Comparison

Quick Link Scan vs Live Speech to Text

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

Head to head
About

Quick Link Scan

Easily scan and save URLs, social media handles, and hashtags directly from your device. Get quick actions for social networks and web links, with offline saving capabilities. Customize your experience with preferred social apps and actions.

Highlights
  • Scan URLs, social handles, and hashtags
  • Quick actions for social networks
  • Open, edit, copy, or share links
  • Save links for later viewing
  • Offline scanning and saving
  • Customizable quick actions and default apps
  • Camera flash support for low light
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Find It, Scan It & Save It HOW THE APP WORKS To scan your first link or your 100th, its easy! Open the app on your iPhone, make sure the link is placed between the blue area on the screen. Once it is all in there, capture it. If it finds a Social Link, it will prompt you with quick actions to social networks 1. View or Search on Twitter 2. View or Search on Facebook 3. View or Search on Instagram Don't like the list we provided you, edit it right inside Settings. We have support for all the major social applications: Twitter Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest Reddit If it finds a URL it will prompt you with some quick actions to deal with it: 1. Open the link right there and then 2. Edit the link if it's not quite what you saw, edit it easily 3. Copy it over to your click board 4. Send it to friends or family 5. Save links for later which will automatically show it in the listed links you have scanned EVERYTHING IS DONE RIGHT ON YOUR DEVICE! Finding that link takes 0% of data! If you aren’t in Internet connectivity you will still be able to scan it, all you will have to do is `Save link for later` if you can’t access the internet at that time. LINK SUPPORTED - Anything we think that looks like a URL is a URL in our books. - @connections like user accounts and business accounts - #hashtags like trending topics, poster tags and event trackers If you find a link but QuickLink Scan says ’No link found’, tweet at us or message us directly with a captured image of the link. We will look into why it wouldn’t scan and get back to you with the answers you deserve. ADDITIONAL FEATURES - Interactive Web view with more sharing capabilities - View a history of all the past links you have scanned - Sharing past links with all your integrated Applications (Messages, Twitter, Facebook etc.) - Supports the camera flash for low light areas when capturing links - Set default social app to automatically open the social app of your choosing while interacting with past @tags and #hashtags - Customized list of Quick Actions when interacting with social @tags and #hashtags REQUIREMENTS In order to use QuickLinks Scan, your device must support the newest major version of iOS on your iPhone and your device must have a built-in camera. When viewing links after scanning, you must have internet connectivity to view these sites.

About

Live Speech to Text

This app offers fast and accurate AI-powered speech-to-text transcription for various audio sources. It supports over 100 languages and includes features like real-time transcription, summarization, and adjustable text for readability. Save and share your transcriptions easily.

Highlights
  • Real-time speech to text
  • AI summarizer
  • 100+ language transcription
  • Adjustable text sizes
  • High-contrast themes
  • Offline transcription
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Read every word the moment it's said — who's speaking, in big, clear type — and walk away with the transcript, a summary and a translation. Built for deaf and hard-of-hearing people, and for anyone who records meetings, lectures and appointments. Free to start. Doctor's appointments, family dinners, lectures, the TV at home: open iScribe, tap once, and read along. No asking anyone to repeat themselves. KNOW WHO SAID WHAT • Each speaker gets a color and a label, so group conversations and dinners make sense • Works in live captions and in recorded transcripts HEAR THE ROOM YOUR WAY Choose a Listening mode for where the sound is coming from: • Auto — adapts to your microphone and hearing aids • Hearing Aid — uses the microphone in your Bluetooth hearing aids or earbuds • TV & Media — TVs, laptops, videos and speech across the room KNOW WHEN IT'S ABOUT YOU • Name alerts: your phone buzzes when your name is said • Custom words: add medications, colleagues and places the app keeps getting wrong MADE TO BE READ • Atkinson Hyperlegible typeface, seven text sizes, bold weights • Low Vision and High Contrast themes • Flip the screen so the person opposite can read too • Jump back to live captions with one tap NO SIGNAL, NO PROBLEM • Offline mode transcribes on your device with downloadable language packs • Switches over on its own if your connection drops mid-conversation MEETINGS, LECTURES AND APPOINTMENTS, KEPT • Record any session or import an audio file (m4a, mp3, wav) • Get the full transcript plus a summary with key points, decisions and action items • Translate transcripts and summaries into 53 languages • Export as PDF or text, or share the recording CAPTIONS IN 53 LANGUAGES • Auto Detect follows bilingual rooms as the language changes YOUR WORDS, ON EVERY DEVICE • Transcripts sync with iCloud; Sign in with Apple keeps your profile and plan on every device • Designed for iPhone and iPad FREE AND PRO Free includes 3 sessions a day across Live Transcribe, Record and Upload. Pro makes them unlimited and backs up your recordings to iCloud. PRIVACY Captions, transcripts, summaries and translations are created by speech-recognition and AI services that never keep your audio. Offline mode sends nothing anywhere. Download iScribe and read every word — on your own terms. Subscription Info: Weekly and annual plans available. Payment is charged to your iTunes account at confirmation. Renewal is charged within 24 hours before the period ends. Cancel anytime in iTunes Store settings. Questions? support@harshvatechnologies.com Help: https://livetranscribe.pro/contact-us/ Terms: https://livetranscribe.pro/terms-and-conditions/ Privacy: https://livetranscribe.pro/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Quick Link Scan4 screens
Live Speech to Text4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Quick Link Scan at 100% against Live Speech to Text's 48%. Quick Link Scan also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 15) and rating (4.5 vs 4.1). Live Speech to Text's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (125 vs 2). 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. Live Speech to Text sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Quick Link Scan asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Quick Link Scan holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Live Speech to Text has 125 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Quick Link Scan's written reviews are positive against 48% of Live Speech to Text's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quick Link Scan ships an update every 3 months, Live Speech to Text every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Quick Link Scan versus Live Speech to Text: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick Link ScanLive Speech to Text
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better4.1 (125 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better47.5% of reviews
Number of ratings2125 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJuice Box Monkey Designs Inc.HARSHVA TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED

Customer experience

Quick Link Scan

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

Live Speech to Text

All ratings125 ratings
Positive74.4%
Neutral4.8%
Negative20.8%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive47.5%
Neutral2.5%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Quick Link Scan

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Live Speech to Text

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • Badly formatted opening screen
  • Stops transcribing after one page
  • Audio vanishes after saving
  • Changes letters to other characters (Arabic/Indian)
  • Suddenly writes in English when set to Spanish
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  • Purchased pro plan but always requests to purchase again
  • App doesn't stay on, goes off in seconds
  • Subscription removed after claiming it was lifetime free
  • Previously purchased lifetime version changed to basic
  • Unable to restore pro purchase
  • Doesn't work for Chinese language
  • Doesn't transcribe from website URLs
  • Portrait mode only

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to turn off profanity filter
  • Add Urdu language support
  • Allow adding words to dictionary

In-app purchases

None

Quick Link Scan

No in-app purchases

14 purchases

Live Speech to Text

Subscriptions10
  • Live Transcribe Weekly3 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Live Transcribe Basic3 Days trial$3.491 Month
  • 3-Day Trial3 Days trial$4.997 Days
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  • Unlimited Access3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Live Transcribe Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Live Transcribe basic Yearly2 variants$19.991 Year
  • Unlimited Access7 Days trial$34.991 Year
  • Live Transcribe Yearly offer7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • iScribe Yearly PRO7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Live Transcribe Pro Yearly$69.991 Year
One-time4
  • 300 Minutes$7.99
  • Pro Access$9.99
  • 500-Minutes$11.99
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  • 1000-Minutes$19.99

Questions

Is Quick Link Scan free?
Quick Link Scan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Live Speech to Text free?
Live Speech to Text is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quick Link Scan or Live Speech to Text?
Quick Link Scan is rated higher. Quick Link Scan averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Live Speech to Text averages 4.1 from 125 ratings.
Do Quick Link Scan or Live Speech to Text have ads?
Neither Quick Link Scan nor Live Speech to Text shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quick Link Scan or Live Speech to Text?
Quick Link Scan ships an update every 3 months, and Live Speech to Text every 2 weeks. Most recently, Quick Link Scan was updated on October 12, 2026 and Live Speech to Text on October 20, 2026.

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