Dictation & Notes vs VertiCall
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dictation & Notes
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You will have the capability to send that dictation seamlessly to our secure UK based servers for fast and accurate transcription, and prompt return to you. All transcription is performed by our UK-wide team of experienced legal and medical typists, as perfect as you need it. We are the only outsourced transcription provider that is officially endorsed by the Manchester Law society, LawNet and LawSave, and we are also accredited to the internationally recognised ISO27001 standard for Information Security Management Systems, to ISO 22301 for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery and to ISO 9001 for Quality Control.
VertiCall
This mobile app extends your existing phone system, functioning as a virtual extension. Easily manage calls, transfer them to other extensions, and make outbound calls using your work number as the Caller ID without complex network configurations.
- Virtual phone extension
- Call transferring
- Outbound calls with work Caller ID
- Simple login
- No network changes required
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A mobile extension for all VertiCall-compatible phone systems. The app acts like any other extension on your phone system, allowing you to perform common tasks such as transferring calls to another extension or making outbound calls with your work number as the Caller ID. Unlike many other mobile softphones, VertiCall just works. You shouldn't have to change your network or fill out pages and pages of complicated settings. Simply log in with the username and password provided by your phone system vendor, and away you go!
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Verdict
Dictation & Notes and VertiCall are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dictation & Notes | VertiCall |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Document Direct | Sipcentric Ltd. |
In-app purchases
Dictation & Notes
No in-app purchases
VertiCall
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Dictation & Notes free?
Is VertiCall free?
Do Dictation & Notes or VertiCall have ads?
Which is updated more often, Dictation & Notes or VertiCall?
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