/5 — 每天都用，已经离不开 *2026-02-02, version 6.2.1* 导入功能和间隔复习这两个实在无敌，前者满足了内容丰富度，后者解决了遗忘焦虑。真心点赞 ### 5/5 — 素晴らしい👍👍👍 *2026-01-24, version 6.2.0* 色々なファンクションの添加したのは嬉しい☺️ ### 5/5 — Enjoy *2026-01-03* This app can help you a lot for learning language, remember to try it. ### 5/5 — Best one *2025-12-31, version 6.1.2* Amazing app ### 5/5 — 完全赞美 *2025-12-24, version 6.1.2* 是一款很好的转译软件，完全值得5⭐️！完全值得付费购买服务！！转录速度很快！并且我已经使用很长时间了，能看到开发者在很用心地不断更新，每次更新都会有我以前想要的小改进（例如清除历史网页记录、可编辑翻译等等）。有一次我深夜一点多给客服反馈Bug，客服竟然态度很好地秒回复，真的很感动，一定很辛苦吧🥺。并且感觉对于翻译的内容的敏感限制不会很严格，基本都可以准确地翻译内容（当然是不违法的），这让我很欣慰。总之很喜欢这个软件，也希望可以越来越好，加油🫶🏻💖 ### 5/5 — 一次买断很舒心 *2025-11-25, version 6.1.1* 特别好用 听抓神器 之前听不清的某个词也搞懂是什么了 ### 5/5 — Great *2025-11-13, version 6.1.0* It is great app 👌🙏🏼 ### 5/5 — 정말 미친 어플임.. 엄청남… *2025-11-12* I'm Korean, and I know Chinese people are really good at apps and coding, but seeing an app this amazing developed by them leaves me speechless and in awe. I like that it's not a subscription model either. I purchased the app. 塔格!!!! Thank you. **I would also like to see the option for Japanese learners to view furigana in hiragana. ** And could you make the menu available in Korean as well? This isn't a demand, but a request—and if we gain more Korean subscribers later, I'd really appreciate it! ### 5/5 — nice very *2025-10-11* Use it every day ### 5/5 — Can you make me choose the phrase not just word *2025-09-15* This app is so amazing. This app totally changed my language learning life in positive ways. **Developer response:** hi, you can long press the text, and select phrase, and tap the `define` button on the popup menu. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Transcribe is bad *2025-10-17* The sota v3 is really bad, starts off in French and then switches to English and then back to French. Not very good at all **Developer response:** Hi, sota v3 is still have some problem, and you can use the high quality model, will try to fix this. ### 2/5 — Best in class *2026-01-02* It’s understandable that transcription errors can happen, even with the best engine. However, ai currently treats these errors as real words and gives confident explanations for terms that don’t actually exist. When I tap on a mistranscribed word, the AI explains it instead of pointing out a possible mistake. This can be misleading for language learners, who may think the word is correct. It would be very helpful if the AI could first verify whether the word being looked up actually exists and suggest a correction if it doesn’t before giving any explanation **Developer response:** Thanks for your suggestions, will try to improve this. ### 4/5 — 导入URL出错 *2026-04-29, version 6.5.1* 从油管上导入一段2个多小时的视频，总是显示出错，如何解决，是文件太大了吗？谢谢 ### 5/5 — The best podcast i've been used *2026-08-22* super and will stick to it forever ### 5/5 — 超级惊喜 *2026-08-04, version 6.7.2* 非常棒的App,还经常优化更新 ### 5/5 — 非常好用 *2026-07-26* 这个软件真的很好用，对学习语言帮助很大！不过作为学习中文的人，希望能增加简体繁体切换功能。现在很多台词都是繁体字，不能切换成简体，如果能改进这一点我一定会购买终身版😆 ### 5/5 — 很好用的学习语言软件 *2026-07-20* 너무너무너무 감사합니다.🥹🥹太太太感谢了！ ### 5/5 — 近期发现的宝藏app *2026-07-01, version 6.7.0* 近期发现的宝藏app ### 5/5 — 非常喜欢这款软件 *2026-06-28, version 6.6.3* 非常实用，希望新增长按空白处快进视频或音频的功能 ### 5/5 — Feature request *2026-06-27* Hello, would it be possible to allow the user to keep behind the transcript of the audio, but delete the audio file? If this is already a feature I am sorry, I cannot figure it out. It just frustrated me that I went through and favorited a ton of sentences and then deleted the audio. Then when I deleted the audio I lost my favorites. Thanks **Developer response:** You can change the transcribe model in the top right menu of play view, there is a `language and settings` panel, you can change the model here. --- Hi. 1. the time-transcript sync is a know problem right now, I'm still trying to find a solution. 2. you can customize the swipe action, in More>Audio>paragraph settings>Paragraph swipe custom action 3. the bookmark is for quick jump to some point in the audio, the favorite is for language learning, for review. ## Most praised reviews (3 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — very Helpful *2026-06-06* Great software ### 5/5 — How to select engine that does the transcription? *2026-05-16* Hello, I have several engines downloaded. Would it be possible to add a way to select the method in which the transcription is done for each episode a user transcribes? I’m sorry if this is already a feature. But I can’t seem to figure that out. Thanks **Developer response:** You can change the transcribe model in the top right menu of play view, there is a `language and settings` panel, you can change the model here. --- Hi. 1. the time-transcript sync is a know problem right now, I'm still trying to find a solution. 2. you can customize the swipe action, in More>Audio>paragraph settings>Paragraph swipe custom action 3. the bookmark is for quick jump to some point in the audio, the favorite is for language learning, for review. ### 5/5 — 진짜개쩌네 *2026-05-12* 무료버전인데 광고도 없고 팟캐스트로 스피킹 연습하려고 했는데 최적의 앱임 겁나 섬세함 필요한 기능이 다있음 왜 안드로이드는 없냐 아ㅠㅠ 심지어 한번 결제하면 평생 이용🥺💕 감사합니둥 내용 궁금하면 지피티로 번역하세요 개발자님!! 중국어로 번역해서 작성하기 귀찮,,ㅎ **Developer response:** 안녕하세요, 관심 가져주셔서 정말 감사합니다. 죄송하지만 이 앱은 안드로이드 버전으로 출시되지 않을 예정입니다. 궁금한 점이 있으시면 언제든지 문의해 주세요. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-04.*