Comparison

STM Forums vs yapyap go

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

Head to head
About

STM Forums

Access the STM forums on your mobile device to stay updated with the latest guides and case studies. Respond to private messages and never miss a new post. Your privacy is protected, with email used only for login and password recovery.

Highlights
  • On-the-go forum access
  • Respond to private messages
  • View new guides and case studies
  • Secure login and password recovery
  • Privacy-focused email usage
Features
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Avid reader of the STM forums? Now you can get access on the go! Keep your finger on the pulse, respond to PMs and keep an eye on the newest guides and case studies with this app. Your email address is required for the sole purpose of completing an App Login or Forgotten Password request. We will never send you unsolicited ‘junk’ email, or share this information with any outside parties. We are committed to protecting your privacy!

About

yapyap go

This app transforms your phone into a private voice recorder that transcribes audio locally. Capture meetings, lectures, or ideas and access searchable text transcripts without uploading any data. It works offline and offers enhanced accuracy with optional downloadable models.

Highlights
  • One-tap recording
  • Background recording
  • On-device transcription
  • Offline whisper models
  • Shareable text transcripts
  • Audio import
  • Desktop app sync
Features
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Your phone is always with you. yapyap go turns it into a private voice recorder that captures every meeting, interview, lecture, and late-night idea and then writes down what it heard, right there on the phone. No account. No upload. No cloud. Your voice never leaves your device. Full stop. IT TRANSCRIBES ITSELF Stop a recording and the transcript starts writing, using the speech recognition your phone already has. Nothing to download, nothing to configure, nothing to wait for. Tap any line to jump the audio to that exact moment. Want more? Pick a whisper model in settings, from 57 MB up, for higher accuracy and for languages your phone can't handle offline. It downloads once and runs entirely on your device, in airplane mode, in a basement, on a plane. IN YOUR LANGUAGE yapyap go is translated into 181 languages, and you choose which one it speaks, whatever your phone is set to. Each one tells you how much of it is translated. Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Urdu turn the whole screen around. Your recordings are transcribed in your language too, not in English. HOW IT WORKS 1. Tap record. Nothing to set up first. Capture audio in a single tap, and keep recording when you switch apps or lock your screen. 2. Read it back. The transcript appears under the recording, split into turns, and synced to the audio. 3. Do something with it. Share the transcript as text, or send the recording to your yapyap desktop. Speaker names and summaries return to your phone. IN THE APP • One-tap recording with start, pause, resume, and retry • Background & screen-lock recording, so a locked phone keeps listening • On-device transcription with no download or an offline Whisper model if you want more accuracy • Transcripts split into turns, tap-to-seek, and shareable as plain text • Correct a word in a transcript, and it teaches the next recording • 181 languages for the app, picked in settings, with right-to-left layouts • Mark a moment mid-recording with a tap and a buzz so you can find it later • An on-device library grouped by day, with playback • Import audio from other apps and transcribe it here • Summaries and action items from your desktop arrive below the transcript they belong to • Optional pairing with the yapyap desktop app: either device can start it, automatic discovery, direct device-to-device sync, per-file progress, and retry • Free up space: remove the local copy once a recording is safely synced • Light and dark themes WHY YAPYAP • Local-first. Recording and transcription both happen on your phone, never in the cloud. • Works offline. No Wi-Fi, no signal, no problem. • No account. Nothing to sign up for, nothing to log into. • You're not the product. Your conversations are never mined, sold, or used to train anything. • Own it, don't rent it. yapyap is yours to keep. Made for knowledge workers capturing decisions and action items across back-to-back meetings, and for journalists and researchers recording interviews and field notes who need accurate, private transcripts. BETTER WITH A DESKTOP, FINE WITHOUT ONE yapyap go stands on its own. Pair it with the yapyap desktop app (macOS, Windows, Linux) on the same Wi-Fi. Your recordings sync straight across, device to device, never through a server. The desktop tells apart who said what and sums up what matters. Then the answer returns to your phone, below the recording it belongs to. Either device can start the pairing, and you approve it on the other one. Own your voice again.

Screenshots

STM Forums4 screens
yapyap go4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: yapyap go at 100% against STM Forums's 50%. yapyap go also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5). STM Forums's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

yapyap go holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of STM Forums's written reviews are positive against 100% of yapyap go's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
STM Forums versus yapyap go: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSTM Forumsyapyap go
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22
Update frequency—Every 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size173 MB84 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperiStack HoldingsAdrianus Sebastiaan Boer

Customer experience

STM Forums

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

yapyap go

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

STM Forums

No in-app purchases

None

yapyap go

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is STM Forums free?
STM Forums is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is yapyap go free?
yapyap go is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, STM Forums or yapyap go?
yapyap go is rated higher. STM Forums averages 3.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while yapyap go averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do STM Forums or yapyap go have ads?
Neither STM Forums nor yapyap go shows ads.

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