Comparison

Scribe Live vs Stenographer

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

Head to head
About

Scribe Live

This app facilitates communication across language barriers with live translation and saved phrases. It also offers transcription and speech features for those with speaking or hearing difficulties.

Highlights
  • Live translation in over 40 languages
  • Transcription of spoken words in 9 languages
  • Speech synthesis for written text in 9 languages
  • Save and reuse frequently used sentences
  • Assistance for travelers and those with communication challenges
Features
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Scribe live helps people in different difficult situations like being in foreign country and you don't speak or understand their language. With live translation and saved sentence feature, you will be able to understand them and say what you want in different language. On the other hand if you have trouble with speaking or hearing, the Transcribe and Speech features will help you a lot in these situations Scribe Live features: 1- Live Translation with more than 40 langauges 2- Transcribe anything was said in 9 languages 3- Speech anything written in 9 languages 4- Save sentences from transcribing or Speech so you can use them later on with foreigners or while traveling

About

Stenographer

This app offers on-device audio recording and transcription, ensuring complete privacy as your data never leaves your device. It utilizes advanced AI for accurate speech processing, summarization, and multilingual support, with a one-time purchase for unlimited use.

Highlights
  • 100% on-device processing
  • No subscriptions, one-time purchase
  • Discreet background recording
  • AI-powered transcription and summarization
  • Intelligent search and tagging
  • Multilingual transcription and translation
  • Cross-device synchronization
Features
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Your conversations are valuable. They should also stay private. Stenographer records, transcribes, identifies speakers, summarizes, and organizes audio directly on your iPhone or iPad. Capture from your phone or Apple Watch, then turn hours of audio into a readable, searchable record without sending your conversations to a transcription service. NEW IN STENOGRAPHER 2.0 • Seamless Transcript Read recordings as one continuous, newspaper-like conversation. Stenographer hides file splits and processing chunks while preserving the original audio behind every turn. • Know who said what Private, on-device speaker diarization separates conversations into natural speaker turns. Name a speaker and Stenographer can use an on-device voice profile to recognize that person in other recordings when there’s a confident match. • Private AI summaries On supported devices, summaries and labels use Apple’s on-device Foundation Models. An optional downloadable local fallback is available, and your transcripts remain on your device. • Record from your wrist Start recording from Apple Watch when reaching for your phone would interrupt the moment. Finished recordings remain queued on Apple Watch and retry until iPhone safely receives them for private transcription and analysis. MORE WAYS TO WORK • Continue recording in the background from iPhone or Apple Watch • Import existing audio files • Automatically detect supported languages • Transcribe speech or translate supported languages into English • Search across transcripts, summaries, and labels • Add labels and optional timestamps • Select exact transcript turns to share • Merge recordings and export all transcripts as JSON • Customize transcript fonts, speaker display, processing concurrency, and recording limits • Return to the classic per-recording layout at any time PRIVATE BY DESIGN Transcription, speaker identification, summaries, and labels run on your device whenever available. Nothing is uploaded unless you explicitly choose to share it. Speaker and optional fallback models may download when needed; your audio and transcripts are not uploaded for processing. ONE PURCHASE. NO SUBSCRIPTION. Record and transcribe without monthly fees, usage quotas, or cloud transcription charges. Ideal for meetings, lectures, interviews, research, personal notes, and private lifelogging. App icon designed by aaatelier.ch.

Screenshots

Scribe Live4 screens
Stenographer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Scribe Live at Free against Stenographer's $4.99. Scribe Live also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.5). Stenographer's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 1.0) and review sentiment (88% vs 50%). On 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

Scribe Live is free to download; Stenographer costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stenographer holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Scribe Live's written reviews are positive against 88% of Stenographer's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Scribe Live versus Stenographer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScribe LiveStenographer
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.3 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS10.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB575 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMahmoud HamadCaleb Phillips

Customer experience

Scribe Live

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Stenographer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Scribe Live

No in-app purchases

None

Stenographer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scribe Live free?
Scribe Live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Stenographer free?
Stenographer costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scribe Live or Stenographer?
Stenographer is rated higher. Scribe Live averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Stenographer averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do Scribe Live or Stenographer have ads?
Neither Scribe Live nor Stenographer shows ads.

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