Comparison

Summuray vs Transcriptor Light

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

Head to head
About

Summuray

Extract key information from texts and PDFs by selecting desired passages. Manually edit, add images, and merge documents to create concise summaries. Organize and share your findings efficiently.

Highlights
  • Automatic text summarization
  • Manual text editing and input
  • Handwriting recognition
  • Image insertion
  • PDF merging
  • Document organization
  • Cloud synchronization
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Become the summuray of summaries! Get the most important things from your texts with Summuray. The desired text parts of your PDF are moved to a summary by simply selecting the words. Summuray allows you to easily summarize, manually edit text, insert images, and more. This saves you work and time by allowing you to focus on the essential. Perfect for learning, sharing, or just to have important information available immediately. - Summarize texts automatically: Use your Apple Pencil (iPad only) or your finger to mark the desired text passage. Summuray recognizes the marked section and adds it to your summary. - Manual text input: Summuray allows you to write a completely new text or to manually edit and add to your summary. - Handwriting recognition: Summuray recognizes your handwriting. This allows important marginal notes to become part of your summary. - Customize your text: Summuray allows you to customize your text using various tools. Tools: - Text Size - Text color - Font size & typeface (bold, italic) - Underline - Insert images: With Summuray you can add images and graphics to your summary. Simply select the desired image in the PDF or insert one from your photo library. - Merge PDFs: Summuray merges different documents into one. - Sharing: Share your information - share your summaries in PDF with just one click. - Efficient document management: Organize your documents in a folder structure and add endless subfolders. - Take your documents anywhere: Summuray uses iCloud to keep your documents and summaries up to date. So you always have the most important information with you - on your iPad, iPhone and Mac.

About

Transcriptor Light

Features
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Your voice. Your device. Nothing else. Transcriptor Light turns speech into text entirely on your iPhone. No cloud, no account, no internet needed - your words never leave your hands. DICTATE, LIVE • Watch your words appear as you speak, powered by Whisper AI running locally • Automatic language detection - speak French, English, Spanish and more • Or use Apple's on-device speech recognition, your choice YOUR NOTES, ORGANIZED • Voice notes grouped by day, week and month • Full-text search with keyword highlighting • Edit any transcript by hand, share or copy in one tap AI ACTIONS - STILL 100% ON-DEVICE • Turn a raw transcript into a polished email, a chat message, a summary, a to-do list, meeting notes or a translation • A small AI model runs locally: your text is never sent anywhere • Every action is fully customizable CALIBRATED FOR YOUR IPHONE • Models are sized to your hardware for the best speed/accuracy balance • Works in airplane mode, in the subway, on a plane TRY IT, THEN OWN IT • Free demo: recordings up to 1 minute • Start a 3-day free trial: 30-minute recordings and all AI actions unlocked • One single purchase unlocks everything, forever. No subscription, ever.

Screenshots

Summuray4 screens
Transcriptor Light4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Summuray at none against Transcriptor Light's 1. Summuray also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). Transcriptor Light's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months). On price and ads 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

Both are free to download. Transcriptor Light sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Summuray asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Summuray ships an update every 4 months, Transcriptor Light every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Summuray versus Transcriptor Light: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSummurayTranscriptor Light
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristoph SchuiererSERENOVANTUS

In-app purchases

None

Summuray

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Transcriptor Light

One-time1
  • Lifetime unlock$19.99

Questions

Is Summuray free?
Summuray is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Transcriptor Light free?
Transcriptor Light is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Summuray or Transcriptor Light have ads?
Neither Summuray nor Transcriptor Light shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Summuray or Transcriptor Light?
Summuray ships an update every 4 months, and Transcriptor Light every 5 days. Most recently, Summuray was updated on June 3, 2026 and Transcriptor Light on September 8, 2026.

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