DictNow vs UIF
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DictNow
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With the DictNow App, you can access your individual DictNow templates from your iPhone at any time and add additional information such as work tasks, images, etc. to them. This guarantees a media-break-free assignment to your office network at all times. The dictation can also be speech-recognized on your server in your office and the text is immediately available to your secretary for further processing. Thanks to the latest recording technology, dictations are recorded with excellent sound quality. These can then be sent securely to your secretary for further processing via an encrypted connection. The dictations are now directly embedded in your DictNow workflow. If you are on the move and prefer to use voice instead of keyboard to write memos, facts, information of any kind, DictNow can support you just as optimally. No matter which way you go, with the DictNow App you always have your mobile dictation device at hand and always remain networked with your office (workflow). DictNow functions: • Recording dictations with excellent sound quality • Automated secure profile matching (no unauthorized access possible) • Encrypted transmission of dictations to the office • Optional use of background speech recognition • Use our various specialist vocabulary (law, medicine, medical law) • Recordings can be rewound, talked over, pasted, cut and deleted • Easy user interface for intuitive use • Separate creation of work instructions for dictation • View the dictation list including the processing status of the sent dictations. • Viewing the Dictation List for Draft Dictations • Dictation priority marking • Use photos as attachments • Push to talk function • Handling of highly compressed file formats • Support of the barcode scanner • and much more Requirement: The operation of the DictNow App requires the use of a DictNow workflow server in your office/organization. Further information can be found at http://www.dictnow.wolterskluwer.com/dictaplus/. In addition, sending the recordings requires a network connection.
UIF
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The UIF is leveraging on technology to implement the UIF App to promote the self -service to its clients and reduce long queues in the labour centres. UIF APP serves as a tool for enabling ultimate engagement with the claimants thereby improving service delivery and turnaround times - View current employer declaration along with date when declared - Track and trace progress of the claim without visiting labour centre - Check the progress of submitted payment continuation without visiting labour centre - Conveniently submit payment continuation - Lodge complaints - View required documents and a directory of labour centres - Locate nearest labour centres
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: DictNow at every 3 months against UIF's every 13 months. UIF's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DictNow ships an update every 3 months, UIF every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on December 2, 2025 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DictNow | UIF |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wolters Kluwer Deutschland GmbH | VODACOM PTY LTD |
In-app purchases
DictNow
No in-app purchases
UIF
No in-app purchases









