Comparison

Glances+ vs Transcriber

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

Head to head
About

Glances+

This app helps you organize deadlines and projects efficiently. It displays the number of days remaining until an event, unlike standard calendars. Sync across Apple devices and view events in chronological order.

Highlights
  • Deadline tracking
  • Days until event count
  • Cross-device sync
  • Calendar import
  • Chronological order view
  • Time zone support
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Glances+, a new way to track your deadlines. Sync your deadlines across Apple devices with support for iPad as well. One thing a calendar app never shows, number of days to an event, never count from one calendar day to another. Glances+ enables people to organize their deadlines and projects efficiently and intuitively. Whether you're a college student or a busy parent, Glances+ helps you sort out your day in a simple and ingenious manner. Glances+ can import events from the Calendar App to increase efficiency and format the events into the Glances+ format. You can also setup Glances in other time zones. For example, setup a Glance for the next Apple Event in California time zone and see it when it will happen in your local time zone. This homegrown app is for everyone, I wanted users to be able to create and input deadlines quickly and easily. I also wanted them to be able to see their deadlines in chronological order. Now, Glance away all your deadlines. Please read our Terms of Service here: https://glancesplus.com/termsofservice

About

Transcriber

This app creates editable transcripts and timed subtitles from audio or video files using on-device speech recognition. It supports various export formats and languages, ensuring all processing stays private on your device.

Highlights
  • On-device speech recognition
  • Editable transcripts with timed words
  • SRT and WebVTT subtitle export
  • Multiple text export formats
  • Supports numerous languages offline
  • Adjustable subtitle cue grouping
Features
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Transcriber turns a video or audio file into a transcript you can edit, with every word timed, using Apple's on-device speech engine. Nothing leaves your Mac, iPhone or iPad. Pick a file, and the text appears as it is recognized. A ten-minute video takes well under a minute on Apple silicon. The words are grouped into subtitle cues the way YouTube and broadcast captions expect them, so the SRT you export drops straight into your video. WHAT IT DOES • Transcribes MP4, MOV, M4A, MP3, WAV, AIFF and anything else your device can play • Keeps the moment every word was spoken, so subtitles land exactly on the speech • Groups text into cues of two lines up to 42 characters, broken at sentence ends, commas and pauses (adjustable) • Plays the file in the window with the current cue shown over the video as a caption, in a classic, boxed or outlined style, exactly as it will look in the SRT • Edit any cue in place, split a cue at the cursor, merge two, or retime one. Find & Replace fixes a misheard name everywhere at once, and everything is undoable • A Text view shows the transcript as readable paragraphs, with optional timestamps and Copy All EXPORT • SRT and WebVTT subtitles for YouTube and video editors • Plain text as paragraphs, text with a timestamp on each paragraph for show notes and chapters, or Markdown with bold timestamps • Save the project to come back to it later LANGUAGES • Everything Apple's on-device engines support: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Hindi and more through Apple's newest model, plus Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Turkish, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Thai, Vietnamese and others through Apple's earlier dictation model • Pick the language right in the window; the model downloads once, then works offline ON THE MAC • Drop files on the window or the Dock icon • Watched folders: point Transcriber at a folder and every new file that lands in it is transcribed automatically, with the outputs you choose saved next to it • Open at Login keeps it running quietly in the background PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Transcription runs on your device's Neural Engine. There is no account, no analytics and no network feature of any kind • The first use of a language downloads Apple's speech model for it; after that it works offline Transcriber requires macOS 26, iOS 26 or iPadOS 26 and a device that supports Apple's on-device speech recognition.

Screenshots

Glances+4 screens
Transcriber2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Transcriber at none against Glances+'s 3. Transcriber also leads on ads (none vs shown). Glances+'s advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Glances+ sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Transcriber asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Glances+ against 5.0 for Transcriber. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Glances+ ships an update every 5 days, Transcriber every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Glances+ versus Transcriber: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlances+Transcriber
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 9 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB3 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSaumya ChhabraStephen Robles

Customer experience

Glances+

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Transcriber

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Glances+

Subscriptions2
  • Glances+ Intro$0.991 Month
  • Glances+ Pro$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Glances+ Lifetime Special$14.99
None

Transcriber

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Glances+ free?
Glances+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Transcriber free?
Transcriber is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Glances+ or Transcriber?
Glances+ and Transcriber are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Glances+ or Transcriber have ads?
Glances+ shows ads; Transcriber does not.
Which is updated more often, Glances+ or Transcriber?
Glances+ ships an update every 5 days, and Transcriber every 9 days. Most recently, Glances+ was updated on November 3, 2026 and Transcriber on November 13, 2026.

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