Simple Notes. vs RecordWise2

Simple Notes. is exactly what it sounds like: a simple app for taking notes. It focuses on everyday essentials. No grids, camera, or audio—just text, with easy ways to organize and share it. Write a note and it saves automatically as you type. The first line becomes its title. Search your notes, star favorites, sort by favorites, date, or title, and tap the counter to switch between character and word counts. Keep notes close with widgets. Show a note you choose or browse a list of recent notes. Tap a note in a widget to open it in the app. FEATURES - Create and automatically save text notes - Count characters or words - Search, star, and sort notes - View a selected note or recent notes with widgets - Share notes as text or as a .txt file - Add a note to a Messages conversation, with the option to include its title - Create or retrieve notes with Shortcuts app - Create note or search using Siri HOW TO USE Create a note: Tap “Create New Note” and start typing. Your changes save automatically. Delete a note: Swipe left on it and tap Delete. Sort notes: Tap the menu button and choose Favorites, Date, or Title. Share in Messages: Open Simple Notes. from the Messages app drawer, choose a conversation and a note, then tap Send. Use the switch at the top to include or leave out the title. Have a suggestion? Please leave a review on the App Store or send feedback through the app.

RecordWise2 turns long meetings, lectures, and one-on-ones into clear, structured notes — automatically. Press record, speak, and within seconds you get a full transcript and a one-page AI summary you can copy, share, or save. WHAT IT DOES • Capture audio with a single tap, or upload an existing recording (m4a, wav, mp3). • Get a clean transcript with speaker labels, time-stamped phrases, and word-level timing — powered by Azure AI Speech Fast Transcription. • Receive a structured Markdown summary with Executive Summary, Key Discussion Points, Action Items, and Next Steps — powered by your own Microsoft Foundry (Azure OpenAI) deployment. • Review every past session in History; star, search, and export whenever you like. BUILT FOR REAL MEETINGS • Diarization detects who said what, up to your configured speaker cap (1–36 participants). • Choose your meeting style — Meeting, Interview, Lecture, Brainstorm, or 1:1 — and the summary adapts its structure to match. • Multilingual: English, Mandarin (Simplified), Cantonese (Traditional), or Auto-detect. For Cantonese audio, the summary is rendered in Traditional Chinese automatically. PRIVACY-FIRST, BRING-YOUR-OWN AZURE • RecordWise2 is a client-only app. There is NO middle-tier server. our audio is sent directly from your device to your own Azure resources over HTTPS. • Your Azure AI Speech key, Microsoft Foundry / Azure OpenAI key, ndpoints, and deployment name live only on your device. • No analytics, no tracking, no ads. WHAT YOU NEED • An Azure subscription with an Azure AI Speech resource (Standard S0). • A Microsoft Foundry / Azure OpenAI resource with a chat-completions deployment (GPT-5 family recommended). Both are pay-as-you-go on Microsoft Azure — RecordWise2 itself has no usage fees. • In-app setup links take you to the official Microsoft Learn guides. WHY THIS APP • 120-minute live recording cap, 500 MB upload cap — long enough for a full board meeting or lecture. • Runs natively on iPhone and iPad. PERFECT FOR • Founders and managers who run back-to-back meetings. • Researchers and journalists who transcribe long-form interviews. • Students who capture lectures and want searchable notes. • Multilingual teams that need accurate Mandarin or Cantonese transcription. Press record and let RecordWise2 do the writing.