Comparison

Text Summary vs Summary AI Note Taker

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

Head to head
About

Text Summary

This AI-powered app helps users process information faster by summarizing books, documents, web pages, and even photos. It offers various output formats and interactive features like quizzes and chat to enhance understanding and retention.

Highlights
  • Summarize various content types
  • Multiple output formats
  • Generate quizzes and flashcards
  • Chat with your text
  • Save personal notes
  • Adjustable summary length
  • Text-to-speech
Features
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Text Summary is an app built for people who want to get through information faster. Instead of reading full books, long documents, articles, or pages of text, Text Summary helps you extract what actually matters and presents it in clear, easy-to-digest formats. Whether you are working, researching, studying, or just trying to stay informed, Text Summary helps you cut through the noise and understand content in minutes instead of hours. You can summarize content from many different sources: • Books and written material • PDFs, DOCX, PPTX, EPUB, ODT, and TXT files • Web pages and long online articles • Photos and scanned documents • YouTube video links • Typed text or pasted text You can type directly in the app, paste text from anywhere, import files, open links, or simply take a photo of a page or printed text using your camera. Text Summary recognizes the content and turns it into structured summaries automatically. Text Summary is flexible by design. You decide how the information should be explained and how you want to work with it, depending on how much detail you need and what you plan to do next. Available summary and content formats include: • Extract summary • Highlighted key points • Bullet points • Abstract overview • Paraphrase • Rewrite • Keywords • Translation • Quiz • Flashcards • Concept map • My notes • Chat with your text or summary Quizzes and flashcards are automatically generated from your own text or summary, allowing you to quickly test your understanding and reinforce key ideas without rereading everything. With My notes, you can write, edit, and save your own notes directly inside the app. Use it to keep personal thoughts, add context, rewrite ideas in your own words, or store important takeaways for later. Your notes stay available so you can return to them anytime. The chat feature lets you interact directly with your content. You can ask questions about your text or summary, clarify specific sections, explore ideas, or dive deeper into topics without leaving the app. This allows you to actively work with information instead of passively reading it. Text Summary also includes a curated catalog of popular book summaries. These summaries are designed to help you understand key ideas, themes, and structure, making them useful before reading a book, after reading it, or when you want a clearer overview to decide what to explore next. How it works: Type or paste text, add a link, import files, or take photos of pages with your camera. Choose the summary format you want and get a clear, structured result in seconds. You can switch formats, refine outputs, save notes, or explore the content further using chat. Additional features: • Adjustable summary length • Text-to-speech with automatic language detection • Share summaries or export them as PDF • Multi-language support • Works with very long texts and large documents • Easy sharing from other apps directly into Text Summary Some advanced features, such as audio and video summarization, are available with an active subscription. Text Summary is made for busy people who don’t want to waste time reading everything. It helps you stay informed, move faster, and focus on what’s important without overload. You can start with daily free summaries. A subscription unlocks unlimited usage, faster processing, advanced formats, and an ad-free experience. Subscriptions: A subscription is valid for 1 week, 1 month, 3 months or 1 year, depending on the subscription type selected. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account upon confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime in your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. Terms of use: https://kreativityapps.com/terms-of-use-ts Privacy policy: https://kreativityapps.com/privacy-policy-ts

About

Summary AI Note Taker

This AI-powered tool transforms audio recordings and text into organized study materials. Generate summaries, flashcards, and quizzes from lectures, meetings, or any content to enhance learning and retention. Supports over 100 languages and offers a clean interface with dark mode.

Highlights
  • AI-powered audio transcription
  • Generate notes, summaries, flashcards, and quizzes
  • Convert text, PDFs, photos, and YouTube videos
  • Edit and organize notes
  • Share study materials
  • Supports over 100 languages
  • Dark mode interface
Features
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Sumato is your all-in-one AI study assistant, now enhanced with advanced voice transcription capabilities. Record or upload any meeting, lecture, or audio file and instantly transform it into clear notes, summaries, quizzes, and flashcards. Sumato helps you study faster and more effectively by turning spoken or written content into organized, easy-to-review material. With Sumato, you can: • Transcribe audio from meetings, lectures, and voice notes • Upload recordings and convert them into structured study materials • Generate summaries that highlight key points • Automatically create flashcards and quizzes from your notes • Turn text, PDFs, photos, and YouTube videos into study-ready content • Edit and organize your notes with ease • Share your study materials with others • Use a clean, simple interface with dark mode • Access content in over 100 languages Whether you are attending classes, participating in meetings, or studying independently, Sumato helps you learn more efficiently and retain information with ease. Payment Information: Payments are charged to your iTunes account upon confirmation. Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled in account settings. Your account will be billed within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage subscriptions and disable auto-renewal after purchase. Unused portions of any subscription period are not refundable. Terms of Use: https://zipoapps.com/sumatoios/terms Privacy Policy: https://zipoapps.com/sumatoios/privacy

Screenshots

Text Summary4 screens
Summary AI Note Taker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Text Summary at 72% against Summary AI Note Taker's 50%. Text Summary also leads on ratings volume (264 vs 43). Summary AI Note Taker's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Text Summary sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days and Summary AI Note Taker sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Summary AI Note Taker holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Text Summary has 264 ratings behind it against 43, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 72% of Text Summary's written reviews are positive against 50% of Summary AI Note Taker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Text Summary ships an update monthly, Summary AI Note Taker every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and August 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Text Summary versus Summary AI Note Taker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterText SummarySummary AI Note Taker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (264 ratings)4.7 (43 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.7% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings264 — better43
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size155 MB148 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKREATIVITY APPS SRLZipoApps

Customer experience

Text Summary

All ratings264 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews166 reviews
Positive71.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative24.1%

Summary AI Note Taker

All ratings43 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Text Summary

Subscriptions9
  • Weekly subscription7 Days trial2 variants$1.997 Days
  • Monthly subscription2 variants$3.991 Month
  • Weekly subscription7 Days trial$4.997 Days
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  • Monthly subscription$5.991 Month
  • 3 months subscription$7.993 Months
  • Monthly subscription$14.991 Month
  • 3 months subscription$14.993 Months
  • Yearly subscription$59.991 Year
  • Yearly subscription$69.991 Year
One-time1
  • No ads$2.99
10 purchases

Summary AI Note Taker

Subscriptions10
  • Sumato AI Note Taker - Weekly PRO$5.997 Days
  • Smarter Notes3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • Unlimited Access3 Days trial$8.997 Days
Show 7 more
  • Unlimited Access3 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Smarter Notes$14.991 Month
  • Unlimited Access3 Days trial2 variants$19.991 Month
  • Unlimited Access3 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • Unlimited Access3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Smarter Notes3 Days trial$50.991 Year
  • Smarter Notes$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Text Summary free?
Text Summary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Summary AI Note Taker free?
Summary AI Note Taker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Text Summary or Summary AI Note Taker?
Summary AI Note Taker is rated higher. Text Summary averages 4.5 out of 5 from 264 ratings, while Summary AI Note Taker averages 4.7 from 43 ratings.
Do Text Summary or Summary AI Note Taker have ads?
Both Text Summary and Summary AI Note Taker show ads.
Which is updated more often, Text Summary or Summary AI Note Taker?
Text Summary ships an update monthly, and Summary AI Note Taker every 4 weeks. Most recently, Text Summary was updated on September 20, 2026 and Summary AI Note Taker on August 21, 2026.

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