Comparison

SemanTer vs Summuray

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SemanTer

This tool efficiently creates summaries of articles and webpages, reducing hours of work to seconds. It preserves the original meaning and allows users to adjust the summary length. Supports multiple languages and offers features like a dark theme and embedded browser.

Highlights
  • AI-powered text summarization
  • Adjustable summary length
  • Summarize links and URLs
  • Multilingual support (16 languages)
  • Dark theme and refreshed UI
  • Summarize files (PDF, DOC, etc.) with Pro version
  • Export summaries to PDF
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LEARN BETTER. DO MORE. INCREASE YOUR PRODUCTIVITY! You can achieve all of this using SemanTer – efficient tool for summary creation. Have you ever tried to write a summary even for a small article? This could have taken several hours. You can reduce this time to several seconds and get the summary from professionals. SemanTer fully preserves the meaning of source text and enables you to determine summary size. WHAT’S NEW: ● Dark theme ● Refreshed UI SAVE YOUR TIME WITH SUCH FEATURES: ● Exceptionally precise algorithms Our algorithms are unique and patented, which guarantee high precision of each summary. ● Variable Summary Size Need more detailed or brief summary? Just use slider at the bottom of the screen. ● Summarize links and URLs from other apps Press Share button in the app and choose SemanTer. ● Multilingual summarization in 16 languages: English, German, French, Russian, Chinese (limited), Dutch, Danish, Czech, Finnish, Italian, Portugal, Spanish, Romanian, Norwegian, Hungarian and Japanese (limited). ● Share summaries in social networks, Skype, e-mail, etc. ● Interactive History of recently summarized webpages ● Embedded browser for content search and summarization It is easy as ABC: - Find a page you wish to summarize - Press Summary button - Done! ● Text block summarization ● Adjustable summary font size for convenient reading ● Lightweight and fast IN-APP PURCHASES ● Weekly or monthly subscriptions. Subscriptions give you all the advantages of Pro-version: summarization of webpages and files without any restrictions and ads as well as summary export to PDF file. Subscriptions are renewed automatically. You can cancel your subscription at any time in the AppStore. ● Packages of 12, 25 and 39 summaries. If you ran out of free summaries for a day (12 pcs.), you can purchase any required amount of summaries. Packages can be used for new documents summarization or for changing sizes of already created summaries. Number of packages is not limited – buy as many as you need. ● Remove ads: one-time purchase allows to completely remove ads from the app BENEFITS OF SEMANTER PRO: ● iCloud, Google Drive & local files summarization (PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF, TXT, XLS, XLSX, PPTX) * With SemanTer Pro you can summarize files on your iOS device (iOS 11+), Google Drive and iCloud as well as webpages of any size. * Only files with text inside are supported, excluding pictures or scanned documents. For security reasons password protected files are not processed. ● Unlimited size of texts You can summarize really big documents. ● Unlimited number of summaries ● Ad free ● Summary export to PDF file QUESTIONS If you have any questions or problems, please use Help section in the app or send us an e-mail if you can’t find an answer. Please, don’t leave negative feedback before contacting our support service. Thanks! YOUR OPINION SemanTer was designed to save priceless time of our clients and we hope it does. If you think this app has potential, please give us positive feedback in AppStore. If you have proposals, please, e-mail us. It’ll allow to keep improving SemanTer and help other people to benefit from it. Your opinion matters to us! We're constantly working on development of SemanTer and you can contribute to the process by buying Pro-version. Important links: ○ Basic usage of SemanTer, including Sharing and Embedded browser https://semanter.com/howto/#howto-basic ○ Advanced usage of SemanTer, including Summary Size, Text block summarization etc. https://semanter.com/howto/#howto-advanced ○ SemanTer benefits https://semanter.com/benefits ○ Terms of use https://semanter.com/license-agreement ○ Privacy policy https://semanter.com/privacy-policy

About

Summuray

Extract key information from texts and PDFs by selecting desired passages. Manually edit, add images, and merge documents to create concise summaries. Organize and share your findings efficiently.

Highlights
  • Automatic text summarization
  • Manual text editing and input
  • Handwriting recognition
  • Image insertion
  • PDF merging
  • Document organization
  • Cloud synchronization
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Become the summuray of summaries! Get the most important things from your texts with Summuray. The desired text parts of your PDF are moved to a summary by simply selecting the words. Summuray allows you to easily summarize, manually edit text, insert images, and more. This saves you work and time by allowing you to focus on the essential. Perfect for learning, sharing, or just to have important information available immediately. - Summarize texts automatically: Use your Apple Pencil (iPad only) or your finger to mark the desired text passage. Summuray recognizes the marked section and adds it to your summary. - Manual text input: Summuray allows you to write a completely new text or to manually edit and add to your summary. - Handwriting recognition: Summuray recognizes your handwriting. This allows important marginal notes to become part of your summary. - Customize your text: Summuray allows you to customize your text using various tools. Tools: - Text Size - Text color - Font size & typeface (bold, italic) - Underline - Insert images: With Summuray you can add images and graphics to your summary. Simply select the desired image in the PDF or insert one from your photo library. - Merge PDFs: Summuray merges different documents into one. - Sharing: Share your information - share your summaries in PDF with just one click. - Efficient document management: Organize your documents in a folder structure and add endless subfolders. - Take your documents anywhere: Summuray uses iCloud to keep your documents and summaries up to date. So you always have the most important information with you - on your iPad, iPhone and Mac.

Screenshots

SemanTer4 screens
Summuray4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Summuray at none against SemanTer's 7. Summuray also leads on review sentiment (65% vs 50%). SemanTer's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SemanTer sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days. Summuray asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.1 for SemanTer against 3.0 for Summuray. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of SemanTer's written reviews are positive against 65% of Summuray's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SemanTer ships an update every 2 months, Summuray every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SemanTer versus Summuray: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSemanTerSummuray
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (9 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews64.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperStanislav IegorovChristoph Schuierer

Customer experience

SemanTer

All ratings9 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative44.4%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Summuray

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive64.7%
Neutral5.9%
Negative29.4%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

SemanTer

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly subscription$1.497 Days
  • Monthly subscription$3.491 Month
One-time5
  • 12 summaries$0.99
  • Remove ads$0.99
  • 25 summaries$1.99
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  • 39 summaries$2.99
  • 99 summaries$5.99
None

Summuray

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SemanTer free?
SemanTer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Summuray free?
Summuray is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SemanTer or Summuray?
SemanTer is rated higher. SemanTer averages 3.1 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Summuray averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do SemanTer or Summuray have ads?
Neither SemanTer nor Summuray shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SemanTer or Summuray?
SemanTer ships an update every 2 months, and Summuray every 4 months. Most recently, SemanTer was updated on October 24, 2026 and Summuray on October 24, 2026.

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