Comparison

Transcriber vs Open Summary

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

Head to head
About

Transcriber

This app converts audio from media files or live recordings into text, entirely offline on your device. It prioritizes user privacy by processing all data locally, without sharing it with third parties. Transcriptions can be organized within the app or shared easily.

Highlights
  • Offline transcription
  • Live audio capture
  • Media file transcription
  • Local data processing
  • Share transcriptions
  • Organize notes
Features
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Transcribe audio from media files or live capture offline using your device! Transcriber uses the latest advancements in machine learning to leverage the power of your iPhone or iPad and provide transcriptions for media files or live recordings! The whole transcription process is done using computational power from your device, so your data is never shared with any third party or external server, in respect to your privacy. Keep your transcriptions organized on the app for later reading or share them easily to other apps with a single tap! Transcriber is now available for all iOS devices! ------ Terms of Use: https://transcriber-fd298.firebaseapp.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://transcriber-fd298.firebaseapp.com/privacy.html

About

Open Summary

Features
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Open Summary turns your meetings into clean, shareable minutes — and keeps everything on your device. It records a meeting in parts, transcribes each part, stitches them together, and summarises the result into well-structured Markdown meeting minutes you can share or export. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No backend and no accounts. We run no servers and collect no data. • Your audio, transcripts, and minutes are stored as plain, human-readable files on your device — visible in the Files app. • Your API keys live in the iOS keychain and are never logged. • Audio and requests go straight from your device to the provider you choose. Nothing passes through us, because there's nothing to pass through. BRING YOUR OWN PROVIDER • Start free: Groq's free tier does both transcription and summarisation on a single key — no credit card. • Or use OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter, a self-hosted Whisper server, or Ollama. • Works with any OpenAI-compatible transcription endpoint and with Anthropic or any OpenAI-compatible chat endpoint. • Built-in cost estimates help you pick a model with no surprises. BUILT FOR REAL MEETINGS • Background recording — keeps going when the app is backgrounded or your phone is locked. • Import existing audio and add it to a meeting. • Long recordings are automatically split for transcription on audio boundaries (no re-encoding, no quality loss). • Edit transcripts and name speakers before summarising. • Choose your summary language. EXPORT AND SHARE • Share or copy minutes as Markdown or PDF. • Export a whole meeting — or all your meetings as a backup — as a single ZIP bundle. Open Summary is for anyone who wants useful meeting notes without handing their conversations to yet another cloud service.

Screenshots

Transcriber3 screens
Open Summary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Open Summary at none against Transcriber's 2. On price, ads, 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. Transcriber sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Open Summary asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Transcriber versus Open Summary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTranscriberOpen Summary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (87 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews44.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings87 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArthur Eduardo Skaetta Alvarez Desenvolvimento de Software LTDA.Amir Iskandar

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Transcriber

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Transcriber Premium$2.99
None

Open Summary

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Transcriber free?
Transcriber is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Open Summary free?
Open Summary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Transcriber or Open Summary have ads?
Neither Transcriber nor Open Summary shows ads.

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