Voice + Notes vs Offline Dictation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Voice + Notes
Record audio and take synchronized notes during meetings and interviews. Streamline report creation by linking spoken words to written memos, with speaker identification and seating chart features. Export recordings and notes for easy sharing and further processing.
- Synchronized audio recording and note-taking
- Speaker identification via seating chart
- Conference and seminar seating chart formats
- Playback with note confirmation
- Export recordings (m4a) and notes (text)
- iCloud integration
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The purpose is to make recording work smarter in meetings and interviews. In some cases, the situation of the speaker and surroundings may be recorded in a notebook in time with the recording by the voice recorder. This application streamlines report work by synchronizing recordings and notes. - Recordings and notes You can take notes during recording. When writing a note, you can select the speaker from the seat chart that is automatically displayed when you enter the first character (the first character after Return). If you do not select, the same speaker as before will be used and the seating chart will be closed automatically. At this time, the time (input time) is recorded in the memo information according to the speaker. The maximum recording time for one recording is 5 hours. It is also possible to use only recording and memo input. - Playback and note confirmation When playing back a recording, you can check the information (speaker, time) recorded in the note at the same time according to the audio time, reducing the workload for creating minutes. - seating chart There are two types of seating charts: a conference table format (10 people x 4 sides: up to 40 people can be registered) and a seminar format (10 people x 10 rows: up to 100 people can be registered). - Share The recorded data (m4a file format) and memo information (text format) can be saved in the iCloud folder or linked to other compatible applications.
Offline Dictation
Transcribe speech to text securely and privately, even without an internet connection. This app processes all dictation locally on your device, ensuring no data is sent to the cloud. It supports numerous languages and offers convenient features like automatic scrolling and clipboard copying.
- Offline transcription
- Secure and private processing
- Supports multiple languages
- Automatic scrolling
- Copy to clipboard
- Timestamp display
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You can transcribe safely and securely even in places where radio waves do not reach or in meetings with important content! A network is essential for general transcription apps because it is linked with cloud services, This application does not require a network because the processing is completed within the iPhone. Therefore, you can comfortably transcribe without any transcription failure or delay due to network connection failure. In addition, you can use it safely at work without being involved in information leakage on the cloud service side. (If you are worried, you can use it by blocking communication by switching to airplane mode etc.) Also, the function to save data is not added. (There is only a copy function to the clipboard) *Usage* - Tap the red circle button to start dictation. - To stop dictation tap the red square button. - Turn on "Date", Timestamp of dictation is displayed - Turn on "scroll", scroll automatically - Tap "Copy" button, the result of dictation is copied to clipboard *Support Language* - English - Chinese - Spanish - Italian - Brazilian - Portuguese - Japanese - Korean - German - French - Arabic - Hindi - Indonesian - Russian - Vietnamese - Turkish - Thai - Ukrainian This app contains artifacts distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 license. [Apache License, Version 2.0] http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Voice + Notes at none against Offline Dictation's shown. Voice + Notes also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Voice + Notes | Offline Dictation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.5 — better | 14.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MAKOTO SASAKI | Yasuhiro Suzuki |
Customer experience
Voice + Notes
Offline Dictation
In-app purchases
Voice + Notes
No in-app purchases
Offline Dictation
No in-app purchases
Questions
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