Comparison

When vs LongScribe

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

Head to head
About

When

This app allows users to quickly set reminders by tapping anywhere on the screen. Reminders can be repositioned to adjust their timing, and users can add notes and customize colors. It features a long reminder sound for important alerts.

Highlights
  • Single-touch reminder creation
  • Drag-and-drop time adjustment
  • Add notes to reminders
  • Customizable reminder colors
  • Long reminder sound
Features
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Set reminders with a single touch! • Press anywhere on the screen to create a reminder • Move a reminder around the screen to change its time • Add notes • Change the colors of your reminders • A long reminder sound! Privacy Policy and Terms of Use https://when2remind.tilda.ws/privacy-and-terms

About

LongScribe

This app provides live, continuous transcription and translation for extended conversations. It's designed to run for hours, even with the screen locked, and saves all transcribed text for easy reading and export. Speech processing occurs on your device for enhanced privacy.

Highlights
  • Continuous transcription and translation
  • Runs for hours with screen locked
  • Automatic saving of sessions
  • Adjustable text size and display options
  • On-device speech processing
  • Offline language support
  • Exportable text transcripts
Features
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LongScribe is made for long conversations. It transcribes and translates live for hours without stopping, turning everything said into text in the language you read best. Set your iPhone down, point it at the speaker, and follow a whole church service, an afternoon of lessons or a long family dinner from the first word to the last. BUILT TO RUN FOR HOURS • Transcribes and translates nonstop, sentence by sentence as people speak • Keeps going with the screen locked, for as long as the conversation lasts • Stays smooth hour after hour: memory use does not grow as the transcript does • Saves as it goes, so nothing already said is lost if the session is interrupted • Groups speech into paragraphs, so hours of text stay easy to read and scroll back through Made for the moments that matter: a church service, a music lesson, a lecture, a doctor's visit, a parent–teacher meeting, or dinner with family who speak a different language. EASY TO READ • Large, clear text, with a size up to extra-extra-large • Show the translation alone, or with the original underneath • Works with the largest system text sizes EVERY CONVERSATION, SAVED • Every session is saved automatically, nothing to remember to press • On iPhones with Apple Intelligence, each one gets a short title and summary, in your language • Rename any conversation, translate older ones, or export as text to share PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Speech recognition and translation run on your iPhone • No account, no sign-up, no ads, no tracking • Audio is never saved, only the text, and it never leaves your phone unless you share it • Once the languages are downloaded, no internet connection is needed More than 20 languages, including English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Hindi and Vietnamese. Available languages depend on what Apple provides on your device. Requires iOS 26. Titles and summaries require an iPhone with Apple Intelligence turned on.

Screenshots

When4 screens
LongScribe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LongScribe at none against When's 2. LongScribe also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). When's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price and device support 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. When sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. LongScribe asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LongScribe holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: When has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

When ships an update fortnightly, LongScribe every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
When versus LongScribe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhenLongScribe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (10 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMikhail SolomonovYang Chen

Customer experience

When

All ratings10 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews90 reviews
Positive84.4%
Neutral3.3%
Negative12.2%

LongScribe

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

When

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$12.991 Year
None

LongScribe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is When free?
When is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LongScribe free?
LongScribe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, When or LongScribe?
LongScribe is rated higher. When averages 4.8 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while LongScribe averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do When or LongScribe have ads?
When shows ads; LongScribe does not.
Which is updated more often, When or LongScribe?
When ships an update fortnightly, and LongScribe every 4 days. Most recently, When was updated on November 13, 2026 and LongScribe on November 10, 2026.

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