Comparison

Voice + Notes vs Offline Dictation

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Offline transcription
  • Secure and private processing
  • Supports multiple languages
  • Automatic scrolling
  • Copy to clipboard
  • Timestamp display
Features
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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

Screenshots

Voice + Notes4 screens
Offline Dictation3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Voice + Notes versus Offline Dictation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVoice + NotesOffline Dictation
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.5 — better14.3
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMAKOTO SASAKIYasuhiro Suzuki

Customer experience

Voice + Notes

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Offline Dictation

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Voice + Notes

No in-app purchases

None

Offline Dictation

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Voice + Notes free?
Voice + Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Offline Dictation free?
Offline Dictation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Voice + Notes or Offline Dictation have ads?
Offline Dictation shows ads; Voice + Notes does not.

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