COVapp vs Live Captions
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
COVapp
Participate in scientific research by logging daily symptoms and accessing information about viruses. The app prioritizes user privacy by not collecting personal data beyond manually entered symptoms after consent is given.
- Daily symptom diary
- Virus information and FAQs
- Scientific research participation
- User consent for data collection
- Privacy-focused data handling
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COVapp gives you the opportunity to participate in scientific research. When you have created an account (emailaddres and phonenumber for 2-step verification login), you can login and use the app. The app doesn't collect any personal information. You can fill in a daily diary (list of symptoms) and see information about the virus and see FAQ about it. When you start, you have to give your consent, else you can't fill in the daily diary and the app doesn't collect this data. The app does not collect any other data from your device, other then the you manually enter (symtpoms).
Live Captions
This app provides live speech-to-text transcription with over 60 languages, ideal for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. It offers high accuracy, offline capabilities for select languages, and features like audio note saving and text-to-speech.
- Live subtitles for deaf and hard of hearing
- 60+ languages and dialects
- 99% accurate speech recognition
- Offline mode for 10+ languages
- Save recognized speech to notes
- Text-to-Speech functionality
- Adjustable font size
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Transcribe converts voice to text and shows live captions for face-to-face conversations. Read what someone says in large text on your iPhone. Built for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, and for families looking for a way to communicate with a parent who has hearing loss. LIVE TRANSCRIPTION AND DICTATION Follow conversations at home, at a doctor's appointment or at a service desk. Use voice dictation to turn spoken words into text, and save a conversation transcript as a note to read later. Adjust the font size to make reading easier. TYPE A REPLY OR HAVE IT SPOKEN Write your response on the keyboard and show it to the other person, or have the app read your message aloud. Keep a conversation going when listening is difficult. SOUND ALERTS AND APPLE WATCH Receive vibration alerts for selected sounds, including a doorbell, knocking, a baby crying or a dog barking. Read captions and receive alerts on an Apple Watch paired with your iPhone. DOES SPEECH TO TEXT WORK OFFLINE? Transcribe supports speech recognition in more than 60 languages. Offline recognition is available for selected languages and compatible devices; it is not available for every language. Choose the speaker's language and start recognition. A subscription is required. A free trial is available under the offer's eligibility conditions. See the app for pricing and renewal terms. Subscription: $3.99 per month or $39.99 per year in the United States. The price where you are is shown in the app before you subscribe. Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/livetranscribe/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/livetranscribe/privacy-policy Support: developer.support.team@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Live Captions at 4.0 against COVapp's 1.0. Live Captions also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). COVapp's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.4). On price, review sentiment, ads 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
Both are free to download. Live Captions sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. COVapp asks for nothing beyond the download.
Live Captions holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 6% of COVapp's written reviews are positive against 0% of Live Captions's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
COVapp ships an update every 3 weeks, Live Captions every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | COVapp | Live Captions |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Your Research B.V. | Alexey Beschetnikov |
Customer experience
COVapp
Live Captions
In-app purchases
COVapp
No in-app purchases
Live Captions
- 1 Month Transcribe$6.991 Month
- 1 Year Transcribe Speech7 Days trial$39.991 Year
