Comparison

MakeWrite vs AI Note Taker

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

Head to head
About

MakeWrite

This app helps you create new written pieces by selecting existing text, erasing most words, arranging the remaining ones, and then sharing your creation. It's designed to be an accessible tool for creative writing, particularly for individuals with aphasia.

Highlights
  • Select existing text
  • Automatically erase words
  • Adjust erase settings
  • Arrange remaining words
  • Share creations
  • Accessible design
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Use existing text to make your own new piece of creative writing in four simple stages: choose, erase, arrange and share. MakeWrite was co-designed by and for people with aphasia (a language difficulty following brain injury). It offers an accessible way for anyone to create and share texts. Here’s how it works: 1. Choose > Select a piece of writing to use as your starting point – either from the choose screen or pasted from your iPad’s clipboard. 2. Erase > Automatically erase most words from the text to reveal a small set of words for you to work with. Adjust the settings and re-run the erase step until you find a set of words you are happy with. 3. Arrange > Arrange the remaining words to make a new piece of writing. 4. Share > Share your creation with others via the apps on your iPad.

About

AI Note Taker

This app records and transcribes voice to text, then uses AI to generate smart notes, summaries, and action points. It can process local audio/video files, web links, and even YouTube videos, offering various AI-powered text refinement and translation options.

Highlights
  • Voice to text transcription
  • AI-powered note summarization
  • Transcribe audio/video files
  • Record meetings and lectures
  • AI text rewriting and translation
  • Organize notes with folders
  • Integrations with Notion and Zapier
Features
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VoicePen is your AI note taker that records and transcribes voice to text, then summarizes it into smart, AI-powered notes. Skip the typing — record meetings, lectures, or voice memos and turn them into accurate speech to text transcriptions, summaries, action points, proofread texts and more. Transcribe and summarize any imported audio or video — from local files to YouTube videos, podcasts, and Zoom recordings. Works seamlessly on your iPhone, Watch, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro. # AI Note Taker for Lectures and Meetings: - Record unlimited meetings, lectures, interviews — up to 2 hours each - Record in the background and offline with Live Activities - Get fast, accurate transcriptions with speaker labels and timecodes powered by OpenAI Whisper - Get AI notes in multiple formats: Summary, Takeaway, Action Points, Study Note, Definitions, Quiz and more - Export notes and recordings to PDF or DOC and share via any app - Organize notes into folders and quickly search through them to recall anything # AI Note Taker for Personal Notes: - Skip typing - record quick notes and voice memos on the go and turn them into clear text - Capture ideas fast with recording widgets and Siri voice commands - Convert to accurate transcripts instantly with OpenAI Whisper - Rewrite using AI styles like Clear Text, Proofread, Journaling, and more - Organize your notes into folders like in any note-taking app - Automate your workflow with integrations to Notion, Zapier, and Make # Voice Typing for Emails and Messages: - Dictate messages instead of typing, then refine with AI to your preferred style - Start dictating with widgets or by saying “Siri, Dictate in VoicePen” - Enhance text with AI styles: Proofread, Professional, Casual, Short, Elaborated - Instantly translate dictations to any language - Copy, paste, send, or share final output in any app # Transcription and Summaries for any Audio and Video Files, YouTube, Podcasts, Zoom: - Upload any audio or video file, or paste a link - Get accurate transcriptions, AI summaries and key points in seconds - Build your second brain — store and organize all audio / video content from the internet ---- ** Multiplatform Access - Works on iPhone, Watch, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro - Sync between devices securely with your private iCloud - One subscription covers all your Apple devices ** Features - Long recordings up to 2 hours each - Speaker separation and transcript time codes - Off-screen and Offline recordings with Live Activities - Widget and Siri commands for quick recordings - Files, Audios, Videos, Web Links, YouTube, Podcasts support - Over 25 built-in ai rewrite options - Personal rewrites with custom prompts - Over 80 languages, translations, multi-language notes - Folders and Search through all notes - Share and export to other Apps, Pdf, Doc - Zapier, Notion, Make, n8n integrations via webhooks ** Accessibility Built In - Voice typing for motor difficulties - Live transcription for hearing difficulties ** Privacy First: - No audio or transcripts are stored on our servers - Your recordings stay in your private iCloud - We only collect anonymous usage analytics (like button taps) ** Supported languages: Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Marathi, Maori, Nepali, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, and Welsh. ** Up to 2-hour recordings and imports available with a Premium subscription ** Terms of Use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

AI Note Taker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MakeWrite at none against AI Note Taker's 11. MakeWrite also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). AI Note Taker's advantage is device support (5 vs 1). On price and ads 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. AI Note Taker sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. MakeWrite asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
MakeWrite versus AI Note Taker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMakeWriteAI Note Taker
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (525 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better88.1% of reviews
Number of ratings—525 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB112 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCity, University of LondonTimur Khairullin

Customer experience

MakeWrite

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

AI Note Taker

All ratings525 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews243 reviews
Positive88.1%
Neutral2.5%
Negative9.5%

Bugs and requests

MakeWrite

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

AI Note Taker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Transcription issues with multiple speakers
  • App crashing or not loading
  • Incorrect language transcription

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to combine/continue recordings
  • Speaker identification in transcripts
  • More customization options
  • Sync between devices
  • Export transcripts by date range

In-app purchases

None

MakeWrite

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

AI Note Taker

Subscriptions8
  • Premium Access$1.997 Days
  • VoicePen Premium$2.997 Days
  • VoicePen Premium2 variants$4.997 Days
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  • VoicePen Premium2 variants$9.991 Month
  • Unlimited AI Voice Notes$9.991 Month
  • VoicePen Premium3 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • VoicePen Premium7 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • Unlimited AI Voice Notes7 Days trial$44.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$149.99

Questions

Is MakeWrite free?
MakeWrite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AI Note Taker free?
AI Note Taker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MakeWrite or AI Note Taker have ads?
Neither MakeWrite nor AI Note Taker shows ads.

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