Meeting Notes & Work Planner vs Echo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Meeting Notes & Work Planner
Capture your thoughts and ideas with a versatile note-taking app. Easily create handwritten notes, add images, and convert speech to text. Organize your content with folders and sync across devices.
- Handwritten note creation
- Image integration
- Speech-to-text conversion
- Drawing and doodling tools
- Folder organization
- Cloud synchronization
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Don’t work hard, work smarter! Document all your classes or meetings with the awesome tools SketchNotes brings to you. CREATE EASY NOTES AND ADD IMAGES • Create customizable notes, and write anything you want in an easy, yet really helpful note that will make almost impossible to forget homeworks and projects QUICK SPEECH TO TEXT TOOL • If your teacher or partners are talking fast, use the Speech to text tool and save all the highlights lessons. You won’t even have to write anything. PERSONALIZE AND SHARE • Set your creativity free. Use our pencils, sharpies and shapes to draw doodles, funnels or anything that comes to your mind. ORGANIZE AND SYNC • Create folders and subfolders to make sure you will find the information you need whenever you want • Sync your notes on the cloud Price of subscription: - 3 day free trial then $9.99 per month Terms of use: https://giantbrainsllc.wordpress.com/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policies: https://giantbrainsllc.wordpress.com/privacy-policy/
Echo
Effortlessly convert spoken words into text with this app. Record meetings, lectures, or voice notes and get instant summaries. Supports multiple languages and prioritizes user privacy by storing data locally.
- Voice-to-text transcription
- Record meetings and lectures
- Summarize recordings
- Import audio files
- Multilingual support
- Local data storage
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Talk instead of typing... typin... typ... Echo turns your voice into text as you speak — just tap and talk. Use it for whatever fills your day: quick notes, meeting recaps, lecture summaries, the idea you had in the car, or a private diary entry only you'll read. Capture anything, hands-free - Voice notes and reminders - Meetings and lectures - Ideas on the go - Diary and journal entries - Emails and long messages, dictated on the go Import and transcribe - Bring in recordings and audio files from other apps - Get an instant summary of any recording or voice message Speaks your language Echo works in 13 languages, including English, Spanish, German, French, Arabic, Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Ukrainian, and Russian. Talk in whichever one feels natural. Your notes stay yours Your notes are stored only on your device — no cloud account, no sync, no one else reading them. Talk it out, get it in writing. Download Echo and just start talking. Privacy Policy: https://voracious-shark-ce8.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-Echo-Voice-Notes-AI-Diary-eec3ca51c7ec44aaa028cc9d65b36314?pvs=4 Terms & Conditions: https://voracious-shark-ce8.notion.site/Terms-Conditions-Echo-Voice-Notes-AI-Diary-6d3e6f5897734ca6abb08a304719edb4?pvs=4
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Echo at 4.9 against Meeting Notes & Work Planner's 4.1. Echo also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Meeting Notes & Work Planner's advantage is ratings volume (1.9K vs 77) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Meeting Notes & Work Planner sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Echo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Echo holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meeting Notes & Work Planner has 1.9K ratings behind it against 77, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Meeting Notes & Work Planner's written reviews are positive against 100% of Echo's.
Meeting Notes & Work Planner ships an update every 3 weeks, Echo every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meeting Notes & Work Planner | Echo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (1.9K ratings) | 4.9 (77 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 77 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Giant Brains | Konstantin Zarubin |
Customer experience
Meeting Notes & Work Planner
Echo
Bugs and requests
Meeting Notes & Work Planner
Reported bugs
4 issues- Notes getting deleted unexpectedly
- Inability to edit or move images
- Syncing issues across devices
- Freezing and performance problems
Requested features
4 requests- Add more customization options
- Improve stability and reliability
- Provide better support and documentation
- Allow more flexibility in note-taking
Echo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Meeting Notes & Work Planner
- Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- New Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
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- Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$49.991 Year
Echo
- Full Access (Weekly)$3.997 Days
- Full Access (Annual)$24.991 Year
- Echo Lifetime Premium$3.99
Questions
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