Comparison

Otter Transcribe Voice Notes vs Senru

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

Head to head
About

Otter Transcribe Voice Notes

This app offers real-time voice transcription for meetings, lectures, and conversations. It acts as an AI assistant, capturing slides, generating summaries, and allowing for collaborative editing and sharing of notes. Available in multiple languages and on web.

Highlights
  • Real-time transcription
  • Automated meeting notes & summaries
  • AI Chat for answers
  • Record & transcribe live
  • Share & collaborate
  • Searchable notes
  • Automated slide capture
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Never take meeting notes again. Otter AI is the fastest way to transcribe voice in real time. Get a meeting assistant that records audio, writes notes, automatically captures slides, and generates summaries. Available in English, Spanish, French and Japanese. Otter AI is also available on the web. Start for free. Trusted by over 10 million people and featured by Apple as "App of the Day" and "Editors' Choice." Automated meeting notes for Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and more. Stay connected and collaborative when you work from home. Otter transcribes all your meetings, interviews, lectures, and everyday voice conversations in real time, so you can focus on the discussion. KEY FEATURES • AI Meeting Assistant: get automated meeting notes & summaries • AI Chat: get answers and generate content • AI Channels: combine live conversations with async updates. Chat with teammates. • Record & transcribe live • Automated meeting notes & summaries • Share & collaborate • All notes are searchable & shareable • Edit & highlight • Organize & export • Import & sync Looking for a specific feature? Here are the details: RECORD & TRANSCRIBE LIVE • Instantly record in one tap • Transcribe in real time • Highlight key points to review later • Insert photos of whiteboard discussions, slides, etc. • Input audio via built-in mic or Bluetooth device ENRICH NOTES WITH AI • Gather information across all your conversations • Ask questions about a specific meeting • Generate follow- up emails • Automated Slide Capture during virtual meetings • Generate summary, outline and keywords after all meetings • Punctuate, capitalize, and break paragraphs automatically SHARE & COLLABORATE • Invite group members to view, edit, and highlight collaboratively • Add comments and assign action items • Share links externally SEARCH & PLAYBACK • Search the text so you don't have to scrub through the whole audio • Playback at adjustable speeds • Follow along the highlighted word as the audio is playing • Tap on any word to jump the audio to that spot EDIT & HIGHLIGHT • Edit the text to correct any errors • Tag the speakers to label the paragraphs and train Otter to identify speakers too • Highlight sentences in one tap IMPORT & SYNC • Import audio and video files • Upload from other call recording apps • Sync your calendars to be reminded to record your meetings and auto-title your notes • Import your contacts for easy sharing OPTIMIZED FOR iOS • Start/Stop recording with Siri Shortcut & home widget • Record via AirPods • Sync with iOS Calendar, Contacts & Camera Otter Pro Get more playback speeds, skip silence, and bulk export. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscriptions in Settings and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Need help? Check out our Help Center: https://help.otter.ai Terms of Service: https://otter.ai/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://otter.ai/privacy-policy

About

Senru

Features
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Just write the deadline. What's urgent turns red. Senru is a to-do app that sorts itself by deadline. No folders, no priorities, no reordering. Type a task in one line and it lands at its deadline on a single timeline. Only tasks due within 12 hours take on color — so the moment you open Senru, you know what needs you now. WRITE IT IN ONE LINE Type "review proposal 3pm tomorrow" and the deadline is tomorrow at 3 PM. "Take out the trash every Monday" becomes a weekly repeat. Dates, times, and repeats are read on your device, and you can check the result before the task lands. English and Japanese both work, just as you write them. START WITH WHAT'S RED Only tasks due within 12 hours take on color. They shift from amber to red as the deadline nears, and the most urgent ones pulse. Everything further out stays neutral, so your next move is obvious at a glance. QUIET UNTIL IT'S CLOSE • More than 12 hours out — silence • Within 12 hours — open the app and a Live Activity counts down on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • 2 hours before — one alert with a gentle haptic, even during a Focus • After the deadline — one more note, then quiet. No nagging READING THE TIMELINE The middle of the screen is now. The further up, the further ahead; below the middle is what's done. Distant tasks are grouped and kept small, then open one by one as you scroll closer, with date markers showing which day you're looking at. Tasks without a date wait at the very top as "someday" — drag one onto the timeline once it has a date. Long-press and drag any task to reschedule it. PREFER A LIST? IT'S RIGHT THERE The same tasks read as a plain list, nearest first: Soon, Today, Tomorrow, and on. Search covers completed tasks and the trash too, and you can complete, reschedule, or restore right from the results. The list gives you every action, so Senru works fully with VoiceOver. FREE. NO ADS. NO SIGN-UP. Every task-management feature is free. There are no ads and no account to create. Dates are read on your device, not on a server, and nothing is tracked. Your tasks stay on your device and in your private iCloud database. AND MORE • Repeats — daily, weekdays, weekly, monthly, or every N days. Complete one and it moves to the next • Extra alarms — "remind me the night before," at any time, apart from the deadline • Widgets, Lock Screen, StandBy — your most urgent task and its time left, without opening the app • Siri, Shortcuts, Spotlight, Control Center — add a task in one phrase • The feel of done — a gentle haptic and tone when you complete a task • Accessibility — VoiceOver, the largest text sizes, Increase Contrast, and Reduce Motion • iPhone and iPad — the layout fits your screen, and on iPad a hardware keyboard handles adding, the list, settings, and jumping back to now • iCloud sync — the same tasks on your iPhone and iPad (requires signing in to iCloud) • Dark and light themes Just write the deadline. Senru does the rest.

Screenshots

Otter Transcribe Voice Notes4 screens
Senru4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Senru at none against Otter Transcribe Voice Notes's 10. Senru also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). Otter Transcribe Voice Notes's advantage is chart position (#17 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Otter Transcribe Voice Notes sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $16.99 per month. Senru asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Otter Transcribe Voice Notes ships an update fortnightly, Senru every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Otter Transcribe Voice Notes versus Senru: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOtter Transcribe Voice NotesSenru
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (87K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings87K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
Best chart rank#17 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size145 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOtter.ai, Inc.CLYR Inc.

Bugs and requests

Otter Transcribe Voice Notes

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Microphone not working consistently
  • Transcription stops unexpectedly during recordings
  • Difficulty organizing and managing recorded files

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to record and transcribe phone calls
  • Improved editing and formatting capabilities
  • Integration with note-taking apps and cloud storage
  • Custom vocabulary training and speaker recognition
  • Offline transcription mode

Senru

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Otter Transcribe Voice Notes

Subscriptions9
  • Otter Pro (monthly)2 variants$16.991 Month
  • Otter Pro (monthly)7 Days trial$16.991 Month
  • Otter Business (monthly)$30.001 Month
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  • Otter Business (monthly)7 Days trial$30.001 Month
  • Otter Pro (Yearly)$99.991 Year
  • Otter Pro (yearly)$99.991 Year
  • Otter Pro (yearly)7 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Otter Business (yearly)$239.991 Year
  • Otter Business (yearly)7 Days trial$239.991 Year
None

Senru

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Otter Transcribe Voice Notes free?
Otter Transcribe Voice Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Senru free?
Senru is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Otter Transcribe Voice Notes or Senru have ads?
Neither Otter Transcribe Voice Notes nor Senru shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Otter Transcribe Voice Notes or Senru?
Otter Transcribe Voice Notes ships an update fortnightly, and Senru every 3 days. Most recently, Otter Transcribe Voice Notes was updated on October 27, 2026 and Senru on October 8, 2026.

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