Second Memory vs Open Spoken
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Second Memory
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Please observe that there might not be any new versions of this app. Do you find it hard to remember when you went on that trip to London, when you bought your computer, when you painted your living room or the color code the painting had. Then Second Memory is the perfect app for you! You can save memories with the following information: What, When, Image, Details, Notes and Category. Category is perfect for collecting memories that are related, for example everything related to your car, house, travels, clothes or whatever you prefer. To find out when something happened you can search, sort on date or category to find your memory. All memories are stored locally on your device and are not synchronized or shared. Start saving memories now!
Open Spoken
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Open Spoken is an open-source app to transcribe audio from the microphone into text. It's designed to help communicating with the hearing impaired by showing transcribed text on the device screen. It uses Appleβs speech recognition so it supports any language supported by Appleβs Speech Recognition engine. Supported languages (as of iOS 16): - Arabic - Chinese - Croatian - Danish - Dutch - English - French - German - Greek - Hebrew - Hungarian - Hindi - Indonesian - Italian - Japanese - Korean - Malay - Norwegian - Polish - Portuguese - Romanian - Russian - Slovak - Spanish - Swedish - Thai - Turkish - Ukrainian - Vietnamese
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Open Spoken at none against Second Memory's 3. Open Spoken also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Second Memory sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Open Spoken asks for nothing beyond the download.
Second Memory ships an update every 9 months, Open Spoken every 14 months. Both last shipped on October 4, 2026.
| Parameter | Second Memory | Open Spoken |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months β better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac β better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 14.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Apptown Studio AB | Tal Aviram |
In-app purchases
Second Memory
- Storage of 50 extra memories$0.99
- Storage of 100 extra memories$1.99
- Unlimited storage of memories$2.99
Open Spoken
No in-app purchases
Questions
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