Comparison

Speech to Text vs Textory

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

Textory

A fast, clean, and modern text editor for iPhone and iPad. It provides a simple workspace for notes, drafts, snippets, and quick code edits without the clutter of larger applications. Save work locally or sync across devices with iCloud.

Highlights
  • Fast and lightweight editing
  • Clean iOS-style interface
  • iPhone and iPad support
  • Local and iCloud document storage
  • Supports numerous text and code file types
  • Simple file-based workflow
Features
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Textory is a fast, clean, and modern text editor for iPhone and iPad. Built for notes, drafts, snippets, plain text, and quick code edits, Textory gives you a simple workspace without the clutter of oversized writing apps or complicated developer tools. Create and edit documents quickly, save your work locally, or use iCloud to keep files available across your Apple devices. Whether you are writing quick notes, organizing ideas, editing plain text, saving reference material, or making light changes to code snippets, Textory is designed to stay out of your way. Textory supports multiple file types, including plain text, Markdown, JSON, XML, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, C#, VB.NET, Python, and more. Switch file types quickly and use Textory as a lightweight editor when you just need to open something, make a change, and keep moving. Textory is not trying to replace a full development environment. It is made for fast, lightweight text editing when you need a simple place to write, edit, save, and organize text. Why Textory? • Fast and lightweight • Clean iOS-style interface • Works on iPhone and iPad • Local and iCloud document storage • Great for notes, plain text, drafts, lists, and snippets • Useful for lightweight code editing and quick text changes • Supports common text and code file types • Simple file-based workflow • No clutter, no complicated setup Textory is the everyday text editor for people who want a simple, reliable place to write, edit, save, and organize text on iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

Speech to Text4 screens
Textory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Textory at 5.0 against Speech to Text's 4.4. Textory also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription). Speech to Text's advantage is ratings volume (147 vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). 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 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Textory sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Textory holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Speech to Text has 147 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speech to Text ships an update every 3 days, Textory weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Speech to Text versus Textory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeech to TextTextory
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (147 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings147 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLYKOV STUDIO LTDFare Brothers

Customer experience

Speech to Text

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

Textory

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

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Speech to Text

Subscriptions8
  • Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Premium Year$5.991 Year
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  • 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
One-time2
  • Disable ads$0.99
  • Lifetime$39.99
4 purchases

Textory

One-time4
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99
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  • Generous Tip$19.99

Questions

Is Speech to Text free?
Speech to Text is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Textory free?
Textory is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Speech to Text or Textory?
Textory is rated higher. Speech to Text averages 4.4 out of 5 from 147 ratings, while Textory averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Speech to Text or Textory have ads?
Neither Speech to Text nor Textory shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Speech to Text or Textory?
Speech to Text ships an update every 3 days, and Textory weekly. Most recently, Speech to Text was updated on November 2, 2026 and Textory on October 28, 2026.

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