Rock vs Parley
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rock
This app combines messaging, tasks, notes, file storage, and meetings into a single platform for remote and hybrid teams. It facilitates seamless collaboration with anyone, anywhere, streamlining communication and boosting productivity.
- Unified messaging and task management
- Unlimited messages and tasks
- Kanban boards and to-do lists
- Note-taking functionality
- File storage and meetings
- Integrations with popular tools
- Import from other collaboration apps
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Messaging + tasks combined at last. Rock allows you to work together with anyone with messages, tasks, notes, file storage and meetings in one place. All-in-one communication built for remote and hybrid teams. Rock.so allows you to collaborate with anyone, anywhere. Whether you work in a startup, marketing, software engineering, consulting, design, education or anything else, Rock.so can easily get your team together to get some work done. Collaborate and message with freelancers, agencies, volunteers and other partners in one place. Maximize your productivity while streamlining team communication and collaboration with: - Full-fledged messaging app with unlimited messages. - Unlimited tasks, project boards, to-do lists, filters, deadlines, and more! - Kanban boards, assignees, checklists sprints, task deadlines, and more all in the Tasks mini-app. - Note-taking functionality to document important information with your team. - Seamless integrations with Google Drive, Zoom, GitHub, Zapier, Figma, Notion, Google Docs, Google Meet, Dropbox, and more! - Import all your messages and tasks from Slack, WhatsApp, Trello, Asana, ClickUp, Jira, and more. Purpose built for remote teams, discuss and get work done without switching between tools. Try Rock today and collaborate and discuss with as many people as you want, all for free!
Parley
Record conversations and automatically generate structured notes with AI-powered summaries, action items, and speaker identification. All data is processed and stored locally on your device for maximum privacy and security.
- On-device AI for transcription and summaries
- Speaker identification and diarization
- Extraction of action items and decisions
- Encrypted local storage
- Face ID app gate
- Searchable recording library
- Share formatted notes
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Parley records private conversations and turns them into structured notes — entirely on your device. Audio, transcripts, and AI-generated summaries never leave your phone. Record a meeting, an interview, or any conversation. Parley identifies who is speaking, transcribes them, and produces a meeting-grade summary: a short title, the decisions made, and the action items with assignees. EVERYTHING IS LOCAL • Speech recognition runs on the Neural Engine. • Speaker identification runs on-device. • Summaries are generated by Apple Intelligence on your phone. • Audio and transcripts are encrypted at rest with AES-256. • Face ID gates the app each time you open it. FEATURES • Records through screen lock and backgrounding • Live Activity on the lock screen • Speaker diarization — Parley knows when someone else is talking • Action items and decisions extracted from meetings • Rename a speaker once and the change flows everywhere • Audio playback with waveform scrubbing • Library search across past recordings • Share formatted notes to Mail, Notes, Messages, Slack Most "AI note-taking" apps send your audio to a server you cannot inspect. Parley does not. Your conversations stay on your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Rock at Free against Parley's $4.99. Rock also leads on ratings volume (128 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). Parley's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On 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
Rock is free to download; Parley costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Parley holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rock has 128 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Rock's written reviews are positive against 100% of Parley's.
Rock ships an update monthly, Parley every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 22, 2026.
| Parameter | Rock | Parley |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (128 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 128 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 189 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shiny Inc | David Bryant |
Customer experience
Rock
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In-app purchases
Rock
No in-app purchases
Parley
No in-app purchases









