YYTranscription vs OnlyDeaf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
YYTranscription
This app converts speech to text in real-time, ideal for meeting notes and interviews. It allows editing, searching transcripts by keyword, and real-time language translation. Improve meeting efficiency and recall with accurate transcriptions.
- Real-time speech-to-text conversion
- Edit and search transcripts
- Send transcripts via email
- Keyword search for transcripts
- Dictionary registration for accuracy
- Real-time language translation
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■ Recommended for those who: • Need meeting notes for conferences or online meetings • Want to easily record meeting minutes and audio • Spend too much time creating minutes for long meetings • Want to improve online meeting efficiency • Struggle with unclear audio in online meetings, making communication difficult • Have trouble recalling what was said during meetings, leading to vague follow-up actions • Manually type and record interview or meeting discussions on the spot • Use an IC recorder as a substitute for taking notes ■ Key Features of “YY Transcription”: • Converts speech into text in real-time using voice recognition • Allows you to listen to and edit the transcribed text • Enables you to send transcribed conversations and audio via email • Lets you search recorded meeting transcripts by keyword • Supports dictionary registration for proper nouns and technical terms • Provides real-time language translation Registering words in the dictionary improves speech recognition accuracy. ■ Subscription For subscription terms and policies, please refer to the links below: 1. Privacy Policy: https://yysystem.com/policy 2. Terms of Use: https://yysystem.com/terms-f-2
OnlyDeaf
A social networking app designed for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community. It offers a visual-first feed, reels, threads, and direct messaging, with intro-video verification to foster an authentic community. Supports ASL-first and text-friendly communication.
- Profile creation and community connection
- Visual-first feed with reels and threads
- Search for profiles and content
- Direct messaging
- Intro-video verification
- ASL-first and text-friendly communication
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OnlyDeaf is a social app built for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community. Create a profile, complete onboarding, and verify yourself with a short intro video. Stay connected through a visual-first feed, reels, threads, search, and direct messages in one community space. What you can do in this release: - Build your profile and connect with the community - Share posts and watch reels - Join threads and conversations - Search profiles and content - Send direct messages - Use intro-video verification to help keep the community authentic Why OnlyDeaf: - Designed for Deaf and hard-of-hearing users - Supports ASL-first and text-friendly communication - Focused on trust, accessibility, and real community connection - Built for mobile with a clean, fast experience OnlyDeaf is free to download and use. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: YYTranscription at none against OnlyDeaf's 6. YYTranscription also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and device support (4 vs 2). OnlyDeaf's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. OnlyDeaf sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. YYTranscription asks for nothing beyond the download.
YYTranscription holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OnlyDeaf has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of YYTranscription's written reviews are positive against 64% of OnlyDeaf's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
YYTranscription ships an update every 2 days, OnlyDeaf every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | YYTranscription | OnlyDeaf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.6 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.0% of reviews | 64.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 186 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 株式会社エクォス・リサーチ | Adam Wells |
Customer experience
YYTranscription
OnlyDeaf
In-app purchases
YYTranscription
No in-app purchases
OnlyDeaf
- OnlyDeaf+2 variants$6.991 Month
- OnlyDeaf Plus$7.991 Month
- OnlyDeaf AI Pro$24.991 Month
- 50 extra truth checks$4.99
- 150 extra truth checks$9.99
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