Montblanc Hub vs Read AI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Montblanc Hub
Seamlessly bridge the gap between traditional handwriting and digital efficiency. Capture your notes and sketches from real paper directly onto your mobile device. Edit, share, and convert your analog creations into editable digital text to boost productivity.
- Transfer notes from paper to mobile
- Convert handwriting to digital text
- Edit and organize digital notes
- Share notes and sketches
- Cloud storage for notes
- Semantic Ink enhancement
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Discover a brand new writing innovation that integrates traditional writing into the digital workflow. With Montblanc Augmented Paper, written notes and sketches can be transferred from paper to a mobile device with the simple press of a button. Once on the device, the content can be edited, shared with others and translated into digital text to increase productivity and performance. Bringing together the best of both analogue and digital worlds, Augmented Paper pairs the enjoyment of a natural Montblanc writing experience on real paper with the efficiency of digitizing work. • Write, sketch or draw on the paper notebook with the StarWalker writing instrument exclusively developed for Augmented Paper • Record all writing and sketches with the digitiser enclosed in the leather envelope • Press one simple button to transmit your notes to your mobile device via Bluetooth® Low Energy • Convert handwritten notes into digital text and edit them with the Montblanc Hub app • Edit, store and organise your notes on your smartphone or tablet • Add customized templates to your notes • Store all your notes into the Cloud • Enhance your notes with Semantic Ink
Read AI
This app records audio from your device and generates real-time AI-powered transcripts and summaries. It's ideal for capturing lectures, meetings, or brainstorming sessions, providing comprehensive reports that can be shared or kept private.
- Live transcription and summaries
- Speaker detection
- In-person meeting recording
- Integration with communication channels
- Cross-platform sync
- Meeting notifications
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Instantly capture audio from your iPhone and view a real-time AI-generated transcript and summary with Read AI. When you meet in-person, open up Read AI, and start to record the audio from the conversation allowing you to skip manually writing notes on paper or in your notes app. Sitting in a lecture, meeting a client in person, or talking out loud to capture an idea, Read AI will record, transcribe, and summarize the audio in real time. After the conversation is complete, Read will generate a comprehensive report that you can keep private, or share with others. Notes generated from your iOS device are displayed side-by-side with your Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams meetings within the app. Key Features: Live Transcription & Summaries Get accurate, real-time transcriptions and concise summaries to stay focused on what matters. Never ask the question again, what did we talk about? Unique Speaker Detection Read AI recognizes each speaker as a unique contributor in the AI, allowing you to distinguish one speaker from another. Enhanced Recording for In-Person Meetings New capabilities for recording and summarizing face-to-face discussions and brainstorming sessions. Seamless Integration Connects with your favorite communication channels like Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Teams, and CRM systems to simplify sharing and reviewing your notes. Cross-Platform Sync Access your notes and summaries across devices, ensuring you never miss a detail. This includes meetings on Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams. Notifications Never miss recording a meeting with iOS notifications that remind you of upcoming meetings, and new meeting reports, and provide a recap before a recurring meeting—no more regrets about not recording a conversation or taking notes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Read AI at 4.9 against Montblanc Hub's 3.1. Read AI also leads on review sentiment (68% vs 27%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). Montblanc Hub's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Read AI holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Read AI has 929 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Montblanc Hub's written reviews are positive against 68% of Read AI's.
Montblanc Hub ships an update every 3 months, Read AI every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Montblanc Hub | Read AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (27 ratings) | 4.9 (929 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.9% of reviews | 68.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 | 929 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Montblanc International GmbH | Read AI |
Customer experience
Montblanc Hub
Read AI
Bugs and requests
Montblanc Hub
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Read AI
Reported bugs
1 issue- Uploading issues causing lost recordings
Requested features
4 requests- Chromecast and AirPlay support
- Full-screen video playback
- Cloud sync for transcripts and summaries
- Better mobile support and file format compatibility
In-app purchases
Montblanc Hub
No in-app purchases
Read AI
No in-app purchases









