Smart Home Widgets vs Voice Recorder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart Home Widgets
This app allows you to create custom widgets for your iOS devices to control and monitor your HomeKit accessories. Easily manage scenes, switch devices on/off, and view accessory status directly from your lock screen or home screen.
- Custom lock screen widgets for iOS 16
- Glanceable accessory status widgets
- Medium widgets with multiple attributes
- Customizable icons and colors
- Activate accessory identify function
- Access and control HomeKit scenes
- Switch accessories on/off via widgets
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Smart Home Widgets for HomeKit allows you to access to all your HomeKit compatible accessories and: * Create custom Lock screen Widgets for iOS 16 * Create custom small Widgets which will allow you to glance the status of your favourite accessories * Create custom medium Widgets which take advantage of the extra space and show glanceable information about pair of attributes from your accessories * Customisable icons for widgets and complications * Customisable colours for widgets * Locate your accessories by activating their identify function * Get access to HomeKit scenes * Create configurable Widgets to execute your favourite HomeKit scene * Create configurable Widgets to switch on or off your HomeKit accessories * Watch complications are available only for Small Info widgets. Complications preview are only available on iPhone
Voice Recorder
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Talk. Voice Notes does the rest. Voice Notes turns anything you say into a clean, organized note — automatically. Hit record and speak; AI transcribes your voice in 90+ languages, then writes a title, a summary, and pulls out the tasks, dates, places and numbers worth keeping. No typing. No cleanup. No "I'll organize it later." WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • Speak naturally — Voice Notes reads the context and files your thought as the right kind of note • Crystal-clear AI transcription in 90+ languages • Smart titles, summaries, action items, reminders and tags — generated the moment you save • Karaoke playback: tap any line to jump to that exact moment in the audio 12 NOTE TYPES, DETECTED AUTOMATICALLY Reminders · Checklists · Meeting notes · Expenses · Ideas · Journal · Lectures · Interviews · Recipes · Travel · Map & location · General Mention a date and it becomes a reminder. Rattle off prices and it becomes an expense report. List items and you get tappable checkboxes. You never pick a format — Voice Notes understands what you said. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE • Screen-lock-safe recording — keeps going through calls and a locked phone • Import existing audio (m4a, mp3, wav) and turn it into a structured note • Home-screen widgets: Quick-Record and Latest-Note, one tap away • Translate any note on demand • Share as text, PDF or audio — or copy clean text into your workflow • Get a push the moment your note is ready — close the app and come back to it done NEVER LOSE A NOTE Your notes are safely backed up to your private account. Switch phones or reinstall and restore everything in a tap. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your recordings stay yours. We never share your audio or transcripts, and your identity stays anonymous. VOICE NOTES Subscribe to unlock unlimited recordings, AI titles & summaries, translation, karaoke playback, widgets, import and screen-lock-safe capture. Subscription auto-renews unless cancelled; manage anytime in iOS Settings. Perfect for meetings, lectures, interviews, drivers, runners, journalers, founders and students — anyone who thinks faster than they type. Speak it. Keep it. Find it later. Subscription Information: Unlock the full power of VOICE NOTES with our Premium subscription. Get access unlimited Note Recording. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms: https://voicenotesai.app/terms Privacy: https://voicenotesai.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Voice Recorder at every 2 days against Smart Home Widgets's every 2 months. Smart Home Widgets's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Smart Home Widgets sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Voice Recorder sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Smart Home Widgets ships an update every 2 months, Voice Recorder every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Home Widgets | Voice Recorder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pablo Caif | Yaysoft LTD |
In-app purchases
Smart Home Widgets
- Premium Access$4.99
Voice Recorder
- Weekly$5.997 Days
- Annual14 Days trial$49.991 Year









