Comparison

Voice to Text vs TimeMender

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

Head to head
About

Voice to Text

This app transcribes your spoken words into text in real-time using advanced AI. It records audio simultaneously, allows for easy editing and sharing, and supports over 88 languages with translation capabilities. Ideal for professionals, writers, and those with typing difficulties.

Highlights
  • Real-time voice to text transcription
  • Simultaneous audio recording
  • Supports over 88 languages
  • Speech translation
  • Unlimited recognition duration (Pro)
  • Easy sharing of text and audio
Features
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Every recording becomes a searchable note, an AI summary, and a list of action items — ready to share, translate, or export as SRT/VTT subtitles. Speechy follows your meetings, interviews, classes, podcasts, and customer calls on iPhone and Apple Watch. Transcription runs on device with Apple's speech recognition, so your audio stays private by default. From a single recording you get an editable transcript with speaker labels, a structured summary, bilingual translation, and SRT/VTT subtitles. Why people use Speechy: • Real-time dictation and transcription on iPhone • Import audio and video files to transcribe old recordings • Copy the full transcript or selected sections when you need them elsewhere • Speaker labels for meetings, interviews, and podcasts • Subtitle mode with SRT / VTT export • AI summary templates for meetings, interviews, medical (SOAP), legal, lectures, and 1-on-1s • Action items with one-tap send to Calendar — dates in your transcript become real events • Face ID or passcode lock for the whole app or individual notes • Bilingual translation and read aloud for original or translated text • Full-text search, tags, edited transcript, playback sync, and easy sharing More ways to capture and work: • Start recording from Apple Watch and continue on iPhone • Use widgets, Live Activity, and Dynamic Island for faster access and status • Send content from other apps with Share, Translate, and Read Aloud extensions • Extract article text from web links and reopen notes from Spotlight Advanced AI and control: • Works with Apple Intelligence, local MLX models, OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, and custom OpenAI-compatible APIs • Download and manage local MLX or Hugging Face models • Use AI memory, tools, and MCP servers for deeper note workflows • Supports on-device speech recognition, on-device translation, and on-device speaker analysis • Fine-tune recognition with custom vocabulary, VAD, auto punctuation, emoji conversion, and sensitive-word filtering Great for: • Meeting notes and project recaps • Interviews, research, and customer calls • Lectures, study notes, and podcasts • Bilingual work, subtitles, and content creation Get started in 3 steps: 1. Record, import a file, or start from Apple Watch 2. Review the transcript, summary, action items, speakers, and translation 3. Search, share, export subtitles, or ask AI to go deeper Subscription: Speechy Pro offers auto-renewing subscriptions: • Monthly: US$6.99 / month • Yearly: US$47.99 / year Prices apply to customers in the United States. Pricing in other countries or regions may vary, and charges may be converted to your local currency. Payment will be charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel subscriptions in your Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.speechy.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.speechy.app/privacy-policy

About

TimeMender

This app helps you track your work time accurately, even with imperfect habits. It allows for quick adjustments to logged time and provides a clear overview of your day. The Pro version offers advanced features like history summaries and data export.

Highlights
  • One-tap timer for starting and switching tasks
  • Quick-add for forgotten time entries
  • Fast 'fix-it' move for adjusting time between items
  • Daily target tracking with live progress
  • Private, device-only data storage
  • Export data to CSV/plain-text (Pro)
Features
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TimeMender is a fast, forgiving personal worklog for people with imperfect timer habits. Real workdays are messy. You forget to start the timer. You forget to stop it. You switch tasks without thinking. Meetings run long. You get interrupted and lose track. TimeMender is designed around that reality — not an ideal workday where everything gets tracked perfectly. Capture time as it happens, fix the messy parts fast, and get a clear picture of where your day went. Maybe you feed a timesheet at the end of the week. Maybe you bill by the hour. Maybe you just want to know where the day went. Whatever your reason, TimeMender keeps a lightweight, honest record without asking you to manage a full productivity system. Built for messy, real-world days One-tap timer. Tap a work item to start; tap another to switch. Only one timer runs at a time. Switched late? No problem. If you realize you changed tasks a few minutes ago but forgot to switch the timer, use Switch Late to move that recent time to the right work item without stopping to reconstruct your day. Quick Add. Add time you forgot to track — no timer required. Easy adjustments. Open Adjust from the overflow menu to move time between work items, fix mistakes, or clean up your day without editing a complicated timeline. Daily target. See Tracked and Remaining/Over at a glance so you know when your workday is "full." Keep your timer in sight. With TimeMender Pro, your active timer stays visible on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island through a Live Activity — a subtle, persistent reminder that you're still tracking, so it's easier to stay on top of your time throughout the day. Works locally. Core tracking runs entirely on your device. No account, no sign-in, and no network connection required. Private by design Your worklog stays under your control. There's no TimeMender account and no backend storing your work history. We don't receive, host, or sell your data. TimeMender Pro — one-time purchase, no subscription Upgrade once to unlock: Full local history with week and date-range summaries Per-work-item summaries Share and CSV/plain-text export Work-item icons and colors Bulk work-item import iCloud backup & restore Home Screen widgets Live Activity for your active timer on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, helping keep your running timer visible throughout the day Everything you capture in Free is kept, so upgrading instantly unlocks your full history, summaries, and exports. Focused on one job TimeMender isn't a payroll system, team timesheet platform, billing suite, or project manager. It does one focused job: help you capture, adjust, and understand your time — even when your workday doesn't go according to plan.

Screenshots

Voice to Text4 screens
TimeMender4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TimeMender at 5.0 against Voice to Text's 4.6. TimeMender also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). Voice to Text's advantage is ratings volume (2.9K vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Voice to Text sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and TimeMender 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

TimeMender holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Voice to Text has 2.9K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Voice to Text ships an update every 9 days, TimeMender fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Voice to Text versus TimeMender: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVoice to TextTimeMender
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2.9K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.9K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer吉华 郑Brown's Tech Co. LLC

Customer experience

Voice to Text

All ratings2,936 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral4.2%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews399 reviews
Positive43.9%
Neutral10.5%
Negative45.6%

TimeMender

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

Bugs and requests

Voice to Text

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes or stops working after updates
  • Purchased upgrades not working as expected
  • Inability to restore previous purchases
  • Scrolling/cursor issues when editing

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to pause/resume recordings
  • Improved punctuation and formatting
  • Customizable vocabulary and learning capabilities
  • Offline mode for recording
  • Better integration with other apps/services

TimeMender

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Voice to Text

Subscriptions2
  • Speechy Pro Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Speechy Pro Yearly$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Voice Dictation - Speechy Pro$9.99
1 purchases

TimeMender

One-time1
  • TimeMender Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Voice to Text free?
Voice to Text is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TimeMender free?
TimeMender is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Voice to Text or TimeMender?
TimeMender is rated higher. Voice to Text averages 4.6 out of 5 from 2.9K ratings, while TimeMender averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Voice to Text or TimeMender have ads?
Neither Voice to Text nor TimeMender shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Voice to Text or TimeMender?
Voice to Text ships an update every 9 days, and TimeMender fortnightly. Most recently, Voice to Text was updated on October 19, 2026 and TimeMender on October 9, 2026.

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