Comparison

Speech to Text vs TextHear

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

Head to head
About

Speech to Text

Effortlessly convert spoken words into text with advanced speech recognition. This app offers iCloud synchronization for seamless note-taking across devices and easy sharing options. Personalize your experience with custom themes and app icons.

Highlights
  • Accurate word recognition
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Text sharing via email
  • Customizable color themes
  • Customizable app icon
  • Multiple dictation languages
  • Intuitive interface
Features
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Turn speech into clean text notes on iPhone and iPad. Speech to Text helps you capture ideas, lectures, conversations, interviews, reminders, and meeting notes while you speak. Start recording, watch words appear in real time, then edit the result into a note you can keep, search, favorite, share, or export. What you can do: • Dictate notes with live speech recognition • Choose the recognition language you need • Keep a searchable library of voice notes • Edit titles and transcripts after recording • Share or export notes to Messages, Mail, Files, and other apps • Sync notes between iPhone and iPad with iCloud • Customize themes, app icons, and font size The app is built for fast capture: tap, speak, save, and get back to work. It is useful for students, creators, journalists, doctors, business owners, and anyone who prefers speaking instead of typing. Privacy and subscriptions: Saved notes stay in the app and can sync with your Apple iCloud account if you enable sync. Premium unlocks unlimited use, iCloud sync, language options, themes, icons, export tools, larger font controls, and an ad-free experience. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple ID settings. Information about the auto-renewable nature of the subscription - The price of the subscription is $5.99 per week or $29.99 per year. Every month/year your subscription is auto-renewed. - Subscription automatically renews if automatic renewal is not turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period - Charging for renewal of subscription takes place within 24 hours before the end of the current period. - After the end of the trial period, the monthly subscription will begin with the price accepted in your country - Update, manage and unsubscribe according to Apple's rules in your iTunes account settings - You can cancel your subscription via this URL: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 - Privacy Policy: https://lykovstudio.io/privacy - Terms of Use: https://lykovstudio.io/terms

About

TextHear

This app provides real-time speech-to-text transcription to assist individuals with hearing impairments. It can be used for non-stop dictation or to convert phone calls and conversations into text, making communication more accessible.

Highlights
  • Real-time transcription
  • Non-stop dictation
  • Phone call captioning
  • Face-to-face conversation aid
  • High-precision speech recognition
Features
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* Please note: app is free to download & test for 1 minute. After that - you will have to purchase transcription minutes at ±$0.3 a minute. We hope you will find it worthwhile for its return in reliability, accuracy, elegancy & simplicity - a single touch to transcribe non-stop. We understand it's a bit pricy in today's market, but it's cause we ourselves pay for the transcription by the minute to our service provider (we chose to use Google's paid Speech-to-Text service for its accuracy and reliability). --- As many amongst us suffer from reduced hearing, our mission is to help make everyday-life better for the hearing impaired, using cutting-edge technologies. TextHear's app does non-stop high-precision speech transcription, suitable as a stand-alone app for non-stop dictation and for use with the TextHear phone adapter and microphone to aid hearing-impaired. As such, TextHear transforms any land line phone to a caption-phone, without the need for a second line. Using it with a microphone, in face to face conversations, enables the hard of hearing to SEE what is being said. It is much easier than lips-reading and you won't miss a word. Simply place the microphone in front of them, click the mic - and let our app transcribe for you in real-time what they are saying.

Screenshots

Speech to Text4 screens
TextHear3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Speech to Text at 4.4 against TextHear's 1.3. Speech to Text also leads on review sentiment (37% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 months). TextHear's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and iOS requirement (9.2 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Speech to Text sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and TextHear sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Speech to Text holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speech to Text has 147 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of Speech to Text's written reviews are positive against 0% of TextHear's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speech to Text ships an update every 3 days, TextHear every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Speech to Text versus TextHear: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeech to TextTextHear
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (147 ratings) — better1.3 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews36.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings147 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLYKOV STUDIO LTDWellSource Ltd.

Customer experience

Speech to Text

All ratings146 ratings
Positive85.6%
Neutral2.7%
Negative11.6%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive36.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative56.7%

TextHear

All ratings10 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative90.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral6.3%
Negative93.8%

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Speech to Text

Subscriptions10
  • Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • premium$4.997 Days
Show 7 more
  • Premium Year$5.991 Year
  • Weekly3 Days trial$5.997 Days
  • Premium Month$6.991 Month
  • Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Annual$14.991 Year
  • Anual3 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Annual$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • Disable ads$0.99
  • Lifetime$39.99
1 purchases

TextHear

One-time1
  • Transcription credits pack: 30 minutes$8.99

Questions

Is Speech to Text free?
Speech to Text is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TextHear free?
TextHear is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Speech to Text or TextHear?
Speech to Text is rated higher. Speech to Text averages 4.4 out of 5 from 147 ratings, while TextHear averages 1.3 from 10 ratings.
Do Speech to Text or TextHear have ads?
Neither Speech to Text nor TextHear shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Speech to Text or TextHear?
Speech to Text ships an update every 3 days, and TextHear every 8 months. Most recently, Speech to Text was updated on October 29, 2026 and TextHear on October 8, 2026.

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