Find that Book vs Whisperkit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Find that Book
This app helps you catalog and locate your books, comics, CDs, or DVDs. It uses OCR, Siri dictation, or keyboard input to keyword your collection, allowing for easy searching. You can also export and import your database between devices.
- OCR and Siri dictation for keyword entry
- Searchable database of your collection
- Photo capture of books and bookcases
- Proximity spelling search feature
- Database export and import
- Contextual help icon
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You've got plenty of books in various bookcases and you stopped trying to sort them? This App will help you find them! Once and for all take photos of your books by bundles and keyword them (titles, authors) using: - highly efficient character recognition, - Siri dictation, - or simply the device's keyboard. You will then be able to search this database and finally locate your books with ease! By the way, this also works with comics, CDs or DVDs... Features: - Take photos of your bookcases as a base for positioning your books - Take photos of your books by bundles - Keyword them by character recognition, Siri dictation or plain keyboard - Character recognition is available in English, French, German and Italian - Search for keywords (with proximity spelling feature) - Export and import your database between your devices - A contextual help icon will always be available
Whisperkit
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Whisper turns speech into accurate text — entirely on your device. Powered by Apple's Neural Engine and an open-source multilingual speech recognition model, Whisper transcribes audio recordings, voice memos, lectures, meetings, podcasts and videos directly on your iPhone. Nothing is uploaded. Nothing is tracked. No accounts. New: make music (beta). Describe a song — style, mood, instruments, even lyrics — and Whisper composes it on your device. KEY FEATURES • On-device transcription — your audio never leaves your iPhone • Record audio directly in the app, import files from Files, iCloud or Photos, share audio from other apps, or paste a link to an audio or video file • Supports many languages including English, Chinese (Simplified or Traditional), Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Portuguese, and Italian — plus auto-detection • Real-time progress with live segment-by-segment streaming • Multiple model sizes — pick speed or accuracy to match your needs • Performance monitor shows CPU, memory and Neural Engine usage in real time • Works offline once a model is downloaded • Keeps working in the background while you use other apps • Copy or share transcripts with one tap • Beautiful, modern interface designed for iOS and iPadOS MAKE MUSIC (BETA) • Describe the music and Whisper composes it on your device • Add lyrics to have them sung, in many languages • Fuller arrangement turns a short idea into a full band • Every song is kept with its prompt and lyrics, to play, share or make again WHY ON-DEVICE MATTERS Most transcription apps send your audio to a server. Whisper does not. Your meetings, voice notes, interviews and personal recordings stay private because everything runs locally on your iPhone's Neural Engine. • No accounts to create • No subscriptions, no ads • No analytics or tracking SDKs • Works in airplane mode after the first model download • Safe to use with confidential and sensitive recordings PERFECT FOR • Journalists transcribing interviews • Students capturing lectures • Professionals transcribing meetings • Podcasters generating show notes • Writers dictating drafts • Anyone who values privacy Whisper is open speech recognition done right — fast, accurate, and yours alone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Whisperkit at none against Find that Book's 1. Whisperkit also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 19 months). Find that Book's advantage is iOS requirement (14.1 vs 18.5). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Find that Book sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whisperkit asks for nothing beyond the download.
Find that Book ships an update every 19 months, Whisperkit monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Find that Book | Whisperkit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Xavier Ackaouy | chienchung Yu |
In-app purchases
Find that Book
- UnlimitedFree
Whisperkit
No in-app purchases









