Comparison

Speech To Essay vs BasicNotesApp

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

Head to head
About

Speech To Essay

This app converts your spoken words into written text, allowing for efficient note-taking and essay creation. It supports various punctuation commands and offers editing capabilities, with options to customize font and save your work.

Highlights
  • Speech to text conversion
  • Punctuation and command dictation
  • Text editing with keyboard
  • Customizable font and size
  • Save and load essays
  • Word count display
Features
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Speech To Essay is a voice-to-text app designed to convert your speech into text quickly and easily, with additional hotkey support. For fast and efficient voice-to-text conversion, you can press keys such as period or comma while dictating. The common keys used — period, comma, question mark, colon, exclamation mark, open parentheses, close parentheses, and new line — are ready to use during dictation. You can also edit your note using a conventional keyboard. Simply type or modify paragraphs as you would in a normal text editor. After finishing your essay or note, you can copy and paste it into your email or any other text editor. Features: • Select voice input languages (English, Spanish, French, etc., as supported by your device) • View word count for your essay or note • Set font type and font size • Save and load essays from your library • Rename or delete essays from the library Dictate Efficiently: • Keep your device close to your mouth and speak into the microphone of your iPhone or iPad. • Apple earbuds that come with an iPhone have an inline mic that offers better speech recognition. • For third-party headphones with mics, keep the mic close to your mouth. • Speak clearly—not too slowly or too quickly—to reduce recognition errors. • Keep your dictation segments under 30 seconds for the best results. Additional Tips: • You can say commands such as “comma,” “period,” “hyphen,” and others to include punctuation or symbols in your dictation. • You can say “new line” to start a new line, or “new paragraph” to add a double line break. Thank you for your support! Visit nitrio.com for more apps for your iOS devices.

About

BasicNotesApp

Organize your thoughts and ideas with a simple note-taking application. Create individual notes and group them into custom folders for easy retrieval. Streamline your workflow and keep your information tidy.

Highlights
  • Create notes
  • Create folders
  • Organize notes
  • Simple interface
Features
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Create notes and folders.

Screenshots

Speech To Essay4 screens
BasicNotesApp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BasicNotesApp at 100% against Speech To Essay's 0%. BasicNotesApp also leads on price (Free vs $2.99). Speech To Essay's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

BasicNotesApp is free to download; Speech To Essay costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Speech To Essay holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Speech To Essay's written reviews are positive against 100% of BasicNotesApp's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speech To Essay ships an update every 40 months, BasicNotesApp every 35 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Speech To Essay versus BasicNotesApp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeech To EssayBasicNotesApp
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 40 monthsEvery 35 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14 — better15.2
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNitrioPeter Roach

Customer experience

Speech To Essay

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

BasicNotesApp

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

In-app purchases

None

Speech To Essay

No in-app purchases

None

BasicNotesApp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Speech To Essay free?
Speech To Essay costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BasicNotesApp free?
BasicNotesApp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Speech To Essay or BasicNotesApp?
Speech To Essay is rated higher. Speech To Essay averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while BasicNotesApp averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Speech To Essay or BasicNotesApp have ads?
Neither Speech To Essay nor BasicNotesApp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Speech To Essay or BasicNotesApp?
Speech To Essay ships an update every 40 months, and BasicNotesApp every 35 months. Most recently, Speech To Essay was updated on October 24, 2026 and BasicNotesApp on October 24, 2026.

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