beflo vs Tapes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
beflo
Control your smart desk and lighting for a personalized workspace. Seamlessly adjust desk height and customize lighting to enhance focus and comfort throughout your workday.
- Desk height adjustment
- Customizable LED lighting
- Personalized workspace settings
- Seamless sit-stand transitions
- Intuitive workspace management
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The beflo app brings your connected workspace together in one intuitive experience. Adjust your desk height, customize lighting, and create a workspace that adapts to the way you work. EFFORTLESS DESK CONTROL Adjust your desk height and manage essential functions directly from your phone. Move seamlessly between sitting and standing without interrupting your workflow. PERSONALIZED LIGHTING Create the right atmosphere with adjustable LED lighting. Customize brightness and lighting settings to suit your activities, from focused work to moments of relaxation. DESIGNED FOR TENON Built to complement the beflo Tenon smart desk, the app brings desk controls, lighting, and personalized settings together in one connected experience. A MORE THOUGHTFUL WORKSPACE Your workspace should adapt to you, not the other way around. With beflo, everyday adjustments become effortless, helping you stay focused, comfortable, and in control throughout the day.
Tapes
This app converts spoken audio into text, offering transcription and translation directly on your device. It allows for editing, summarization, and export in various formats, ensuring all data remains private.
- Offline transcription in 29 languages
- On-device translation in 19 languages
- AI-powered summaries and titles
- Apple Watch recording
- Widget and Siri integration
- Audio import and export (.txt, .md, .srt)
- Organized recordings with search
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Record a meeting and read it as text when it is over. Transcription and translation both run on your phone. Nothing is uploaded. You can record an interview on a plane and finish reading it before you land. ■ Transcription — 29 languages Each exchange shows its time. Tap a line to play from that point. You can edit any line that was transcribed incorrectly. ■ Translation — 19 languages Read the translation alongside the original text. Translation runs on the device as well. ■ Summaries and titles An hour-long meeting can be summarized into a few lines. Titles are generated from the content. (Requires a device that supports Apple Intelligence) ■ Apple Watch You can record on the watch alone, without your iPhone nearby. ■ Without opening the app Start from the widget, Control Center, or Siri. Recording shows on the Lock Screen and continues with the screen off, even through a phone call. ■ Import You can bring in audio from other apps and turn it into text. ■ Organize Deleted recordings stay in the trash for 30 days. Favorites, date sections, and search are available, and search covers what was said. ■ Export Export as .txt, .md, or subtitles (.srt), with translations included. You can back up to iCloud. ■ Not a subscription Recording, playback, search, and sharing are free. Transcription, translation, and summaries are a single purchase you keep. ■ No server No analytics, no ads. Not even the developer can see what you recorded.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: beflo at 15.6 against Tapes's 26.0. 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
Both are free to download. beflo sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $88.99 per year and Tapes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
beflo ships an update monthly, Tapes every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | beflo | Tapes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 156 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nonet Inc. | Byungil Park |
Customer experience
beflo
Tapes
In-app purchases
beflo
- beflo Yearly Membership1 Month trial$88.991 Year
Tapes
- Voice to Text$2.99









